Tonys 75gl Reef Build

[Mr. D]

Originally Posted by Qube

I have a MP40 on my 75 as well. I absolutely love that thing!! If it's your first one, get ready for the fun of playing with the modes!

Yeah, I'm excited to dig into it, gotta wait till Christmas b/c it's a gift but still looking forward to it

[MaiTank]

Great build and questions. Answers a bunch of questions I had. Get the 6 Line last I heard, because ity may be aggressive.

[Mr. D]

Originally Posted by MaiTank

Great build and questions. Answers a bunch of questions I had. Get the 6 Line last I heard, because ity may be aggressive.

Thanks

And I didn't get a six like I got a mystery wrasse.He's awesome! This past week I went from Bristol worms everywhere and now I can't find any. Right now he just hunts my pods (and worm still I guess) in the dark and it's pretty cool to watch him catch them in the rocks

[Mr. D]

Hooked up the MP 40 today. I like it very much but didn't get to play with it too much.

I have it set on "lagoon" mode right now. I will have mostly LPS and a few SPS but not much when all said and done. Any suggestions on modes or settings for this?

I have an aussi pink hammer on the way also. Ordered it from a LFS.

[Mr. D]

My pink hammer order has yet to come so I guess that idea is thrown out but my new torch seems to like his new spot and the MP 40

[LS2]

How well is your Coralife Cone Skimmer 150 performing........I've almost talked myself into buying one. It has the right foot print for my sump.

[Mr. D]

I like it. Pulls out a lot but its all I've owned so no real comparison

[Mr. D]

Went to a new LFS about an hour from my house today and picked up a few new zoas. One in particular I may have got a TREMENDOUS deal on.

As far as I can tell the are "fruity pebble zoas" (zoanthids.com) and I got about 45polyps for $30. He told me they were rare and from Australia but if that's what they are, guess that's my new store for corals. Lol

[Mr. D]

This aiptasia has been living in my Spare tank for a good month now all by itself

[Mr. D]

Think I got a nice surprise here... Found a blue tuxedo urchin in my tank as a HITCH HIKER! Tiny but probably one of the coolest finds I've herd of and experienced

[Riverhawk]

Thats a fine hitch hiker lmao..

[Mr. D]

Lol... Wasn't planning on getting one but he can stay as long as he lives

[Mr. D]

Amy one know much about AI Vega and/ SOL fixtures?
I won't be able to upgrade till maybe this summer but was looking at these b/c they are supposed to be coming out with similar controllability to the Radions.
Getting to the point, how's their customer service? And I know they are modular but has anyone herd of having to replace the bulbs on these before 6-7 years?

[Mr. D]

Picked up some new pieces today...

Mars red planet and some paly, can anyone i.d. Them?

[Ronin77]

Hard to tell with lighting, but they look like purple or red people eater palys.

[Mr. D]

Thank you.. They look more like reds but just a very dull color I guess.

[Mr. D]

I've been getting a lot of brown on my sand for a few months now, could it be my salt?

I'm using Red Sea coral pro and it looks similar to the brown in the bucket. This was not happening until I hit about midway down and started roughly the time I switched salts.

[Mr. D]

Does this growth look about normal for my birds of paradise:

Jan.




Mid. April

[Mr. D]

My red planet and purple Monti cap. are about to meet... What should I do?

[Mr. D]

Haven't posted anything in a while so I figured I'd put up a picture of my new babies, lol