Will's 93 cube and 30gal frag tank

[w.gurney77]

Got this little guy at the LFS. It was light brown with white polyps at first. A month and a half later its starting to grow. The new growth is ice blue and the plug is totally encrusted. Hope it turns into something nice.

 

[w.gurney77]

Update time!
I have most of the frags mounted in the display.

The tank is recovering from a small setback. I was buying RO water from the local fish store, this turned out to be a problem. They weren't maintaining the RO unit and the tds was more than 25ppm. After a few months of topping off with this water my acropora frags started suffering. It took me about a month and a half to figure out the problem. I have been using distilled water and have the problem solved. I had 3 or 4 frags die, and a few others had dead tips. I clipped the dead tips and new branches are now forming.

I have also been dealing with digitate hydroids. What a pain in the rear! They only appear at night and sting my corals. I have been covering the holes they emerge from with that 2 part putty epoxy. The little boogers are hard to eliminate. I have used a ton of epoxy an my rocks look....well purple. Once I get rid of these digitate hydroids I can pry the epoxy off.

 

[w.gurney77]

Here are some more pictures

 

[mochaclownlover]

Your tank looks great! Wish i had as much luck with SPS as you do

 

[w.gurney77]

Your tank looks great! Wish i had as much luck with SPS as you do

Thanks! It takes a bit of work and lots of research.

 

[w.gurney77]

Here is a FTS from the front. Can't wait to see things grow in!

 

[w.gurney77]

Got in a few new frags from Adam at Battlecorals.
SC Orange passion
Sky Dopple
Soda popinski
Schizopolis sunset
Rainbows in Spain
Space ghost
Purple tipped granulosa

Also picked up an ORA tricolor valida from a new local fish store I found.

 

[w.gurney77]

I need a good camera now. Any recommendations?

 

[revhtree]

Any updates?

 

[w.gurney77]

Hey Rev! I've been busy building up my landscaping company, haven't had much time for updates. Looks like it's definitely time for some recent pictures. I've had a few setbacks since the last update. I overdosed on gfo and lost a few frags. I was trying to get rid of bryopsis and since I haven't used any gfo. I have been keeping my nutrients low with water changes, to allow the army of critters I put in to eat it. My growth has been slow due to low nutrients, and the colors are a bit weak as well. I almost have it eliminated except for a few spots.

 

[w.gurney77]

I'll get some better pictures soon. I still need a better camera than the one on my cell phone.

 

[Lilmatty5dimes]

Looks good.

 

[w.gurney77]

Redbugs! Grrrrr! Just noticed them on my PC Superman. Polyp extension has been poor the last week, and I decided to pull it out and dip it. I'm now shopping for interceptor online. I'm sure they are all over the other acros as well.

 

[country22171]

Nice

 

[w.gurney77]

Does anyone know if the new interceptor spectrum is the same as the old interceptor?

 

[w.gurney77]

Did I beat the red bugs? Only time will tell. Three treatments later and I haven't seen them in over a month. The last treatment I tripled the recommended dose. After the first two the red bugs came back after a month or two. Fingers crossed! Here are a few recent pictures

 

[w.gurney77]

I need to upgrade to a bigger tank. I think I have a problem lol. No more redbugs and growth has been good.

 

[Lilmatty5dimes]

Wow that's absolutely stunning.

 

[w.gurney77]

Thanks, Lilmatty5dimes. It's coming along. I struggle with the getting the best color. Sometimes I get the colors looking good sometimes they look faded.

 

[Travis Stewart]

I need to upgrade to a bigger tank. I think I have a problem lol. No more redbugs and growth has been good.

Prob sucking down calcium!