Planeden Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Congrats on the move. I love your pink birds nest. If you ever have a tiny stick please let me know. It is the exact color I am looking for. Your tank is amazing. I always have frags. Just a heads up though, the color is dependent on your lighting. Under metal halide it was purple. timsish showed a picture on here once of the same colony that had gotten so large to get into different PAR values and it was a different color on one side than the other. it was neat. i think it was in one of the lighting discussions, but shrug...i read a lot of threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veni Vidi Vici Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Thats a amazing reef... what are you feeding it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainK Posted April 9, 2014 Author Share Posted April 9, 2014 Thanks! Just feed it alk and calc along with fish food, nothing special. Good lighting and good water water does the trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainK Posted May 2, 2014 Author Share Posted May 2, 2014 Everything is starting to settle in since the move. I decided to get some pics before I added crushed coral. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CaptainK Posted May 2, 2014 Author Share Posted May 2, 2014 Some cell phone pics with the new sand. The new maxima is insane and my cynarina is happy in its new spot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainK Posted May 9, 2014 Author Share Posted May 9, 2014 I would like to thank the Aqua-Dome for getting me a sweet deal on this clam. It's finally opening fully now. Can't get a good photo of it with either of my 2 cameras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainK Posted May 9, 2014 Author Share Posted May 9, 2014 Anyone have any recommendations on hanging a canopy? Currently I have it mounted with a TV mount and 2 metal chains. It doesn't look that good and it's not as level as I would like. I don't want to set the canopy on the tank because it is rimless and I don't feel comfortable hanging it from the ceiling. I saw some shelving mounts at Home Depot but none of them were big enough. I would like to have the floating canopy look. Any ideas would help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Too bad it is unstable, it looks pretty slick. i'm not sure what your needs are as far as ease of removal and all, or what options you have for "shelf mounts". but you can build your own shelf mounts that will probably be robust enough. basically using lumber (2X4, or 1X4 maybe) build a triangle. one side will mount to the wall, one will hang your canopy (or have it rest on it) and the other will come back to the wall at an angle to the bottom of the wall 2X4. odds are, the critical element in this will be the attachment to the wall itself. lag bolts into a stud are highly recommended. depending on the size and weight, sheet rock anchors may work, but it would take more of them. i'd avoid molly bolts for this application. duh, i guess for your TV mount to work you must have a back on the canopy, so those shelf brackets wouldn't work well. what is the back made of and how is it built? if it is too thin your sagging may be a result of the back piece deflecting (could be the mount, too). you may be able to counter that by simply adding a shim at the bottom of the canopy so that it has a point of contact with the wall. it can either be one long piece attached all the way across or some discrete pieces lining up with studs. your TV mount is made for something that is only 6" thick, which will pry it away from the wall (and the angles it hangs on). your canopy is much bigger. contact with the wall at the bottom will reduce this prying by distributing the load out. of course, there is also a weight limit on the mount, so before you pull off the cables you may want to make sure that you are near that limit and that the attachment to the wall is good enough to take it. i'm not sure how your tv mount is mounted. caveat: i work with metal and composites and not housing materials. i am unaccustomed to some of the nuances of housing materials. they tend to deflect more than i expect and the tolerances are much lower. also, consistency of the materials is lower, so i'd overbuild rather than underbuild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainK Posted May 10, 2014 Author Share Posted May 10, 2014 Removal isn't a big deal as long as it's 3-4" above the tank. I was thinking about doing what you're talking about but with metal braces and using an L shape mount. The only reason I can't use a triangle is because the T5 fixture hangs inside and takes up most of the room and length of the canopy. Maybe something like this... http://www.thehardwarehut.com/catalog-product.php?p_ref=37128&gshop&gclid=CISYnNDCob4CFcpcMgodBUEAMA http://www.etrailer.com/Accessories-and-Parts/Rackem/RA-24B.html?feed=npn&gclid=CJipmpXDob4CFdSMMgodnz8Axg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 The second one looks like a better bet to me, but i don't see that either has a load rating. it just seems to be longer (if the 187 on the first one is 187 mm). also, it gives you more options to attach it to the cannopy (either from the bottom or the side. of course, the problem with hte second is the lip on the end to catch the shelf. but, it may not be an issue depending on your canopy design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainK Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 http://youtu.be/xpuiMBrjNvw Caught my Orange Fungia Spawning. Unfortunately I didn't see the other Fungia's participating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 That's cool! Out of curiosity, how did you determine that was spawning and not expulsion of zooxanthallae or some other form of expulsion from the fungia body? I only ask because I have noticed my fungias doing two different types of expulsion. One was slimier and my best educated guess was that it was removing zooxanthallae from the tissues and releasing it into the water column. The other explusion I observed was similar to yours and what I would assume is releasing of gametes but I'm not 100% sure. I've had the fungias for 5+ years (I have over 40 of them at one time or another) and have never seen any buds around the tank that may be products of sexual reproduction via gametes in the water column. It would be interesting if one popped up one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainK Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 I don't know if it was actually spawning or removing zoo. The fish were very interested in it so I assumed it was spawning. For sexual reproduction there has to be another fungia that fertilizes the eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainK Posted June 29, 2014 Author Share Posted June 29, 2014 1 Year 10 Months! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Looking good! Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpb Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Easily one of my top 3 favorite tanks on ARC 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainK Posted July 1, 2014 Author Share Posted July 1, 2014 Thanks for the compliments! How often does everyone dose KH? Seems like I can never get my alkalinity above 7 and if I do it only last a day or two. I'm having to dose 2.5 teaspoons every 2-3 days. It's a 57g with a 20g sump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Once you have colonies like you do, I would highly recommend two-part dosing, kalk in your ATO, or a CaRX. I tried hand dosing to keep up when I initially started SPS and eventually, it was needing way more than I could ever keep up with on a regular basis. The resultant spikes with alk while I was trying to keep up probably wasn't ideal either for my SPS either. The demand on my old system at its peak was ridiculous. If my CaRX shut down for a 24hr period, it would easily drop from 8,0 dKh to 6.8 dKh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpb Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 +1 I automate my dosing using BRS 2-part system. Before tear down my 55 gallon was using 50 mL of alk per day (soda ash solution) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainK Posted July 1, 2014 Author Share Posted July 1, 2014 I'll switch to a 2 part once I run out of my buffer. I heard it could be related to low Mg. I never test for this. I just do monthly water changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 In my experience, my Mg hardly ever moves so I test every 3-6 months at best. Part of this may be due to the CaRX replenishing some of it. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainK Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 Tank is officially 2 years old now! I would be lying if i said I expected it to be where it's at now. I'm still battling bubble algae and alk swings but everything seems to be growing well. Here's some pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainK Posted September 22, 2014 Author Share Posted September 22, 2014 So I was glueing over some aiptasia that came in on my clam and I noticed four of these. Not sure if they are clams or mussels. They do have the zig zag pattern around the mantel. This is the closest thing that I have found. www.melevsreef.com/node/1723 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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