June Photos

The tank is recovering after dealing with the pests. The Interceptor treatment (two 23 mg tablets per 100 gallons) for three consecutive weeks has finally done its job. The key for making this medication effective was mixing it in boiling hot water which made it liquify after pulverizing it in the mortar and pestle.

 BC Pink Matrix (Actinic Shot)

Hung's Grafting Rainbow Explosion (Actinic Shot)

Jurnee's Unicorn (Actinic Shot)

Ricky's Superman Tenuis (Actinic Shot)

WWC Culture Shock (Actinic Shot)

Ricky's Poison Ivy (Actinic Shot)

Jurnee's Unicorn (Actinic Shot)

BigR Walt Disney (Actinic Shot)

TSA Purple Haze

WWC Cookie Monster

Rainbow Granny

Raspberry Lemonade

BC Kermit Song Granulosa

Frag Tank Update

I installed a GFO/carbon reactor on the frag tank as well and began dosing vinegar to lower the nitrates. Hopefully the color and growth will take off again.

Vivid Rainbow

April Frag Tank Update

Joe Knows Reef Rainbow

PC Superman

TGC Dragon Slayer

Frag Tank

Here are a few corals in the frag tank.

SPS Frags

Here is a picture of some frags I have cooking for a buddy.

Acropora Spathulata

Tub's Pink Jade

Acro Update

 Banana Caroliniana

ORA Cali Tort

TCK Dragonfire

Purple Bonsai

Tyree Red Dragon

TCK Field of Dreams

Tyree Pink Lemonade

ARC Fireworks

BC Beehive 2.0

PC Superman

Ricky's Poison Ivy

40 Gallon Update

My display tank is making progress but here is an update on the corals I am growing for the display.

The tank is currently lit by an 8 bulb TEK T5 fixture. The bulb combo from front to back is as follows:

ATI Blue Plus

ATI Blue Plus

ATI Coral Plus

ATI Purple Plus

ATI Blue Plus

ATI Coral Plus

ATI Blue Plus

ATI Blue Plus

The tank does not have a protein skimmer, the sump is full of live rock and Chaetomorpha macro algae.

May Update

The corals have been in the tank for two months are beginning to encrust and gaining color. The Mystery Wrasse has developed a strange red bump on its lower lip, I am not sure what it is.

My ZEOvit dosing schedule is:

Daily

0.5 mL of ZEOstart3 

Shake rocks daily

Twice per week

4 drops of ZEObak

15 mL Micro-Lift Special Blend

5 mL Brightwell MicroBacter7

4 drops of ZEOfood7

4 drops of KZ Sponge Power

4 drops of KZ Amino Acid Concentrate

Current parameters:

Temperature: 79

pH: 8.1

Salinity: 35ppt

Alkalinity: 9.3 dKH

Calcium: 430

Magnesium: 1240

Potassium: 430

Phosphate: 0.11

Nitrate: 2.5

I am running ROX 0.8 carbon and GFO passively in a mesh bag in the sump.

Two New SPS Shots

Baby Wipes Loripes

PC Superman

A few close up pics

Bananas Caroliniana

Purple Turaki

Tequila Sunrise

Red Dragon

New Pics

I chopped up the ORA Blue & Green Tortuosa, it was getting too big for the tank and need to be fragged. It was easily 12" across. I have the frags sitting on an eggcrate where the Tort use to be. Here are a few new shots.