Tank Journal Archive

[Sarg]

tanks looking good Luke!!

What is the coral pic at the very top of page 7? It looks really nice :)

 

['vspec']

I had to do a bit of back tracking, cause I missed a bit.
Looking good dude, its filled out nicely;)

How the rest of your presentation going?

 

[Luke]

Just getting back into the tank again after a bit of a break
looks much the same ...But with a lot of coralline algae on the glass :(
No hair algae or other nasties tho ... So that's a bonus after a long break with FA water changes or maintenance
fix that tomorrow i hope

 

[Sarg]

Wow I thought you'd shut it down. Good to see its still somewhat going lol I'm sure it will soon return to its former glory!

 

[Luke]

I lost a few corals not many tho , Two of those where zoas that got over taken by my green encrusting monti believe it or not :eek That thing wants to dominate the world !!
So all in all its still much the same ... Just needs a tidy up really .........Maybe a month tidy up ;) But livestock going well

 

[Luke]

Having another look , One of my other sps's has nearly overtaken a colony of nice zoas as well
And there i was when i put in the zoas , Worried about the acros

????

 

[MTG]

Luke we want pics buddy :rolleyes:

 

[Luke]

After i scrape the coralline off the glass mate ;)

 

[Luke]

We need to take our boy Mandarine for a holiday to Tassie Luke, see if they can get some jiggy-jiggy happening ;):D

thought I'd remind you now mate ;)

 

[Synodontis]

Jeez-us mate, what date was that posted lmao. :eek

 

[Luke]

lol ...I just stumbled onto it ,
I was wondering where i want to take the tank .
I thought having a look at what it used to look like , Might give me an idea on where i want to take it from here , Then i saw it and thought .... that's worth a quote ;) :D

 

[MTG]

:poidh

 

[Luke]

Went to the new LFS today :)
Seems friendly great price to ...Picked up an orange favia that looks great under blue LED's :)
Asked about some blue / Purple and red acro's ..Told me he will have a look when he gets the next list :)
Pity i cant take pics under blue LED's tho :( Any tips ?
Also ... from elsewhere i got a gold hammer and a fluro orange fungia

 

[Luke]

Thought id take some pics of the tank , Before i finish with the tidy up
Keep in mind .. after a long period of neglect , I'm only half way from getting the coralline algae off the glass :(
The monti that over took my nice zoas you can still just make out the frag plug middle right hand side :( It also took over some crappy ones that came on the live rock

My Favite feeding about midday . I might have to move this soon

My new fungia

Next my small hammer garden .. Strange pic .. I havnt adjusted any of these , But the lobo to the right is not as red IRL but the hammers are brighter in person , Still opening up after being moved , The one over the back is the new Gold one ... Looks gold in person , It hasnt opened up yet just got it today ....Wish i could take pics :(
Hope it looks as good fully open as i hope .

And the full tank shot .. Remember its not finished ... But not too bad for 6mths or more without a water change
Apart from one two weeks ago ... But im back into it now every week from now on

 

[Luke]

Time for a side shot .. white lights are starting to dim .. Same camera settings ..still no photo editing at all ...Maybe i should tho ;)

 

[Luke]

One last pic... With only blue LED's on , They really are brighter in person , At least you can see a slight bit of gold in the hammer now ? Also you can see my new orange favia, In the middle

 

[chimaera]

Tank is looking good, nice new additions!

Taking pics under blue lights is tricky ... I would recommend a DSLR, shoot in RAW, and then adjust the blue colour tone down. No way to get a good pic from a point and shoot (or phone) really, or without post adjustment.

 

[Luke]

Thanks mate :)
i will have a play with the camera in RAW tomorrow ..

 

[MagicJ]

@Luke

I have a small frag of my red monti and a nice frag of a yellow/lime green monti if you are interested??

 

[Luke]

That would be great thx @MagicJ
Will pm you after work mate .... First day back today