Sawdonkey's 220 Progress Thread

[Thle009]

Nice setup. I was little held back by your choice of Emperor in an SPS tank. But I too love to keep Angels, so to each his own poison I guess :)

 

[sawdonkey]

Some new FTS:

 

[FarmerTy]

I'm really a huge fan of your minimalist aquascaping and how you have enough resistance to not overstock your fish population as well. A paints a very peaceful, serene image.

I'm curious, in your FTS pictures, the edges seem to drop off significantly with light, almost a spotlight type effect on your tank. Is that a camera effect or do you keep most of your lighting away from the edges of the tank? It looks pretty cool.

 

[sawdonkey]

Thanks, I'd like to get a few more smaller fish, but I'm just too lazy to set a QT and go through the whole process.

The dark edges could just be due to my corner overflows? The light is spread pretty evenly except where the two crossmembers cast a shadow, and that is fairly obvious (and I hate it).

 

[FarmerTy]

Yeah, I'm still QTing myself and it's such a pain so I hear ya.

I meant when I look at your photo, I hardly notice the glass on the edges of your FTS. When I look at my photo, you definitely know there's glass on the edges. I'm a total photo newb and don't even have a DSLR so not sure if that was a picture effect or not.

It just might be the simple difference of a black background and how everything just disappears into the background but my pictures just look too overwashed and bright compared to your peaceful lit reef oasis.

 

[sawdonkey]

Yeah, I'm still QTing myself and it's such a pain so I hear ya.

I meant when I look at your photo, I hardly notice the glass on the edges of your FTS. When I look at my photo, you definitely know there's glass on the edges. I'm a total photo newb and don't even have a DSLR so not sure if that was a picture effect or not.

It just might be the simple difference of a black background and how everything just disappears into the background but my pictures just look too overwashed and bright compared to your peaceful lit reef oasis.

I see. I have some space on the ends of my rocks so the rockwork isn't right up against the glass. I just typically frame my shots to the edges of my rockwork and not all the way to the glass.

 

[sawdonkey]

Some close ups and top downs:

 

[FarmerTy]

Great pics! That last coral is something else! What is it?

 

[sawdonkey]

Great pics! That last coral is something else! What is it?

Thanks, Vivid's Rainbow.

 

[FarmerTy]

Thanks, Vivid's Rainbow.

Oh perfect! I have a frag currently growing out! Now I have something to look forward to! [emoji4]

 

[sawdonkey]

Oh perfect! I have a frag currently growing out! Now I have something to look forward to! [emoji4]

It's a frustrating coral. In my experience, and others I've read, it takes a frag at least six months or so to show any signs of color. It stays grown until it's a mini-colony or better.

 

[FarmerTy]

It's a frustrating coral. In my experience, and others I've read, it takes a frag at least six months or so to show any signs of color. It stays grown until it's a mini-colony or better.

Yeah, that would make sense because it's just a tiny brown ugly thing on a plug right now... So what you're saying is I get to enjoy this for another 6 months first. [emoji22]

 

[sawdonkey]

Some new pics

BC Ponape Rainbow Rosaria

SunnyX Sunset

WWC Blueberry

Wet Thumbs Double Doozy

Tyree Pinky the Bear

Joe Knows Reefs Rose Acro (I think...forgot the name)

BC Gary's Yellow

JF Champagne Coolers

PC Rainbow

Red Robin

RMF Ultimate Miyagi

Green Birdsnest

 

[Chriscrna]

Stellar! Absolutely phenomenal man.

 

[sawdonkey]

Poletti Yellow Tips

BC Ponape Rosaria Rainbow

Red Unknown- Really wishing I hadn't put that rainbow monti on my rockwork

Tyree Icefire

Reefdweller's Ultimate Tricolor - the only downside to having triggers is that they like to spit gravel on corals

BC Sky Dopple

Copps Efflo

BC June Ruby

RMF Ultimate Miyagi

Coolers Champagne

BC Gary's Yellow

Shades of Fall

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Stellar!

PS. How did you choose your screen name? :p

 

[sawdonkey]

Stellar!

PS. How did you choose your screen name? :p

Thanks, and it's a long stupid story:

Playing the game Scene It about ten years ago. The visual clue was Saw+Mule+Jack+Sun. The proper answer was Samuel L Jackson, but I blurted out "Sawdonkey Jackson," and my friends didn't let me forget about it for a long time.

 

[FarmerTy]

I was hoping you were going to say that you are a magician and that was your main attraction was sawing a donkey in half.

 

[lou dog420]

I tried, but I just cannot take a good FTS. Here is the product of my not-so-skillful work tonight.

Awesome tank donk !!!

 

[lou dog420]

Yeah, I'm still QTing myself and it's such a pain so I hear ya.

I meant when I look at your photo, I hardly notice the glass on the edges of your FTS. When I look at my photo, you definitely know there's glass on the edges. I'm a total photo newb and don't even have a DSLR so not sure if that was a picture effect or not.

It just might be the simple difference of a black background and how everything just disappears into the background but my pictures just look too overwashed and bright compared to your peaceful lit reef oasis.

Looks awesome to me!!