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Hawkeye's AGA 120
- Thread starter Hawkeye
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new invert....i didn't think i could have shrimp in my tank because i wasn't sure if they would aggravate my maxima clams or possibly steal the clownfish eggs....but so far so good...
i know they do not come out in daylight so this was my best chance at a quality photograph. Sure enough after i released them into the tank all I get are whiskers coming out of a dark cave...although one is underneath the idaho grape cap...
i know they do not come out in daylight so this was my best chance at a quality photograph. Sure enough after i released them into the tank all I get are whiskers coming out of a dark cave...although one is underneath the idaho grape cap...
Another new invert..this was from Fauna NYC
http://www.faunanyc.com/
Oh and I finally think I have this White Balance figured out on my camera. Dang ATI Blue Plus' are making all my photos blue blue blue blue...
http://www.faunanyc.com/
Oh and I finally think I have this White Balance figured out on my camera. Dang ATI Blue Plus' are making all my photos blue blue blue blue...
Love the fire shrimp Phil, and that's a cool looking conch!
What did you do to correct the white balance? I need to figure mine out so any tips/clues would be helpful.
What did you do to correct the white balance? I need to figure mine out so any tips/clues would be helpful.
Try putting a brand new frag plug in the tank focus camera on it and set the white balence to that...
The old adage here is applicable of practice practice practice. I had been taking pics with "AWB" done automatically...this does great in outdoor pics etc but terrible with the ATI blue plus'. There was a device on my camera that has several pre-set options besides AWB...so i literally took 30 photos, a few for each setting...the one good one is posted above...LOL.
No eye candy here...just trying to keep this tank clean and not neglected. Still having a hard time with the AWB on the camera. I think having so many ATI blue + in the tank isn't helping either. I'm overdue for new bulbs...can't wait for the frag swap.
First up - got this coral from a guy in FL. He labeled the coral but of course i've forgotten what it is now...any ideas? Blue polyps with a green base. The coral in the background/right side is a pearlberry I believe that survived even though i thought it was DOA.
Here is a tyree undata that I got from dnov...it's encroaching on a green acro frag I got from WWC, and below you can see a massive amount of sunset monti that I won at the raffle/meeting when we met at Adventure Aquarium long ago. The cyano behind it was the remnants of an ORA red planet. Had an accident with the biopellets which caused the cyano to appear.
Not sure where (or even when) I got this orange cap - but this little frag has some pretty interesting "veins". In the background on the right is a green "hulk" monti from concept3.
Hammer coral. This guy has been with me for years...got him before I even had this 120 or lived in NY. I need to frag it as the thing is getting big
Other than that - my RBTA (from JRwohler) finally split. Unfortunately instead of one massive RBTA, I now have two massive RBTAs. At least they seem huge to me.
My tank overall is ok - it's a bit of a wild weird looking tank - and not the bonsai little frag tank that most people have. My idaho grape cap is especially out of control as the colony is now touching the back overflow wall and close to approaching the front glass. It is currently doing battle with: an orange cap (losing), a hulk monitpora (i call it even), red digitata (even), and an ora green birdsnest (higher up so winning).
With the growth I decided to increase the flow of all the pumps by adjusting the tunze multicontroller. The streams were set to bounce up and down from 30% to 100% power. I upped it to 50/100. It doesn't seem to have done anything negative. In a week I will probably raise the flow (75/100?) even more to try and curb some of the cyano. I may re-add a fourth tunze also to get more directional flow.
Until then...I am seeking real estate in the tank to add some LR I picked up from Dr. Mac in Maryland (when I was on vacation). I'm trying to build a containment zone for my RBTAs so they stay in one place (this is currently done by specific placement of powerheads). I'm hoping that the additional LR can also function as space to add more frags from the frag swap.
followup on prior posts: Conches dead. I'm not sure i can keep any sand dwelling critter other than my yellow-headed jawfish. Scarlet hermits are mellow dudes but do not frequent the sandbed. Will just manually clean the sand I guess.
First up - got this coral from a guy in FL. He labeled the coral but of course i've forgotten what it is now...any ideas? Blue polyps with a green base. The coral in the background/right side is a pearlberry I believe that survived even though i thought it was DOA.
Here is a tyree undata that I got from dnov...it's encroaching on a green acro frag I got from WWC, and below you can see a massive amount of sunset monti that I won at the raffle/meeting when we met at Adventure Aquarium long ago. The cyano behind it was the remnants of an ORA red planet. Had an accident with the biopellets which caused the cyano to appear.
Not sure where (or even when) I got this orange cap - but this little frag has some pretty interesting "veins". In the background on the right is a green "hulk" monti from concept3.
Hammer coral. This guy has been with me for years...got him before I even had this 120 or lived in NY. I need to frag it as the thing is getting big
Other than that - my RBTA (from JRwohler) finally split. Unfortunately instead of one massive RBTA, I now have two massive RBTAs. At least they seem huge to me.
My tank overall is ok - it's a bit of a wild weird looking tank - and not the bonsai little frag tank that most people have. My idaho grape cap is especially out of control as the colony is now touching the back overflow wall and close to approaching the front glass. It is currently doing battle with: an orange cap (losing), a hulk monitpora (i call it even), red digitata (even), and an ora green birdsnest (higher up so winning).
With the growth I decided to increase the flow of all the pumps by adjusting the tunze multicontroller. The streams were set to bounce up and down from 30% to 100% power. I upped it to 50/100. It doesn't seem to have done anything negative. In a week I will probably raise the flow (75/100?) even more to try and curb some of the cyano. I may re-add a fourth tunze also to get more directional flow.
Until then...I am seeking real estate in the tank to add some LR I picked up from Dr. Mac in Maryland (when I was on vacation). I'm trying to build a containment zone for my RBTAs so they stay in one place (this is currently done by specific placement of powerheads). I'm hoping that the additional LR can also function as space to add more frags from the frag swap.
followup on prior posts: Conches dead. I'm not sure i can keep any sand dwelling critter other than my yellow-headed jawfish. Scarlet hermits are mellow dudes but do not frequent the sandbed. Will just manually clean the sand I guess.
Phil, the corals look great.
For our sand beds we have always found nassarius snails to be the best at keeping a clean sand bed. If you can get the large chestnut ones even better. We have not had luck with conches either, but nassarius snails have always been our choice.
I asked HerbieK at the last meeting about what one factor he thought made his SPS grow so much and have such a great tank, and he said flow. I think you can only help your tank and zap any remaining cyano with the increased flow. I think you are doing it right but bringing it up a bit at a time.
For our sand beds we have always found nassarius snails to be the best at keeping a clean sand bed. If you can get the large chestnut ones even better. We have not had luck with conches either, but nassarius snails have always been our choice.
I asked HerbieK at the last meeting about what one factor he thought made his SPS grow so much and have such a great tank, and he said flow. I think you can only help your tank and zap any remaining cyano with the increased flow. I think you are doing it right but bringing it up a bit at a time.
First up - got this coral from a guy in FL. He labeled the coral but of course i've forgotten what it is now...any ideas? Blue polyps with a green base. The coral in the background/right side is a pearlberry I believe that survived even though i thought it was DOA.
Looks similar to both of my Cali tort's. Green base, blue tips. In this pic it's the one against the glass second from bottom.
Hurricane Sandy left her mark.
Power was just restored in my home after 5 cold and long nights. Right now the entire mid-section of the tank is a sea of white. The smell is pretty bad.
The survivors that I can see:
pearly jawfish
a single red fire shrimp
a maxima clam (reef odyssey)
a green cap (smcooler)
a scoly (aqob)
Other than that it appears to be a sea of white - in the cloudy concoction that was a 120 gallon tank. the house was at 55 degrees this morning.
I talked to my wife last night and was going to break this down. It's one of those things where the effort to clean it will far outweigh just re-starting.
Since I have a few survivors (above) the decision will be to either give them to a person who can care for them and rebuild...or leave the reef for a while and just stick with the seahorse tank (who seemed to have no problems with the lower temperature).
What a week. Work was brutal and I was on con calls til 2 am sitting at the njturnpike rest stop while trying to fill 2 red jugs with fuel. Went to bed at 3 and was woken up at 6 for another call.
Power was just restored in my home after 5 cold and long nights. Right now the entire mid-section of the tank is a sea of white. The smell is pretty bad.
The survivors that I can see:
pearly jawfish
a single red fire shrimp
a maxima clam (reef odyssey)
a green cap (smcooler)
a scoly (aqob)
Other than that it appears to be a sea of white - in the cloudy concoction that was a 120 gallon tank. the house was at 55 degrees this morning.
I talked to my wife last night and was going to break this down. It's one of those things where the effort to clean it will far outweigh just re-starting.
Since I have a few survivors (above) the decision will be to either give them to a person who can care for them and rebuild...or leave the reef for a while and just stick with the seahorse tank (who seemed to have no problems with the lower temperature).
What a week. Work was brutal and I was on con calls til 2 am sitting at the njturnpike rest stop while trying to fill 2 red jugs with fuel. Went to bed at 3 and was woken up at 6 for another call.
Man I hate seeing all these stories.. Iam more then happy to give some stuff a good home till you can get restarted
Sorry to hear about this if you need a hand Phil just shoot me a pm.
Edwardw771
NJRC Member
That really sucks phil let me know if I can help