Prelim Aussie Acan shots

gflat65 · Nov 5, 2007

Just got all my Aussie Acans moved into the 22, so I had to get some shots. These are under T5's, but the $60 4 bulb fixture came with crappy bulbs (go figure

). I've got better bulbs on order. These aren't too bad, but have no blue. Anyway, here goes. Still haven't done all the things I'm supposed to (turn off flow, etc), so some are blurry.

gflat65 · Nov 5, 2007

Not a good shot (bad angle to the front glass/acrylic), but my best rainbow.

Another rainbow

Azurel · Nov 5, 2007

Super sweet tank Gary....

MarvinsReef · Nov 5, 2007

sweet-ums.. this will be a killer tank... what lighting combo did you go with?

fishes2889 · Nov 5, 2007

awesome nano!

143gadgets · Nov 5, 2007

Sick!!! I'm intersted in knowing what lighting combo your going with. What fixture disnu but? Current?

dc_909 · Nov 5, 2007

dang!

alexpescado · Nov 5, 2007

Beautiful Collection

greystreet41 · Nov 5, 2007

cool, did any of the info help? Just emailed ya back also.

Hypertek99 · Nov 5, 2007

That's a lot of Acans!!!

Pitcom · Nov 5, 2007

I have 0 acans. Did i hear you say you wanted to frag me one???????

JGoslee · Nov 5, 2007

Nice! It looks like a mountain of acans in there.

dough · Nov 5, 2007

OMG, how many acans frags/colonies do you have in your tank?

Nice!!!

salt newbie01 · Nov 5, 2007

very nice Gary!!! great job!!

krzysiek · Nov 5, 2007

Wow!! Lots of acans. nice.

gflat65 · Nov 6, 2007

Thanks everyone. I've been collecting them since May, I think. Pricy little buggers. That one little tank has more money it in than my SPS tank (excluding large equipment like skimmer and calcium rx costs). Right now, they are under some off brand of bulb, 10K's and 50/50, but very little blue. I plan to go with (2)-ATI Blue Plus, (1)-URI actinic white, and (1) URI super actinic (should be here by the beginning of next week, I hope). I'm running a super cheapo fixture from ebay. $60 for a 4 bulb 24" ($100 for a 4 bulb 48"). One reflector and not the sturdiest build, but I think they'll work for what I need. The tank is only about 9" deep (I plan to get a weir around the drain pipe to get the level up another couple of inches). I had to cram them all into that one, so they are not organized like I would like for them to be. I've got some more work to do with the plumbing of that tank... That'll free up some room for more options.

Patwa · Nov 6, 2007

holy mother of acans!....you've got quite the collection! yeaah....you go on with yo bad self and get those lights pronto!.....we see quantity, now we need to see colour!

mucho props!

Zach

gflat65 · Nov 6, 2007

Yeah, I've only got two or three that I'd consider rainbows. Maybe four. I put in and got what I got

. I think there are some where around 60 different morphs (some very similar to others). Some have been under MH for months, while others have not (only had the second bunch of them for about a month), so I'll likely find several duplicates once they all acclimate to the lighting. I ordered the new bulbs this weekend, so I hope to have them soon

.