biom's Reef

Myka said:

Spectacular Stoyan!!! Do you sell them?

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There will be big discount for you.

Myka said:

I have a Pentax WG-II that takes really similar photos to the Olympus. I know the Olympus has RAW capability though, and my Pentax doesn't. It takes great macros photos, but lacks manual options to get real good FTS out of it.. ..

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The same with Olympus, that's why I'm using DLSR for FTS.

biom said:

There will be big discount for you.

The same with Olympus, that's why I'm using DLSR for FTS.

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Discounts are great, but talent should be recognized as well! Let's talk! Wrasses are my favorite, do you have any wrasses?

Haha, good point on the DSLR.

Myka said:

Discounts are great, but talent should be recognized as well! Let's talk! Wrasses are my favorite, do you have any wrasses?

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Just name it and I'll have it

biom said:

Just name it and I'll have it

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Ok, you pick from two favs in my tank... Cirrhilabrus johnsoni or Plectranthias pelicieri (I know, not a wrasse, but quite unqiue!). Or one I hope to find this year Paracheilinus bellae.

Yea, all of them are unique! I really like Paracheilinus wrasses, my absolute favorite is the new species Paracheilinus alfiani

That's a beauty! The finnage is so flamboyant it almost looks unreal!

Extremely impressive. Did most of this start as small frags?

thank you, yes most of them started as small frags, the most impressive is the green millepora (biggest of green corals) it started as one inch frag may be a year and a half ago.

Stoyan, I'd love to see more photos. Can you confirm you only feed brineshrimp to the fish and nothing else? Will the fish obtain sufficient nutrients on such a diet?

hi Sahin, yes I only feed brineshrimp to the fish, I don't know if this diet is sufficient but my fish looks fat, healthy and clowns breed regularly, and they are on this diet from I don't know 3-5 years ? Of course I've tried different types of food but find they dont work for me, mysis and nori elevated phosphates in my tank. I've tried pellets Formula 1 and 2, but only clowns are interested in, the others refusing to eat them. There is plenty of "natural" food for tangs in my tank, and they are greasing rocks all the time. I've examined feces (dirty jobs) of Yellow tang recently and find they consist of about 60-70% green algae fragments. May be brine shrimps provide only small "protein" part of their diet.

Any updated photos of the tank?

Not the best picture but it is under actinics only (end of the day here). I nearly crashed the tank recently because of KZ Zeobac "bacteria"

biom said:

Not the best picture but it is under actinics only (end of the day here). I nearly crashed the tank recently because of KZ Zeobac "bacteria"

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What happened? And why the quotes around bacteria? Is it not actually bacteria?

acesq said:

What happened? And why the quotes around bacteria? Is it not actually bacteria?

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Long story short. I decided to put some bacteria in my tank (don't ask me why ) and I chose Zeobac because I used to use it some years ago with no issues. Added 4 drops in the evening and at the end of the next day I noticed that the water is unusually clear, then find out that all corals are stressed and one is totally bleached. Make the water test and find out that phosphates and nitrates are 0 (they were 0.03 ppm and 1 ppm two days before adding "bacteria"). Then I take closer look of Zeobac product and find out it is clear odorless solution now (it was cloudy whitish solution with distinctive "bacterial"smell some years ago) and after that I noticed shelf life of the product - my bottle expires november 2019!!! I brought it december 2016!!! 3 years shelf life for a bacterial product??? Unfortunately I dont have time to make microbiological test, but I think that if there are bacteria they are in small number, may be this product now is based on enzymes or oxidants.

Interesting. I started dosing 15 drops twice per week in my 400 gallon system a couple of weeks ago and have seen no drop in either nitrate (7-10ppm) or phosphate (.05 ppm). If you ever do a microbiological test, please report your findings.

biom said:

Not the best picture but it is under actinics only (end of the day here). I nearly crashed the tank recently because of KZ Zeobac "bacteria"

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That's the prettiest crashed tank I've ever seen! [emoji23]

Sorry you had issues, glad there wasn't too much damage.

ngoodermuth said:

That's the prettiest crashed tank I've ever seen! [emoji23]

Sorry you had issues, glad there wasn't too much damage.

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Thank you, yea, the damages are not visible from this distance and light, but closer situation is pretty bad, my favorite fast growing mili will probably die, process is slow but irreversible i'm afraid. the others are recovering pretty well .

acesq said:

Interesting. I started dosing 15 drops twice per week in my 400 gallon system a couple of weeks ago and have seen no drop in either nitrate (7-10ppm) or phosphate (.05 ppm). If you ever do a microbiological test, please report your findings.

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definitely will do

Man sorry to hear! Maybe it will survive!

biom said:

Not the best picture but it is under actinics only (end of the day here). I nearly crashed the tank recently because of KZ Zeobac "bacteria"

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Just fabulous!