Some new pictures

[JB NY]

Some recent shots of my tank, hope you like them.

http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/tt293/insignis/Reef%20Tank/DSC00519.jpg

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http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/tt293/insignis/Reef%20Tank/DSC00509.jpg

[mpoletti]

So that is where you have been Joe :)

The tank looks like it is really filling in quite nicely.

[JB NY]

Hi Mark, I've just been really busy at work. Not as much time as I would like for being online.

Yeah the tank is starting to fill in nicely.

http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/tt293/insignis/Reef%20Tank/DSC00495.jpg

http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/tt293/insignis/Reef%20Tank/DSC00481.jpg

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http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/tt293/insignis/Reef%20Tank/DSC00479.jpg

[dreaminmel]

Very nice! :D Those yellow coris wrasses all get along ok? I have one and never thought about doing multiples but they do add a nice splash of color. Hmmm...

[Nanook]

Dang, Joe!! Looks great:thumbsup:

Care to share some of your basics on husbandry:)?

[33g]

What bulb combo are you running now? great colors.

[SunnyX]

Nice to see you back around Joe!
Your setup is looking great! :thumbsup:
Is that a giant Pearlberry I see??

[tfp]

joe, you got some mad skills that never cease to amaze me! :D

[volcom69]

Wow last time i saw your tank on here it looked nothing like that, wow did they ever take off for you. Great job Joe and nice pics.

[montepora]

:) Nice buddy~

[Poseidon]

Excellent! Nothing beats a mature SPS tank!!!!

[kev apsley]

Kudos Joe! looks awesome Bro!

[joefish]

Looking Awsome!!!

With that growth you will have to get a bigger tank soon.:p

[AlexP_03]

Awesome tank joe!! love the yellow wrasses, too sweet!!

[Henry Colf]

Amazing tank !!!!!!!!!

[jimroth]

Joe, nice to see your tank is looking fine!

[sreefs]

Joe,
Your tank looks great, not that anyone would expect anything else! Joe is that a pygmy flame ?
Pat

[Znut Reefer]

Looks great Joe! :)

[roktsintst]

Wow! your tank is looking Great Joe!

[bhelne01]

Nice

[MIKE NY]

looking good Joe!

[hatfielj]

Nice! Yeah, what bulbs are you using? Great growth!

[JB NY]

Thanks for the kind word guys!! I took this tank really slow, but in the last few months it really started to take off. I had some issues when I swapped out my MH lamps a few months ago, basically some tip burning, but everything recovered fine. So far this tank has been doing very well. I don't think I have lost any corals, except one or two a year or so ago, that were due to acclimation issues (I bleached them), other than that both the corals and fish have been in great shape.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15229877#post15229877 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dreaminmel
Very nice! :D Those yellow coris wrasses all get along ok? I have one and never thought about doing multiples but they do add a nice splash of color. Hmmm...

I have not had any problems with the coris wrasses. About 16 months ago I put 5 in and they are all doing well. One turned to a male and the rest seem to be all getting along.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15229969#post15229969 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 33g
What bulb combo are you running now? great colors.

I am running are 250-Watt Acquaconnect 14K MH with half Giesemann Powerchrome Actinic Plus and half Pure Actinic T5s

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15234776#post15234776 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sreefs
is that a pygmy flame ?
Pat

Hi Pat, Yes I have three flame angles in the tank for about a year. They all get along fine.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15229929#post15229929 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Nanook
Dang, Joe!! Looks great:thumbsup:

Care to share some of your basics on husbandry:)?

Hi Dave,

Pretty much doing what I did with the old tank.

Basically water changes, every week or two.
I blow off the rocks once a week with a turkey baster about an hour before doing a water change.
GFO and carbon, swapped out one a month.
Clean the skimmer once a week.
Ca and alk added with kalk and a ca reactor (all top-off goes through kalk reactor).

Only additives are, Salifert AA 80ml, Kents Strontium 25ml, lugals 4 drops, Microbe Lift Special Blend 100ml, all added once a week.

[MSHUR]

Joe,
As always great job!!!! First acro is Turaki?...
what is that new stuff you dosing Microbe Lift Special Blend ?

mike

[MIKE NY]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15237634#post15237634 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MSHUR
Joe,

what is that new stuff you dosing Microbe Lift Special Blend ?


it's a beneficial bacteria

[MSHUR]

Is it similar to a brightwell zeovit?

[thatguy559]

beautiful tank

[Leishman]

Looks awesome Joe. What controller are you running on this tank?

[naldopr]

joe Q? for you
I have a couple gallons of microlift SB that I haven't use them yet.
my tank is 4 month old reading 0 no3 and 0 po4 salifert.
but recently I have some brown hairly algae growth(not sure if is Bryopsis ) in my tank that I never experience before in my past tank.
do you recommend this for this type of problems my friend use it and said that help him on this situation. just need your opinion regarding MLSB
Thank you.

[JB NY]

Leishman Using an Aquacontroller 3

naldopr I started dosing special blend years ago for a cyno problem. Iyt helped with it, and I felt that it helped keeping N and P low so I still use it.

Some more shots, better white balance on these I think.
http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/tt293/insignis/Reef%20Tank/july-3695.jpg

http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/tt293/insignis/Reef%20Tank/july-3696.jpg

http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/tt293/insignis/Reef%20Tank/july-3698.jpg

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[KEEPERZ]

good to see you back on a roll Joe =) - what salt are you using this time around? Isn't that Special Blend the stuff that smells like rotten eggs, I think I tried it a few yrs back on my 450g cus of your success-great pics buddy-

[volcom69]

Awsome lookin pics. Do you feed your tank pretty heavy, you have excellent colors

[mak]

Great photos and tank!!!

Tell me if i wrong, but in the 3rd photo trere are marks or bites of AEFW?

[mpoletti]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15311240#post15311240 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JB NY

Some more shots, better white balance on these I think.
http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/tt293/insignis/Reef%20Tank/july-3695.jpg

[/B]

I think this one looks familiar :p

[JB NY]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15311543#post15311543 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by KEEPERZ
good to see you back on a roll Joe =) - what salt are you using this time around? Isn't that Special Blend the stuff that smells like rotten eggs, I think I tried it a few yrs back on my 450g cus of your success-great pics buddy-

I am using Oceanic again. Yes it is the stuff that smells like rotten eggs.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15312263#post15312263 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by volcom69
Awsome lookin pics. Do you feed your tank pretty heavy, you have excellent colors

Thanks! I feed 2x a day, Pellets and 2 cubes of frozen food. I have about 24-26 fish in the tank though.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15313972#post15313972 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mak
Great photos and tank!!!

Tell me if i wrong, but in the 3rd photo trere are marks or bites of AEFW?

I think it is just the way the coenosteum looks on that coral. I hit it with a baster once a week and I have not seen any flatworms come off it.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15314039#post15314039 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mpoletti
I think this one looks familiar :p

Yeah, that is from my old tank, it's slowly getting to a nice size.

[tatoofr]

Hey Joe,
Looking good as always.
Frank

[SDguy]

Your corals look great! Thanks for sharing the pictures.

[ptownreefer]

Great tank! Is that first on a Turaki? Or maybe an Echinata?

[Reefer08]

Your corals look great! But why do you have brown slime algae all over your sand?

[JB NY]

Thanks guys!

ptownreefer I think it is A. turaki

reefer08 Not sure why I have some cyano, it will go away soon. I got busy last month and slacked on some maintenance.

[Dejavu]

Great pics! I love the turaki.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15229483#post15229483 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JB NY


http://i621.photobucket.com/albums/tt293/insignis/Reef%20Tank/DSC00519.jpg

[billy1724]

looks Amazing!!!

[rhoptowit]

i really like your rock work. hope its not AEFW.

[xtm]

Joe,

Great tank! I am a huge fan of your work. Keep it up!

[cateyes]

everything looks really nice, i love the rockwork...

[reefer334]

Nice Tank!
Keep up the good work!