Cali Kid Corals

Elos 120 (liter)

melly mel said:
Looking really good John, you got some nice candy there!
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Thanks Rommel. I'm loving the huge reduction of nuisance algae that I've just begun to see after 6 months of "new tank" syndrome. The livestock has continued to do well but the algae was just horrendous for the last several months. Every day I'd wake up to a coating of Cyno on the sand and reef, bubbling with activity. Like Bryan says, "My most important tool is my turkey baster". :bigsmile:
 
These updates include coral purchased from Gonzo at Baymac, O.T. for the cool acans and ultra chalice and Neptune for the King Neptune watermelon chalice.
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Hi Christine!
I love them all! I've always wanted the purple watermelon since seeing the "famous" BAR rotating site pic. I also love the extreme and rainbow acans. Of course, I'm quite attached to blastos................I knew it, I can't pick just one.. :)
 
Just plane lucky. Image #2 above was purchased at O.T. recently. It was a new one on me and I thought it was some kind of acan. WRONG! I should have paid attention when Derek told me it was a Symphyllia wilsoni. That's a horse of a different color! Wow!, I had not even heard of this coral and find it's quite rare. Here's the scoop:
http://reefbuilders.com/2009/01/29/australia-day-symphyllia-wilsoni-desktop-background/
http://reefbuilders.com/2009/12/09/symphyllia-wilsonifrom-australia/
And, of course, check the article on pg. 18 of this ever popular publication!
http://www.reefhobbyistmagazine.com/downloads/pdf/version11.pdf
 
When you look up "Tank-Junkie" in the dictionary, my picture is there. What a source of wonder and amazed amusement my tank is. It's the most satisfying hobby endeavor I've every been a part of. It's just a bonus that I've enjoyed meeting and mixing with many of you so much. That part was a bit unexpected as I'm not much of a socialite. So here's updates showing new livestock and noticeable health and growth on coral purchased at Baymac. Note the Orange Crush killer single acan head (thanks a million for this, Richard) eating a single mysis shrimp. It got lucky and snagged it during a regular broadcast feeding. I'm only spot feeding the sun coral and balanophillias. Everybody else is on their own for catching what drifts by. Well, I lied............I've been hand feeding the Scoly (Bought from Derek at a ridiculously low price) in hopes to see it open up "one day" Notice that I've placed it on a Screebo-pedistal as with most of my prized LPS. Anyone think this is contributing to a reluctance to inflate? What have you all done with Scolys to encourage inflation. I've been careful to not disturb it and it's feeding like a hog at the trough.
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RIP
Lost this guy to hardwood floor surfing when a late night feeding left the wrasse guard in the up position. You can guess I consider this a major loss. It was a few months back and I still lament.
 
Sorry about the fairy wrasse. That was a real cool looking fish.

But nice tank and tank build. I'm looking to upgrade to a 120 so your tank is very inspiring to look at. Hope to see it in person some day!
 
Well............alrighty then, some update pics.
African fairy wrasse (flasher) and Naked Percula
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Cool Meteor Shower Cyphastrea
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Mocha stripe with nuclear green eye candy cane
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Guardian of the frag rack: Long nosed hawk
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DurTBear said:
Sorry about the fairy wrasse. That was a real cool looking fish.

But nice tank and tank build. I'm looking to upgrade to a 120 so your tank is very inspiring to look at. Hope to see it in person some day!
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Thanks a lot Durwin. BTW, did you get the wireless module for your Apex to control and change your MP-40 mode programing? Huge improvement in water flow distribution and moving detritus out of it's hiding places. I set up profiles in the Apex to go through all the program modes that the Vortech's offer. I even have it alternating between syn mode and anti sync of the two pumps. Great option at a fair price.
 
Haven't tried to change the MP40 programming yet. I wouldn't know where to start in trying that so I'd probably need your help to try something like that.
 
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