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Unread 11/19/2011, 05:53 PM   #1
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A Few of my SPS

Just wanted to share my corals with the community. All pictures were taken with a point and shoot camera so I appologize if they are not clear. Hope you guys/gals like them. Wishing everyone have a Happy and Safe Holiday Seasons!!!
















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Unread 11/19/2011, 05:57 PM   #2
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Amazing colors!! Whats the name of the coral in the 4th pic down?


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Unread 11/19/2011, 06:00 PM   #3
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is that a Pink Lemonaid in pic 2?


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Unread 11/19/2011, 06:07 PM   #4
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Amazing colors!! Whats the name of the coral in the 4th pic down?
Thank you. Fourth picture is a Rashberry Lemonade.


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Unread 11/19/2011, 06:08 PM   #5
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is that a Pink Lemonaid in pic 2?
It's a Strawberry Shortcake.


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Unread 11/19/2011, 06:15 PM   #6
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Sweet stuff.The Red Goni is no slouch either.


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Unread 11/19/2011, 06:33 PM   #7
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Very nice corals. Can you tell us more about your tank? Lights, skimmer, dosing, ect.

Amazing colors!


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Unread 11/19/2011, 09:44 PM   #8
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Very nice corals. Can you tell us more about your tank? Lights, skimmer, dosing, ect.

Amazing colors!
Thank you. Tank is 4' x 3' x 2' approximately 180 gallons. Light consists of 2 - 250watts MH and 4 - T5 supplements. As for dosing, I have a calcium reactor and kalk stirrer. No other additional supplements. Weekly water changes.


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Unread 11/20/2011, 12:07 AM   #9
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Man that's some great coral on the red planet!!!


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Unread 11/20/2011, 02:35 AM   #10
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As already mentioned your colors are just great.
Could you please tell us more about your lights combination and some details about your skimmer and the rest of your staff...
Post more pictures please...



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Unread 11/20/2011, 03:10 AM   #11
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Nice stuff. Tagging along.


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Unread 11/20/2011, 10:17 AM   #12
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Wow, please share some details about your system.


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Unread 11/20/2011, 10:56 AM   #13
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Very nice acro's and gon! You have great colors! What MH are you using?


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Unread 11/20/2011, 11:35 AM   #14
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Nice corals. I want frags of the raspberry lemonade


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Unread 11/20/2011, 03:01 PM   #15
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Beautiful corals, thanks for sharing


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Unread 11/20/2011, 03:23 PM   #16
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Looks great! Happy Holidays back to you!


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Unread 11/20/2011, 03:35 PM   #17
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Thank you for everyone's compliments.

Metal halides are Radium. When it is time to swap. I may change these to Ushio 14K or Phoenix 14K. Combination of Radium and T5 makes my tank really blue.:-(

T5 supplements are Blue Plus. When it is swap time, I may replace these with LED strips.

Skimmer is Reef Octopus XP3000INT.

I know as soon as I say this, things may crumble.:-( I guess I've been pretty lucky. Other than what is stated above, I don't do anything else to my tank. I perform weekly water changes and let my calcium reactor and kalk stirrer maintain my parameters ie calcium and alk.

Here are some more of my corals. Again, I appolize if they are unclear and chopped off here and there. I do need to attend a photography class and invest in a better camera.

Hope you guys/gals enjoy these....

Upscale Microlados. Looks almost like the Rashberry Lemonade.


I have no idea of what this blue sps is. Looks like some sort of Tort? Any thoughts?


Another unknown. In real life the polyps are white and the part where its encrusting is green.


Tenuis, Setosa, and part of the Ponape Birdsnest.


Sunset Milli


Oregon Tort


Lokani


Bought this from Jason Fox 2 summers ago when I visit his house. He doesn't know the name of it either. :-(


Hawkins. Sold the entire colony not too long ago.


Part of my Red City Milli.



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Unread 11/20/2011, 05:55 PM   #18
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Brilliant colors! truly a tank to aspire to. Everything looks dee-licious


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Unread 11/20/2011, 06:15 PM   #19
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wow!!! stunning corals how about a fts?


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Unread 11/20/2011, 06:34 PM   #20
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What is name of the yellow coral in the third picture? Pink lemonade?
Do you have 120g tank?



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Unread 11/20/2011, 07:44 PM   #21
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Great colors. Would love to hear more about the setup!


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Unread 11/20/2011, 08:34 PM   #22
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What is name of the yellow coral in the third picture? Pink lemonade?
Do you have 120g tank?
Yes, the 3rd picture from the top is a Pink Lemonade.

Tank is approximately 180gallons. Dimensions are 4' x 3' x 2' (L x W x H)


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Unread 11/20/2011, 08:50 PM   #23
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wow!!! stunning corals how about a fts?
Again, thank you for everyone's kind compliments. Here are a few shots of the tank. I have a bad habit of changing my aquascape all the time.:-(

This is what the tank looks like until April 2011....
Left Side


Middle


Right Side


FTS as of April


I got tire of looking at it so I change it to this which is what it looks like today.

Left Side


Right Side


FTS as of today


I like the old look much better. Once I get tire of the current look I will change it again.


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Unread 11/20/2011, 10:49 PM   #24
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I agree the old look was sick. You've definetly got a nack for acros.


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Unread 11/21/2011, 02:30 AM   #25
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This is my third....or eighth time checking your thread out. haha. I have to agree with Buckeye, and my GF and I both think that your "previous" look definitely overrules the look you have now. The Hyacinthus you have in the first pic and the pink lemonade look fantastic in the left pillar you "had" . Both my gf and I love the look of the pillar you have going on- it's stellar.... the "old" look definitely has much to offer, imo. Did you use acrylic rods??


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