FarmerTy's 215-gallon SPS Tank

FarmerTy · Mar 4, 2019

justingraham said:
I think that looks nothing like my pearly weird

Mine is super pearly under the radions... Very much like his stock photo but less dark than his.

FarmerTy · Mar 4, 2019

Thought this was interesting and wanted to share it. Here is my JF Altered Ego monti. I've always been told it appreciated higher par but never had a spot to give it that. Well, I finally moved it and in the last couple weeks you can see the color actually develop on it but in crazy streaks. Wild!

declanisadog · Mar 4, 2019

FarmerTy said:
Thought this was interesting and wanted to share it. Here is my JF Altered Ego monti. I've always been told it appreciated higher par but never had a spot to give it that. Well, I finally moved it and in the last couple weeks you can see the color actually develop on it but in crazy streaks. Wild!

Neat

Fishfinder · Mar 4, 2019

FarmerTy said:
Thought this was interesting and wanted to share it. Here is my JF Altered Ego monti. I've always been told it appreciated higher par but never had a spot to give it that. Well, I finally moved it and in the last couple weeks you can see the color actually develop on it but in crazy streaks. Wild!

I need to move mine. It looks like the dull portions of yours

FarmerTy · Mar 4, 2019

Fishfinder said:
I need to move mine. It looks like the dull portions of yours

Good! I want to see yours streaking too! [emoji16]

NY_Caveman · Mar 5, 2019

We should all be streaking!

FarmerTy · Mar 5, 2019

NY_Caveman said:
We should all be streaking!

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aabjones888 · Mar 5, 2019

Just got all caught up on your thread and wow colors are popin! That pe on the cherry bomb video is insane!

FarmerTy · Mar 5, 2019

aabjones888 said:
Just got all caught up on your thread and wow colors are popin! That pe on the cherry bomb video is insane!

Thanks bud! Not my cherry bomb video but I'll take the compliment either way.

FarmerTy · Mar 5, 2019

Flashback 5 years ago to this day.

Just moved everything to the new 215 gallon tank... Rocking the 400 watt MHs and if I remember correctly, two 14k bulbs and the middle was a 10k (gross). Little did I know that angels were cool, not tangs!

If only I had known that my dinky hydrometer (don't kill me, I didn't do water changes back then either so having a working salinity measurer was of little use) read the wrong value and my salinity was really 1.031 in the new tank when I transferred everything. You can even see the slow look of death in the acros before I realized what was going on.

Oh to be young and stupid...

aabjones888 · Mar 5, 2019

FarmerTy said:
Thanks bud! Not my cherry bomb video but I'll take the compliment either way.

Lol oops my bad

FarmerTy · Mar 5, 2019

RMF Unicorns Mane - best shot I've been able to get so far. They always come out fuzzy and with hardly any definition.

RRC Shazam - colors have really settled in and it looks fantastic. The subtle colors are amazing.

TGC Cherry Bomb - starting to get some good growth now. Not bad for a nub to start with.

sam.veilleux30 · Mar 5, 2019

Hi Ty, not sure if the info is already there, but do you feed something particular to your angels?
Do you use the brightwell additives?
Thanks, i just made the move to get 2 angels (majestic and regal).

FarmerTy · Mar 5, 2019

sam.veilleux30 said:
Hi Ty, not sure if the info is already there, but do you feed something particular to your angels?
Do you use the brightwell additives?
Thanks, i just made the move to get 2 angels (majestic and regal).

Hi Sam,

I feed them normal food most do... NLS pellets, seaweed, and a mix of frozen bloodworms, mysis, krill, Rods, and Hikari Angel food mix with real sponges in it.

I also feed a mix of my own frozen made up of tilapia, capellini eggs, clams, scallops, shrimp, octopus, and squid.

I do not use the additives though I did try it once to try to get a regal angel to eat while on QT. Not sure if it helped or not... It was a long time ago.

najer · Mar 5, 2019

New baby angel coming this weekend hopefully, not sure the flame angel can keep up with reducing the pe on my sps!

drawman · Mar 5, 2019

Hey Ty I'll be leaving for Austin tomorrow through Saturday. Anything recommendations or things I need to check out?

FarmerTy · Mar 6, 2019

najer said:
New baby angel coming this weekend hopefully, not sure the flame angel can keep up with reducing the pe on my sps!

What are you getting?

FarmerTy · Mar 6, 2019

drawman said:
Hey Ty I'll be leaving for Austin tomorrow through Saturday. Anything recommendations or things I need to check out?

Try to make it to Austin Aqua Farms. They are only open Saturday I believe from 1-4pm to the public. Otherwise, I enjoy Aquadome and River City Aquatics. I'd offer you to swing by but its my son's 2nd birthday this weekend and there's a lot going on.

Caravanshaka · Mar 6, 2019

FarmerTy said:
Try to make it to Austin Aqua Farms. They are only open Saturday I believe from 1-4pm to the public. Otherwise, I enjoy Aquadome and River City Aquatics. I'd offer you to swing by but its my son's 2nd birthday this weekend and there's a lot going on.

FYI, give them a call at aqua farms, they are there during the week it's just never a set schedule. If they are there, you can still swing by!