BPB's Humble SPS Dominant 90 Gallon

[bubbaque]

I've always loved the contrasting colors.

 

[Bpb]

Dadgum BC reef ready grape juice has been through hades and back. It’s fallen multiple times off the rocks no matter where I put it. Bad luck i guess. Woke up to it laying face down on my bubble coral so I decided to frag it and try to save it. Starting over on the rack while I think of where to put it..or sell it

 

[bubbaque]

That's no fun

 

[Bpb]

Well sadly I’ll be parting ways with my urchin tomorrow. The benefit it brings in cleaning I don’t take for granted....however. I learned it has the capability of toppling a 20 pound rock stack by wedging itself between the rock and glass. Baseball sized acro colony went down and destroyed about 75% of it. Caused about 50% necrosis on some of my favorite pieces as well that were on the same rock. They’ll bounce back I’m not worried. But I can’t be having. That happen anymore. Hopefully the tangs and foxface pick up the slack on cleaning.

In other news. WWC Kung Pao monti finally grew off the plug and is working its way onto the rock now.

 

[Bpb]

Urchin gone. Godspeed

But. Gotta document the new haul! Colors obviously drab as they just arrived from transit. Half came from an led tank the others from a MH tank so I expect a brief acclimation period.

Left to right

Walt Disney
Sunset Millie
$500 Efflo
WWC Nuclear Fission
WWC Aqua Delight
PSX Crayola Plana
AAF Plum Bottlebrush
TSA Candlelight Stag

I’ll get some close ups as the colors improve

 

[Bpb]

7/24-8/17 I think it’s gonna make it. Recovering coming among. For those of you with BC reef ready grape juice do you find it displays optimal color if it is brutalized by light or can it glow lower down?

 

[bubbaque]

7/24-8/17 I think it’s gonna make it. Recovering coming among. For those of you with BC reef ready grape juice do you find it displays optimal color if it is brutalized by light or can it glow lower down?

The grape juice seems to be in the clear and almost healed up. It has got to be one of the fastest growing corals there is. Not only have I experienced fast growth but @happyhourhero has it growing mad in his tank. Mine looks good with about 425 par.

 

[Bpb]

The grape juice seems to be in the clear and almost healed up. It has got to be one of the fastest growing corals there is. Not only have I experienced fast growth but @happyhourhero has it growing mad in his tank. Mine looks good with about 425 par.

Thanks for the tip. I’ve got about a year or two maybe before this tank has to come down so I’ll put it up high and get as much growth as I can in that time. I need to find a way to get my big stylo out and add more rocks without messing with my stability

 

[happyhourhero]

Nice recovery!

Mine is mid tank but directly under the light. I don’t have any idea about par but it is getting hit hard with multi directional flow.

 

[Bpb]

Few pics just because. We had a pipe burst inside the slab so we were away from home for a couple weeks while that was repaired. Missed a few water changes but overall everything hung in there fine. Decided from here on out I’ll be the anti-Facebook and remove any doubt of unnatural picture taking or cheating. For photos, all blue T5ho will be turned off. Enjoy pics under 6500k only. Nice change of pace. We will see who will stay on board with it

Battlecorals Old Blue Prostrata & Reef Ready Grapejuice

TSA Candlelight stag

WWC Aqua Delight, WWC Nuclear Fission, $500 Efflo

Jason Fox Raspberry Cheesecake, Battlecorals Raging Bull, Tubbs Mystic Blue Stag, ASD Dragon Queen, ORA Hawkins

Battlecorals Greg C Acroberry

Nicks Purple Passion, BC Greg C Acroberry, PC Rainbow

Tubbs mystic blue stag, Pink Lemonade

Acropora

Battlecorals Orange Fury (why is mine magenta? It’s even worse under blues. Very pretty, but not orange)

Battlecorals Paletta pink tip, ORA Laura’s purple polyp

ORA tricolor valida, ORA red planet, and others already mentioned

ORA California tort, Acropora prostrata (I think), Northern Lights Acropora nasuta, PSX teal stag

 

[bubbaque]

Few pics just because. We had a pipe burst inside the slab so we were away from home for a couple weeks while that was repaired. Missed a few water changes but overall everything hung in there fine. Decided from here on out I’ll be the anti-Facebook and remove any doubt of unnatural picture taking or cheating. For photos, all blue T5ho will be turned off. Enjoy pics under 6500k only. Nice change of pace. We will see who will stay on board with it

Battlecorals Old Blue Prostrata & Reef Ready Grapejuice

TSA Candlelight stag

WWC Aqua Delight, WWC Nuclear Fission, $500 Efflo

Jason Fox Raspberry Cheesecake, Battlecorals Raging Bull, Tubbs Mystic Blue Stag, ASD Dragon Queen, ORA Hawkins

Battlecorals Greg C Acroberry

Nicks Purple Passion, BC Greg C Acroberry, PC Rainbow

Tubbs mystic blue stag, Pink Lemonade

Acropora

Battlecorals Orange Fury (why is mine magenta? It’s even worse under blues. Very pretty, but not orange)

Battlecorals Paletta pink tip, ORA Laura’s purple polyp

ORA tricolor valida, ORA red planet, and others already mentioned

ORA California tort, Acropora prostrata (I think), Northern Lights Acropora nasuta, PSX teal stag

Very nice corals and pics!

 

[cwalton00]

Tank is looking great man! Can't wait to see what you will do with that 150 in the garage.

 

[Bpb]

Tank is looking great man! Can't wait to see what you will do with that 150 in the garage.

Thanks man! It is truthfully causing some anxiety getting the scape built

 

[Orcus Varuna]

Thanks man! It is truthfully causing some anxiety getting the scape built

Take your time I’m quite sure it will turn out great

 

[cwalton00]

We all know you are a stick head so just keep that in mind when scaping.

I would keep it off the bottom as much as possible. Arches and areas for fish to swim through and hid if need be. Don't go to high so you have upwards growth room.

I've seen some of the ideas you have shared and they all seem very nice. Just go for it and don't look back. Once it's full of sticks you won't care to much.

Thanks man! It is truthfully causing some anxiety getting the scape built

 

[RichtheReefer21]

Looking strong! Keep up the good work!

 

[Bpb]

I think there are a couple decisions I’m trying to make on my aquascape. Like mentioned I want to have very little rock actually touching the sand if any at all. I like the idea of a shelf heavy scape rather than a boulder or branching type scape.

My problem is I can’t decide if I’d prefer the classic big stack, with a little opening and then a small stack.

Like this

Or the old pvc scaffolding with rocks laid across for one giant shelf like Andre’s scape

Both have their merits. I just can’t decide what I like more. Looking forward to mature corals, one has a more functional appeal with more real estate, the other is more artistically pleasing, yet difficult to assemble. Decisions decisions.

I have so many basketball sized pieces of Fiji and pukani I’m having a hard time bringing myself to bust them up but I don’t like big boulder scapes. They impede flow too much

 

[Bpb]

I took par readings in my tank for the first time ever. It was a Seneye so keep that in mind, but it gets pretty good reviews on it’s accuracy vs the 500 series apogee.

Par was a good bit lower than expected. 8x54 watt ati sunpower mounted 13” over the water I am getting about 400 at the surface over roughly the entire footprint, with a gentle gradient down to about 100-200 on the sandbed depending on how centered I get it. Most my acros are hanging out in the 200-300 range which is much lower than I expected.

Couple things. The 6500k bulb does put out a lot more par than any other bulb. I’m adding more.

The splash shield was very messy with salt creep.

All my blue+ bulbs are about 24 months old, and the rest range from 9-18 months.

I’m going to take it down and clean the splash shield real well. Maybe order new reflectors. And new bulbs. I’ll repeat readings in a month or so

 

[Bpb]

Been a couple months since a full tank shot

 

[dragon99]

Tell me those are palys.... ;Nailbiting