SPS pics from my tank

Peter Eichler · 09/18/2013, 12:54 AM

This one browed out on me a bit recently after coloring it up nicely from being brown...

Saphire Milli

Random Aussie Piece with an encroaching tricolor

Sunset monti that's about a foot across...

I break out the chisel regularly to keep it from killing this chalice

Highlighter Stag and some bubble algae I need to tackle soon

A recent addition, Tyree Soli

Setosa that just doesn't photograph as bright orange as it is with a cool coral that I thought had potential

Can't get a good shot, but the new growth that's popping up is a baby blue "dragon" type Acro with green polyps

Peter Eichler · 09/18/2013, 12:55 AM

Closer shot of the SSC

Oregon Tort with an oddly growing RR Grapejuice

Copp's Bella's Acro, recent and kinda cool, we'll see how it turns out.

A little section that I'll be trimming regularly from now on...

Tyree Sandollar with low light

Red A. hyacinthus aka Red Plant

Garf Bonsai, Shades of Fall, and Joe the Coral

Peter Eichler · 09/18/2013, 12:56 AM

One of my new favorites... Copps Green Efflo

Not an SPS but me, it's trying to kill some... It;s about basketball size now

Closeup

Good old Tyree Ponape

Green "echinata" that I feel is a green A. turaki

Royal Blue Tort in the center

ORA Ice Tort

Tracked down a ORA Scripp's Milli finally, they bhaven't had ths one for ages and not many people with colonies. These look great when they grow out

Recent addition Miyagi Tort. Hopefully next time we'll see some improvement

Tyree LITS and Exquisitor upper right which is a favorite of mine and and kinda hard to ome across

Peter Eichler · 09/18/2013, 12:57 AM

Copps Azure Stag

PC Rainbow

Red Dragon, just recently got this again after one of my fish dislodged the last frag

RR Granulosa

Bananas Suharsoni (I think it's a caroliniana)

No idea...

Ultimate Rainbow keeps getting a smidge less brown and a spec of new color. Maybe someday it'll look nice

Peter Eichler · 09/18/2013, 12:59 AM

Tricolor

TDF bottom left, branching cychastrea, and a random Aussie RR frag

Another SSC shot for good measure

My Male Bellus, I killed the pair I'd had for a long time by overloading the circuit and the tank not having power for 16 hours. time to look into controllers that will work with my mobile device

One of my tricolors

hey.its.me · 09/18/2013, 01:56 AM

Eye Candy! You have a tank that rivals the not-for-sale showcase tanks at a lfs. Curiously, what does the RR imply in a couple of your species and also were these shots taken with both white + actinic or just white?

Impressive how you trimmed around the piece next to your chalice piece. Pete you certainly have a blue thumb at this.

biggles · 09/18/2013, 03:43 AM

Simply stunning mate, i love that SSC you have and the tricolor - i'd definitely have a bag and cutters in my back pocket if i ever got near your beautiful display for a visit......... i mean that in the nicest possible way

Texass2323 · 09/18/2013, 03:54 AM

Wow!!

plyle02 · 09/18/2013, 04:50 AM

Wow Peter!!!
Absolutely beautiful colonies there, wow.......
Regards,

Big E · 09/18/2013, 04:56 AM

Nice Job..............that Ultimates rainbow has been a bear for me to color up too.

Mine is just a smaller frag too.....................good grower though.

reeflover62 · 09/18/2013, 05:04 AM

Very nice collection you have. Is first pic a purple monster?

Peter Eichler · 09/18/2013, 09:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hey.its.me

Eye Candy! You have a tank that rivals the not-for-sale showcase tanks at a lfs. Curiously, what does the RR imply in a couple of your species and also were these shots taken with both white + actinic or just white?

Impressive how you trimmed around the piece next to your chalice piece. Pete you certainly have a blue thumb at this.

Thanks for the kind words!

I just run Radium 250w on Lumatek ballasts on the HQI setting with no supplements.

In the case of Grape Juice it means Reef Ready, a LFS that originally named and sold that piece. THe other RR's mean Reef Raft.

Peter Eichler · 09/18/2013, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by plyle02

Wow Peter!!!
Absolutely beautiful colonies there, wow.......
Regards,

Thanks Perry and Tex!

Peter Eichler · 09/18/2013, 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big E

Nice Job..............that Ultimates rainbow has been a bear for me to color up too.

Mine is just a smaller frag too.....................good grower though.

Mine just keeps spreading and encrusting, though I suspect it's about to take off upward.

Peter Eichler · 09/18/2013, 09:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reeflover62

Very nice collection you have. Is first pic a purple monster?

Thank you! Nope, it's a no namer.

Peter Eichler · 09/18/2013, 09:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by biggles

Simply stunning mate, i love that SSC you have and the tricolor - i'd definitely have a bag and cutters in my back pocket if i ever got near your beautiful display for a visit......... i mean that in the nicest possible way

Thanks man, if you ever make it to Wisconsin I'll give you a frag or two to smuggle home...

listen2bob · 09/18/2013, 09:27 PM

My word, somebody else has the Scripps milli. My favorite colony in my tank

kenith · 09/18/2013, 10:19 PM

Very nice! We need specs!!!

blakers82 · 09/18/2013, 11:31 PM

Nice! Specs would be great! The green echinata looks granulosa like to me.

trueblackpercula · 09/19/2013, 05:19 AM

Insanlly spectacular system and very inspirational. Don't stop now tell us more tell us more. I really like most if not all of your collection. Some of the Sps look like they we're dip in fresh wet paint.
Stunning thanks for Sharing

ptreef · 09/19/2013, 09:52 AM

Very nice pieces. Gonna be sweet in a yr!

Details on husbandry etc..

tdb320reef · 09/19/2013, 10:15 AM

Very Nice Peter. Love the color and health!

Spirofucci · 09/19/2013, 11:13 AM

Man o man! You gots some purdy sps in der!!! Also great pics of them!!

Peter Eichler · 09/19/2013, 08:20 PM

Thanks for the kind words guys! Some details on the system...

Total system volume is roughly 270 gallons. There is a 30b frag tank, 45 anemone tank and a 100 gallon stock tank tied into the 156 display.

2 x 250w Radiums driven by Lumatek and coralvue electronic ballasts on the "HQI" setting and housed in Lumen Bright 3's. Photoperiod is just shy of 8 hours.

SWC 300a skimmer, no mechanical filtration other than that

2 x mp40s

Temp is kept between 78 and 83 and heaters have been kept on timers to encourage some fluctuation from day to night. In the winter I usually switch to allowing the Reef Keeper to control the temps.

A Geo 618 calcium reactor replenishes calcium and alkalinity. I may need a bigger one soon... I'm happy as long as calcium is between 400 and 500. Alkalinity is generally maintaind between 7 and 8 dKH, though it jumps a little higher after water changes. I don't bother monitoring PH anymore and no longer have a probe hooked up to my Reefkeeper.

No dosing other than magnesium once or twice a year. The tanks are fed primarily flake food once a day in very large amounts.

GFO most of the time, though I will let the PO4 rise a bit at times since I feel there are some negatives/unknowns to constant GFO use. GAC for 2-3 days every month or two.

Peter Eichler · 09/19/2013, 08:37 PM

Some I missed in the first round...

Reef Raft Redbull finally starting to branch out

Reef Raft Sabertooth

Upscales Microclados

No clue what this one is...

Ditto

CC Oblivious with Red Oxide at the top and Greg Hiller's Aqua delight and SC Orange Passion on the left. This is the half of the tank I revamped a few months back due to a pest paly takeover.

My chubby tang

My new little girl peeking out from behind the red planet

Full tanks shots aren't turning out very well with this camera...

09/18/2013, 12:54 AM	#1
Peter Eichler Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 6,081	SPS pics from my tank This one browed out on me a bit recently after coloring it up nicely from being brown... Saphire Milli Random Aussie Piece with an encroaching tricolor Sunset monti that's about a foot across... I break out the chisel regularly to keep it from killing this chalice Highlighter Stag and some bubble algae I need to tackle soon A recent addition, Tyree Soli Setosa that just doesn't photograph as bright orange as it is with a cool coral that I thought had potential Can't get a good shot, but the new growth that's popping up is a baby blue "dragon" type Acro with green polyps

09/18/2013, 03:54 AM	#8
Texass2323 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Corpus Christi Texass Posts: 105	Wow!! __________________ 100 Gallons Of Salty Goodness.. Current Tank Info: 100 gallon Reef Tank

09/18/2013, 04:50 AM	#9
plyle02 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Lake Helen, FL Posts: 5,526	Wow Peter!!! Absolutely beautiful colonies there, wow....... Regards, __________________ Perry "Anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die" ~Buddha~ Current Tank Info: 50 Gallon AIO Cube, Aquamaxx WS-1 Skimmer, LED/ Hybrid 4x24 watt t5

09/18/2013, 04:56 AM	#10
Big E Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: South Euclid, OH Posts: 4,281	Nice Job..............that Ultimates rainbow has been a bear for me to color up too. Mine is just a smaller frag too.....................good grower though. __________________ 80g Rimless Acropora System reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2197142&page=31 Ed

09/18/2013, 09:27 PM	#17
listen2bob - David Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: North Tampa Posts: 776	My word, somebody else has the Scripps milli. My favorite colony in my tank __________________ When filling your tank with frags, remember that they will not be tiny frags for long. Plan accordingly. Listen to Bob Marley, not some random guy named Bob Current Tank Info: 80 gallon Rimless Peninsula Reef with 30 gallon refugium, 2x250 HQi 20k full mixed reef

09/18/2013, 12:55 AM	#2
Peter Eichler Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 6,081	Closer shot of the SSC Oregon Tort with an oddly growing RR Grapejuice Copp's Bella's Acro, recent and kinda cool, we'll see how it turns out. A little section that I'll be trimming regularly from now on... Tyree Sandollar with low light Red A. hyacinthus aka Red Plant Garf Bonsai, Shades of Fall, and Joe the Coral

09/18/2013, 12:56 AM	#3
Peter Eichler Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 6,081	One of my new favorites... Copps Green Efflo Not an SPS but me, it's trying to kill some... It;s about basketball size now Closeup Good old Tyree Ponape Green "echinata" that I feel is a green A. turaki Royal Blue Tort in the center ORA Ice Tort Tracked down a ORA Scripp's Milli finally, they bhaven't had ths one for ages and not many people with colonies. These look great when they grow out Recent addition Miyagi Tort. Hopefully next time we'll see some improvement Tyree LITS and Exquisitor upper right which is a favorite of mine and and kinda hard to ome across

09/18/2013, 12:57 AM	#4
Peter Eichler Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 6,081	Copps Azure Stag PC Rainbow Red Dragon, just recently got this again after one of my fish dislodged the last frag RR Granulosa Bananas Suharsoni (I think it's a caroliniana) No idea... Ultimate Rainbow keeps getting a smidge less brown and a spec of new color. Maybe someday it'll look nice

09/18/2013, 12:59 AM	#5
Peter Eichler Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 6,081	Tricolor TDF bottom left, branching cychastrea, and a random Aussie RR frag Another SSC shot for good measure My Male Bellus, I killed the pair I'd had for a long time by overloading the circuit and the tank not having power for 16 hours. time to look into controllers that will work with my mobile device One of my tricolors

09/18/2013, 01:56 AM	#6
hey.its.me Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: NW New Jersey Posts: 69	Eye Candy! You have a tank that rivals the not-for-sale showcase tanks at a lfs. Curiously, what does the RR imply in a couple of your species and also were these shots taken with both white + actinic or just white? Impressive how you trimmed around the piece next to your chalice piece. Pete you certainly have a blue thumb at this.

09/18/2013, 03:43 AM	#7
biggles Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Australia Posts: 3,907	Simply stunning mate, i love that SSC you have and the tricolor - i'd definitely have a bag and cutters in my back pocket if i ever got near your beautiful display for a visit......... i mean that in the nicest possible way

09/18/2013, 05:04 AM	#11
reeflover62 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: FLORIDA Posts: 581	Very nice collection you have. Is first pic a purple monster?

09/18/2013, 10:19 PM	#18
kenith Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: San Diego Posts: 677	Very nice! We need specs!!! __________________ 225 In Wall Starphire ATI 8x80W powermodule

09/18/2013, 11:31 PM	#19
blakers82 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Norman, OK Posts: 842	Nice! Specs would be great! The green echinata looks granulosa like to me. __________________ The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. -Jacques Yves Cousteau 150gal SPS

09/19/2013, 05:19 AM	#20
trueblackpercula Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: STATEN ISLAND Posts: 7,517	Insanlly spectacular system and very inspirational. Don't stop now tell us more tell us more. I really like most if not all of your collection. Some of the Sps look like they we're dip in fresh wet paint. Stunning thanks for Sharing __________________ Life is to short to buy frags ! But for FREE I'LL take them ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. >((((º> LIVE SAND ITS THE CURE........® Current Tank Info: 120 CUBE Live sand Mitras lx6100hv MRC MR 2 single becket MP40 power head Aquamedic dosing pump using B-ionic

09/19/2013, 09:52 AM	#21
ptreef Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 746	Very nice pieces. Gonna be sweet in a yr! Details on husbandry etc..

09/19/2013, 10:15 AM	#22
tdb320reef Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Chesterfield, MI Posts: 1,209	. Very Nice Peter. Love the color and health!

09/19/2013, 11:13 AM	#23
Spirofucci Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Harlingen, Texas Posts: 389	Man o man! You gots some purdy sps in der!!! Also great pics of them!!

09/19/2013, 08:20 PM	#24
Peter Eichler Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 6,081	Thanks for the kind words guys! Some details on the system... Total system volume is roughly 270 gallons. There is a 30b frag tank, 45 anemone tank and a 100 gallon stock tank tied into the 156 display. 2 x 250w Radiums driven by Lumatek and coralvue electronic ballasts on the "HQI" setting and housed in Lumen Bright 3's. Photoperiod is just shy of 8 hours. SWC 300a skimmer, no mechanical filtration other than that 2 x mp40s Temp is kept between 78 and 83 and heaters have been kept on timers to encourage some fluctuation from day to night. In the winter I usually switch to allowing the Reef Keeper to control the temps. A Geo 618 calcium reactor replenishes calcium and alkalinity. I may need a bigger one soon... I'm happy as long as calcium is between 400 and 500. Alkalinity is generally maintaind between 7 and 8 dKH, though it jumps a little higher after water changes. I don't bother monitoring PH anymore and no longer have a probe hooked up to my Reefkeeper. No dosing other than magnesium once or twice a year. The tanks are fed primarily flake food once a day in very large amounts. GFO most of the time, though I will let the PO4 rise a bit at times since I feel there are some negatives/unknowns to constant GFO use. GAC for 2-3 days every month or two.

09/19/2013, 08:37 PM	#25
Peter Eichler Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 6,081	Some I missed in the first round... Reef Raft Redbull finally starting to branch out Reef Raft Sabertooth Upscales Microclados No clue what this one is... Ditto CC Oblivious with Red Oxide at the top and Greg Hiller's Aqua delight and SC Orange Passion on the left. This is the half of the tank I revamped a few months back due to a pest paly takeover. My chubby tang My new little girl peeking out from behind the red planet Full tanks shots aren't turning out very well with this camera...