74 Gallon Build

[palvyre]

Colt coral looking nice. Zoas from Jay look pretty cool too.

 

[palvyre]

Really nice PE on my gargonian. Think it approves of the new tank.

 

[palvyre]

Sump pic.

 

[palvyre]

Completed my water change today. Cleaned out the skimmer, swapped out my carbon, and changed out the filter sock.

 

[palvyre]

Ordered a full Apex from Emerald Bay East. Looking forward to getting it in. Turns out the full version has a variable dimming port on it, I didn't know that . Thanks to Emerald Bay East for saving me $100 in didn't need to spend.

 

[palvyre]

Zoas from club meeting.

 

[palvyre]

My pink Zoas are looking rough. I am wondering if these dark Asterinas are the culprit.

There are several in the general area on the rock work.

 

[palvyre]

This colt coral is getting huge.

 

[palvyre]

Clove polyps from swap.

 

[palvyre]

Making the wife happy. Thanks Rick at Synergy Reef for the acrylic. Wife didn't like seeing the plumbing. Before and after shots.

 

[NeveSSL]

Nicely done!

Brandon

 

[palvyre]

I am wondering if this Yuma is going to split or produce a new one. It is about 8 inches tall and 6 inches wide.

 

[palvyre]

My pink Zoas are looking rough. I am wondering if these dark Asterinas are the culprit.

There are several in the general area on the rock work.

With the polyps all withdrawn, there are some very thin brown hair like worms all over the polyps. My emerald crab just noticed them however and he is eating all the worms. Crossing my fingers he clears them up for me.

 

[inkedsparkster]

Subscribed, nice looking wrasse for sure man! Good looking tank. Also good to read about the feeding you and palvyre were doing. I'm new to the hobby and about to fill up my tank in a few weeks. So info like that is always helpful.

 

[ethridge78]

Tanks looking good

 

[palvyre]

With the polyps all withdrawn, there are some very thin brown hair like worms all over the polyps. My emerald crab just noticed them however and he is eating all the worms. Crossing my fingers he clears them up for me.

Now that the polyps are all closed I can see the culprit clearly. I have a spaghetti worm in the middle of the colony with its arms all over everything. Not sure how to get rid of it. The zoa rock is epoxied in.

 

[RyanS]

That sump is sexy :smile: It is coming together nicely. I would go for a tall spiraling scape with water flow all the way around it. Something like this

That is some beautiful rock work. Got a link or more information about it? Would love to see it populated with goodies.

 

[palvyre]

Found my diamond watchman goby in the overflow today. That's a 2" vertical jump. Silly fish.

 

[palvyre]

I don't know if he was just eating a dead polyp or if he is the one that messed up my pink zoas. I caught my emerald crab with a detached polyp in his claws and he was chowing down on it.

 

[palvyre]

Couple of weeks post Chemiclean treatment. Everything has come back and looks awesome. That PH drop
From the treatment made a bunch of the coral mad and I think killed my cleaner shrimp too. Everything looks awesome now though. I managed to save 7-8 polyps of those pink zoas too.