Baykes' 105 Gallon "First Big Reef"

Coral reefer · Feb 22, 2021

How’s Clearwater doing these days?

Baykes · Feb 22, 2021

Alright, I was happy with the prices and pieces I got. Fish selection was slim. Definitely dip anything you buy, which should be the case anyway. Most tanks had red planaria

Baykes · Feb 22, 2021

Currently ttming a carpenters wrasse, tailspot blenny and a blue tang set to finish next week Tuesday. First one is from Neptune with the other 2 from Violet. after these guys are done, and I get my order from Dr Reef, just gonna add a pair of clowns (planning on Kimmies), pair of mandarins and a purple tang. right now the only fish are the Sunburst Anthias and my second Melanurus after losing the first. Currently 2/4 on wrasses and ttm

Baykes · Feb 23, 2021

50 days since adding water and a month since the last FTS.

Here is a current FTS:

And a FTV:

Baykes · Mar 20, 2021

Almost time to do a full tank update, but just thought I would do a smaller one of some new additions:

2 New Millis from Neptune $20 bin

Single head Duncan from Neptune:

Purple Monsters from Clearwater and Lenny the Tailspot Blenny

German Blue Digi from Neptune $10 bin (Steal of a frag at this size imo)

Bleeding Apple Bowerbankii from seller on R2R (Only second frag I have ever gotten shipped to me)

Purple People Eater Blasto from CFM a couple years ago:

Ultron Favia DBTC from @IOnceWasLegend (add me to the barcode chain so I can update please

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Also on the side I tested Alk and calcium for the first time last weekend since I have been adding more stony corals. Calcium was ok at 390, bumped it up to 420, but ALK was low at about 6.85. Bumped it up to 9 over a couple days, and have been dosing manually. Hope to set up my dosers this weekend or next at the latest.

sfsuphysics · Mar 20, 2021

Really like the color on that ultron favia, with not an overly blue blasting of light too (or at least you got really good filters

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Baykes · Mar 20, 2021

sfsuphysics said:
Really like the color on that ultron favia, with not an overly blue blasting of light too (or at least you got really good filters )

Thanks! No filters, but I do use built in White Balance and touch up in Lightroom to get the colors right. Overall I think the finished product matches what I see with my eyes... whatever that amounts to lol

Coral reefer · Mar 20, 2021

I think I got those first two as well. Nice pics!

Baykes · Mar 20, 2021

Coral reefer said:
I think I got those first two as well. Nice pics!

Thanks! And yeah those 2 really stood out in the tanks. If they do well I’m going to have to buy one of your sapphire millies to complete the collection haha

Coral reefer · Mar 20, 2021

Baykes said:
Thanks! And yeah those 2 really stood out in the tanks. If they do well I’m going to have to buy one of your sapphire millies to complete the collection haha

I don’t have one called sapphire I don’t think. Palmers blue? You can have one for sure if that’s what you want.