Fresh pics from my acro stuffed 60 cube

[GnarleyMarley]

Well I broke out the camera today and decided to snap a few pics here they r, LMK what u guys think.

Pro Corals Rainbow

Pink Lemonade

Rommels Watermellon Rainbow

Red Planet

Blue Tort

Not sure on this guy..... Maybe the tyree solitarisis (sp)

"wolverine"

Leishmans red table

Miami Orchid

ORA Shades Of Fall

Bennett Tort

Joe the Coral (aka nemos tort for u old timers )

Sold to me as Chips..... Its not chips LOL

Highlighter acro

 

[GnarleyMarley]

JF Sour Twist

Battlecorals "Ultimate Bonsai"

Blue Tenius

Supposedly Tierra Del Fuego. And I must say after monts of being extremely doubtful it if finally starting to show signs of coloring up

really have no clue on this guy, it is a crappy pic it was hard to capture the green at the center, but the weird thing to me is the growth pattern. Does anybody have any idea what kind of acro it is?

Just for giggles ;D

 

[RedReefer]

That's all you have in a 60 gal cube? JK very impressive!

 

[GnarleyMarley]

Heck no man, that's just the stuff I'm not hiding

 

[soccerbag]

Nice collection of healthy acros you have there. Great polyp extension and color! Thanks for sharing.

 

[skinz78]

Totally gnarly, thanks for sharing!

 

[Usatennisfan]

Sweet collection! Can we see an FTS please?

 

[JMSKI333]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

Do you have some of your system specs and maintenance schedule? Also a FTS would be ACE!

 

[xcorallusx]

very nice, didnt know ora had a shades of fall?

 

[slojmn]

Nice collection .

 

[RedReefer]

very nice, didnt know ora had a shades of fall?

Oh they do I have one also.

 

[FMF0331]

Very nice, love the polyp extension.
What type of lighting and what is your schedule, w/c - additives - salt - etc.....

 

[GnarleyMarley]

Here's a quick vid I shot a few weeks back with my cell. It's pretty scrappy quality so I'll try to break out the dslr to get u guys a decent quality fits.

[youtube]c4ffxiQiH3Q[/youtube]

As for my tank specs:
60 gal deep blue cube
1 generation 1 radion with tir lens upgrade
2 uv stunner strips
Return pump mag 9.5 with a manifold to eliminate additional pumps
Standard 20 gal sump
Reef octopus xs 200 skimmer
1 tunze 6095 and controller (will b adding a 2nd one soon)
1 tunze 6045
Dual chamber ca reactor
Tunze osmilator ato

That's it, I occasionally run carbon and gfo but only to reduse phosphates when needed not 24/7

Aside from that I just started dosing fuel by aquavitro. I have only been using it a couple weeks and have seen a little more pe and colors appear to b getting a little more intense, we'll c how it continues to work.

I'm a big proponent of keeping it simple, I have tried to add all kinds of new gadgets but for me simple and stable has always given me the best luck

 

[GnarleyMarley]

http://youtu.be/c4ffxiQiH3Q

Sorry guys I couldn't figure out how to embed it

 

[GnarleyMarley]

As for tank maintenance I am a strictler for 20% water changes once a week using reef crystals.
Lighting schedule is a little funky....
Since I work all day my lights kick on at 12:30 and they run between a 5000k-10000k for half the day which has increased growth substantially.

Then the rest of the day it runs from a 12000k-22000k which maintains all the coloration.

If anyone is interested I can share my radion lighting schedule, just lmk

 

[Arkayology]

What UV stunner strips do you use? Your corals look great!

 

[JMSKI333]

Video is great! I am interested in your lighting schedule.

No dosing of any kind? Just adding the necissary elements VIA water change? Pretty awesome.

 

[Reefnjunkie]

Nice corals for sure, curious if you turned your pumps of for the pics-it makes a nice difference if you don't.

It never ceases to amaze me how the exact same acro will not only color different in different environments but also grow. My Red Planet has nothing close to that growth pattern plus I have mine high in the tank so there is no green.

Thanks for sharing

 

[rockinzebra457]

Thanks for sending me that schedule how would you suggest raising it over time? Keep all of the color I tesities the same and just adjust the overall intesity?

 

[kacrocorals581]

Nice!