My Peninsula

[NY_Caveman]

I absolutely love your aquascape!

 

[Servillius]

I absolutely love your aquascape!

Thanks!

I got a bit compulsive until I had what I wanted. There was some chance of getting it in my sleep because my wife was sick of me talking about rock.

 

[SPR1968]

You have a beautiful looking tank @Servillius and congratulations on the award.

Following along now I’ve found you!

 

[Servillius]

It’s been a while so I thought I’d try post a few update snaps! Things are going well but I sure wish I could take better pics! Names depend entirely on my utterly fallible memory.

Matt V Rainbow Envy

TSA Sin City maybe

Pro Coral Rainbow

RR Prometheus

No name

BC Jezabel

Forest Fire

JF Blue Tip Stag

RR Red Dragon

TSA Sin City

Inner Core

 

[Servillius]

So I got this a few months back to try it out. Love it. It’s worked great since the moment I turned it on. Bonus points for admiring my new water tank for water change water!

 

[Servillius]

Funny story. I’ve used the same alk monitor for years. I’ve always known they’re not very accurate but done right, mine is remarkably precise. So I sort of just didn’t worry about it because on a relative basis, it all seemed fine. I have some standards I’ve had for a year but never used. Happened to use them two weeks ago and my meter appears to measure about 11% low. Well, if you’re aiming for 140 ppm, 11% means you’re actually at about 125 ppm. Trying to keep alk stable at a level that lie is a huge pain.

On another note, I’ve had a hard time keeping all stable for years. A few weeks back, my dosing pump timer, due to user error, stuck open to the tune of about 3 days worth of dosing. My alk spiked to 216 (194 ppm if you subtract 11%). Growth went nuts. I’m now keeping things at 160ish and everything loves me!

I think the Hanna Checker is great and very reliable, but for God’s sake, calibrate!

 

[dbl]

Looks great. Consistency is king in my book, sometimes despite the "real" numbers.

 

[Servillius]

Because my wife is a slug who has refused to start a build thread, I’m going to share some pics of her seahorse tank here.

 

[Servillius]

And some FTS evening shots on the reef...

 

[Servillius]

It’s getting close to the end of the year. I thought I’d see how I’ve done in the reef. Here are a few pics comparing shots of corals from around this time a year ago with current pics.

Here’s an Aussie stag:

Nameless Milli:

This is RR Mystique:

Frag off a mariculture colony:

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[Servillius]

A few more. I actually didn't think I had all that much growth until I started doing this.

Forest Fire Monti:

JF Bug Out Stylo:

JF Fox Flame?:

USC Blue Diamond:

ORA Bird of Paradise:

 

[Fudsey]

Some really nice growth when you look at it that way ! ! !

 

[Servillius]

Some really nice growth when you look at it that way ! ! !

Yeah, it’s funny how when you look all day it seems like it’s never gonna happen but when you look back a bit...