SPS reef version 3.0

[jhale]

Doryrhamphus multiannulatus

Doryrhamphus multiannulatus
I'll post some more tomorrow...

 

[jejton]

How about some labels for us ignoramuses?

 

[lfsmarineguy]

That red clown goby looks surprised in every shot lol. Shrimp fish > Pipefish. The growth form on that purple cap is pretty cool though.

 

[jhale]

How about some labels for us ignoramuses?

sorry I'm not good with names, i'll label stuff the best I can.
I did take this pic and label all the visible coral and who I got them from,
I thought this was really cool. it illustrates how great manhattan reefs is.
almost everything you see was grown from frags obtained from MR members.
I only listed the person I got the frag from, but I know the history of each piece, some of them go back
three or four generations.
there are only two non-frag grown corals in my tank, and those were maricultured mini colonies. If I did this with my entire tank you would see the extent of trading/sheer giving that goes on here.



randy's spongoedes from Joe Shavo (sp?)from the Boston Reefers

 

[Deanos]

Looks Great! :bigeyes:

 

[jhale]

Looks Great!! :bigeyes:

The labeling of corals is awesome, but I only see 3 or so corals from GA Why the signature?

I did not mean to imply all the coral came from them, most of the fish did, and there is more coral in tank from them.
By "powered by GA" I mean I get everything to maintain the tank from them, and more importantly the advice from Jason has been invaluable

 

[jackson6745]

I should put

"Tank powered by my F-ups"

in my sig

 

[jhale]

lol Rich

I want to take a pic of all the coral that has grown and died in my tank. I think I have saved about 75% of it. It would fill the tank

 

[jhale]

ok lissa, not the best shot, but all I have at the moment.

 

[inkblue]

It's nice

 

[ellebelle]

Coco looks suspicious.

 

[ShaunW]

Tank looks good Jon. I need to visit again and see it for myself.

 

[jhale]

fts a week later, sand has some diatoms growing on it so it's lost that shiny new look.
I also switched to ushio 14K's they are on the right and left sides, the middle is still the coralife 14K.

the yellow gobies in the green slimmer laid eggs :inlove:

a close up

I finally got a decent pic of the pipefish

 

[jhale]

by the way I tested a batch of coralife salt , it reads ca 500, alk 11, mg 1300 , po4 0

 

[ellebelle]

maybe I'll try switching salt. I have my cyanobacteria ALMOST beaten down, but it is still growing in the corners of my tank.

 

[grundig5]

Great looking tank, diggin the macro on the right side. Has the tank responded favorably to the coralife salt?

 

[prattreef]

Looks great Jon. Nice to see those Ushio 14K's on someone else's tank. I don't know why more folks don't use them.

 

[jhale]

Great looking tank, diggin the macro on the right side. Has the tank responded favorably to the coralife salt?

yes, I'm pretty sure it cleared out the cyanobacteria I could not get rid of when I was using IO. IO had high PO4 every time I tested it. Using it is like shooting yourself in the foot imo. If your trying to control the PO4 in your tank IO is just putting it right back in with every water change.

also I had to buffer the IO, that's not necessary with the coralife.

 

[aaron23]

wow J THE TANK is full grown and looking awesome!!!! BEAUTIFUL COLORS!!! wow so cool the clown gobies laid eggs for you! SWEEEEEEEEEEET

 

[ellebelle]

Looks great Jon. Nice to see those Ushio 14K's on someone else's tank. I don't know why more folks don't use them.

Ahem.