My New Perc 90 :)

[Andythescientist]

Here's the first pics of my new tank, will try to keep it updated as the tank matures :)

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/FullTank.jpg


Here's some of the inhabitants :)


http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/TheBoys.jpg

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/RoyalGramma.jpg

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/Brittle.jpg

My first ever coral thanks to Cyber Aquatics :D

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/PipeCoral.jpg

[Ghstwolf]

Looks AWESOME!

GL to ya on the new setup...

Scott

[bs0u20a2]

Have you gone for black sand? Looks black in the pic with the brittle star.

Nice
Nick

[Andythescientist]

It's the aragamite figi black sand. Which is basically fine white sand mixed with what seems like black bit's of lava rock.

[peachys]

thats looking good mate! ;)

i have the same coral you have,is it glove or clove coral? i can't remember.....very easy to look after and grows/spreads nicely,loves the stronger flow in the tank :D

awsome choice of tank by the way :lol:

if you ever have time could you do a pic of your tank with just the moon leds on and where you've put them as i'd love to see this especially on this tank? :bow:

[Andythescientist]

I'll try and do a pic tonight with the blue led's on. I basically bought a couple of sets of the blue lights available from maplin. I put them along the back of the tank inbetween the loose top bit and the small glass brace bar. I think they look pretty good at night when the halides go off. They give enough light for you to see nocturnal critters wizzing about, but not enough to disturb the fish.

Chris at cyberaquatics said the coral was a red pipe organ coral, so that's good enough for me :)

[peachys]

ahhh a red pipe organ coral? well... i have something very similar to that then! :lol:

only do a pic if you have time mate,no worries if you don't get round to it :P

[Andythescientist]

Here's the moonlight pics for you, looks better in the flesh :P

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/Moonlight.jpg

[peachys]

oooohh i like that! looks really cool,think i might get myself some of those :D

cheers andy :thumbsup:

[chriskirby101]

The red pipe organ orgionally came from NothernMan, i got two frags off him... I've now got 20+ frags growing in the farm... It grows under pretty much any lighting...

A great first coral...

The tank looks fantastic andy, i actually used your tank today to show a few people who wanted a good first marine setup what could be done.. They loved your tank..


Chris

Cyber Aquatics



Chris

[Andythescientist]

Little bit of an update nearly twelve months on :)

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/andyfull.jpg

Flash my lovely flame, and his friend kermit the blenny :lol:

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/Flash1.jpg

The lawnmower - bananaman :)

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/Banana.jpg

Some shrooms, think there yumas, ooh for a few floridas :P

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/andyshrooms.jpg

Bright green trumpet frag

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/andytrumpet.jpg

My only Sps, think it's a digate monti but not sure :)

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/andysps.jpg

The boys defending their weed! I swear it's the only bryopsis left they just won't let me pull it out!

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/theboys.jpg

A hitchiking zoo that's started to divide, 2 small ones behind

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/andyzoo1.jpg

Some bright orange fringed zoos

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/andyzoo2.jpg

A nice speckled zoo, been on the rock for a year, still not divided though :(

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/andyzoo3.jpg


Kermit in his house - say cheese!

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/saycheese.jpg

Green star polyp

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/andystarpolyp.jpg

Spot the difference

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/spotthedif.jpg


After a bit of an algae problem everthings clearing up now, just hope the leathers in the above pic cheer up after the hot spell, both of them have gone in the huff!

My bubble coral never really grows, it's about 2/3 of the way down slightly under the large leather. This spot seems be it's prefered spot, puffs up themost there anyway. I've tried feeding it, cyclopeeze, and some of the meaty bits out of marine dreams, but it does not seem to show any feading responce to either. Any ideas?

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/andybugbble.jpg

[RedevanceUK]

Looks really nice, love that blenny :wub: what type is it ?

[Andythescientist]

He's a bi colour, very funny fish :)

More pics to come but the uploader seems to have gone poof!

[RedevanceUK]

Really a bi-colour :unsure: i've only ever seen those pink/yellow. cool fish :wub:
Fix the uploader I wanna see some more :o

[Andythescientist]

Ahh i think your getting confused with the Bicolor Pseudochromis which is yellow and pink, and looks like the royal gramma in the original pics.. can't get a new pic of him he's being shy!

[jobr]

Tank looks superb.

Just about to bite the bullet and buy a Perc 120 after 10 years of not keeping a tank.

[abyss]

good choice , get the perc........................

[jobr]

abyss have you left your bio balls and sponge in???????????

Seems to be two camps one that leaves in and the other that says remove as they cause the live rock to work harder and harbour nitrate????????

[Andythescientist]

Here's some more updated pic, i lost most of the LPS corals when i went away one xmas and had a problem with a temp drop, the fish and softies were fine though.

I managed to eradicate my hair algae problem and i've recently started thinking about corals again, and starting to build up my softies with some rics and zoo's. Hopefully won't be too long :)

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2008Q1/Full.jpg



http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2008Q1/Left.jpg

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2008Q1/Right.jpg


http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2008Q1/left2.jpg


http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2008Q1/right2.jpg

My pair of black clowns
http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2008Q1/clowns.jpg

And their eggs :)

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2008Q1/eggs.jpg

[MickyG]

What happened to the lawnmower - bananaman? Outgrow the tank?

[rhysiboy1]

do you take your pictures with the camera flash on? if so take a few with it of, shows colours better ;), the tank looks really nice though mate, i love the big toadstool in the center

[Andythescientist]

What happened to the lawnmower - bananaman? Outgrow the tank?

He's still there, just camera shy. He's probably too large for the tank but i don't have the heart to move him on :(

[Andythescientist]

do you take your pictures with the camera flash on? if so take a few with it of, shows colours better ;), the tank looks really nice though mate, i love the big toadstool in the center

Yeh need to get a tripod really to take some better pics, without the flash there always a bit blurry!

[benb]

I love the whole black clown, his face is stunning ;)

Nice set up :)

Ben

[Andythescientist]

At the request of Mikey here's some pics of my autotopup.

I've got a custom tank in the bottom cupboard which feeds a peri pump. (http://www.coralculture.co.uk/shop/product_info.php?cPath=32_46&products_id=550)

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2008Q1/Tank.jpg



The Peri Pump is then plugged into a D&D Autotopup (RUW230MO (http://www.coralculture.co.uk/shop/product_info.php?cPath=32_125&products_id=411))

The switch is placed in the return sump at the back and fits nicely on the glass of the dry chamber. The peri pump tubing is then fed up the dry chamber and drips into the same chamber that the switch is in.

I've got the switch set as low as it will go with is about half way down the chamber. Giving ample coverage of the return pump, and even allows me to add some extra live rock into this chamber.

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2008Q1/Switch.jpg

[Andythescientist]

Here's some nice additions i made today :)

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2008Q1/Rics.jpg

I believe someone on the board will recognise those :whistling: Btw many thanks :applause:

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2008Q1/Duncan.jpg

And here's a lucky find in my LFS, £15 very happy :dance:

[Andythescientist]

Some moonlight pics :cool:

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2008Q1/Moonlight.jpg



http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2008Q1/nightrics.jpg

[Andythescientist]

Thought i'd post some updated pics, since starting a mixture of prodibio, and KZ additives/foods.


http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2008Q1/FullNew.jpg


http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2008Q1/RicsNew.jpg

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2008Q1/ricsMacro.jpg

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2008Q1/DuncanNew.jpg


http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2008Q1/Finger.jpg


http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2008Q1/Clam%20Above.jpg


http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2008Q1/Nem.jpg

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2008Q1/zoos.jpg


http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/../uploader/2008Q1/Leather.jpg


http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/../uploader/2008Q1/Tree.jpg

[MickyG]

Looking good mate. Those ric's look very happy to say the least. Are the prodibio and KZ additives helping at all, can you see any visible improvements?

Cheers
Mike

[Andythescientist]

If you look at these before and after pics...

Before (around Feb)
http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2008Q1/Full.jpg


After
http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2008Q1/FullNew.jpg

The green algae sitting over the corraline algae on the back wall has definitely started to disappear. Although these weren't taken with the same camera and different bulbs (Now MarineLux 14k) generally the tank looks much cleaner, the skimmer pulls more out, and corals look more extended. For example ever since the leather went in (3 years ago?) the fluffy ends to the polyps just disappeared, these are starting to come back now.

Before
http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/../uploader/2008Q1/ShortPolyp.jpg


After

http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/../uploader/2008Q1/LongerPolyps.jpg
As you say the rics are way bigger, but this could be as those original pics were taken only a couple of days after i added them.

Currently i'm using..

Prodibio Biodigest (every 15 days)
Prodibio Bioptim (every 15 days)
Sponge Power (3 drops per day)
Zeofood7 (1 drop per day)
Zeostart2 (0.5ml per day)
Korralin Amino Life (1ml per day)

I've got a bag of KZ activated charcoal in the bioballs sump, as well as a bag of KZ Zeolites in there too. For the zeolite stones i'm running about 1/4 of the recommended amount at the moment as i've only had them in about a week. These bags are squeezed each day.

I'm certainly happy with the results so far, nitrates have dropped since feb from 25+ to <10 on my test kit.

[Andythescientist]

Well another week or so on my mixture of prodibio and zeovit adds, and more polyp extension from the leather.

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2008Q1/leather2105.jpg

[Andythescientist]

Here's some more new additions courtesy of exotic and aquatic pets..

Firstly my Red/pink colour Ricordia Yuma

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2008Q1/pinkric.jpg


And also my multicolour and purple rics..

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2008Q1/rainbowric.jpg

[benb]

And also my multicolour and purple rics..

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2008Q1/rainbowric.jpg

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Stunning colours!