dayze9

On 4/19/2017 at 9:17 PM, pdxmonkeyboy said:

Do corals exhibit tropism? That is, a direct response to environmental conditions; in this case flow?
Plants in windy areas will have thicker stems.. because the tissue in the stem is being torn by the wind and reparing itself. Curious to know if coral exhibit the same thing... and more interesting..how? .

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Here is a pic of one of my tanks, it may be hard to see, where the coral seems to be stunted by the powerhead flow.

21 hours ago, pdxmonkeyboy said:

Nice looking tank! In wall fo sure on the next house. Probably a couple of them actually.

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Yeah, that's one of the reasons it took me so long to do the build. I wasn't sure if we would be moving anytime in the near future. A couple would be nice, but unless I throw them in a hallway (which I wouldn't mind doing) I'm not sure it would be worth the extra strain on my marriage.

12 hours ago, TheClark said:

60 bucks each is a steal @dayze9

They are available all over the place online and your local store can probably order them in as well.  

They do go on and off sale so sometimes it pays to wait and watch.

These things put out par, and you can always add more fixtures if you need more.. I have seen way too many gorgeous SPS tanks to doubt their PAR ability.

 

Yeah, I agree $60 was a smokin deal. I've seen them all over the web for about $175 for the one without a timer, $200 for one with. I was just asking you to see if you found a better deal somewhere else. I'll keep looking around for sales.

Where did you get them? The price has gone up since I last looked. I just snagged a couple on CL for $60 ea, but wouldn't mind getting more. They're a lot cheaper than my ecorays and they seem to have a better spectrum. I'm not sure how they compare to the ecorays PAR though. That was the main reason I first bought ecorays, the PAR per watt seemed to be the best at the time.

12 hours ago, Emerald525 said:

lol im guessing she's afraid to leave the house for an extended period of time. You got it up pretty quickly !

Yeah, i wanted it to look perfect when she got home, to ease her frustration. At least from the living room. The spare bedroom the tank is sitting in is a little less impressive. She was pissed anyway. We're pretty much out of room at this point, if she were to leave for any period of time there is not much left i can do. I have a couple Wyland paintings I'm going to put around it just to add to the ambiance, but nothing that requires permission or forgiveness.

2 hours ago, Jeremevans said:

I had not thought about snails getting caught in them. I suppose there is a case for only having larger snails... or using more of the smaller Gyres.

I'm thinking that two would be the way to go and I am thinking about mounting them vertically in the corners. I had not thought much about the sand bed being disturbed. I use a coarse sand bed so maybe that would be okay--it is more like fine aragonite gravel than sand.

 

I have a really coarse black sand bed and it had no problem turning it into dunes.

39 minutes ago, Emerald525 said:

Oh sweet you have an in wall!! Lucky you!! You have been holding out on us!! Where's your tank build thread !

No thread. It was a quick build. My wife went to Georgia for training for 4 days, and i put a tank  in the wall while she was gone. It's the old expression... It's better to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission. I'm slowly (painfully slow) seeding it with frags. The thought was if i start with a frag it will look totally natural as it grows out, like it belongs there and wasn't just placed. Well, it looks the same either way, so i might just start throwing colonies in there. 

13 hours ago, Emerald525 said:

What size tank do you have that Achilles looks fat and healthy ! Can we get a full tank shot ?

Alright here's the full tank shot. It looks better with the lights on... 

I have 2 130's in my 180. I started with a 150 and it was hard on my sand bed, that and my tank is apparently a snail farm. The snails would get in and destroy the 150s propellers. I upgraded to the new harder props (which i believe they all come with now) and the size between the props is the same size as the slots the water flows through so the snails would jam up the 150, where with the 130 the props are further apart so of a snail gets in, it just eventually gets launched back out. I haven't seen any new ones other than the 130 and 150.

5 hours ago, pdxmonkeyboy said:

Do corals exhibit tropism? That is, a direct response to environmental conditions; in this case flow?
Plants in windy areas will have thicker stems.. because the tissue in the stem is being torn by the wind and reparing itself. Curious to know if coral exhibit the same thing... and more interesting..how? .

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I have one tank where you can actually see the water flow by the way the corals  have grown around the flow. I'll post a pic soon.

45 minutes ago, pdxmonkeyboy said:

found this... pretty enlightening. and for those that can't endure journal articles... there is even pictures!!!

http://scholar.google.com/scholar_url?url=https://dr.ntu.edu.sg/bitstream/handle/10220/10212/379.%2520Effect%2520of%2520nutrient%2520diffusion%2520and%2520flow%2520on%2520coral%2520morphology.pdf%3Fsequence%3D1&hl=en&sa=X&scisig=AAGBfm1eBAu1uuMfEqtqmcr6yIYpdLMw0g&nossl=1&oi=scholarr


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I'll have to check this out when i get to a computer.

How long has your tank been up and running?

This sounds like it was freaking awesome!!! I wish I could have made it. I work every other Saturday, so I guess I have a 50/50 shot on the next one...Or just take vacation. Anyway sounds pretty fun and I hope to make the next one.

1 hour ago, Emerald525 said:

What size tank do you have that Achilles looks fat and healthy ! Can we get a full tank shot ?

Thank you, I bought it as a juvenile, didn't even have the orange teardrop yet. My display is 180, but as you will see, it's pretty empty. I'm at work right now I will post picks tomorrow.

1 hour ago, danlu_gt said:

 

Beautiful Achilles!

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Thanks, it's a real prick though. Won't allow ANY other fish in the tank, not just tangs, but most any other fish. 

Here are the same two torts under high flow and probably higher lighting.

Thanks everybody. I have them under an assortment of flows. The 2 in the photos are under low flow, but i have some in my display that are under high flow. I appreciate the offers to take them off my hands for scientific purposes as well ?.

Could be "tentacles" kinda fibrous. Slime kinda slimy. When my lps or anemones poop, it's not really stringy. I'm not sure if I've seen my sps pooping.

My torts have been growing real stringy lately. Anyone know if this is a lighting issue  or  chemistry? I switched all if my lighting to led, but this was a few years back. My chemistry seams to fluctuate due to an unreliable calcium reactor, but this isn't anything new either. Has anyone else had this problem?

Thanks.

Just now, dayze9 said:

Not sure if it's posted maybe I missed it. What's the address and phone#? I'll check it out Sunday if it's open.

Never mind, I found it.

Thanks

Not sure if it's posted maybe I missed it. What's the address and phone#? I'll check it out Sunday if it's open.

On 3/31/2016 at 10:22 AM, Zmcclinton63 said:

My stand after cutting it a redoing everything on it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I prefer a cage for my children.

Ever thought of building your own? Because that is absolutely no fun at all.

Has anyone here ever mated a white stripe maroon with a gold stripe? I'm curious which color would be dominant.

I have some giant pom pom xenia. I no longer grow the smaller xenia due to the inconvenience of it growing like a weed out of control, but i do like the giant pom pom because it grows huge and splits/spreads slowly. It's s bit more controllable. I also have some sps frags once/if you get to that point.