Chris' algae farm (ELOS 160)

[ashr]

Such an amazing tank!! I love that rock on the right. Just perfect! Do you dose?

 

[ShippD]

WOW what an amazing tank WOW

 

[NeverlosT]

Beautiful system, great livestock as well! Please keep the updates coming, great thread. Please explain the fluorescent photography

 

[ingtar_shinowa]

Perfection.

 

[ChristopherKriens]

Please explain some more detail. Those pictures are crazy!

Beautiful system, great livestock as well! Please keep the updates coming, great thread. Please explain the fluorescent photography

Fluorescent photography is basically just exciting the fluorescent pigments in coral (or whatever) and then adding what's called a yellow barrier filter to partially or completely remove the reflected blue light. If you have controllable LEDs, all you really need is the filter for your camera, which are pretty inexpensive. It's a cool way to look at corals, and gives your "old pieces" some new life.

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[revhtree]

Stunning!

 

[ChristopherKriens]

Photo from this weekend:

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[Blue Marlin]

Awesome!

 

[ps2cho]

What is your substrate that you are using?

And also where are you keeping your stats at? po4/ca/alk/mg?

 

[NeverlosT]

Very cool! Pretty amazing critters we keep.

 

[revhtree]

Photo from this weekend:

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My Lord I am so jealous! LOL!

 

[Mason Dixon]

Have any FTS videos?

 

[Stpatrick]

Nicley done!

 

[ChristopherKriens]

What is your substrate that you are using?
And also where are you keeping your stats at? po4/ca/alk/mg?

The substrate is CaribSea's Fiji Pink; kind of a medium sized grain. It moves around a bit during high flow periods, but that helps it stay clean.

Levels vary a little within these ranges - PO4: 0.02-0.04ppm, Calcium: 420-440ppm, Alkalinity: 7.0-7.5dKh, Magnesium: 1300ppm

Have any FTS videos?

Sure, here's one from when I took a photo of the side of the tank the other day.
These look a little better if you select HD Quality, the embeds are playing back at low resolution

[video=youtube;k0tkNBGWCeQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0tkNBGWCeQ&hd=1[/video]

I still need to get a new video of the whole tank from the front, but here's one from quite awhile ago.

[video=youtube;3HgfzDR7iWo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HgfzDR7iWo&hd=1[/video]

 

[G_Sanab922]

This is an amazing build! Following along the maturing process and getting ideas! Not only for the tank but for my furniture layout and design haha

 

[Av8Bluewater]

Photo from this weekend:

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What is the big yellow acro?

 

[ChristopherKriens]

What is the big yellow acro?

That's the classic green slimer. From the same colony just to the left of it. Looks a little yellow because that's right under one of the Radions.

 

[kidtango]

You have the best looking tank under the radions that I have seen online. Amazing videos and photography man. Keep them coming!

 

[kingator]

You have the best looking tank under the radions that I have seen online. Amazing videos and photography man. Keep them coming!

+1 on that you took the words right out my mouth .......keep up the good work man its paying off!

are you still dosing the biodigest and the Bioptim ?

 

[lps1212]

Great thread great pics your kingator's hero :tongue:and whenever I get into sps you'll be my hero too :bigsmile:. Has this tank always been lit by radions or did u use any other lights