Swannyson7's 180g mixed reef

[Reefer831]

Thanks guys!

@ reefer831- 4th one down on which post number? If you're talking about the purple mille with green polyps and the blue growth rim, that's a Fuzzy Watermelon from Mr. Coral. One of my favorite corals in the tank!

Yup that one....it's a winner for sure!

 

[Kellee5]

You guys are sooooo bad! Hahaha I have to beg my hubby to upgrade! He is the brains behind it all but I am learning and having fun now for over a year!

 

[EcoFrags]

Hey guys first post on r2r after a long time being a passive observer but i had to join and say that this tank is looking a heck of a lot like what i want mine to look like :xd:...one of the greatest in home tanks i've seen in a long long time and serious acro envy with the green slimer mine is a big fan of bleaching when he grows a little too close to the lights so he gets moved a lot

 

[Mike&Terry]

Wow, the last batch were good but these ones were just plain sick man. Very, very nice.

Not sure how we missed that last batch of pictures, but I gotta agree with Brett - S I C K !!!!

Gorgeous corals and I am definitely feeling a bit of acro-envy, LOL!

-Terry

 

[ritter6788]

I'm upgrading soon and your tank just gave me loads of inspiration! Congrats on an amazing tank!

Are the "pest" corals actually causing any damage or just over growing? What about the BTA? Does it kill what it touches?

 

[swannyson7]

Thanks guys! The anthelia doesn't really hurt anything, just crowds out the SPS and prevents it from growing. The GSP packs a bit of a sting and so does the BTA. The RBTA isn't too bad because it's not that large, but the GBTA has been stinging my setosa for about a year. :squigglemouth:

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Hey guys first post on r2r after a long time being a passive observer but i had to join and say that this tank is looking a heck of a lot like what i want mine to look like :xd:...one of the greatest in home tanks i've seen in a long long time and serious acro envy with the green slimer mine is a big fan of bleaching when he grows a little too close to the lights so he gets moved a lot

Welcome to R2R! Thanks for joining and please make sure and post often!

 

[swannyson7]

Hey guys first post on r2r after a long time being a passive observer but i had to join and say that this tank is looking a heck of a lot like what i want mine to look like :xd:...one of the greatest in home tanks i've seen in a long long time and serious acro envy with the green slimer mine is a big fan of bleaching when he grows a little too close to the lights so he gets moved a lot

Sorry I missed your post earlier, but thank you for the compliment! Welcome to R2R! 1smile1

I'm glad that you finally stopped lurking and posted. Be sure to start a build thread when you a get a chance so that we can all track your progress! As for the green slimer, mine started relatively low in the tank because I encountered similar problems with bleaching initially. I'd try moving it down a bit to adjust to the LEDs... it grows fast enough that it will be making it to the top of your tank in no time! As mine has grown toward the lighting, I've had no problems with any bleaching.

 

[EcoFrags]

Thanks guys and thanks for the advice swannyson...i'll start my own thread soon once i get a camera the doesnt make the LED lighting look like its a giant blue sunspot on my iphone camera lol...would love to get tips or advice or feedback, whatever you wish to call it, on my tank from some of you guys.

 

[swannyson7]

Mounted a couple mini colonies that have been growing on the sandbed for some time and decided to snap a few pics. First off, the newly mounted colonies:

 

[swannyson7]

And a couple other pics from this morning:

 

[reefknight]

Gorgeous as always!

 

[Aquaph8]

You have outstanding colors man, it's hard to scale from the pics but some of those colonies look huge.

 

[swannyson7]

Gorgeous as always!

You have outstanding colors man, it's hard to scale from the pics but some of those colonies look huge.

Thanks guys! Brett, the macro lens can be a bit deceiving. Several of the colonies are right around 5-6", but a few are significantly larger like the lime table, green slimer, and blue tip emerald stag. There's also a few mini colonies that are growing out like the pearlberry and newly mounted deepwaters that are only about 3". I also have more frags sitting around on racks than I care to admit that will be mounted once they grow a bit. There's some nice ones growing out, so hopefully they start to take off soon so that I can mount them!

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Feels like I am looking into the ocean! Well done!

 

[swannyson7]

Thanks Rev! It's slowly but surely filling in. Once some of the stuff on the frag racks grows a bit, I'm going to have to start tearing our a few of the mediocre colonies to replace them with the more vibrant stuff. I've got quite a few goodies growing out! 1smile1

 

[Mike&Terry]

Beautiful colonies and that pearlberry is to die for! :beauty:

M&T

 

[revsgirl]

Are you kidding me?!?! Goregeous, I tell ya'! Gorgeous!!

 

[ritter6788]

Looks like a coral jungle in there! I love it!

 

[Aquaph8]

Scott what is this and can we get an update shot when you get a chance? The colors are amazing!