Fay Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Batteries charging (waiting waiting) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted June 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 I bumped up the photo period last week from 6 hours to 8 hours to burn off some zoox, trying to offset the lack of maintenance Seems to be working, colours are already improving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 I bumped mine up too since I went to 20k bulbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Mine are only on 5 hours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 only 5 hours? is that long enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted July 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 Well i've taken about 1/3 of the rock out of my tank a couple of weeks ago. (It doesn't really look like it though with the new lose aquascaping). The tank's pretty dirty, but I can't be bothered to clean it at the moment, it's too cold in the garage. And a new addition - Bali Tort (probably an A. austera not a true tort.) either way, it's a nice coral: Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 nice one. looks heaps better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 your tank looks sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracker Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 Looks nice L. Love the Sohal..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted July 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 Thanks. I'm going to try and put together a time lapse growth sequence of the tort. See how fast it grows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puttputt Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 not bad for a BB. Very nice Layton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 Is that a stream on the far right, or one of those pumps that goes on both sides of the glass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 its a stream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 You tank looks so clean, It must have taken some time to clean. Got any close ups. some of those acros look huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 The tank's pretty dirty where? can you post some photo's to show where the dirt is? looks like you've sent in the cleaning company to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 Yes I was surprised at that "dirty" comment even the rock in the close ups is incredibly white! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 wicked colour on that tort btw, looks awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 What is the thing on the glass, top middle, in the cut out section of the hood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted July 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 where? can you post some photo's to show where the dirt is? looks like you've sent in the cleaning company to me I could get some close ups if you really want. The bottom is pretty dirty, you can sort of make it out in the photo's. Not enough streams in there. :lol: A lot of the crap pools at the back, so you can't really see a lot of it. The rock looks so white cause the lights are so bright. 400Watt 10k's make it difficult to grow coralline on the top side of rocks. Plus it's been moved around so some undersides of rocks are now facing up, and don't have any established coralline yet. Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted July 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 What is the thing on the glass, top middle, in the cut out section of the hood? It's a sash clamp holding the tank together. The top centre glass brace cracked a few months ago. Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 Want something tidier? Check Tels tank, a very clever brace set up, of stainless rod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 You just got the one hatch now or did you get a replacement for the other one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted July 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 The male died first (after about 6 weeks), then three weeks later I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to get a replacement male. When the replacement was added, the existing female started acting strangely (became more reclusive, hiding in the rocks more) and died soon after. They were both still eating well and looked in good condition, why or what they died of is a mystery to me. But the replacement male, which is the one in the tank at the moment, seemed to have a better behaviour from the start. Much more active, and "agressive" than the first pair. Here's another coral (A. hyacinthus) which i'm planning on doing a time lapse growth sequence on: Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted July 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 Want something tidier? Check Tels tank, a very clever brace set up, of stainless rod. I like the idea. But i'm not really going to spend much time or money doing stuff like that to my existing tank. The setup is a bit of an abortion of cludges from mistakes made years ago. I'd change and fix a lot of things about my setup, but i'll wait until a new tank to do that. Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 Bummer. I got really knocked out once when I lost a beautiful flame angel. According to my wife, I wasn't even worth talking to for a few days afterwards cos I would bite her head off. ( Her version anyway ) The growth shots will be interesting can it be done with a normal camera? I've got a frag really taking off at the moment funnily enough I'd just been thinking today I wish I could do a growth sequence thing on it, in some kind of movie form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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