BDare's 210 Mixed Reef

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Geo 618 Calcium Reactor arrived today

 

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I Love the sight of my tank at night. The red glow of the H380 and the dimly lit tank from moonlights.

 

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Well... I can't seem to get my nitrates down. Been dosing DIY NOPOX for the past 4 weeks. This week I've increased the dose from 40ml / day to 60 ml. As a result of the high nitrates I lost that beautiful favia.

 

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Swapped out my prefilters today...

 

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It's been quite awhile since I've posted. A lot of it has been because I just can't get a good picture with my cell phone. This weekend I went digging through some old cabinets and discovered an old SLR camera so I sapped a few pics. They aren't great, but I also know nothing about photography.

 

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[HighChiefKC]

Looks pretty good for not knowing any thing about photography! But I don’t know anything either! lol

 

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Looks pretty good for not knowing any thing about photography! But I don’t know anything either! lol

Ha! Thanks. I'm sure someone with a trained eye would rip these pics a new one with all their fancy photography talk - White balance, brightness, blah blah blah...

 

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Here are some of the fish in my tank. Others are too active for my camera (or my skills). Not pictured include a target mandarin, mystery wrasse and a few damsels.

 

[mdb_talon]

Looking great!

 

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Looking great!

Thanks!

 

[mattgsa]

Love the build, I wish mine was moving as fast as yours. Great job.

 

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Grabbed a couple of new frags this weekend...

solar flare Millie and vivid confetti. Sorry for the cell phone pics

 

[RickSanford]

Really like your tank!

 

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Really like your tank!

Thank you sir. It's getting there!

 

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A few more pics from today:
Green Hammer

Green Leather:

Duncans:

Blastos:

 

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I've been keeping reefs for over 20 years. Never had a mandarin because I was afraid of starving them to death. Looks at this little PORKER!!!

One of my favorite "secrets" in the tank - Porcelain Crab.

Baby squamosa

Trachy

rhodactis mushrooms

 

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Little bit of suspense yesterday... A buddy called and said he had a small tomini tang which was getting roughed up pretty bad in his tank by some other small tangs. He asked if I wanted it since it was facing eminent doom in his. I was very reluctant, because I already have a mimic, powder blue, regal, gem and naso tangs in my tank which have been established for almost 2 years!

I put the tomini in a fish trap and let him sit in the tank all day. No one paid him ANY attention. After the lights went out I opened the trap and released him. Luckily over night he was able to find a nice hiding spot. The mimic and the regal tangs chased him a bit for about an hour or two when the lights first came on, but I'm happy to report he is not swimming freely across the entire tank without anyone even thinking twice!

Very excited as I wanted a bristle tooth ever since I sold my kole tang for going after my diamond goby. His fins are still pretty jacked up from the abuse he took in my friends tank but getting better already...

 

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Picked up Matt V rainbow envy frag this weekend..

New Gonipora:

Green Crown Leather:

 

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Patiently waiting for all these SPS frags to grow out

Current SPS Inventory:
Walt Disney
Matt V Rainbow Envy
Vivid Confetti
Pink Floyd
Pink Lemonaide
MegaMan
TCK Blue Tabling Millie
WWC Yellow tip
Blue Stylo
FHC Kryptonic
FHC Flame Thrower
FHC Fire Berry
FHC Wet Dream
Jason Fox Sour Twist
Jason Fox Solar Flare
Orange Digi
Red Dragon
Palmers Blue Millie
PC Rainbow


There are also a couple of other un named millies which should be stunners when they grow out.