FarmerTy's 215-gallon SPS Tank

FarmerTy · Mar 29, 2019

Giddyup said:
Tank looks great and room for new big colonies[emoji106]. Is it just a thin layer of large grain reef sand? So even, does it stay that way with Gyre power?

Thanks! I'm excited for the room to work with regarding coralscaping but it is sad to see the full reef tank look go.

Sand is just Reeflakes... Stays in place pretty well with the two Gyre 350s and 2 MP60s.

FarmerTy · Mar 30, 2019

Picture dump Saturday!

FarmerTy · Mar 30, 2019

I plan to move that Spathulata up the rocks now and get it a little more par now that it has settled a bit in the tank.

najer · Mar 31, 2019

FarmerTy said:
I plan to move that Spathulata up the rocks now and get it a little more par now that it has settled a bit in the tank.

I placed mine straight into decent light, it dropped the pink and went flat yellow for about a week and then started colouring back up, lovely coral.

FarmerTy · Mar 31, 2019

najer said:
I placed mine straight into decent light, it dropped the pink and went flat yellow for about a week and then started colouring back up, lovely coral.

Last time I got one, threw it straight into 350-400 par and it was toast the next day. [emoji15]

Figured I'd take my time this time around with it. [emoji23]

Wrasse-cal · Apr 1, 2019

FarmerTy said:
Some nems I keep. Don't chastise me too much stickheads!

Colorado Sunburst with red and orange tentacles

Mak Coral Inferno

Arizona Sunset

Reefwise Lemondrop

Hey @FarmerTy,

How is the AZ sunset different than a nice rainbow BTA? What are the differences?

FarmerTy · Apr 1, 2019

Wrasse-cal said:
Hey @FarmerTy,

How is the AZ sunset different than a nice rainbow BTA? What are the differences?

That bit of nice yellow/orange on the tips and the abundant white splotches. Color is an interesting color as well, darker to lighter and starting from the middle towards the outside.

It definitely stands out from all the orange/red high end nems out there. Just something much different.

vetteguy53081 · Apr 2, 2019

Looks fantastic !!!

FarmerTy · Apr 2, 2019

vetteguy53081 said:
Looks fantastic !!!

Thank you sir! I'm working on it! [emoji4]

FarmerTy · Apr 3, 2019

Tyree shout out today:

Tyree Pinky the Bear... Aka... Confetti-lite

Tyree Superman - lesser known one but what a beauty. Hard to capture the blue but think iridescent bright in person.

revhtree · Apr 3, 2019

Beautiful!

FarmerTy · Apr 3, 2019

revhtree said:
Beautiful!

Thanks boss man! [emoji7]

bubbaque · Apr 3, 2019

Your pink the bear is beautiful!

CoralWealth · Apr 3, 2019

Where is your Pinky the Bear par wise in your tank? I have mine towards the most par and it is mostly only pink with a really white base with a little bit of green

FarmerTy · Apr 3, 2019

codydemmel4 said:
Where is your Pinky the Bear par wise in your tank? I have mine towards the most par and it is mostly only pink with a really white base with a little bit of green

Towards the bottom of my 29" deep tank... Getting roughly 200 par.

CoralWealth · Apr 3, 2019

FarmerTy said:
Towards the bottom of my 29" deep tank... Getting roughly 200 par.

thats what I figured but just wanted to make sure, I may move mine to try to bring out from green or cut a mini colony and place it towards the bottom to see how it looks lower.

Epic Aquaculture · Apr 3, 2019

Just caught up on the thread. Things are looking great Ty. Have you set up your Gyre 350's yet? I also upgraded and got mine set up last weekend. I absolutely love them. Silent, and man do they move water. The flow directors are awesome!

FarmerTy · Apr 3, 2019

SawCJack00 said:
Just caught up on the thread. Things are looking great Ty. Have you set up your Gyre 350's yet? I also upgraded and got mine set up last weekend. I absolutely love them. Silent, and man do they move water. The flow directors are awesome!

Thanks bud! Yes, finally got to swap them out last week. So much quieter and move a bit more water too! I'm very happy with them. I put the two old gyres on my frag tanks and they got a boost in flow as well.

Epic Aquaculture · Apr 3, 2019

FarmerTy said:
Thanks bud! Yes, finally got to swap them out last week. So much quieter and move a bit more water too! I'm very happy with them. I put the two old gyres on my frag tanks and they got a boost in flow as well.

That's what I'm saving my 250's for also. I don't have a frag tank setup yet but eventually I will.