thetedinator's As-built 240g System

[GoVols]

@thetedinator

Thanks for the video.
Your reef is really awesome as always and very nice to watch.

Is that 5 Yellow Tangs in there?

Thanks, GoVols

 

[thetedinator]

Thanks. Yes. 5 yellow tangs.

 

[GoVols]

Thanks. Yes. 5 yellow tangs.

That's a nice flock :)

Do they have a certain pecking order?
Or do they all just do their own thing?

Thanks, Freddie

 

[thetedinator]

There is constant confusion as to who is in charge until my Gold Flake Angel sets them all straight.

 

[GoVols]

There is constant confusion as to who is in charge until my Gold Flake Angel sets them all straight.

:)

 

[thetedinator]

It's been a while since I posted pictures of my corals so here goes. Some photos are side view and some are top down. Lighting is Radion XR30 Pros set to 14k at about 60%. All photos were color corrected in camera.

Bali maricultured green with blue tips bushy acropora - this might be A. tenuis but I'm open to other ideas


WWC Slimeball Anacropora


Frag of ORA Red Planet I got from @Chefzilla


Green M. digitata I got from @o2manyfish


DFS Neon Polyp True M. undata


Encrusting green and blue Frag I got from @Chefzilla


Purple Montipora undata I got from @o2manyfish


Green Acropora millepora and a Green Montipora undata


Blue Bali maricultured A. millepora


WWC Sunrise Acropora


WWC Angel Cake Acropora


Gold Bali maricultured A. millepora


UC Pink Lemonade


Another shot of the WWC Angel Cake Acropora


Another shot of the Bali maricultured A. millepora


Bali maricultured Purple and Blue Stag

 

[GoVols]

Thanks for sharing.
Their all stunning and I don't remember ever seeing the species in shot #5 before.
(DFS Neon Polyp True M. undata).

 

[mlb7225]

Looking great Ted!!!

 

[thetedinator]

A short video from today.

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[thetedinator]

30s Time-Lapse Video of my weekly battle with GHA.

GHA is winning right now.

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[charliethetuna]

Looks great ...how do u clean ur acrylic I just ordered a acrylic tank

 

[palmer]

what percentage of water you change at each WC? and how often

 

[Maritimer]

Beautiful tank, GHA and all!

I think it's delightful that you've got so many groups & pairs of things like banggais, azures, yellow tangs and coral beauties!

~Bruce

 

[thetedinator]

Looks great ...how do u clean ur acrylic I just ordered a acrylic tank

I have the See Clear magnet sleeves. They fit on different magnet sets. I use Mag-Floats

what percentage of water you change at each WC? and how often

My normal regiment is to do a 15% WC every 2-4 weeks. Sometimes I up that to 25%. Lately because of battling the GHA and because I had a return pump fail and dump a bunch of Fe into the system, I am doing weekly 25% water changes.

Beautiful tank, GHA and all!

I think it's delightful that you've got so many groups & pairs of things like banggais, azures, yellow tangs and coral beauties!
~Bruce

Thanks. This is not a complete list: I have 1 Misbar Goldflake Angel (my favorite fish) 5 yellow tangs, 5 captive bred (CB) Banggai Cardinals, 4 CB Coral Beauties, 4 Azure Damsels, 5 Springeri Damsels, 12 (CB) Ocellaris Clownfish, 2 Mexican Red Cap Gobies and singles of other fish.

 

[thetedinator]

Some pictures of some recovering corals...

Recovering Jedi Mind Trick

Miyagi Tort

Recovering Leng Sy monticap

Recovering Grafted Monty

DFS Neon Polyp M. undata

 

[thetedinator]

I updated the aquascaping adding a pinnacle/island.

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[thetedinator]

Sharing some photos of my recovering Mind Trick.

 

[thetedinator]

Things are coming along nicely. Earlier in this thread you will see a photo titled "encrusting green and blue frag I got from Chefzilla" Here is an update for that coral. While I lost other corals this one hung in there. It is a slow grower. Since I don't know the name and I'm not sure Brent does either, I'm calling it Chefzilla's Unknown Blue and Green Acro.

 

[thetedinator]

Moved some things around and added a pinnacle/island in the back.

 

[thetedinator]

There are threads discussing electrical power and power backup options. Here is my solution.