new nano w/updates :D

[Anonymous]

thx

the bryopsis is almost all gone, heh-with manual removal and rowaphos

here's a shot of the starcki and the bicolor blenny,top left.the monti digi has a very pretty colony of something (the feathery muddy orange stuff growing off the same rock behind the monti) that doesn't seem to be bothering it at all, so for now it stays


some shameless eye candy spammage will follow soon

 

[Anonymous]

a couple of shots of one of the 'rainbow' zoa areas taken with an actinic/7100k blue pc bulb at iso 1600 :

 

[Anonymous]

Looking really good Vitz. Took me long enough to find this thread...

 

[Anonymous]

k here's a shot from a few days ago, at night w/the blue/actinic pc bulb only

most everything has been moved to their final positions, and the carpet lobo got divvied up and spread on the stack

since the pic, there are 2 new corals, and the scoly and the pagoda have fully recovered from a tumble of the pagoda onto the scoly to where both were 'burned' by the other 8O

 

[Anonymous]

ok, all of the corals have been placed more or less where i think they'll stay

now it's just a matter of fine tuning the reaining nutrient issues (dayum that tang can eat, and poop, heh)

removing the powder blue next month will be fun

 

[Anonymous]

there seems to be something happening at the 'rescue' (it's beginning to color up nicely, and only has the top bald spot left to deal with) favia's left end-it appears to be either a new polyp, or a polyp ball forming (?) ...

 

[Anonymous]

here's the favia today-the polyp ball is nearly seperated from the parent colony

 

[Anonymous]

the tank a few days ago, shortly before the hallides go off...

 

[Anonymous]

8) looking awesome!

 

[Anonymous]

thx

it's getting to be less of a cesspool bit by bit

the polyp ball the parent favia dropped, rolled up next to and was killed by, the duncan frag, heh

 

[Anonymous]

some shots from today:

 

[Reef_Monkey]

i want to get back into tanks. that's nice. 8)

 

[Anonymous]

Yup. Pretty inspiring. 8)

 

[Anonymous]

thx


the tank today

fish:

powder blue tang
starcki
gramma
bicolor blenny

the powder blue ended up whacking my female false skunk (the remainder of the pair after the male surfed during a panic attack from the last earthquake we had awhile back, heh)-this fish is a real prick-does a 'slasher dance' all over the tank to maitain territorial dominance, forcing everyone else to hide on the flip side of the stack

the starcki, gramma, and blenny are plenty quick, and have plenty of caves/tunnels the tang just can't get to any longer, after i capped the main access to the main 'cave complex' w/one half of the favia i split, since each half was a different color, heh.

the tang is out and either grazing on, or attacking, the front and side panes constantly, eats like a pig, and more often than not, shows it's darker aggression colors, making it all the more stunning-i'll try to grab some shots of it close up tomorrow

the monti digi isn't doing too well, which was fully expected-there are too many fluctuations in temp still. and the system, and it's maintenance simply aren't very sps friendly

hopefully i'll have some close-ups of some of the nicer zoas, etc as well, to post tomorrow

 

[Anonymous]

some overheads w/actinics

 

[Anonymous]

Looks great Vitz.

I can't believe your getting away with a powder blue in a nano.

I think I'll get a tang for my 24G to help eat the hair algae.

Louey

 

[Anonymous]

i want to send naesco a pm w/a link to this thread soooo badly.....


:twisted: :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

this was taken a very short while ago- a night shot w/flash of the powder blue, on patrol, cruisin' for a bruisin' while the room lights are sill on

 

[Anonymous]

and one more:

 

[Anonymous]

I think I'll put a Sohal in my 24G. :lol:

How long are you planning on keeping that PBT in there?

Louey