FarmerTy's 215-gallon SPS Tank

justingraham · Jun 12, 2020

So my frag tank has loads of deitritis in it
What do u think it is?
I don’t feed it besides aminos h2o2 easy reefs photo but man there is a lot of deitritis

justingraham · Jun 12, 2020

I am not going to give u any photos u just need to guess right

FarmerTy · Jun 12, 2020

justingraham said:
I am not going to give u any photos u just need to guess right

Rats in your shed using your pump as a bidet.

justingraham · Jun 12, 2020

FarmerTy said:
Rats in your shed using your pump as a bidet.

Darn and if I use rat killer there’s a chance it will kill my corals

justingraham · Jun 12, 2020

It’s weird honestly no sand no fish no nothing and I get this weird dirt everywhere

FarmerTy · Jun 12, 2020

justingraham said:
It’s weird honestly no sand no fish no nothing and I get this weird dirt everywhere

Polyp poop.

Sweet Reef Corals · Jun 12, 2020

sticksreef · Jun 14, 2020

FarmerTy said:
Thank you and not a bad idea.

Alk - 9.7 dKh (running higher now)
Ca - 440 ppm
Mg - 1380 ppm
NO3 - 25 ppm
PO4 - 0.05 ppm
Salinity - 34 ppt
Temp - 77-78
pH range - 8.1-8.3

Ditched denitrator and Biopellets so going wild wild west with nitrates right now. Just skimmer, Gfo, carbon.

I do water changes now to the tune of 25% every couple months to inoculate my backup system with my old tank water and to remove detritus buildup in the frag tanks.

Which gfo brand are you using?

FarmerTy · Jun 14, 2020

sticksreef said:
Which gfo brand are you using?

Bulk brand from eBay... I buy 20lbs at a time.

JCOLE · Jun 14, 2020

justingraham said:
It’s weird honestly no sand no fish no nothing and I get this weird dirt everywhere

I get the same thing in my frag tank. I have a bunch of snails and I thinks it's snail poop.

JCOLE · Jun 14, 2020

FarmerTy said:
So a thought today. Is there any type of content or any type of picture people want to see? Open to suggestions this round as it’s almost time to pull out the camera again.

Side shots? Colony shots? Frag macro shots? Videos of the system? Videos of the display? Pics of fish?

Let’s have some fun. I’m open to suggestions.

Would be interested in getting some tips on how you take and edit your photos. Just started a couple days ago with my wife's DSLR and lightroom. I am having a lot of fun with it but man do I need some tips.

Skynyrd Fish · Jun 14, 2020

Ty looking good as usual! If your up for it how about a FTS of the display and frag system.

FarmerTy · Jun 14, 2020

JCOLE said:
Would be interested in getting some tips on how you take and edit your photos. Just started a couple days ago with my wife's DSLR and lightroom. I am having a lot of fun with it but man do I need some tips.

I’m no pro at editing. I just found a setup that works well with very little corrections needed so when I do get into Lightroom, all I usually need to do is mess with exposure, tweak white balance a hair, and clarity.

FarmerTy · Jun 14, 2020

Skynyrd Fish said:
Ty looking good as usual! If your up for it how about a FTS of the display and frag system.

I’ll try to add those to the list of pic requests!

sticksreef · Jun 14, 2020

FarmerTy said:
I’m no pro at editing. I just found a setup that works well with very little corrections needed so when I do get into Lightroom, all I usually need to do is mess with exposure, tweak white balance a hair, and clarity.

Mind enlighten us about whats that setup?

. Also under what light do you usually take your photos? Macro lens?

FarmerTy · Jun 14, 2020

sticksreef said:
Mind enlighten us about whats that setup? . Also under what light do you usually take your photos? Macro lens?

Absolutely. Though I will caution to say it is very specific to my setup and equipment.

I use a Nikon D5300 set on "Cloudy" White balance setting, with a Laowa 60mm lens (or Tamron 90mm lens if I want to get really close), with Opteka Brown Filter, with an Avast Marine Lookdown tube (short one), with the Radions set on AB+ and 2 actinic T5 bulbs and 2 B+ T5 bulbs.

FarmerTy · Jun 14, 2020

dragon99 · Jun 15, 2020

FarmerTy said:
Absolutely. Though I will caution to say it is very specific to my setup and equipment.

I use a Nikon D5300 set on "Cloudy" White balance setting, with a Laowa 60mm lens (or Tamron 90mm lens if I want to get really close), with Opteka Brown Filter, with an Avast Marine Lookdown tube (short one), with the Radions set on AB+ and 2 actinic T5 bulbs and 2 B+ T5 bulbs.

I kinda want a 60mm macro. I have a Tokina 100mm, but it gets really close. Otherwise I'm using the kit 18-55. What mode do you shoot in normally? Manual, Aperture, Shutter? I'm mostly doing manual with 1/50-1/80 and F9-14

FarmerTy · Jun 15, 2020

dragon99 said:
I kinda want a 60mm macro. I have a Tokina 100mm, but it gets really close. Otherwise I'm using the kit 18-55. What mode do you shoot in normally? Manual, Aperture, Shutter? I'm mostly doing manual with 1/50-1/80 and F9-14

I always use Manual. I really like the 60mm. The Laowa one has 2x zoom so it gives me the distance I need for colony shots and in a pinch, gets me really close to my targets for a very nice macro as well. If I had to chose one lens to keep, it'd be the 60mm for its versatility for my shots.