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[slin1977]

just a quick photo-

 

[Wrangy]

Dat echi!

 

[Mattres]

That echi stands out like dogs balls covered in blue highlighter.
Awesome!

 

[slin1977]

Hahaha, thanks
More nography ???

 

[slin1977]

 

[slin1977]

 

[slin1977]

Currently championing the growth of some mighty fine long strands of fluff algae in some places , lol.

 

[Paul Richardson]

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Looks great.
A bit of inspiration for a newbie

 

[Wrangy]

Too much putty, start again :P looks great Nils!

 

[slin1977]

Too much putty, start again :p looks great Nils!

That was two tubes of putty used on the weekend, the skimmer is only coming good today.
I hate the putty too.

 

[slin1977]

Looks great.
A bit of inspiration for a newbie

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment Paul.
Look forward to stumbling upon your Tank Journal sometime soon.
You are certainly getting a look in at what goes on in the mind of a man possessed.

 

[Agent M]

Ahhhh coming together nicely. I can see where you are going with it now that all of the frags are starting to get bigger.

 

[Wrangy]

That was two tubes of putty used on the weekend, the skimmer is only coming good today.
I hate the putty too.

Your shots inspired me so much I've done some rearranging myself haha and had to use some putty too :( skimmers hate the shit! It's a necessary evil though

 

[slin1977]

Ahhhh coming together nicely. I can see where you are going with it now that all of the frags are starting to get bigger.

I am fumbling around still, just grouping together the species most likely to grow into each other.
The alkalinity has stabilised at a steady 7.0 recently.
Stable alk should promote growth.

 

[MagicJ]

Coming along nicely Nils. Any idea why the algae seems to like that one rock?

 

[ReeferRob]

Coming along nicely Nils. Any idea why the algae seems to like that one rock?

My guess would be phosphates leaching out, M has 3 pieces in her cube that do the same thing. It's getting less and less every day.

 

[slin1977]

Coming along nicely Nils. Any idea why the algae seems to like that one rock?

Cheers - I think the algae is due to low flow.
I need to add some though that location.

 

[slin1977]

My guess would be phosphates leaching out, M has 3 pieces in her cube that do the same thing. It's getting less and less every day.

also agree with that, remember when it was that putrid black hair algae in that spot a few weeks ago

 

[ezza]

It looks cool! I can't wait to see it grown out one day. Do you ever dose Lanthanum? Wondering if you would use it to try to pull out the phos in the rock to get the algae down.

Is the putty aqua knead it or actual putty? I still need to fix my post-worm destruction and I never have positive results with aqua knead it. I just can't get the damn stuff to stay on. Yours looks well stuck.

 

[slin1977]

It looks cool! I can't wait to see it grown out one day. Do you ever dose Lanthanum? Wondering if you would use it to try to pull out the phos in the rock to get the algae down.

Is the putty aqua knead it or actual putty? I still need to fix my post-worm destruction and I never have positive results with aqua knead it. I just can't get the damn stuff to stay on. Yours looks well stuck.

Thanks Ezza - I tried lanth on Aitutaki, it was very effective in reducing phosphate , as you know the zeovit method does not recommend lanth to reduce phosphate. ;)
With Lanth it left a white ring like a bath tub around the waterline, this ring was difficult to get rid of , something I did not like to get on this new aquarium. The other side effect was coral growth structure became less dense from using lanth. :eek

As for the putty , it's Aqua knead. It takes a lot of practice to get this product to stick.