FarmerTy's 215-gallon SPS Tank

[Charlie’s Frags]

Full spectrum Acrolandia

I knew what you meant. I agree the orange isn’t even close to a realistic representation whether under blues or even 10k for that matter. The orange filter adds rainbow colors to pics that simply are not there in real life.

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

This is what I use

 

[FarmerTy]

This is what I use

Yeah, I use similar for my quick cellphone shots. WWC Night Rider. It actually shows the blues on the acros more accurately to me then my Canon DSLR. Haha

 

[FarmerTy]

My favorite Amazeballs baby out of the bunch

TGC Acrolandia

Tyree Merlin’s Staff

 

[Jimbo662]

That Amazeball is even crazier than the one on your site! Maybe as soon as I finally sell one of my kidney's I can get one! ;Drool

 

[FarmerTy]

That Amazeball is even crazier than the one on your site! Maybe as soon as I finally sell one of my kidney's I can get one! ;Drool

You have two for a reason Jimbo… don’t question it. Just do it.

 

[ScottB]

I have an observation and a question about goni care. Over the years I've kept 4 of them of various colors. I lost the first one early into the hobby when my casualty rate was pretty high, so, fine.

The last three separate instances, they did really well for 6 months or so, and then one morning it wasn't fully open. Next day just dead. All other SPS and LPS just fine. A year later try again. Again grows from a golf ball to a baseball over several months, then dead in two days. Repeat. Mystified each time.

What would you consider gonis to be especially sensitive to?

 

[FarmerTy]

I have an observation and a question about goni care. Over the years I've kept 4 of them of various colors. I lost the first one rearly into the hobby when my casualty rate was pretty high, so, fine.

The last three separate instances, they did really well for 6 months or so, and then one morning it wasn't fully open. Next day just dead. All other SPS and LPS just fine. A year later try again. Again grows from a golf ball to a baseball over several months, then dead in two days. Repeat. Mystified each time.

What would you consider gonis to be especially sensitive to?

I would say that wild gonis used to have a life expectancy of less than a year. Aquacultured varieties have much better success rates. Not sure which ones you’ve been trying.

If you try one of my red ones and they die, then something is not meshing with you and gonis.

But otherwise, I saw the same when trying some wilds. Good for a year and poof.

Cultured ones appreciate the same conditions as my acros. Stable parameters and I can put them anywhere… high par, low par, high flow, low flow. Doesn’t matter to them.

 

[ScottB]

I would say that wild gonis used to have a life expectancy of less than a year. Aquacultured varieties have much better success rates. Not sure which ones you’ve been trying.

If you try one of my red ones and they die, then something is not meshing with you and gonis.

But otherwise, I saw the same when trying some wilds. Good for a year and poof.

Cultured ones appreciate the same conditions as my acros. Stable parameters and I can put them anywhere… high par, low par, high flow, low flow. Doesn’t matter to them.

Thank you; that is of some comfort. I am going to assume they were wilds as they were LFS purchases that mostly source their livestock via transship. Any special feeding or just the usual fish food/poo?

 

[FarmerTy]

Thank you; that is of some comfort. I am going to assume they were wilds as they were LFS purchases that mostly source their livestock via transship. Any special feeding or just the usual fish food/poo?

Fish food/poo for me. I’ve never needed to supplement their feeding but I also feed my fish a ton and have a ton of fish.

Counter point being I have a ton of my gonis in my backup system now and there are just handful of fish in there and they are fed pellets only. Gonis still going strong.

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

Yeah, I use similar for my quick cellphone shots. WWC Night Rider. It actually shows the blues on the acros more accurately to me then my Canon DSLR. Haha

 

[FarmerTy]

CC Irish Table

CC Disney Jr

RMF Red Devil Nasuta

 

[dragon99]

CC Irish Table

CC Disney Jr

RMF Red Devil Nasuta

Must be Prime Day because Ty delivered!

 

[FarmerTy]

The blues continue…

Inland Cyclops

BC Frankenberry 2.0

FarmerTy Gold Card

 

[nivekid]

I'm a fan of that

FarmerTy Gold Card

I'm a fan of that FT Gold Card!

 

[FarmerTy]

I'm a fan of that


I'm a fan of that FT Gold Card!

Me too! Anything new these days that isn’t a tenuis… I’m drawn to it.

 

[mattgsa]

Loving all the corals!!!

 

[FarmerTy]

You guys will appreciate this story. Was doing a water change last night on the backup system. Had my pump on one side of the tank pulling out water and had the hose from my new saltwater in the tank above it filling water back. Then I move that fill hose to the same tank that I had the other pump draining the tank. Left it there for 5 mins wondering why it was taking so long to fill. Then realized I still had the pump in the tank pumping out water. Basically pumping new water in and sucking it right back out.

 

[mattgsa]

You guys will appreciate this story. Was doing a water change last night on the backup system. Had my pump on one side of the tank pulling out water and had the hose from my new saltwater in the tank above it filling water back. Then I move that fill hose to the same tank that I had the other pump draining the tank. Left it there for 5 mins wondering why it was taking so long to fill. Then realized I still had the pump in the tank pumping out water. Basically pumping new water in and sucking it right back out.

Are you opposed to automatic water changes?

 

[FarmerTy]

Are you opposed to automatic water changes?

I’m not opposed to someone setting that up for me.

Right now I don’t have the time to commit to putting that whole system together. Would be nice though.