Thanks Dan and Ray. Ray, the humilis colony has finially colored up after alomst 8 months!!!! LOL. The cap is the same color but it seems to be a slow grower Maybe soon it will take off.
Yea the cap is a slow grower, but for me it grew in spurts anyway. Your humilis does look great. I remember grevedin on this board had the most awesome looking purple humilis I have ever seen!!! Looks like those HQIs are doing your corals some good! Hmmmmmm......
Don, those are two efflos that I purchased from Fishtown Usa in Queens.
Ray, if you want to get ino the HQI's, someone is selling a pfo HQI ballast on this board. I actually bought one of my pendants from the same guy....GO FOR IT!!!!!
Steven, thanks for the nice words. The Orange cap has become the fastest grower in my tank
Rich,
The tank looks great!!! I really like your rock design. Having two separated reef ledges is a great idea, and adds a really cool perspective (its similar to the recent tank of the month on RC).
Are you mounting SPS onto your back glass wall? It sure looks like it. Also very cool! I've been playing around with that recently also, mounting xenia, zoanthids to the sides, corner box, and back glass wall. Keeps their growth controlled and makes it easy to kill them (scrap them off with a razorblade).
Hey Shaun, Thanks!!!! Yeah I have been gluing frags to my glass and overflow box. It gets them out of the way but still gives them some really bright areas of the tank. Perhaps we can setup the next trade at my house if you're in the area, that way you can see what you like in person.
Well, I switch my light to 20k Ab's thanks to Wedfr (Danny). The lights really make the corals fluoresce and brings out purples and blues. Anyway here are a few updated shots
Thanks Eugene, I'm pretty sure I can find a few frags for you Pass by
Thanks Frank and Nilo. I never though I would go with 20k's. I hated the blue look but I've been having too much bleaching/color fading problems with the 250w DE 10k's. The 20k have less par and the corals seem to like it much better in my smaller reef. Its only been a few days and already I see a difference in coloration. I dont just mean the glow effect from the 20k's. I was relocating a few frags, when I took them out of the tank the color was much brighter!
House (whenever you see this), the cap is holding its color so far. I'm keeping my fingers crossed