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01/18/2018, 10:36 PM | #1276 |
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I always enjoy the photo updates on this tank.
How is that filefish behaving for you? does it nip at the corals at all?
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01/19/2018, 02:55 PM | #1278 |
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Hey Bulent, that new frag most definitely looks like what’s called a myagi tort in this side of the pond.. did you mean myagi or is it called mirage over there?
Anyways, the golden brown/orange body with purple or bluish tips is classic.. By the way, Photobucket just came out with a $99/yr plan for non commercial 3rd party hosting for forums etc.. I may take them up on that just to keep my thread intact.. not sure how angry I still at them for the original $400/ur they wanted to extort from us..
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I have just checked my previous post and realised that I used the word "mirage" tort. This is clearly wrong. I originally wrote "miyagi" and the word ended up "mirage" in my post because of auto-correction. The words "miyagi" and "myagi" seem to be used interchangeably on various forums on the internet. But I believe that the correct spelling is "miyagi", which comes from Japanese. I read on Reef Central that this term was attributed to this particular coral because its owner's ability to shape his Acroporids resembled Japanese Bonsai trees created by the fictional character, Kensuki Miyagi, in the film titled as "The Karate Kid", hence the name "miyagi" tort. Well, at least a man-made name has a story behind it, doesn't it? I am still hunting the story behind "pink lemonade". Here are some uses of the word "miyagi": http://www.reefedition.com/sps-spotl...its-imposters/ http://www.reefedition.com/acropora-austera/ How is this coral rated over there? Where do you think I should place it? High light? very high light? Medium light? Or low light? It is currently placed in a fairly low-medium position. It receives between 200-250 mmol/m2/sec PAR. I have a spot available that is brighter (~400 mmol/m2/sec). Quote:
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I have no idea why I wrote myagi.. twice.
It’s miyagi. It is not a light hog, I don’t think.. However, I’ve never kept a piece under very high light so I’m not sure what it would do under very strong lighting. I think your positioning is probably pretty good. It seems to grow differently depending on flow. Random flow will make it more tree shaped. I have a piece in a client’s tank that only gets intermittent unidirectional flow and I has grown out plating. I should get a photo.. it’s almost dinner plate size now..
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I would love to see a picture of that coral.
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Hey Bulent, I have a couple lousy iPhone shots that I’m trying to upload but tapatalk isn’t cooperating at the moment..
I’ll try again in a sec.. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Ok. Let’s try this again..
This is an in wall tank.. his is from one side: Here’s the other angle.. And a ‘close up’ This was grown from a 3 inch frag. The coral went in and immediately started growing out fairly flat.. That’s a Cali Tort to the left, in the top pic.. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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It is very nice. Thank you Matt.
Looking at the thickness of its branches, I am guessing that your client's gomezi must receive a lot less flow than my coral.
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Bulent do you feel that all The torts- miyagi, Cali, Oregon etc are all of the gomezi family?
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According to the Australian Institute of Marine Science, the only similar species to Acropora gomezi are Acropora parilis , Acropora pectinatus (http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0922).
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Ok... that makes sense.
The photos above are Miyagi Tort Oh!! When you said gomezi, you were referring to the Cali tort, not the miyagi.. I misunderstood your post. Yes, The gomezi/ Cali does not see extreme flow.. I love how it grows in that tank.. mine grows more densely at home.
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My A. austera has been with me for three weeks and kept its colour pretty well so far despite high phosphates (just under 0.18 mg/L) and fairly low PAR (265 mmol/m2/sec). However, there has been no sign of growth.
I have moved it to a brighter spot to observe how a higher PAR (~400 mmol/m2/sec) will affect its colour. Acropora austera (P1110471) Moreover, despite experimenting with a mixture of TM Elimi-NP and Bacto-Balance with different dosing combinations, I have not been able to reduce PO4 below 0.14 mg/L. Although I do not chase numbers, it has become obvious that some of my corals, A. gomezi, A. sarmentosa and A. microclados, looked more colourful when PO4 was around 0.046 mg/L. Having established this benchmark, I have re-started to fluidise, rather reluctantly, Seachem PhosGuard (50 gr per 200L) in a Phospban 150 reactor after a 3-year break with GFO. The reactor is connected to a Eheim compactON 300 pump, which feeds about 200-300 L per hour tank water to the reactor. Finally, yesterday's nutrient test results were as follows: NO3: < 5ppm PO4: < 0.18 mg/L And now some random top-down photos. Note that I am very fond of my yellow feather duster worm. It took me more than a year to find one. Sabellastarte sp (P1110470) Sabellastarte sp (IMG_3922) Sabellastarte sp (IMG_3921) Acropora millepora (P1110479) Acropora hyacinthus (P1110480) Acropora millepora (P1110482) Acropora microclados (P1110486)
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I love this yellow feather!!!!!
Never saw one with this color before.
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Beautiful photos, Bulent!
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Gorgeous photos and stunning corals Bulent
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I never used this kind of media but I read a lot of people claiming that fuidises it could lead to Aluminium to be leaked in the tank. I don't know....maybe it's another urban legend of reef keeping, but I'll keep an eye on the corals response.
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Catching up. That last group of photos was fantastic, glad to see everything doing well.
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If I decide to use PhosGuard in long term, I may commission an ICP test to find out if there is elevated Aluminium in my tank. My corals seem OK so far.
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I don’t think it’s an urban myth, either.
I’ve seen plenty of leather corals get killed from improperly rinsed phosquard. It’s fairly dusty.. it requires significant rinsing to really remove the milky run off
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Fluidizing it would probably cause the media to grind against each other, releasing fines. Similar to activated carbon. When I ran FM Ultraphos (similar aluminium based media) in a reactor, I always kept the flow slow enough that the media doesn't fluidize but stays motionless with the water just passing through. I have not had any livestock affected by this in the past 3 years of using it this way.
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I ran Phosguard for a long time in a reactor and had a neon green leather coral. I personally never had any issues, I do rinse all fresh media very well before use, slack in changing out media and don't run 100% of the time. My leather did very well, grew from a dime sized head to a soft ball in 2 years and even dropped about 6 baby heads off. I have also heard about the possible issues with aluminium new using Phosguard and did switch to BRS GFO cheaper just to be safe and is cheaper. Jme.
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Bulent, Is there any particular reason to use it instead the "regular" GFO? I had very very good experience using PO4x4.
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