You can't have everything. Where would you put it?

[i cant think]

Now the exciting part! I've never been good at coral photos but.......

That goni, I’d love one but I’m waiting for a red glitter to appear.

 

[Slocke]

That goni, I’d love one but I’m waiting for a red glitter to appear.

They are so beautiful but so delicate. Its still early for that one. Plenty of time for it to give up on me like every other goni. Then I'll hopefully be able to resist buying another but I guess I should be positive. My green alveopora is surviving so maybe I can do it.

 

[i cant think]

They are so beautiful but so delicate. Its still early for that one. Plenty of time for it to give up on me like every other goni. Then I'll hopefully be able to resist buying another but I guess I should be positive. My green alveopora is surviving so maybe I can do it.

Fingers crossed!

I’m in the situation of mixing SPS with LPS and dang encrusting LPS are hard to find and acclimate to wall situations.

 

[Slocke]

Fingers crossed!

I’m in the situation of mixing SPS with LPS and dang encrusting LPS are hard to find and acclimate to wall situations.

Same. I got a chalice for that purpose but its so slow. Wish I got a pavona. For me they encrust so fast and I massively prefer the appearance of pavona.

 

[Slocke]

In other news I'm trying a different jebao wavemaker and replacing my sicce powerhead with it. Its controllable, random, and much more powerful. All while being a cheap chinese knock-off!

 

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In other news I'm trying a different jebao wavemaker and replacing my sicce powerhead with it. Its controllable, random, and much more powerful. All while being a cheap chinese knock-off!

Really like Jebao!

 

[Slocke]

Pandoras are still around. Do I let them grow or treat them like aiptasia?

 

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Pandoras are still around. Do I let them grow or treat them like aiptasia?

 

[Slocke]

That’s my coworkers gif haha
She’s pure chaos! She’s the one with the heart glasses!

 

[Slocke]

Just got back from the LFS with big bottle of AB+ nutrition, this AquaTop in tank UV, a lime green anacrapora, and a sunset montipora. Nothing terribly exciting though the montipora is beautiful.

Anacropora going behind the big rocks. Should get a lot of light and flow there. Montipora going on the blenny rock.

 

[Slocke]

New corals looking good and toadstool is fully extended again!

 

[Slocke]

Well I decided again to go for the POTM full of confidence but todays photos were not being nice. Anyway here are the better attempts.

This micromussa was my final submission:

I tried to be true to the prompt but there are so many awesome GSP photos already:

Finally some of the newer corals. The mushroom in the eel tank.

The bubblegum torch:

Finally the new sunset montipora:

 

[Petcrazyson]

Well I decided again to go for the POTM full of confidence but todays photos were not being nice. Anyway here are the better attempts.

This micromussa was my final submission:

I tried to be true to the prompt but there are so many awesome GSP photos already:

Finally some of the newer corals. The mushroom in the eel tank.

The bubblegum torch:

Finally the new sunset montipora:

That Torch would have been a good one!

 

[Slocke]

That Torch would have been a good one!

Well the prompt was oldest coral. So that doesn't count unfortunately.

 

[Slocke]

So I spent a lot of this weekend trying to figure out how to hang my lights above my tank. Two trips to Lowes and one to the LFS that sells all the AI gadgets and I have not gotten anything. Lowese has a the cables/chain I'd need but not the brackets. The LFS has the brackets but only ones that would clamp to my tank and those would both mess up my tank and probably not actually fit based on my current experience with them on my Primes. Also the price for brackets and hanging kits by AI are so insanely overpriced!

 

[tbrown]

I used a black shelf bracket attached to the wall and the chain attached to the end of that.

 

[tbrown]

But my tank only sits about 2" from the wall.

 

[Slocke]

I used a black shelf bracket attached to the wall and the chain attached to the end of that.

I guess there is a "shelf' section in the hardware store...? I'm a fool haha. I was looking in the metal by the piece section.

I think I got too depressed by price. I realized last night that I prefered the colors coming from my other tank with the Fluval marines. This tank with the AI Blade Grow is just a plain blue. I know the solution is the AI Blade Grow but thats $570!! Then I think the AI mounting equipment I'd need would cost like $200+ for what is essentially a few cables and brackets.
AI primes plus AI Blade Grow

Cheap Fluval Marines

 

[Petcrazyson]

I guess there is a "shelf' section in the hardware store...? I'm a fool haha. I was looking in the metal by the piece section.

I think I got too depressed by price. I realized last night that I prefered the colors coming from my other tank with the Fluval marines. This tank with the AI Blade Grow is just a plain blue. I know the solution is the AI Blade Grow but thats $570!! Then I think the AI mounting equipment I'd need would cost like $200+ for what is essentially a few cables and brackets.
AI primes plus AI Blade Grow

Cheap Fluval Marines

Did you see Reef Dork’s video about the blades?….. I don’t want blades now lol

 

[Slocke]

Did you see Reef Dork’s video about the blades?….. I don’t want blades now lol

Yep.....
Just bought some L bracktes and they're just to short