Brew's 187g slice of the ocean

ksed · Oct 19, 2019

How do you manage to keep consistent water level? Water evaporation is typically inconsistent based in humidity and perhaps drier days.

Brew12 said:
Dosing pump. I dose 20ml at a time, 70 times a day.

Brew12 · Oct 19, 2019

ksed said:
How do you manage to keep consistent water level? Water evaporation is typically inconsistent based in humidity and perhaps drier days.

I use an ATO for that. I evaporate much more than the 1.4L of kalk I dose each day. That is the main reason I don't use Kalk in my ATO. The evaporation rate is too inconsistent.

Brew12 · Oct 20, 2019

Tried to get some pictures. Still lots of floaties in the water....

It's really hard to capture just how much growth I've had lately.

How about a photo processing oddity...

This is what the coral should look like.

Tried getting a close up and the flash went off. Did the auto processing and this is what it looked like with no further manipulation on my part. Pretty crazy.

Brew12 · Oct 20, 2019

And I'm pretty sure this was a favia. Looked really nice and clean when I got it. Now it looks like a big blob.

Monkeynaut · Oct 20, 2019

Brew12 said:
And I'm pretty sure this was a favia. Looked really nice and clean when I got it. Now it looks like a big blob.

That is very interesting growth! I like that

najer · Oct 20, 2019

Brew12 said:
And I'm pretty sure this was a favia. Looked really nice and clean when I got it. Now it looks like a big blob.

Can you give it less light and / or flow, that is a seriously ticked of favia?

najer · Oct 20, 2019

"urinated"

Brew12 · Oct 20, 2019

najer said:
Can you give it less light and / or flow, that is a seriously ****** of favia?

Unfortunately, I wouldn't know how to move it. It's firmly attached to the rock. It actually looks healthy, just lacks structure. I'm just going to leave it and see what happens, if nothing else it is a curiousity.

Monkeynaut · Oct 20, 2019

Brew12 said:
Unfortunately, I wouldn't know how to move it. It's firmly attached to the rock. It actually looks healthy, just lacks structure. I'm just going to leave it and see what happens, if nothing else it is a curiousity.

Oh yeah, don’t touch that thing. It makes me think, Salvador Dali “persistence of time”. Very interesting

ksed · Oct 20, 2019

Very nice pictures!!!

Brew12 · Oct 21, 2019

I've gotten very little sleep lately because of this cough I can't shake. It's given me way too much time to think about stuff that has no importance whatsoever. My latest reefing thought...

How big does an acro need to get before it's a colony? I'm comfortable calling some of my zoas and monti caps. I feel like my larger purple stag and forestfire digi are also colonies. I look at a lot of my tabling/bushy acros and some are 6 to 8 inches across. I don't feel like they are at the point of being a colony yet. Then I see vendors labeling 3" frags with a few branches as mini-colonies.

Of course, none of this really matters... just a random thought.

Victoria M · Oct 21, 2019

Brew12 said:
And I'm pretty sure this was a favia. Looked really nice and clean when I got it. Now it looks like a big blob.

That is so weird.

Victoria M · Oct 21, 2019

Monkeynaut said:
Oh yeah, don’t touch that thing. It makes me think, Salvador Dali “persistence of time”. Very interesting

That is not what it makes me think of.

justingraham · Oct 21, 2019

Brew12 said:
I've gotten very little sleep lately because of this cough I can't shake. It's given me way too much time to think about stuff that has no importance whatsoever. My latest reefing thought...

How big does an acro need to get before it's a colony? I'm comfortable calling some of my zoas and monti caps. I feel like my larger purple stag and forestfire digi are also colonies. I look at a lot of my tabling/bushy acros and some are 6 to 8 inches across. I don't feel like they are at the point of being a colony yet. Then I see vendors labeling 3" frags with a few branches as mini-colonies.

Of course, none of this really matters... just a random thought.

My thoughts
If u can make 10 frags of it or if it fills in a 3 inch tile

I have a Homewrecker that some might consider a super duper crazy colony but to me it’s just a medium sized frag
I could Maby get 7 frags out of it

Brew12 · Oct 21, 2019

justingraham said:
My thoughts
If u can make 10 frags of it or if it fills in a 3 inch tile

I have a Homewrecker that some might consider a super duper crazy colony but to me it’s just a medium sized frag
I could Maby get 7 frags out of it

I think some vendors can make 10 frags out of a 1" coral!

I know I have seen 1/4" frags of Homewreckers before and it makes me cringe.

justingraham · Oct 21, 2019

Brew12 said:
I think some vendors can make 10 frags out of a 1" coral! I know I have seen 1/4" frags of Homewreckers before and it makes me cringe.

Yea I agree if that’s the case I could make 30 frags
but I’m spoiled the people I buy from Bubba ty and Aquavista have nice size frags battle corals is pretty close
so that’s what I judge what a frag is something you can see from at least five feet away
It also seems like when the frag comes in bigger it settles in faster to your system and grows faster i got like 15 corals in one day and I have some crazy growth looking back at 14 or them but the one small frag I got (as I begged for it) has barely grown but everything that came in on that day has doubled in growth

Brew12 · Oct 21, 2019

justingraham said:
Yea I agree if that’s the case I could make 30 frags
but I’m spoiled the people I buy from Bubba ty and Aquavista have nice size frags battle corals is pretty close
so that’s what I judge what a frag is something you can see from at least five feet away
It also seems like when the frag comes in bigger it settles in faster to your system and grows faster i got like 15 corals in one day and I have some crazy growth looking back at 14 or them but the one small frag I got (as I begged for it) has barely grown but everything that came in on that day has doubled in growth

Most of my corals are from Adam. I look at my tank and even though many of the acros are a good 6" to 10" in diameter with 25+ branches I just don't look at my tank and feel like it is full of colonies.

I think my main issue is the lack of height over the rock. Only my 2 purple stags have done well, the rest grow very slow. That likely leads to my feeling the tank hasn't grown in.

Victoria M · Oct 21, 2019

Brew12 said:
Most of my corals are from Adam. I look at my tank and even though many of the acros are a good 6" to 10" in diameter with 25+ branches I just don't look at my tank and feel like it is full of colonies.

I think my main issue is the lack of height over the rock. Only my 2 purple stags have done well, the rest grow very slow. That likely leads to my feeling the tank hasn't grown in.

Oh stop it.

Your tank looks amazing and has some REAL MATURITY going on. Not a bunch of 3 inch sps.

Brew12 · Oct 21, 2019

Victoria M said:
Oh stop it. Your tank looks amazing and has some REAL MATURITY going on. Not a bunch of 3 inch sps.

I'm thrilled with my system, especially considering it isn't 2 years old yet. It's getting to be everything I had ever hoped it would faster than I thought it would.

Victoria M · Oct 21, 2019

Brew12 said:
I'm thrilled with my system, especially considering it isn't 2 years old yet. It's getting to be everything I had ever hoped it would faster than I thought it would.

Good to hear! Your aquarium is amazing fun to follow and see. I think more videos are needed, now that I think about it.