*** Colliderscope Picture thread***

[nvierra]

#battlecrew I have the tips on this glowing and growing fast now

Beautiful! Thank you!!

 

[Jasonak]

#battlecrew

 

[Red_Beard]

#battlecrew

Boom diggity, look at that monster!

 

[Reginald Reefer III]

#battlecrew

Boom diggity, look at that monster!

 

[Battlecorals]

eyes to the left please collider
#battlecrew

 

[Reginald Reefer III]

eyes to the left please collider
#battlecrew

Boom diggity, look at that monster!

 

[Red_Beard]

eyes to the left please collider
#battlecrew

Dang! How are you pulling the pale body but super purple tips? that looks awesome.
(sad deal righty, you are in good hands though)

 

[Battlecorals]

Boom diggity, look at that monster!

Dang! How are you pulling the pale body but super purple tips? that looks awesome.
(sad deal righty, you are in good hands though)

I’m feeling pretty good about the collider.

I think just good old low nutrients and high. light I’ve been riding near zero phos a while now and nitrate under 7.

I had been dosing zinc the last year or so. But I have been methodically removing a couple inches of detritus from my sump since January and oddly enough the zinc demand plummeted.

So I’m not really adding anything else but calcium reactor effluent these days, ammonium, and neo phos to walk the nutrient line.

 

[Red_Beard]

I’m feeling pretty good about the collider.

I think just good old low nutrients and high. light I’ve been riding near zero phos a while now and nitrate under 7.

I had been dosing zinc the last year or so. But I have been methodically removing a couple inches of detritus from my sump since January and oddly enough the zinc demand plummeted.

So I’m not really adding anything else but calcium reactor effluent these days, ammonium, and neo phos to walk the nutrient line.

I've always wanted to try and run low nutrients, but i am too big of a sissy to ride the edge of that knife. Too worried i would miss a feeding or something and crash it all. I think my phosphates are at around .25 currently and i have been really pushing nitrates (ammonium) too to finally get them up around 10ppm. I do get really deep vivid colors and have been lucky to not have anything brown out on me (knock on wood), but wonder how everything would look with those really pretty contrasting pastel base tones and deep tips, kind of like Firth Fantathy (love that piece by the way, thank you for sticking it in the last box).
Id seen you state elsewhere that you were dosing zinc, odd that detritus related processes would increase demand. Pretty neat though.

 

[jackson6745]

February #battlecrew
Growing well!

Top down

Front

 

[Jasonak]

Nice pictures! That first picture is so sharp.

 

[jackson6745]

Nice pictures! That first picture is so sharp.

Thanks! Olympus tg7 underwater camera. Takes really high quality images for a point and shoot camera.

 

[BillyW]

Colliderscope - 18Feb26, no filter. Redid some rock because Vermetidae were everywhere. Leaving Friday night till the 25th of March for some good ol’ Army Training. Last time though, submitted my retirement packet last week!

 

[tobster]

#battlecrew February pics. Still growing/basing out. Not much upward growth.

 

[Red_Beard]

In other fun, exciting news, this:

I may have to temporarily disrupt my pattern of neglect and do some serious maintenance. Super odd acro blister. Saw one on bozo too and a few others are showing signs of dysplasia :/

 

[Minifoot77]

In other fun, exciting news, this:

I may have to temporarily disrupt my pattern of neglect and do some serious maintenance. Super odd acro blister. Saw one on bozo too and a few others are showing signs of dysplasia :/

Super rare bounce acros

 

[Jasonak]

In other fun, exciting news, this:

I may have to temporarily disrupt my pattern of neglect and do some serious maintenance. Super odd acro blister. Saw one on bozo too and a few others are showing signs of dysplasia :/

Ive seen that over the years on corals, do you know what causes it ?

 

[Red_Beard]

Ive seen that over the years on corals, do you know what causes it ?

Not specifically, no. The last time this happened, i tested high for iron zinc and magnesium as well as had low sodium high chloride. I know magnesium isn't high this time, tests around 1290 or so, so i would think maybe high iron/zinc could be at issue? I do have some rusty hardware above my sump as well as some serious bryopsis and GHA issues that won't go away where they would normally leading me to think i may indeed have high iron/zinc once more.

I just did a 25 gallon water change and pressure washer'd my mixing drum out. Going to make up another 55 gallons and hit it again in a few days. Not sure how i am going to want to address my rusty plumbing straps yet though.

 

[Stang67]

February moved to scape #battlecrew

 

[evilexotica]

Not sure how i am going to want to address my rusty plumbing straps yet though.