Keenan's IM170 EXT

[Keenan]

That chalice graft could get interesting...

Agreed Ryan. Think it will be a success?

 

[RSnodgrass]

Would definitely be a good combo if it did.

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Those photos are AMAZING!! I'm excited about where this tank is going!!

 

[Keenan]

Confetti of the Vivid variety. Still hoping to pull some orange from it.

 

[Keenan]

Re-added the UV to the system. This time I added it onto the frag tank return line, with my reasoning being:

It required the least amount of turns in the plumbing to implement.
It would reduce the effectiveness of it (possibly?) and not over-sterilize? This is just my thinking and in practice who knows.

Ultimately, I only really want it for water clarity this time around. I don't care as much for bacteria/protozoa control. I want to get my water a bit clearer without the need for carbon, and I had this lying around so figured why not. I wish I took pictures of the inside before I cleaned it though, because good lord was it nasty. I had never fully taken it apart to clean before, and the amount of calcified detritus on the walls was at least 3mm thick. Took two separate 24 our citric acid soaks with a thorough scrub in between to get it back to new.

 

[Keenan]

Picture time

TCK Orange Immolation


TCK Solar Beam


BigR WD


Some BC Spath that I forget the name of


CC Disney Jr


JF Jolt

 

[Keenan]

Milli's seem happy

 

[icedgxe]

Beautiful tank!

 

[Reginald Reefer III]

Onto the corals. Received a battlebox and unfortunately had a few casualties due to shipping (cold water). The ones that have survived are almost completely washed out of color, aside from a few. Adam always makes it right though so not too worried.

Here is one that has bounced back quickly however, and might be the most insane frag I've ever had. Yellow and orange polyps with purple and green body. I'm trying everything in my power not to make this guy mad! Also tried some new changes with dslr that resulted in completely out of focus photos, which is a bummer.


Here's a BC Lasermelon which didn't totally lose its color and seems mostly happy



WWC Banana Boom before she gets chopped up for the first time. This coral has almost died on me a handful of times in the past 5 years, but somehow always finds a way to pull through. Very tough to photograph.


And I will leave you with a teaser for what's to come for the expo pre sales ;) Will mainly be trying to sell stuff that's been sitting on my frag racks for way too long, but decided to make a few frags as well.

BC Insanity Teni under blues

I'm getting an insanity teni from BC next week! Curious about the care of yours and any tips and/or struggles you have had with it! Amazing pictures! Thanks!

 

[PanaReefer]

whats you bulb combo? i love the look of it.

 

[Keenan]

whats you bulb combo? i love the look of it.

Actinic
Coral +
4 blue +
Purple +
Actinic

 

[Keenan]

I'm getting an insanity teni from BC next week! Curious about the care of yours and any tips and/or struggles you have had with it! Amazing pictures! Thanks!

No unique care requirements from any other tenuis. Good luck

 

[Keenan]

ASD OG Holy Grail. Best there is in my opinion. Almost lost it when I first got it but thankfully it has bounced back!

 

[Gumbies R Us]

ASD OG Holy Grail. Best there is in my opinion. Almost lost it when I first got it but thankfully it has bounced back!

That torch looks amazing!

 

[MW319]

ASD OG Holy Grail. Best there is in my opinion. Almost lost it when I first got it but thankfully it has bounced back!

100% agree. I’ve been watching their site to purchase one.