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09/01/2018, 10:57 PM | #3151 |
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Good to hear from you and from the tank.
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Alex, lucky for us the Nardoa is common around here. I have 3 - one in each part of my system to control the astarina who seem to looooooove my system. Janci, the break was much needed. Unfortunately for my tank, I didn’t know there was a big magnet rusting to bits in my sump. I have lost a bunch of corals while others have grown and many have changed colour or browned out... I was watching it happen and being frustrated and uninterested, I let things go... now, it was not a big disaster but I probably could have saved a few things if I’d paid more attention... water under the reef, as they say (sort of) moving forward! I’m really going to try to get some photos posted today or tomorrow. It looks like photo bucket has become more reasonable! Yay!
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09/02/2018, 04:33 PM | #3153 |
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Really nice to hear from you again Matt We were all getting worried! lol glad that you've found some renewed passion for the hobby and tank, it happens to us all sometimes
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09/02/2018, 08:08 PM | #3154 |
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Sorry to hear about the setback Matt! Glad to hear your back at it and I think we all need that mental break from time to time.
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09/02/2018, 10:36 PM | #3155 |
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Good to hear from you!!
Sometimes a break is what you need! A tank can be exhausting Cheers
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Ok.. well, I took shots on Saturday, for them onto my phone and partially edited yesterday and finished editing them today..so! Fts first and then I’ll move closer and onto my requires arts darts shots! Split left to right: Lower centre: Upper left hand side.. been growing a lot.. I have to say I sure do love photobucket for ease of use.. maybe it’s just because I’m used to using it.. Some top downs next.. Here’s my pink Cadillac. It has started growing well but pe is minimal,unfortunately.. This is upper left.. this staggy acro has been growing a lot and mostly horizontally.. it’s nice though.. notice the nice clump of bryopsis lower centre... yep... it’s baaaaaack. I must have re seeded my tank by adding corals... what a pita!! More to come..
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09/03/2018, 09:35 AM | #3157 |
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Ok. Here’s some more.. closer top downs..
This one is finding its groove. 3 inches off the bottom, in the middle.. Soharsonoi and Aussie ice.. also just off the bottom, centre.. these can be seen in the low front shot from above. This is my Oregon tort COPY- not the real thing because,although it was sold to me as true Oregon, it will developer green in the body at times. More like a deep blue Cali tort.. along with a pink Cadillac wannabe.. Continuing low in the tank, Robin Hood in the left and and an unknown on the right. These are low and will probably run out of light soon.. Upper left: Habanero! Growing like a beast and looking great.. a little pale with my lower nutrients.. Closer.. Even closer!!! Another blue tort type acro.. Ok I like this shot.. palletta pink tip above, red planet on right, blue gomezi frag at bottom, blue tort left and pink matrix dead centre.. Here’s a closer shot from low centre:
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Ok.. macros and artsy fartsy shots..
Fragbox called this cherry blossom.. This is an Aussie coral that was blue when I got it and it has turned green.. Still has the blue polyps. Curious to what happens when it starts to grow.. Red planet and some thing branching acro A nice Aussie blue stag. Starting to bud.. Cali tort: Couple artsys... Cherry blossom..again Ok well that’s all I got for now... felt good!
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09/03/2018, 01:26 PM | #3159 |
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Wow Matt!!! I was expecting something much worse.
If you don't split hairs on fine detail your tank and corals look great. Glad you got your camera out to take these great photos. My imagination was running wild on how things could be. I wish my MAINTAINED Tank was 1/10 as good as yours after a period of lower attention. You mentioned your growth continued so that means there was progress. Doesn't look like it will take much for you to tune things up to Past Perfection.
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09/03/2018, 01:33 PM | #3160 |
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Like Wally said... I too was expecting something way worse
Corals are looking amazing!!! You said something about photobucket... is it useable again?? Good to have you back Cheers
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Certain corals have really continued to grow like crazy, so yes there was progress. Over the past 2 months, I pulled my po4 down from around .25 to .1 (atm) using gfo and the fuge while dosing Kno3. No3 is sitting around 4-8 ppm which is like to hold and I’d like to claw po4 down to maybe around .08.. we’ll see how that goes.. I’m getting there. What’s the status on your tank Wally? I saw your nice new scape but I did notice a dead end on a stag you have on the right hand side.. Are things stable for you? Quote:
When I go into my photobucket app and look at the upgrade options, they all seem to offer third party hosting now. And their ultimate package which offers 2tb of storage is $10 a month. I’ve always been paying $6 or $8 for a ‘no add’ version so the upgrade is not major for me. I will probably do it in a couple months when my old contract lapses.. I can only assume that their offerings must be pretty much the same from country to country..
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09/03/2018, 10:41 PM | #3162 |
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Ah i see... hmm 10 bucks / month... have to check it out... it was the easiest way to host pictures!
Nowadays I’m using Tapatalk for image hosting but that is not the easiest way. Did I tell you that I’m in Montreal from 23rd to 25th of October? ;-) Cheers
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09/04/2018, 01:33 AM | #3163 |
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Looking great Matt.
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09/04/2018, 09:25 AM | #3166 |
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Hi Matt
What are currently n/p and light schedule? Thanks Отправлено с моего iPhone используя Tapatalk Pro |
09/04/2018, 02:04 PM | #3167 |
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Your corals look as good as ever, Matt.
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09/04/2018, 04:26 PM | #3168 |
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Hello Matt,
good to see your presence again. corals look great... can I know if the magnet rusting in sump was from a pump or any other equipment? how did you found out about it? best regards
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Beautiful corals, as always. Sorry I missed your full system shot from earlier. Are all the tanks in the closet connected to your display? If so, is in this tank that's way at the top of the closet? Is that bio media like siporax? And if so how much of it are you using for your system? |
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09/08/2018, 06:46 AM | #3171 |
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Nice to see a post from you Matt. Your "neglected" tank still outshines most, including mine. Nice corals and good colors.
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How is the recovery coming along? The post above rang a Bell in my head and I have a question. My new tank has started to mature, and nutrients have kicked in with the new fish. My N is around 15 and fairly stable (Using Matrix), but my P which was around 0.1 has slowly risen over time to P=0.25 I see nothing wrong with SPS Frags, and Unlike in the Past, I am getting growth and Encrusting. Days not weeks. (Feels Weird, compared to last tank) Nothing has bleached, including sensitive stuff like PacMan, IceFire, Strawberry Shortcake. (Feels weirder) I started a bit a PhosGuard (Like GFO with Iron, but Aluminum Based Product). Stayed away from GFO.... don't know why, but tried something else (I guess more gentle using baggie not reactor, which I remove and put back as needed.). Slowly my P has dropped during two day of use From 0.24 to 0.22[/B] and will continue to drop over next many days. My Target is to get slowly to P=0.1 just like you did. Zero Alage on my rocks. Scrubber Dead slow as usual. (Theory is too low Iron, which GFO reactor used to provide) Wondering what is the goal lower P=0.1 for SPS, if currently my Frags look fine at P=0.22? Is it SPS long term health? Color? Something Else?
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Actually, Insanity was my OLD TANK setup in 2017.
You have no idea what it was like struggling with SPS health/Random Deaths for over a year to discover Afterwards a slow UNSEEN Soap/Waste drip from Dishwasher Drain Output (Hose-Crack) from Basement Ceiling every time it ran. (Into my 30 Gal RO reservoir, sometimes when lid was off) Since it happened to RO reservoir (sometimes Contaminated), Water changes sometime Did good, and Sometimes did bad. Making A/B Dosing Solution from RO was daily poison too. I'm so Shell Shocked from that experience, that seeing tank/corals do well is kind of hard to believe.
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Wally, I am glad things are good!
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