Emerald525 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 I am a heating contractor so I have been super busy and well I dipped mine last week and fell asleep with it in there and let's just say it wasn't very happy the next day not so much from the dip but it got really cold the tip has polyp extention but that's about it rookie lol. lol well that didn't take long. That's too bad because you would have had a good shot at winning. I'm just looking to keep mine alive.???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexinverts Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Here's my Pacific Rim Tenius at 1/2"; TANK SPECS A 60 GALLON MIXED REEF STACK. 3 WATT FULL SPECTRUM LED'S ON MY DISPLAY AND SUMP.T5's on my secondary tank. A MAXI JET FOR FLOW AND A LARGE GENERIC RETURN PUMP. FOR FILTRATION I USE CARBON,PURIGEN,MACRO AND A ODESSEA SKIMMER. I USE BRS 3PART DOSING AND FUEL.I ALSO DOSE TWO DROPS OF VODKA PER DAY. FEEDING CONSIST OF PELLETED FOODS AND VAROIUS FROZEN FOODS,THREE TIMES A MONTH. I TRY TO MAINTAIN ONCE A MONTH WATER CHANGES ON THIS SYSTEM. PLACEMENT WILL BE ONE FOOT FROM THE LIGHTS,ON MY "temporary" FRAG RACK TO THE RIGHT.AS SHOWN BELOW; Whoa, that tank is seriously packed to the gills. Is that the tank the tricolor you gave me came from? I really love that coral! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Scott Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Ok here's my photos. 3/8s there's a 1/8th inch on the bottom of the ruler. Sent from my SM-G928T using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Here's my Pacific Rim Tenius at 1/2"; TANK SPECS A 60 GALLON MIXED REEF STACK. 3 WATT FULL SPECTRUM LED'S ON MY DISPLAY AND SUMP.T5's on my secondary tank. A MAXI JET FOR FLOW AND A LARGE GENERIC RETURN PUMP. FOR FILTRATION I USE CARBON,PURIGEN,MACRO AND A ODESSEA SKIMMER. I USE BRS 3PART DOSING AND FUEL.I ALSO DOSE TWO DROPS OF VODKA PER DAY. FEEDING CONSIST OF PELLETED FOODS AND VAROIUS FROZEN FOODS,THREE TIMES A MONTH. I TRY TO MAINTAIN ONCE A MONTH WATER CHANGES ON THIS SYSTEM. PLACEMENT WILL BE ONE FOOT FROM THE LIGHTS,ON MY "temporary" FRAG RACK TO THE RIGHT.AS SHOWN BELOW; Holy Crap Batman! I thought my tank was full 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badxgillen Posted December 13, 2015 Author Share Posted December 13, 2015 Yeah, her display tank looks like my frag tank. Sometimes it looks like all hell will break loose but the peace seems to be kept...For now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paratore Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 (edited) Here is my frag it's right at 5/8ths It's in my 75 frag tank I dose BRS two part via apex and add fuel every now and again I do water changes every now and again. For flow I run a wp-10 and rw-8. Skimmer: SCW 160 come skimmer. Way over rated for the system. I only measure a few things Nitrates-0 Phosphate-0 Calcium-400 (need to go up to 450) Alk-11 (going down to 8) Lights: two OR T247s at 50% blues 30%whites. Frag is placed on the uppermost frag rack which is about 2 inches from the water line. I feed the tank every day with flakes. I think that is all the stuff we need to list... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited December 13, 2015 by Paratore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexinverts Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 I dose BRS two part via apex and add fuel every now and again I do water changes every now and again. For flow I run a wp-10 and rw-8. Skimmer: SCW 160 come skimmer. Way over rated for the system. I only measure a few things Nitrates-0 Phosphate-0 Calcium-400 (need to go up to 450) Alk-11 (going down to 8) Lights: two OR T247s at 50% blues 30%whites. Frag is placed on the uppermost frag rack which is about 2 inches from the water line. I feed the tank every day with flakes. I think that is all the stuff we need to list... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Doesn't your return pump seize up with your Alk at 11, while using 2-part Cody? That's what happened to me when I got over 9 when using the BRS two-part. I had to stay at 8 in order to keep things running longer than a few weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramy Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Jeramy Blair ' s official entry into the Fray! Tank: 20 long set up as all in one Stand: Tank is set up Peninsula style Lightning: Reefstar Alpha series Nano Light Duration: roughly 60% for 12hrs Light height: 20 inches off the surface Filtration: Chemipur Elite and Purigen. Skimmer: first Gen IM Nuvo Skimmer Flow: Jeabo RW4 slow pulse max flow Return: generic 106gph pump Water changes: 5 gal. Every week No Dosing at this time. Running roughly 20 pound of live rock and 20 pounds of live sand 2 fish 1 starry blenny and 1 clown both are roughly 2 inches in length. Various clean up crew snail and hermits 1 peper mint shrimp. Corals are mostly soft with a few LPS and one other sps besides the grow out frag. I feed daily with rods food and supplement green seaweed for the blenny once a week Changes in the near future: 1 may add some mechanical filtration. 2 dosing for cal alk mag 3 might start adding vitamin C again 4 might start adding oyster feast again 5 amino dosing I also might not do any of these things as I have been enjoying the real simple nature of my current system Right side with ruler. Left Side Top Down Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paratore Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Doesn't your return pump seize up with your Alk at 11, while using 2-part Cody? That's what happened to me when I got over 9 when using the BRS two-part. I had to stay at 8 in order to keep things running longer than a few weeks.nope, I've never had anything seize up on me. And my alk got to 13 at one point when I was trying to dial in dosing. [emoji16] I wonder why yours did that, I've never noticed any ill effects, other than stressed out SPS. My alks been this high for a couple months but recently I've been trying to get it down to help with coral colors. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kireek Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Whoa, that tank is seriously packed to the gills. Is that the tank the tricolor you gave me came from? I really love that coral! I know.Yes.I do too,it never gives up!* A picture is worth a thousand words Robin. Yeah, her display tank looks like my frag tank. Sometimes it looks like all hell will break loose but the peace seems to be kept...For now. Controlled chaos at it's finest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kknight Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 205 gallon continuous overflow. 100 gallon sump 3 Radon lights 1st generation (updated lenses) 2 Mp 40s GEO calcium reactor Run GFO, Carbon Water changes 20% every 3 weeks Dose Arco power ALK 7.9 MAG 1470 CAL 490 PH 8.3, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badxgillen Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 Thanks to all those entered so far! First off- As you can see there is a degree of leniency,with this first deadline coming at an odd date, but after this it will be cut and dry Second-there are some great write ups of the systems being run, this will allow for backtracking of success with this particular coral. Third and lastly- I love the nature of the competitions contestants. This is not only a method of data collection but a means to have fun, or at the very least be entertaining. So far the posts\retorts have been just that, very entertaining! So I thank you all, and in response to this... Hang in there Kim, its only four months, your a seasoned veteran. Spectra, yours seems to almost have greenish blue color, mine has since gone a light pastel blue. Danlu it will be interesting to see the possible transition under your DIY LEDs. Gill&Fin your pretty confident there aren't you, and that sounds like quite a nice frag tank you got setup there. Lexinverts your frag system is looking good if I do say so myself, and yeah this acro has some seriously hungry looking polyps. Thank you Clark for sharing the extra info, I hope to see a trend in what makes this coral happy and grow. Rbeyer's got the Kessil which I personally like the look of but we will see what the acro has to say in the end. Cerk gots the stacked feeding regiment, man the tanks gotta love that. Wow Kireek, it looks like you have played the Coral Tetris game some too, I have the high score though. LCScott your frag tank has also been looking pretty crisp lately, that little frag should grow just fine in there. Paratore that is some wicked photography there, and how did you get it to stand up so straight for you? Jeremy enters the fray, I love it, and it looks like you have my "Lumps" brother Loaf. The photo bomb is really cool too, the little guy like his aquariums as well right? KKnight be careful, your little guy might get stage fright sitting next to that other acro, or he might just strut his stuff even more and show em all whats up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badxgillen Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 So I have updated the beginning post of the thread with the measurments people have been submitting. This will have the current whos who among the contestants with the eliminated players being deleted as the game continues. Looks like we still need some posts from, Reefnjunky, SalwaterNewbie, Earthbound, fishboys, Frank, Bret, and Dmork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paratore Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 (edited) So far my little Guy seems to be liking my system, he's got great polyp extension and hasn't died yet haha his top polyps seem to almost be an orange color, has anyone else noticed this? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited December 14, 2015 by Paratore 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthbound Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 (edited) 90g T5/led CA reactor dose trace elements daily mp40/gyre130/tunze wave box 9/16" Edited December 17, 2015 by earthbound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badxgillen Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 Thank you all who have entered so far. Although this is obviously past 7 days after the 7th I am taking entrees today & tomorrow and then it is back to the rules listed in the first post. 7th is posting day and 14th is deadline. I felt that with the sudden start of the comp and the holidays people may have been thrown a little off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefnjunkie Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 mine never made it-probably didn't like the 24 hour Alk dosing I performed- Good luck everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Better watch out Jeramy looks like a acro muncher there.......... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 mine never made it-probably didn't like the 24 hour Alk dosing I performed- Good luck everyone My odds just increased, whew! Sorry though to hear... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlu_gt Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 After almost 2 weeks, I starting to see a very slight green fluorescent color at night with just the royal blues. PE are much more visible as well. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexinverts Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 After almost 2 weeks, I starting to see a very slight green fluorescent color at night with just the royal blues. PE are much more visible as well. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using Tapatalk I noticed this evening that mine is starting to color up too. It has a light blue edge to new growth at the base. I'm also starting to see a little bit of green on the branches. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlu_gt Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Quick update.. Looking good! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Nice looking fatty frag Daniel, good work! Mine is getting chunky too, really liking this guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 I noticed this evening that mine is starting to color up too. It has a light blue edge to new growth at the base. I'm also starting to see a little bit of green on the branches. Nice colors, good PE, seems hardy. We have a winning acro here! Good stuff. Mine is green with blue tips too. Good looking piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Mine looks like crap but it's alive, thanks guys for rubbing it in! LPS is doing great so maybe I will post a picture of that! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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