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09/26/2015, 10:31 PM | #1 |
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A Splash of Color
This is my 60x32x18" SPS dominant reef display. I am restarting my journal since i have abandoned plans to keep a peninsula type display so a fresh start is in order.
The aim remains the same - to make my reef tank a big splash of acro colors. I ran a 100 micron felt sock for 24 hours before taking this pic, the water is very clear. I didn't clean the end panel glass so you could see the algae buildup in 24 hrs - nitrates are at 10 and phos is about .08 at the moment which is a good balance but way too high a concentration. This thread will be the kind of journal where the frog in the pic above gets glued feet down on top of the green soli which ate my orange pavona frag. That's the way i roll so don't say you weren't warned.......... Site of the soon to be soli encrusted acro frog, beside the burial site of the orange pav seems a fitting place to entomb the poor creature.......
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09/26/2015, 10:35 PM | #2 |
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Amazing !!!!
Do you have 2 sets of lights ? |
09/26/2015, 10:38 PM | #3 |
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Love it!!! Makes me want to start on a shallow reef.
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09/26/2015, 10:40 PM | #4 |
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The tank is still looking great Andrew. That tank is missing a firetruck though, Moby is still looking good.
I've heard that licking the bum of an acro frog can have hallucinogenic effects, be careful when handling it. You might want to consider using gloves, just to be safe. edit: Once the matrix starts kicking in, I'm pretty sure those levels will start getting closer to where you want them. |
09/26/2015, 10:48 PM | #5 |
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You're just doing this for more attention...
Looking good Andrew, the left island has come along in leaps and bounds since you put that 400w over it!! Dave really did talk you into a lobo I was skeptical when you said that lol a good piece to be talked into though! Have you got the Jebao Automatronic Pulse Flow Reactor online yet?
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Thanks Daniel, i have a 400W Radium over each end and triple T5 units either side of each halide. The tank is 5ft long so i have a 2 & 3 ft unit on each side. The old 65 gal light hood is the right hand side setup and the left side is the old 250W socket from the 65 gal sump. I need to change all the bulbs soon as the T5 tubes are all over 18 months old and the 400W bulbs are both 8 moths old from memory.
Thanks mate, shallow displays let you see down on most of your acros almost with top down colors. The highest acro on the right island is 8" off the glass bottom at the moment. The left island is higher and scaped with acros much more dramatically than the right table island. The highest acro on that island is a stag at 12" off the glass bottom. Most people goof with shallow scapes simply because they make their rock work way too high to begin with. It's easy to add more rock down the track but impossible to do if you have used large overly tall pieces to begin with. Use corals like stags for height rather than ugly lumps of rock...... Quote:
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I thought Dave was pulling my leg when he siad he had a lobo i might want to look at lol. Nothing but bags of matrix sitting in the sump with a 6025 pointed at them so far Dom. You can't rush these things mate.
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The new flubbery thing looks great Andrew. I'm sure after a few weeks basking under the glory of the Radium sun it will look better. Will be following the non peninsula SPS thread.
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09/27/2015, 05:21 AM | #8 |
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Just checking in Andrew, looking forward to the continuation of your awe inspiring thread
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09/27/2015, 06:03 AM | #9 |
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Andrew, I was going to paste a link of your old thread here, but though that it has to be your decision, because is your thread. So instead I decided to suggest and request if you would be so kind to paste a link of that thread. It contains such an amount of good info that for new guys that start to read this new thread can be, and probably it will be , very good to take a look to the old one.
Beside, there are guys like me, that have interested threads as bookmark but nevertheless how well I try to save them, when I change the toys (phone,computer, tablets) in some way I finish screwing all and losing all my old info. It has been always my karma in life with computers, smart phones and tablets since they where invented .... LOL. Enough begging for now ....... Last edited by nemodan; 09/27/2015 at 06:12 AM. |
09/27/2015, 06:39 AM | #10 |
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Andrew,
Your tank is amazing, the bommies are super cool, and I love the color spread, this is truly a splash of color, well, more than a splash, let's re-title with "A wave of color" Very nice mate!
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09/27/2015, 08:38 AM | #11 |
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Andrew, your tank is always an inspiration for me……..and I'm waiting for your new super tank
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09/27/2015, 08:57 AM | #12 |
Acros & wieners, oh my!
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I liked your peninsula tank way better...this one is rubbish
Years from now new reefers will be told that they will need to find a location for their acro frog as part of tank setup. It will be part of the established protocol for SPS tank setup, though none will remember why or where the practice began Keep on being yourself Andrew, you're a big part of what I love about coming here...and that sneaky Sahin will get away with a lot of sneakiness without your oversight!!
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09/27/2015, 02:41 PM | #13 |
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Keep coming this new thread with beautiful pictures and I won't car that you abandoned your of thread. Your tank is looking good.
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I'm always the last to know when Andrew goes and starts something new..
So... That Acro frog can't swim? I want to see him doing the backstroke amongst the acros and snuggling into that new flubber.
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I'm in!
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09/28/2015, 11:18 AM | #16 |
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Looking forward to more coral goodness, don't let us down. No pressure though.
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09/28/2015, 11:38 AM | #17 |
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Beautiful my friend i haven't seen a video in a while.
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09/28/2015, 02:51 PM | #18 |
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Are you still taking pictures with an iPhone?
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Excellent question, Joe!...........
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Thanks Dan, i'll try to make a video soon mate I don't own a camera Joe so any pic i post is always taken with a phone camera. I used to shoot macro still life's on Ektar 25 with a Nikon F90X and a couple of Nikkor macro lenses back twenty years ago. From memory i spent a bit over three grand on just the two lenses way back when money was worth something but i was single and making very good money so went nuts on my hobbies. If i had access to a DSLR and macro lens i don't think it would take me long to get back into the swing of real macro work again Quote:
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I had a good reputation here on the SPS forum before Biggles ventured to this forum... Now I get called sneaky.... If anyone cares to remember, Biggles was the leader of the sneaky reefers group...why do you think at some point Biggles decided to be called "Andrew"...
Look at the SNEAKY thread change...all very sneaky plans he has...he has you all under his spell with his highly coloured acro pics posted onc every blue moon... Andrew/Biggles/Boggles/Kevins dad, where are all the sump and equipment pics? A new thread deserves such photos. |
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Why else would we put up with all the lies about having no new acros.......... History Reality Check It was Bello who started hiding a few frags and then i decided if it was ok for him then it was ok for me to hide a couple of pieces. You then took it to another level and hid half of divers den acro inventory behind your rock work I'll take some sumpy equipment pics so you can see what's what down below when i get a chance, speaking of pics i think it's a blue moon tonight.......... Remember this piece At night with the camera phone pressed against the glass and the flash on, the acro is 5" from the glass. Zooming in on the image you can see some pretty decent detail captured. Piccy Tip If you are using a phone camera and want to capture some nice images of your corals try using the flash at night and select those acros who's pigments appear colorful under the flash. Most stuff will be yucky and or brown but a few will look even more beautiful than you realised when photographed at night. You must have the phone flat against the glass or the flash will reflect and fog out your pics with glare. Using the flash removes any shake or movement on your behalf as does resting against the glass. There's no reason every person with a camera phone can't capture the same sort of images as there is nothing at all tricky to using a camera phone if you do it this way after lights out. Everyone should give it a try, you'll be surprised at the results Have a night time SSC pic Matt, pics of acros always make things better i find mate
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