My lil reef

Rick.45cal · Dec 11, 2018

Current Full Tank shot: Aug 18, 2019

JumboShrimp · Dec 11, 2018

Nice! It’s like a Candy Land of color

Coastie Reefer · Dec 11, 2018

“Lil”?

Rick.45cal · Dec 11, 2018

JumboShrimp · Dec 11, 2018

“Very twinkly. Very sparkly. Like a Holiday.” —RAINMAN

SPR1968 · Dec 12, 2018

Rick.45cal said:

The tank looks beautiful, very nice indeed!

bubbaque · Dec 12, 2018

Very nice! I haven't seen you around in a while. It's good to know your reef is still doing well. I remember you had a very nice HW colony. Any pics?

LBReefer · Dec 12, 2018

Rick.45cal said:

What is the coral in the second picture? It’s beautiful.

Rick.45cal · Dec 12, 2018

LBReefer said:
What is the coral in the second picture? It’s beautiful.

That’s WWC slimeball anacropora!

Rick.45cal · Dec 12, 2018

bubbaque said:
Very nice! I haven't seen you around in a while. It's good to know your reef is still doing well. I remember you had a very nice HW colony. Any pics?

I’ll try and get you a current photo tomorrow!

Smite · Dec 12, 2018

Whoa! How thick is that coraline?
Super colorful tank, well done man!

What pumps are you running? Specifically on the side glass.

Lighting?

Rick.45cal · Dec 12, 2018

Smite said:
Whoa! How thick is that coraline?
Super colorful tank, well done man!

What pumps are you running? Specifically on the side glass.

Lighting?

The coraline algae is pretty crazy in the tank, I think for now I have given up on scraping it off the back glass. There are 8 pumps for circulation in the tank, two on each side (panta rhei ecm42’s) and 4 on the back wall. (2 tunze 6095’s and 2 tunze 6105’s). lighting is an 60” ATI powermodule with 8 T5’s and 4 LED units. Thanks for looking and taking the time to comment.

Rick.45cal · Dec 12, 2018

Rick.45cal · Dec 12, 2018

Here’s what the tank looked like in the beginning.

Rick.45cal · Dec 12, 2018

bubbaque said:
Very nice! I haven't seen you around in a while. It's good to know your reef is still doing well. I remember you had a very nice HW colony. Any pics?

As requested: The Homewrecker

bubbaque · Dec 12, 2018

Rick.45cal said:
As requested: The Homewrecker

Stunning!

Were you able to keep those blue polyps you had?

Rick.45cal · Dec 12, 2018

bubbaque said:
Stunning!

Were you able to keep those blue polyps you had?

Those only seem to exist on the leading edge of new growth. Over the last year I’ve let the nutrients drop, and a lot of corals lost their flourescence. I started dosing NO3 and PO4 daily now and it’s pretty startling how quickly the colors are coming back. The homewrecker lost most of it’s pinks and purples but they’ve been coming back. It will be interesting to see of the next few months if I can coax some blue polyps back out of it. (I’ve noticed the blue coloration is the first to leave when NO3 drops really low). I’ll have to stop being lazy and break out the DSLR and take some higher quality photos in the near future.