Thanks, Mike!
Here are some shots I took tonight:
FTS
The fish are basically all pigs... they kept zooming from one end of the tank to the other, following the camera, thinking were going to get fed.
I have 4 Tangs; Yellow Eye Kole
Convict Tang
Vlamingi Tang (the biggest hog of them all) and his pal the Yellow Tang
2 Hawks; a Flaming Hawk
and a Longnose
A pair of Black Oscellaris Clowns, a pair of Banggai Cardinals, a Heniochus Butterfly, a Yellow Bellied Figi Damsel
Also in there -
A Flame Angel
A Coral Beauty Angel
A Blue Jaw Trigger (Male)
And a total of 8 wrasses = Potter's, Clown Fairy, Blue Belly Fairy, McClosker's Fairy, Christmas, Melanarus, Yellow Coris, and 6 Line
And my favorite, the baby (Australian variation) Harlequin Tuskfish
I am thinking of possibly adding 1 more fish; possibly a Tamarind, Ornate, or juvi Red Coris Wrasse... but not for a little while, as the Tusk and the Heniochus both have a little bit of ich right now.
Not super worried; they still both eat ravenously and the ich does not appear to be worsening... I may soak their food in a little garlic for a bit and see if that helps...
And I have got almost wall - to - wall coral coverage.
Among the many varieties are 5 kinds of Goniopora (Yellow, Red, Blue, Purple, and 'Strawberry Shortcake'); 4 Fungias; Red Robin Stag, Orange, Red, Green, and Honey Gold Digis, Orange, Leng Si, Red, and Idaho Grape Monti Cap; probably 20 different varieties of zoanthids; several different Gorgonian and Sea Whips; Gold Octospawn; a few different varieties of hammers and Frogspawns... and I still have that famous Blue Sponge
Other inverts I still have the ORA Deresa Clam, a couple of Flame Scallops that are almost 9 months old now; my 'Halloween' starfish, a Pink Cucumber and a Tiger Tail Cuke. Plus about 50 hermits and 75 snails. Oh, and a single RBTA.
I am really, really,
really liking that Jebao wp40 pump... the entire water surface is constantly churning over; not a single 'dead spot' in the entire tank. Almost dead silent, too.
And the Kessil LEDs I am also loving:
They actually have more 'shimmer' than my metal halides did! Plus, the color adjustability, the lower power usage (180 watts total for both); zero heat added to the tank... still too soon to say how they impact coral growth (only been up for about a month now)... I did have a green Monti Cap bleach out after installing the LEDs, but it could be unrelated - as the other 4 Monti Caps all in the same area of the tank were unaffected by the lighting change.
Down below, everything is working well. Avast CS=1 Cone works great; I'm running the BRS dual chamber reactor set (for carbon and GFO) as well
Parameters are as follows:
Temp = 74 - 75F (24 hr swing)
SG = 1.0255
pH = 8.1
dKH = 9.5
Ca = 420ppm
Mg = 1400ppm
nH3 = 0ppm
nO2 = 0ppm
nO3 = 5ppm
pO4 = 0ppm
Temp is lower than previous tanks because there are no halides heating the water. Nitrates are at 5, instead of 0, probably due to the high fish bioload and associated feedings. Doesn't seem to be affecting SPS coloration anyway. I'll just stick with the monthly 15 gal water changes and won't worry about nitrates unless they go above 15 - 20ppm.
All in all, feeling pretty good about the way the reef is looking right now
Edited by Upload - August 31 2013 at 11:57pm
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