I received a box of rocks today.

scriptmonkey · Feb 20, 2019

Glad to see I am not the only one that loves excel/sheets. I do everything from tracking fish to building out rack elevations for customers for their datacenter if in a pinch and don't have Visio handy.

Huge fan of your build @NY_Caveman!

NY_Caveman · Feb 21, 2019

Recent additions are doing well.

Geometric Pygmy Hawk

Acanthastrea

For fun, here is a chart of my Alkalinity dosing amounts for the past four months. The acceleration is tough to keep up with, but I am not complaining.

I try to stay at 8.5 dKH.

NY_Caveman · Feb 23, 2019

Measured PAR levels today

For full details and the light schedule see my post in the R2R Par Database thread

NY_Caveman · Feb 23, 2019

Happy Skyler

Janci · Feb 24, 2019

That seems like good numbers with just enough spread.
Lovely tank shot.

NY_Caveman · Feb 24, 2019

Thanks! I am actually thinking of increasing slightly. Like another 10% total intensity over 2-3 weeks. All around would like a little more for the anemone, SPS and along the bottom.

Hemmdog · Feb 24, 2019

Glad to see your geo Pygmy is still doing good! I didn’t realize you got him cold as well. My trigger also came in a super cold bag

but he’s doing good now to!

NY_Caveman · Feb 24, 2019

He came in pretty cold and I picked him up at the FedEx hub too. He is out all day now, but I have yet to confirm he is eating unfortunately. I assume he prefers the living critters like pods in the tank.

NY_Caveman · Feb 24, 2019

I was working on the taxes and thought my time might be more fun spent putting together some SPS growth pictures. Well, I did not finish either endeavour, so for now, here are some current SPS from the top down. The serious encrusting continues. When they decide to grow vertical, the tank is going to be full of rich color. No rush, keep encrusting as long as you wish.

Bonsai valida
The light colored ring on the encrusting is not the lights. It grew like this during a slight Alkalinity drop and then resumed a darker hue.

FHC Fire Weed

BC Battlejuice
I love the color difference between the encrusting and the growth. Looks like two corals.

Space Invader Millepora

Miyagi Tortuoso (and Candy Flame)
This one actually is two corals. You almost miss the Candy Flame under the Miyagi in a top down shot. They are actually not as close as they appear here.

Hopefully I will start getting some comparison shots up tomorrow. Wait, it is tomorrow. Well, you know what I mean. Have a great Sunday all!

NY_Caveman · Feb 24, 2019

Almost forgot the Jedi Mind Trick Montipora. All of the growth past the cluster of red polyps on the left and right is new this week. Pardon the Valonia.

najer · Feb 24, 2019

Great pics, very nice growth.

Retro Reefer · Feb 24, 2019

Great new pictures and thanks for contributing to the Par Database!

NY_Caveman · Feb 24, 2019

Retro Reefer said:
Great new pictures and thanks for contributing to the Par Database!

You are very welcome. I love the idea. Glad to add to it.

RichtheReefer21 · Feb 24, 2019

NY_Caveman said:
A couple of FTS from today. Everything looks so clean in the tank after giving it some love this weekend.

Full shot with LED

FTS

Well, the glass still needs a hard razor scraping, but the rocks and floor are much cleaner.

The midas blenny looks great under those lights!

Gotta love the way a tank looks after some real TLC. Much more rewarding than a bathroom cleaning.

Katrina71 · Feb 24, 2019

That myagi makes me drool!

NY_Caveman · Feb 24, 2019

I’ll get the mop. I admit I may have drooled into the tank a little getting top down shots of it.

Wolf89 · Feb 24, 2019

NY_Caveman said:
“I received a box of rocks today.”

Only in reef keeping does this statement bring excitement.

So not true lol

NY_Caveman · Feb 25, 2019

Coral Growth - BC Battlejuice

I wanted to post some coral growth pictures to help me keep track. After thinking and trying a few things I decided to do these one coral at a time using individual images. Tonight’s entry is the BattleCorals Battlejuice. The frag has really colored up. At first it started slow, but has really been encrusting well since the beginning of 2019. PAR ~240, good random flow.

Top Down

This was one I only had a few images of, so it was a good test for me. More corals to follow during the rest of the week.

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Current Coral Growth Posts
BC Battlejuice
Bonsai valida
Space Invader Millepora
FHC Fire Weed
Green Goblin Anacropora
CC Infection Montipora
Jedi Mind Trick Montipora
Twisted Sister
Bug Out Stylophora
Miyagi tortuoso
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NY_Caveman · Feb 25, 2019

Coral Growth - Bonsai valida

This Bonsai valida has barely grown vertical at all, but it has been one of the fastest encrusters of all our SPS. PAR 280, strong random flow.

09/28/18