FarmerTy's 215-gallon SPS Tank

[FarmerTy]

I'd marry this new regulator if Texas law would recognize it. Thanks D2mini!

It's been 10 days since I last measured my alk. 7.4 dKh... today 7.5 dKh! Woohoo! [emoji7]

Tank is ready for my +1 in March and the ensuing neglect that will follow.

 

[Robink]

Beautiful tank! Love the selection and placements. Thanks for the videos and pics!!

 

[FarmerTy]

Beautiful tank! Love the selection and placements. Thanks for the videos and pics!!

Why thank you! Its always ever-evolving because that's just how I'm programmed but I'm glad you enjoyed the work I put into it and its documentation! [emoji106]

 

[revhtree]

Finally fired up my UV sterilizer last night. I'm using a 114-watt model that roughly measures 3 feet wide and uses two bulbs. There isn't anything going through it that's coming back out alive! Muahahahaha! The mad scientist has returned!

Cool!

 

[FarmerTy]

FTS with a missing background and frags/colonies everywhere on my sandbed.

Regal angel

Left side of tank

 

[FarmerTy]

 

[helen ann]

Beautiful!!!

 

[Mandrew]

Absolutely stunning tank!

 

[FarmerTy]

Beautiful!!!

Absolutely stunning tank!

Thank you both! [emoji4]

 

[FarmerTy]

Starting to notice my videos look better in vimeo. I guess they run a higher bitrate for 60fps.

 

[Jimbo662]

Looks like Hurricane Ty blowing through!

 

[jah4good]

You need to copyright that, put it on a loop and sell it as a screen saver!

 

[revhtree]

Dang man it looks awesome!

 

[Klaas]

Thank you! He's finally almost to adult form. This was him just 3 months ago!

The change happened a lot quicker than I would have imagined!

Love the emperor too. Just got one myself. He is still in the sump. You had No problems him eating corals and polyps?

 

[SamsReef]

Bud, glad to see the Gonis doing awesome for you. A lot of folks are skeptical when it comes to growing Gonis and I always say the same thing - don't be misled by lots of wrong info around Goniopora care. Goniopora likes the same conditions as SPS minus the intensity of light. Good random flow, near zero phosphates, stable alkalinity.

And not all Gonis are he same like not all SPS are the same, especially the wild cannot be looked at the same as home cultivated for years...

Would be very interested to hear your first hand experience.

 

[FarmerTy]

Love the emperor too. Just got one myself. He is still in the sump. You had No problems him eating corals and polyps?

I was moving away from zoas which is why I decided to get him. He just helped me spur along my transition as he ate any zoas I didn't remove yet and also caused a fire sale on my kryptonite candy cane colony. [emoji4] My regal angel is also part of the no zoas club as well.

Bud, glad to see the Gonis doing awesome for you. A lot of folks are skeptical when it comes to growing Gonis and I always say the same thing - don't be misled by lots of wrong info around Goniopora care. Goniopora likes the same conditions as SPS minus the intensity of light. Good random flow, near zero phosphates, stable alkalinity.

And not all Gonis are he same like not all SPS are the same, especially the wild cannot be looked at the same as home cultivated for years...

Would be very interested to hear your first hand experience.

Hey Sam! Yes, as you can see, the gonis are doing excellent and look amazing! I'm so thankful I could borrow from your colonies and start my own collection as I'm a sucker for them as well.

What surprised me was their amazing ability to grow so quickly and also their potent sting. I started a little goni garden like yourself and realized one was stinging some of the others so I gave them all more space. Their tentacles would actually extend out stingers and start attacking nearby corals. It can even zap SPS and more surprisingly, first thing I've ever seen that killed my cyphastrea back!

While I don't have the longevity of experience you do with gonis, I can say that they are appreciating the conditions in my tank that are geared towards SPS. I do not feed them food ever but I do have a large fish population.

Interestingly, as I have gone fallow in my tank, they continue to grow without the fish poop fertilizer so I can somewhat assume that they are not reliant on it as much as I thought. Just good ol' light seems to suffice.

 

[SamsReef]

The pink goni with yellow center Can grow long sweeper tentacle. The others don't extend sweeper tentacle but do sting each other if kept very close to each other. I maintain just enough distance between them so it looks like Goni garden but not there is enough space....they are not like Zoas or ricordea.

Very impressive growth. It is further confirming my theories on the conditions that work best with them.

Sam

 

[FarmerTy]

The pink goni with yellow center Can grow long sweeper tentacle. The others don't extend sweeper tentacle but do sting each other if kept very close to each other. I maintain just enough distance between them so it looks like Goni garden but not there is enough space....they are not like Zoas or ricordea.

Very impressive growth. It is further confirming my theories on the conditions that work best with them.

Sam

Yes! That pink with yellow center likes to reach out and touch a friend every once in awhile with a long sweeper tentacle or two.

I'll see if I can keep an eye out for your glittery POTO goni white whale you've been looking for. [emoji4]

 

[FarmerTy]

Pictures with the wife's new iPhone7 for comparison.

 

[FarmerTy]

Video with her iPhone. A little oversaturated and blue for my taste.