40breeder after 2.5 months

Raleighfishnerd · Apr 24, 2013

Here's a few recent pics of my tank

Darylb · Apr 24, 2013

I like it a lot I want to go bigger from my 9 gal to maybe a 20 or 30 so I can really watch my corals grow

TommyP · Apr 24, 2013

That last shot is a branching goniopora right? I have one in my tank as well half of it is open and half is closed. Where is yours positioned and how much flow is it getting?

Raleighfishnerd · Apr 24, 2013

TommyP said:
That last shot is a branching goniopora right? I have one in my tank as well half of it is open and half is closed. Where is yours positioned and how much flow is it getting?

Last pic is alveopora, 12 petals on each head opposed to 24 on goniopora. I have that positioned moderate light decent flow

TommyP · Apr 24, 2013

Hmm not I'm second guessing my coral. I'll have to double check. Thanks.

Pisces3473 · Apr 24, 2013

Looks great! That paint color was a nice choice too!

Raleighfishnerd · Apr 24, 2013

Pisces3473 said:
Looks great! That paint color was a nice choice too!

Thanks! Yeah I tried a few different colors didn't want to do just black

Pisces3473 · Apr 24, 2013

I actually saw your tank before I painted mine but decided to go with the black anyway. I may change my mind in the future on a different tank. I like how much lighter your tank looks with all the lights on.

Raleighfishnerd · Apr 24, 2013

Yeah the blue reflects a bit more light but I've got so much coralline algae growing it won't be blue for long haha

Pisces3473 · Apr 24, 2013

Raleighfishnerd said:
Yeah the blue reflects a bit more light but I've got so much coralline algae growing it won't be blue for long haha

Thanks for the timeline! I'll be waiting for my coraline explosion. I just moved my 10g over to a 40b.

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Raleighfishnerd · Apr 24, 2013

Most people I have talked with say that their coralline didn't really take off for almost 2 years. I didn't do anything special just got a couple pieces of rock that were pretty purpled out. Some people use that purple up stuff but I don't like to put extra stuff in that's not really needed

Cammywammy · Apr 24, 2013

Wow dude nice work!!!! Impressive!

Pisces3473 · Apr 24, 2013

My 10g started showing pretty early, about 6 weeks, I've moved all my LR into the new tank so I'm assuming it will continue to grow, I think I must have a descent LFS cause I haven't had any catastrophes because I followed their suggestions.