Rebirth

[aabjones888]

Very nice tank! Love it

 

[mdbronco]

inspirational to say the least

 

[dragonfish]

AMAZING TANK

 

[SPR1968]

Beautiful photography Alex and stunning system.

I seem to remember seeing some of your aquascape photos out on the web when I was starting my own system and trying to design the aquascape

Very nice indeed.

 

[Alex Costa]

Thank you guys,
I appreciate it!

 

[Alex Costa]

Beautiful photography Alex and stunning system.

I seem to remember seeing some of your aquascape photos out on the web when I was starting my own system and trying to design the aquascape

Very nice indeed.

Hello Shaun,
I saw your reef recently.
A friend was researching about the blue throat trigger and send me some photos of yours.
How do they behave in the reef?
Best regards
Alex

 

[SPR1968]

Hello Shaun,
I saw your reef recently.
A friend was researching about the blue throat trigger and send me some photos of yours.
How do they behave in the reef?
Best regards
Alex

Hi Alex
They are model citizens really and don’t cause any issues with corals or other fish. They keep trying to spawn every so many months and there is a video on post 119 of my build thread with them spawning and dancing etc

They are very imposing and could do some serious damage if they wanted to, but so far they are fine.

 

[Alex Costa]

 

[tripdad]

Very nice! Looks like you will eventually have to prune some as things grow in.

 

[Alex Costa]

I forgot to mention that this video was made 1 year and a half after the setup of the tank.
No amaaaaaaaaazing grow rate, but it's ok.
As I said in the very begining, I must have a REEF in 2 or 3 years from the start.
At this rate, it should be true.

 

[Alex Costa]

Very nice! Looks like you will eventually have to prune some as things grow in.

Thanks.
I'm already doing it.......the milepora pink blue tips and the turaki are very fast growers and I've already pruned them a lot of times.
Today I'm going to do the same with the Formosa Blue Sky, to keep it low and don't affect the layout of the small island in the front....

Alex

 

[Alex Costa]

Here's my new dosing schedule.
I'll switch from Brightwell to Aquaforest in the next couple of months.
More concentrate products in smaller bottles means cheaper shipping cost wich, for who lives out of Europe/EUA, is a good thing.
Besides that, the results of AF are already proven, so I'll give it a shot.

SEG – TLF Ferrion 20ml / TLF Strontium 10ml / AF Vitality 10 drops

TER – Brightwell Koralle 30 ml / Brightwell Borochrom 15 ml

QUA – AF Fluorine 10 drops / AF Micro E 10 drops/ AF Amino 20 drops

QUI – AF Energy 20 drops/ TLF Ferrion 30 ml

SEX – Brightwell Borochrom 15 ml / TLF Strontium 10 ml

SAB – Brightwell Koralcolor 10 ml / Brightwell Lugol 5 drops / Nyos Coral Nectar 20 drops

DOM – Brightwell Koralle 30 ml

Alex

 

[Alex Costa]

 

[Alex Costa]

Some growth progression

14/04/2017

20/04/2018

17/02/2017

20/04/2018

Alex

 

[Alex Costa]

A beautiful and interesting animal.....
A photosynthetic gorgonian. Blue/purple body with brown polips.

Alex

 

[Alex Costa]

Micromussas....THE very slow growers at this moment.
I'll improve the target feeding to try to change this.

Alex

 

[Alex Costa]

Pectinia Space Invader Jason Fox

Alex

 

[Alex Costa]

Anthias cooperi

Alex

 

[Alex Costa]

Aiptasias!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Watch out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alex

 

[Alex Costa]

Long Spine Urchin