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10/24/2014, 01:05 AM
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10/24/2014, 01:24 AM
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Tricky getting the colors to look actual in a photo, but this is what my main colony of RR Redbull looks like...
 Some serious shading starting to happen due to growth, going to have to start shuffling, moving, and adding light possibly. One of the several culprits... PC rainbow   Recently chopped up my Red Dragon Colony, this is what's left...  Better shots of CC Blue Valkyrie that is was shading...   Mr. Pacman, this is on the bottom of the tank...  This was sold to me as Greg Hiller's Aqua Delight by SC, no way that's what it is, but it's a slow grower and has colored up nicely from the dull coral it was when it showed up.  Joe, Garf, Azure Stag, Red Planet, Sand dollar all in one shot! 
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10/24/2014, 01:31 AM
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Copps Calacali and a few others... Time for some trimming
   Red planet is getting big! More shading issues...  This one is really taking off recently after not growing for a while...  No namer... Fighting cyano a bit after cutting way back on the GFO  RR Sabertooth finally hitting it's stride 
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10/24/2014, 01:41 AM
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Goniopora may have to go soon
 getting massive... Tough to tell, but it's about the size of a #4 soccerball Green efflo, growing well despite the Red Planet shading it  CC Oblivious. Such a cool coral with really interesting colors. I believe CC lost this one as well as the Blue Valk, so really happy I snagged them when I did. This one almost fully peeled after a power outage and I had to chop it up, it's made a nice comeback    Graham's Bali Icefire Echinata. CLearly not a real icefire, nor an echinata  Hmmm... more trimming...  Oregon Tort. Starting to get shaded... 
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10/24/2014, 02:01 AM
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Tyree Soli
 SSC aka shade provider    Scripps Mili  This doesn't look like SPS...  Green Echinata  Various pieces, so Deep Blue Tort as the filling  RR rainbow Goni 
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10/24/2014, 02:01 AM
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Kinda like this shot...
 Hey look, fish!   This thing is nearly a foot across now...  Original Miyagi Tort  No sure what happened here... Getting cut out and chopped up soon to make room for some corals from the frag tank  Anemones and more Goni...  Hawkins and stag competing for space...  Some successes and failures here. A weird Ultimate Rainbow growth, red oxide getting blasted with too much light, and a pretty nice mili...  Bananas Suharsoni showing more accurate colors... 
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10/24/2014, 02:13 AM
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Macro mode! (first one is Upscales Microclados
      Yeah, getting a little full in here...   My favorite carpet and some & 500 efflo  
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10/24/2014, 03:44 AM
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Those are beautiful colonies Peter...........great work!
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10/24/2014, 04:11 AM
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Awesome update Peter.
Love these: Love the Millepora:  Love this one too.  Thanks for the eye candy. |
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10/24/2014, 04:35 AM
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I just don't have the words to describe how stunning your tank is.
Michael I sent you a PM
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10/24/2014, 06:46 AM
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Amazing growth and progress - truly a beautiful collection! I think you mentioned your tank is around 150 gallons and total system is just over 200. What are the dimensions of your tank and do you have any concerns about managing flow with all the growth you're seeing?
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10/24/2014, 06:57 AM
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Wow, absolutely stunning! Did you ever tell us the size of this tank? I see total system volume, but not the size of the main tank.
I can only hope to one day have this many large acros.
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10/24/2014, 07:37 AM
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Oh lawdz
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10/24/2014, 07:53 AM
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Outstanding acros Mr. Eichler. Exceptionally well done.
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10/24/2014, 08:02 AM
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Just beautiful! Nice update. Photo skills pretty good too.
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10/24/2014, 08:27 AM
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What I am concerned about is just managing the colonies growing into each other and the shading that is going on. I'm considering switching to T5's to help with that... |
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10/24/2014, 08:38 AM
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10/24/2014, 09:18 AM
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Thanks for all the kind words guys! I need to get the back glass cleaned up and get a full tank shot soon...
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10/25/2014, 07:17 AM
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Simply awesome!
How do you manage keeping your Gonioporas happy in a (high flow I assume) SPS tank?
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10/26/2014, 06:59 PM
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10/26/2014, 07:22 PM
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Very impressive, Peter.
What do you run in your sump?. What levels do you keep your phos/ nitrate at?. What's your alk? Thanks Mo |
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10/26/2014, 07:34 PM
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Nitrate is undetectable except when I dose potassium nitrate every now and then to bump them up to 2ppm. Alk is 7-8 dKH typically. |
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10/26/2014, 07:46 PM
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