Caravan's 165 SPS dominant Reef in Austin

[Caravanshaka]

Picked up my Sony a6000 mirrorless with kit 30mm lens and decided to try a few pictures in the frag tank without any training or help. Not too bad...

JG Yellow frag

Poison Ivy

FHC Lemon Lime Time

My dumb clown that hosts a Duncan...

and an accurate representation of the Pink ******* chalice (tiles below are 4")

 

[bubbaque]

The pink ******* is a nice chalice.

 

[Caravanshaka]

The pink ******* is a nice chalice.

agreed. I've only got 2 chalices....this one and a bubble gum monster chalice. This one has grown quite well for me, while the bubble gum monster has only gotten to about half this size in the same timeframe.

 

[Caravanshaka]

one of the new additions to the display...couldn't get his mate in a focused shot, lol. maybe this pair will actually host the anemone!

 

[thaveteran]

What is the coral above the fox flame?

 

[Caravanshaka]

What is the coral above the fox flame?

That is a Jason Fox Unknown!

 

[thaveteran]

I wish mine looked like that.

 

[Caravanshaka]

I wish mine looked like that.

How long have you had it? mine sat stagnant, encrusted maybe 1/2" in the first few months and was brown for at least 9 months. All of a sudden it started coloring up at the tips, then the base started getting pearly and it started growing.

Unfortunately with the recent calcium issues...the pearly white is gone and it is mostly brown with just the tips having that nice purple color. Hoping it won't take another year to come back out of the funk.

 

[thaveteran]

How long have you had it? mine sat stagnant, encrusted maybe 1/2" in the first few months and was brown for at least 9 months. All of a sudden it started coloring up at the tips, then the base started getting pearly and it started growing.

Unfortunately with the recent calcium issues...the pearly white is gone and it is mostly brown with just the tips having that nice purple color. Hoping it won't take another year to come back out of the funk.

I've had mine about 16 months. It's grown a lot and the tips have the purple but the branches and the base are still brown. You can somewhat see it in the back left corner.

 

[Caravanshaka]

I've had mine about 16 months. It's grown a lot and the tips have the purple but the branches and the base are still brown. You can somewhat see it in the back left corner.

Looks like you have it pretty high up as well. Mine is sitting in about 350 par at the moment. The rest of the corals look awesome in the pics, so it's hard to say what could be causing the difference. Mine looks pretty close to yours now though.

 

[thaveteran]

Looks like you have it pretty high up as well. Mine is sitting in about 350 par at the moment. The rest of the corals look awesome in the pics, so it's hard to say what could be causing the difference. Mine looks pretty close to yours now though.

Actually mine is at the bottom. About 18”-19” down and add another 10”-11” with the height of the lights off the tank. So maybe higher par might help. Thx.

 

[High ICP]

All plumbing done except for the fuge ball valve and the drain pipes on the inside of the sump!

Every connection chamfered inside and out on the pvc pipe, then glued with clear primer and medium pvc cement. Looks really clean overall! Now I have to decide if I’m going to be so picky that I rub all the barcodes off the fittings....

Where did you get the white red gate valve?

 

[Caravanshaka]

Actually mine is at the bottom. About 18”-19” down and add another 10”-11” with the height of the lights off the tank. So maybe higher par might help. Thx.

I’d cut a frag and offer it more par and see if that does anything! Good luck!

 

[Caravanshaka]

Where did you get the white red gate valve?

Amazon actually...they’ve been great so far, very easy to adjust.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Looking good!

 

[najer]

Great pics, looking very nice.

 

[Caravanshaka]

Looking good!

Great pics, looking very nice.

Thank you both!

Looks like I have the calcium reactor dialed in! Pretty stable in the 7.4-7.6 range!

 

[Caravanshaka]

Managed to snag a Trident at release from @premiumaquatics

The Alkatronic has moved over to the frag system.

 

[Janci]

Holy... that is huge floating box.
Curious how much you will like it over the Alkatronic.

 

[Caravanshaka]

It’s actually smaller than the Alkatronic....or at least comparable in size. The Alkatronic wouldn’t fit in the space I put the Trident.

So far I’m loving it. It’s 10x quieter than the Alkatronic, seems to be more precise, and tests all 3 major levels. I don’t have to calibrate multiple pumps and a pH probe manually on a monthly basis either which is a big bonus. If I can snag another one for the frag tank I will