Bubba's SPS Journey

[Fudsey]

Bubba, do you have any conchs in there? Mine bulldoze around my sand bed and it looks more like purple coralline specks than like yours...

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

I removed all my sand (approx 2.5 inch) during my tank move a couple weeks ago, tank had been setup since February, and I haven't experienced any kind of hitch at all. My acros haven't skipped a beat, and I don't have ugly looking sand. :D :D

And I hope you, or anyone for that matter, have zero hitches. I just remember a brs video where @Ryanbrs expressed regret removing all the sand from the brs160.

 

[bubbaque]

Bubba, do you have any conchs in there? Mine bulldoze around my sand bed and it looks more like purple coralline specks than like yours...

I have maybe 6 conchs. I also have a couple sand sifting starfish but sand still looks horrible.

I have removed a lot of my sand already. I have barely enough left for my wrasses to be covered. If it doesn’t clear in the next month I may remove the rest and do the bowl thing again.

 

[Pdash]

And I hope you, or anyone for that matter, have zero hitches. I just remember a brs video where @Ryanbrs expressed regret removing all the sand from the brs160.

Same, made me nervous, but I didn't have a choice about the move and figured using the old sand or getting new were both riskier than simply getting rid of it.

 

[DivingTheWorld]

And I hope you, or anyone for that matter, have zero hitches. I just remember a brs video where @Ryanbrs expressed regret removing all the sand from the brs160.

I sucked mine out 3-4 years ago and have no regrets. I think sand looks more natural but no sand is SO much easier for an Acro tank.

 

[Da8]

yes, my sand is uglier. But I guess I'll be patient even thou I hate seeing the display that way.

My new tank is just moved 6 months ago, sand was new, so I think it is still maturing.

yours I think I remember is also a new setup.

Ugly things will happen here or there....I guess I preffer an ugly sand that ugly rock or corals.

PS: last pink tenuis is just out of this world.

 

[bubbaque]

Part of my BC aquatic-man colony.

BC Aquatic-man by Bubba Rivas, on Flickr

 

[drawman]

Part of my BC aquatic-man colony.

BC Aquatic-man by Bubba Rivas, on Flickr

Dang pulling some nice color on that one!

 

[Epic Aquaculture]

Hey bubba, have you tried a diamond goby to help keep the sand clean?

 

[SneakyTortuga]

Hey bubba, have you tried a diamond goby to help keep the sand clean?

Sand bed clean and everything else gets covered in sand ;) I used to have a goby that loved to fill his mouth with Sand and then swim around the Tank dropping it over everything

 

[blackizzz]

Sand bed clean and everything else gets covered in sand ;) I used to have a goby that loved to fill his mouth with Sand and then swim around the Tank dropping it over everything

Have that problem at the moment, V. Strigata, horrible little bugger :mad: Planning an eviction soon hehe

 

[SneakyTortuga]

Have that problem at the moment, V. Strigata, horrible little bugger :mad: Planning an eviction soon hehe

I just had to evict my resident blue tang. He liked to splash CUPS FULL of water at my lights and out of my tank

 

[bubbaque]

Hey bubba, have you tried a diamond goby to help keep the sand clean?

I tried it twice in the past in my previous tank but when it sifts the sand a bunch of small particles come out the gills and floats around the tank. Seeing those particles all the time annoyed me as I like clear water. They do keep the sand nice and white though. Plus I have removed a lot of my sand over the past month and have maybe 1/4" left which the diamon goby wouldn't be happy. I have just enough left to make it look like I have sand but somehow still gets dirty, :confused:

 

[dwest]

I just had to evict my resident blue tang. He liked to splash CUPS FULL of water at my lights and out of my tank

Ooh mine too. Splashes everything. But can’t get rid of her. Just can’t do it.

 

[bubbaque]

Ooh mine too. Splashes everything. But can’t get rid of her. Just can’t do it.

Must be a blue hippo thing. Mine splashes so much water also but I’ve had her since she was 1” so she will won’t be going anywhere. The new tank is eurobraced so I was hoping it would prevent splashing but no such luck.

 

[EastCoastScaping]

Well I have plenty of nutrients
It is in 350+ par

Sometimes its the flow, too much static flow can cause PE to be bad. Try to check out the flow around them when you feed to see how its moving.

 

[bubbaque]

I will take a colony shot in the future of my WWC Christmas mirabilis as it's pretty big now, maybe 8-9" across.

WWC Christmas mirabilis by Bubba Rivas, on Flickr

 

[EastCoastScaping]

Do you have any new pics of the Bill Murray Acro or the Princess Peach Acro? Would love to see some colony pics of them

 

[bubbaque]

Do you have any new pics of the Bill Murray Acro or the Princess Peach Acro? Would love to see some colony pics of them

The princess peach I took a pic not too long ago and posted it on page 225 and post number #4,500. I need to take a new one of the bill Murray as it’s more orange now then it was in the last pic.

 

[bubbaque]

I've had this one a while and I am happy to see it finally decided to grow a few branches.

BC Angelica

BC Angelica by Bubba Rivas, on Flickr