Beware the Shallows! An 80g Reef Reboot

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Light is complete

 

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Took some pics with just the Blue Plus on.


So I found a yuma. I have no clue where it came from, I don't remember buying one anywhere!

Satan the (mini mini??) anemone

Some zoas and palys from metrokat

My friend's red rock flower that he is probably not getting back since I'll never be able to get it out of that rock lol

God I love my maxi minis!

 

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So the Maxspect Riptide might make me trash my 'no cords in the display' rule.

[video=youtube;lFnMOWeU-9U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFnMOWeU-9U[/video]


Anyone remember how I said I had a pocillopora hitchhike on a gorgonian? It's now fluorescent green

And I got coralz from lawnman! Awww yeah!

And a freakin colony!

They're already starting to open up.

 

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Opening up!

Take two on this fish. This shipment was MUCH better than the last few have been. Still smaller than I'd like, but at least she isn't skinny. She is still very timid and hasn't yet strayed away from that pile of rocks on that side, but she's steady peckin away

 

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Took a few more pics yesterday.

On the stock lens, to get any good detail of anything, I've gotta be really really close. Took a bunch of pics today and maybe 1/10 of them were ok, and even less I kept lol

So I've got a problem.

Recovering after, uh, accidentally placing upside down. whoops.

This is what happened to all of my sanctithomae mushrooms, they bleach, shrivel up, and disappear into the rocks.

 

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[skinz78]

Looking great!

 

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Got my new skimmer installed, the Bubble Magus Hero 180A. Also set up a makeshift algae scrubber. Was pretty much just getting it there and measuring intensity and such - looks like around 500 PAR (uncorrected) on the surface in the center, and around 300 PAR near the edges. Tomorrow I'm going to take out all the rock in that section and put a powerhead in there to give the scrubber more flow, and I'm going to rough up the scrubber's surface. Crossing my fingers that this scrubber gets going ASAP, looks like I'm in for a bumpy ride.

 

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Played with the new extension ring.


One of my new daisies! :love:

This was literally around 1/2" away from the front of hte lens.

This was the absolute maximum focal distance with the 35mm extension. Anything beyond the hammer could not be brought into focus.

I think the rest are using the 12mm extension.

Was playing with manual settings with a low ISO, but just turned out too dark. Need a better lens.

A big out of focus, but this feather duster is gorgeous.

I did an entire photoshoot of my big serpent star when I fed the tank earlier, but none of them turned out, even cranking up the exposure in Lightroom didn't help. Sigh. They were REALLY good macros, too.

 

[revhtree]

Very nice bro!

 

[jedimasterben]

Thanks rev!

 

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Dumped about 30lbs of live rock from the display since now that dinos are taking over again I will not be using that rock to set up my nano tank. Moved some of my big rocks around, looks a LOT better, and my fish seem to all love it - they're moving all around the tank exploring, hopefully they'll keep that up and they're not just taking a look around to claim a spot lol

I also picked up a boyfriend for my ruby red. My wife named the female Lucy-fer and the male Gabriel. LOL

I also picked up two Springer's damsels. They're itty bitty and adorable

 

[revhtree]

Man I need one of those Ruby Reds!

 

[jedimasterben]

Man I need one of those Ruby Reds!

Get two of them

Satan, the anemone.

Even the CUC members have their own dinos lol

My photosynthetic sponge is starting to regrow, despite dinos. Could it be from the silica dosing? Maybe, but probably not.

Please don't eat me.

Hay. Hayyyy. You can eat me as long as you feed me.

 

[revhtree]

Looks good man!

 

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I just realized - I placed my order for my Hawkwing conch on July 4th, 2012, got him that Friday, so I've had him almost two years!

He's quite the acrobat

 

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My ruby red dragonets started mating tonight

And a video

[video=youtube;u4PHpMNzevw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4PHpMNzevw[/video]

 

[Lilmatty5dimes]

awesome video. i almost pulled the trigger on one yesterday. lfs had one for $20. dang cope pod need to hurry up. lol is there anyway to tell male and female apart?

 

[jedimasterben]

Just like with any dragonet, the male dorsal fin will be much larger than the female.


I still can't believe that places sell them for $50-200 each, it's just ridiculous. They come from ONE place in the world and one importer, and they are basically a dime a dozen.

 

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