FarmerTy's 215-gallon SPS Tank

[Sea MunnKey]

Goni's are cool

 

[bubbaque]

Ty do you still run biopellets? Is your skimmer the only thing that handles the nitrates?

 

[FarmerTy]

Ty do you still run biopellets? Is your skimmer the only thing that handles the nitrates?

Funny you ask, I pulled it offline about 2 months ago. My nitrates were a little low and there were hardly any pellets in the reactor so I decided to pull it and see what happens.

My nitrates stayed about the same still so that's a good sign but I didn't reallize how much phosphate was being removed by the biopellet reactor too. My GFO usage has increased dramatically.

Yes, skimmer indirectly pulls nitrates by removing the fish poop/fish food before it breaks down into ammonia-nitrite-nitrate. I'm sure a decent amount of denitrification occurs within the live rock, deeper parts of the sand bed, and my marine pure blocks in the sump.

 

[FarmerTy]

Someone asked for a giant frag of ORA Chips so I pulled out the coral saw. While I was at it, I went ahead and trimmed my colony down since it was getting so giant.

Look at this cross section of the colony! That's all colony there... No live rock. I've had the colony for 4-5 years now.

 

[tripdad]

awww, now your just showing off! JK, nice growth!

 

[Fudsey]

That is quite impressive

 

[ReefguyEric]

That is crazy cool

 

[FarmerTy]

awww, now your just showing off! JK, nice growth!

That is quite impressive

That is crazy cool

Thanks guys! Thought it was fun to share! Just layers and layers of growth from it tabling over those years.

 

[Bronc]

Super cool!!

 

[dieselkeeper]

This is how to frag corals in tank. Lol

 

[tripdad]

That tank of Jawsee's was incredible.

 

[FarmerTy]

This is how to frag corals in tank. Lol

Jeez! I'd pulled out a hammer before but not like that! I love it!

 

[FarmerTy]

That tank of Jawsee's was incredible.

Tank goals! And maybe house goals too because that won't fit in my current house.

 

[MarcJacob]

Boss, can check with you about what do you think about feeding blood worms to fish?

 

[FarmerTy]

Boss, can check with you about what do you think about feeding blood worms to fish?

I've done it for 6 years now and haven't noticed any ill effects. The worm like structures I've noticed entices certain picky eaters. I know they aren't a marine source of protein but I haven't had any issues.

 

[MarcJacob]

Cool boss!! Thank you for your vote of confidence! I’ll do that for my butterflies - “gosh they are hard to get eating!” [emoji1750]‍[emoji3603]

 

[FarmerTy]

Cool boss!! Thank you for your vote of confidence! I’ll do that for my butterflies - “gosh they are hard to get eating!” [emoji1750]‍[emoji3603]

I've gotten butterflies to eat those before mysis.

 

[FarmerTy]

Wow! What a great break! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday break as well. Gave me a chance to get away from the tank for a bit and clear my mind and come back and attack it with a full head of steam.

First off, got this amazing frag pack from Tim (AV99). @aquavista99

Notable ones that have my eye right now are the diabolic Pac man

And RMF Unicorns mane

And super excited to get an old classic... Aquascene icefire echinata.

I can't wait until they all adjust to the system and color up even more from the shipping/fragging. Chunky frags and a pleasure to deal with... I was extremely pleased with my order and will always keep my shopping to reef2reef sellers. I've had the best experience with them versus Facebook sellers in general.

Full list of frags:
RMF Diablo Mille
Diabolic Pacman
AV99 Rogue Envy
RMF's Unicorn Mane
AV99 Orange Crush
Jared's Red Matrix
Aquascene Icefire
AV99 Sunset Envy

 

[FarmerTy]

Second, I've been busy with adding another frag tank! I got another low boy tank and will be allocating half of it to my growing high end BTA collection. I feel bad keeping them in a cramped box so I'm setting them free in half of the new frag tank.

 

[bubbaque]

Really nice pack, Ty!