Rogersb 125 build thread - LPS / zoa focused

rogersb · Sep 1, 2019

ReefLab said:
Nice build. Good coral selection. Wheres a full tank pic??

Thank you

I'll take one next month. I've been gearing up for a swap and I'm full of frags right now. Should be able to sell them all(60-70) and then get a good clean full tank shot.

rogersb · Sep 14, 2019

Got a good pic of the ARC master bower colony. T-5 only for this pic. No filter, just my phone.

rogersb · Mar 4, 2020

A couple progress shots. Left side first. The goni roasted most of the ricordea but most everything else is doing well.

I lost the gold torch that was in the middle but the other two are getting big. The green has 20+ heads.

This is the right side. I've fragged off 7 heads of frogspawn but need to frag off 7 more.

Halides and t-5 for these pics.

Breadman03 · Mar 5, 2020

It looks beautiful, Brad!

rogersb · Mar 5, 2020

Breadman03 said:
It looks beautiful, Brad!

Thanks Greg. I only have a couple pieces left to get and then just let it continue to fill in.

rogersb · May 22, 2020

Had a kalkwasser overdose and lost half my fish. A couple corals also didnt make it but I'm getting back on track.

rogersb · May 22, 2020

Center. Its worth mentioning all 3 photos were taken with t5 and halide on so the corals don't have as much pop when the halides are on.

rogersb · May 22, 2020

Right. The frogspawn kept losing heads one after the other after the overdose. Ended up cutting out 10 heads all together. Still plenty left but it looks hideous.

Smarkow · May 22, 2020

Sorry about your loss. Kalk overdose took my 3 yellow tangs about 4 years ago and I still remember it as my worst day in this hobby

Your tank is beautiful! Good luck with the recoveryp

Tahoe61 · May 22, 2020

Wonderful tank!

Did you ever get the Miami Vice zoanthids?

Do you feed coral foods?

Kalk is unforgiving, been there done that.

rogersb · May 22, 2020

Tahoe61 said:
Wonderful tank!

Did you ever get the Miami Vice zoanthids?

Do you feed coral foods?

Kalk is unforgiving, been there done that.

Thank you

I have not seen the Miami vice in person in a couple years or I would have grabbed them. I've seen them online a couple times but every time I see them they are the only piece I want and I don't want to pay $50 shipping on a $20 coral. I feed my tank LRS fish frenzy and reef frenzy so there is always bits floating around. During water changes I feed certain pieces reef roids.

rogersb · Jul 19, 2020

Just a couple pics. CC 21 tails I picked up in March as a single head. Has split into two and now those two heads are almost split into 4. Hands down my fastest growing torch. Halides and t-5 on, no filters.

rogersb · Jul 19, 2020

NY Knicks type I picked up. The way my power heads are it's hard to get a poc of the green mouth and green at the base of the polyp. It was one of the first shipments the LFS got from Indo when it opened back up.

rogersb · Jul 19, 2020

I really like this chalice and in the back right you can see a little of the sky blue hammer I got from Adrian Fang.

ReefLab · Jul 19, 2020

wow. those LPS are loving life!

Sorry to hear about the Kalk overdose. How did it happen?

rogersb · Jul 20, 2020

ReefLab said:
wow. those LPS are loving life!

Sorry to hear about the Kalk overdose. How did it happen?

I didn't clean my float switch for my ATO and it got some build up on it that caused it to turn on and not turn off when it should have. I don't recall exactly but it was 5-8 gallons that got pumped into the sump before it shut off.