Sabella's 450L mixed reef build thread

[Sabellafella]

Thats pretty ballin. First thing thats made me raise my eyebrows in a while.

Ill get a better photo of it now for you guys. The 2 larger ones i had dropped over 30 babys withen 8 months then detached. Got one to attach and remounted in my dt, this one here is still detached sitting in a cup for the last year lol.

 

[Sabellafella]

Was talking to someone earlier about photography. Thought id share, top photo is with my reef brite blue strip on, bottom is just t5s only. Makes a pretty noticeable difference, although the led is usually washed out under t5s. But this goes to show the wonderful presence of having a supplemental led to any bulb source lighting.

 

[lennyd19]

Heres my jason fox altered ego looks very drab under daylights, but glows pretty nice with a mix of color under LED

Color loss -- its a problem the majority face with this monti, anyone have any care requirments for that other then light intensity lmk

I have this coral also. When I first had got it it was a drab color had midway up the tank and it was not happy but I left it there for three months. Finally I now have it 5 inches under the water and the colors are insane. Lightning is radion xr15 at 90% AB+ schedule for 6 hours and 4 hours of T5 blue+ and purple+. They are 8-9 inches off the water. I also feed a lot also. Hope this helps.

 

[Sabellafella]

I have this coral also. When I first had got it it was a drab color had midway up the tank and it was not happy but I left it there for three months. Finally I now have it 5 inches under the water and the colors are insane. Lightning is radion xr15 at 90% AB+ schedule for 6 hours and 4 hours of T5 blue+ and purple+. They are 8-9 inches off the water. I also feed a lot also. Hope this helps.

Now that i changed my bulbs the red colors are finally comming back. It was always bleached untill i moved it into about 400 par. Previously it was in about 300. So maybe i have to put it higher. Thanks for the advice! Very much appreciated.

 

[Sabellafella]

Heres kennys piece! So nice! @Pieces of the Ocean take a look!

 

[Sabellafella]

The wwc 500° acro again, very pretty. Almost resembles one of those tierra del fuego acros

 

[Sabellafella]

Gotta give credit to these little guys. This is the second round of nudis for my tank. When i first had an aiptasia problem, they took them all down withen a couple months. Then i started to pull them to sell. Made the same mistake again adding a zoa frag with an aiptasia on it thinking id just snip it off one day without a problem. Most likely just forgot about it the day after first seeing it. Anyway, tank is down to a small handfull of aiptasia left. Ill be selling them exclusively at RAP if anyone wants them.

 

[Sabellafella]

On another note, finally got around to changing my bulbs, and making all my maintenance as easy i could so i dont get lazy for the summer. Emrald crab took about 1/3 of the bubble algae down. Adding an urchin next week, will be my first urchin actually. Never had one before,and very much looking forward to it.

 

[Sabellafella]

Got another baby off my yuma. Going to mount this guy in my ricordea area of my reefer tank.

 

[McMullen]

I love this tank!! Need another FTS please!

 

[Sabellafella]

I love this tank!! Need another FTS please!

 

[Sabellafella]

Got a about 10 pounds of xenia growing on my front pane if you peep the bottom left corner. Going to be syphoning it out on sunday lol

 

[chefjpaul]

Got a about 10 pounds of xenia growing on my front pane if you peep the bottom left corner. Going to be syphoning it out on sunday lol

Hahaha...xenia by the pound

 

[Sabellafella]

Hahaha...xenia by the pound

Lol, not even exaggerating. Theres about 30 stalks of xenia on my glass. I just have to suck it up and scrape it all out with a razor. Im just afraid that all the white gewey stuff that poofs out of the xenia when you frag it- will harm my corals. So i got myself a razor on a stick, hopefully i wont scratch the glass either while i try doing it

 

[chefjpaul]

Good luck on that project.[emoji44]

Need make it out to SI to see your system one day.

 

[Sabellafella]

Lol taking over. Got pretty lazy going about it. Can be detrimental to my tank in a moments time. But yea, ever come out here lmk. Would be an honor mate.

Good luck on that project.[emoji44]

Need make it out to SI to see your system one day.

 

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