steveschuergers 90 gallon Goni heavy mixed reef.

[steveschuerger]

Not reef related but I found this amusing…. I was washing dishes when I heard a jingle and saw my cat right in front of me(kitchen is semi island in the middle of 2 hallways)

 

[steveschuerger]

New pics for the day. Heavy feeding for both fish and coral. Frozen and a mix of dry powdered mixed with water (separately ). Here’s my feeding supplies as well as the phyto/amino/vitamins I use. Phyto was from a fellow reefer that I met thru the SBB sales threads, @Kasrift .

 

[CBonito]

That frozen plankton stuff is awesome. My fish go crazy for it.

 

[steveschuerger]

Sooo…funny how being up late makes you think of oddball things. Admittedly I don’t get home from work until shortly before midnight…I was just looking at the first post of this current thread and figured I’d take stock in my livestock a note any changes.
So here goes-I’m including in talley ones from SBB sale , later next month
41 soon to be 42 Gonis
11 Torches with one coming later next month , so 12
3 Hammers
7 Frogspawn
9 Micromussa
13+ 6 in SBB sale , so 19 total Acros
6 Montipora encrusters, and one small colony of bubblegum Digis, 2 branching Monti frags
Colony of Stylophora
9 Favia/Favites
2 Bowers(still want one or three more eventually)
2 Cyphastrea
1 Leptastrea
1 Leptoseris
1 Gorgonian
1 Zoa small group of 9
Various hitchhiker corals on the live rock that include 2 large and 3 small Rose corals, plus 3 or 4 more unidentified ones
2 Black Widow nems

Fish include-
Melanurus wrass
Leopard Wrasse
China Black Backed wrasse
Foxface
Blue Eye Bristletooth Tooth tang
Orange Spot blenny
2 Ocellaris clowns
2 Bangaii Cardinal fish
Pearly Jawfish
Hectors goby

Mantis shrimp that came with a small delivery of live
rock
A bunch of snails

 

[i cant think]

New pics for the day. Heavy feeding for both fish and coral. Frozen and a mix of dry powdered mixed with water (separately ). Here’s my feeding supplies as well as the phyto/amino/vitamins I use. Phyto was from a fellow reefer that I met thru the SBB sales threads, @Kasrift .

This is stunning! How have you not been a ROTM yet?!

 

[CBonito]

It all looks awesome. You're doing something right.

 

[ESABOE]

This is stunning! How have you not been a ROTM yet?!

Agreed.

Steve, I know you take your photos through the Kraken glasses, correct? Is there any way to tweak so the FTS doesn’t have an overall orangeish tint?

You know I know NOTHING about photography, but if you could find a way, that should be submitted for ROTM. They are picky on quality of actual photo and I think you deserve to be acknowledged.

 

[steveschuerger]

Agreed.

Steve, I know you take your photos through the Kraken glasses, correct? Is there any way to tweak so the FTS doesn’t have an overall orangeish tint?

You know I know NOTHING about photography, but if you could find a way, that should be submitted for ROTM. They are picky on quality of actual photo and I think you deserve to be acknowledged.

Thank you for those kind words, but I truly don’t feel worthy of that particular honor. I have been featured on Reef 365 for my previous SR60 reef. And I’m about to post a a video (with music!) now that I think will showcase the tank this morning.

 

[steveschuerger]

Here’s a little Sunday video to get in the mood.

 

[steveschuerger]

And just a FTS for now

 

[VintageReefer]

lol you use your photon as a shelf also. I do the same thing

 

[steveschuerger]

lol you use your photon as a shelf also. I do the same thing

I have wizards and dragon figures up there, as well as a couple odd other things

 

[CBonito]

Is that low-iron acrylic?

 

[steveschuerger]

Is that low-iron acrylic?

Extra low iron. Practically plastic.

 

[steveschuerger]

Picked up Flux Rx for my algae, most specifically the bubbly stuff. Dosed it tonight. See how it goes.

 

[CBonito]

Picked up Flux Rx for my algae, most specifically the bubbly stuff. Dosed it tonight. See how it goes.

I have that coming too! hahaha It will be here wednesday. I am getting bryopsis and there is no winning that.

 

[VintageReefer]

I had a medium grade bubble algae outbreak. It was all over. I’d estimate several hundred. I added two pithos crabs and in about a month I have no bubble algae left

Now the pithos crabs clean the sand and they even burrow in it. Eat bubble aiptasia and stir/clean my sandbed. Win win

 

[ralquist]

Absolutely stunning! Glad I stumbled across this, following along!

 

[steveschuerger]

I had a medium grade bubble algae outbreak. It was all over. I’d estimate several hundred. I added two pithos crabs and in about a month I have no bubble algae left

Now the pithos crabs clean the sand and they even burrow in it. Eat bubble aiptasia and stir/clean my sandbed. Win win

Haha, I’d love to add emeralds or better yet pithos. But I have a smallish mantis that’s about 2ish inches long at most that came in with the extra live rock I got when setting the tank up. Hasn’t bothered the fish and as far as I can tell it’s a smasher type and has apparently only eaten some snails along with the fro food that the whole tank gets. So it stays for now. Hardly see the little bugger except at feeding time. Gave the name Master of Bugs due to its appearance.

 

[VintageReefer]

Haha, I’d love to add emeralds or better yet pithos. But I have a smallish mantis that’s about 2ish inches long at most that came in with the extra live rock I got when setting the tank up. Hasn’t bothered the fish and as far as I can tell it’s a smasher type and has apparently only eaten some snails along with the fro food that the whole tank gets. So it stays for now. Hardly see the little bugger except at feeding time. Gave the name Master of Bugs due to its appearance.

Lucky you!
I used to keep a peacock mantis in a 30g. One of the coolest pets I ever had. Raised him from a baby and he lived around 5 years maybe 6