Smirky's Reefer 450

Jonathan blackwood · Jun 22, 2016

Mirkus said:
Haha, Too late. it sold pretty quick...

Aren't you collecting frags not colonies?

Anything !! As long as it's sps I'm putting in this tank :) small medium or large lol but that was a nice colony btw!!!

Mirkus · Jul 17, 2016

I picked up "new" lights last week. Moved from 6 bulb sunpower to 8 bulb. Since then I've updated my light combo about 5 times. But I think I finally found the right combo. I've never run it before, I'll see how the coral responds.

Mirkus · Aug 22, 2016

A few losses to announce. Rip, bartletts anthias and ruby headed wrasse..... Music:"It's soo hard to say goodbye, to yesterday. " Those guys managed to find the only escape route on my tank. They jumped out of the feeding area for automatic feeder.

Also lost a "blue matrix" via coral combat. Montipora undata wins.

revhtree · Aug 23, 2016

Sorry.. :( Always stinks to lose anything!

Mirkus · Sep 18, 2016

I've been really lazy when it comes to pictures and videos. Here's some lazy pictures (no editing, just wb). Tank has been doing okay. A few weeks I got around to testing my calcium and received a big shocker.... 290! Oops, so much for not testing calcium.

Bronc · Sep 18, 2016

Looks awesome!!

Mirkus · Sep 18, 2016

Bronc said:
Looks awesome!!

Thank you!

It's really cool to look back at the old pictures and videos. Some of my coral has grown a ton. I've haven't even had the Pearlberry a year and it's getting pretty big..(even with REALLY low calcium).

Mirkus · Oct 22, 2016

It kind of looks like tank..

Bronc · Oct 22, 2016

Mirkus said:
It kind of looks like tank..

It looks awesome!

Mirkus · Oct 23, 2016

Bronc said:
It looks awesome!

Thank you, I can always count on you.

Here's a quick update on the tank. The tank has been on autopilot, borderline neglect over the last few months. My workload has picked up and it's been really hard to find the energy for everything. I have managed to add two new fish, chalk basses, to replace the ones that jumped. They are so small and only come out to eat. I am hoping that they come out more once they grow some. The coral continues to grow, but unfortunately I burnt the tips on one in my period of neglect. Color is okay to improving. I will continue on with my unorthodox bulb combo of 4 coral plus, 3 actinic, and 1 blue plus.

Daniel@R2R · Oct 24, 2016

Looking great!

revhtree · Oct 24, 2016

Yes looks good!

Mirkus · Nov 19, 2016

Thanks! I got tired of having a frag rack in my tank, so I sold all the frags and took what was left to the lfs.

And with my store credit + some extra $$ picked up a rhomboid wrasse. Next up, a feminus wrasse :-)

Mirkus · Nov 23, 2016

Here's another quick video. My apologies for the cyano, video quality, music...

Mirkus · Jan 16, 2017

Merry Christmas to me! Skimmer finally arrived last Monday. I wasn't sure an 8 inch skimmer would work. I guess I know the answer....... I plugged it in for the first time just 7 days ago.