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Wy Renegade
11-10-2010, 06:02 PM
Figured I just as well get this going, although I don't think I will be receiving my frags till next week. I'll be going low tech on this one.

About the tank:
Size: 30" x 12.5" x 12.5"; 20gal Long
Sump: N/A
Temp: ranges from 78-80
Age: Approximately 5 years old; reset twice over that time period
This tank is one of the school tanks in my classroom, and over the years has hosted a variety of critters, including at one time a donated Snowflake eel. Most recently, until last summer, it contained a volleyball sized purple bowerbankii, a purple and green Acan, a few random zoa frags and a mantis shrimp. I sent the bowerbankii off to be fragged, and haven't gotten it back yet. Neglected from early last summer till now, the tank became overgrown with hair algae, and aiptasia. I decided to clean it up and use it as the growout tank for the contest.

Equipment:
2 Coralife 21W T5HO lights with stock actinic and 10,000K bulbs
Flow is maintained with two K2s and a maxi-jet 1200 attached to a DIY spraybar
Heater: unknown - so coralline encrusted I can't even determine the brand and I don't remember anymore
Tank will be skimmerless and Top off will be manual with a Kalkwasser drip; I'm planning to try daily water changes.

Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures prior to starting the revival process, but this is what it looks like after 2 hours of algae removal and scrubbing;
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii7/rowlandr/School%20Tanks/20%20Long%20Reef/FTS/Nov%202010%20Reset/20galLongSaltwater02Nov2010.jpg

Here's a nice shot of a gunk-covered powerhead to give you an idea of how bad it was;
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii7/rowlandr/School%20Tanks/20%20Long%20Reef/Misc/Nov%202010/KorelaPumpfrom20galLong02Nov2010.jpg

Here is what it looked like four days later after it started clearing up finally;
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii7/rowlandr/School%20Tanks/20%20Long%20Reef/FTS/Nov%202010%20Reset/20galLongSaltwater08Nov2010.jpg

ReeferRob
11-10-2010, 10:34 PM
Awesome to hear your getting in on this man, real cool!

Wy Renegade
11-10-2010, 11:03 PM
Thanks Rob, don't know that I expect to be too competitive, but I'm viewing it more as a personal challenge ;)

Wy Renegade
11-17-2010, 01:51 AM
Full tank shot from today;
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii7/rowlandr/School%20Tanks/20%20Long%20Reef/FTS/Nov%202010%20Reset/FTS08Nov2010.jpg

My frags arrived today (still have to sort out the grow-out frags from some others I ordered);
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii7/rowlandr/School%20Tanks/20%20Long%20Reef/Corals/Palys%20n%20Zoas/Nov%202010/GrowOutfrags416Nov2010.jpg

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii7/rowlandr/School%20Tanks/20%20Long%20Reef/Corals/Palys%20n%20Zoas/Nov%202010/GrowOutfrags216Nov2010.jpg

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii7/rowlandr/School%20Tanks/20%20Long%20Reef/Corals/Palys%20n%20Zoas/Nov%202010/GrowOutfrags16Nov2010.jpg

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii7/rowlandr/School%20Tanks/20%20Long%20Reef/Corals/Palys%20n%20Zoas/Nov%202010/GrowOutfragplugs316Nov2010.jpg

Couple other shots of some things that are growing in the tank as well;

Nuclear Green palys;
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii7/rowlandr/School%20Tanks/20%20Long%20Reef/Corals/Palys%20n%20Zoas/Nov%202010/NuclearGreenpalys16Nov2010.jpg

My acan;
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii7/rowlandr/School%20Tanks/20%20Long%20Reef/Corals/LPS/Nov%202010/AcanLord16Nov2010.jpg

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii7/rowlandr/School%20Tanks/20%20Long%20Reef/Corals/LPS/Nov%202010/AcanLord216Nov2010.jpg

and My Scoly;
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii7/rowlandr/School%20Tanks/20%20Long%20Reef/Corals/LPS/Nov%202010/Scoly16Nov2010.jpg

Sir Patrick
11-17-2010, 05:13 PM
Awsome tank revival right there!

Wy Renegade
11-17-2010, 05:32 PM
Thanks Patrick - what it really needs is a good clean-up crew, but with the pistol shrimp that is almost impossible, as it kills snails almost as quickly as I add them to the tank. Soooo for now, its manual cleaning with a little help from a few asteria stars.

Skyhigh
11-17-2010, 05:35 PM
find the rock that he is in and fresh water dip that rock and he will jump out super simple.

Wy Renegade
11-17-2010, 06:37 PM
find the rock that he is in and fresh water dip that rock and he will jump out super simple.

Thanks Bryan - he is actually living under a rock rather than in it. I can't remove him, as the tank is actually his home and the students get a kick out of watching him eat whenever we feed him. Sooo, I'll just have to work around him.

keeplearning
11-17-2010, 09:04 PM
That's awesome. Good luck on the tank.

Wy Renegade
11-17-2010, 09:17 PM
That's awesome. Good luck on the tank.

Thank you.

jolson10450
11-17-2010, 09:25 PM
Thanks Bryan - he is actually living under a rock rather than in it. I can't remove him, as the tank is actually his home and the students get a kick out of watching him eat whenever we feed him. Sooo, I'll just have to work around him.

i loved my mantis when i had it! by far my favorite! i will buy another again some day, so cool to watch!

Wy Renegade
11-23-2010, 10:58 AM
i loved my mantis when i had it! by far my favorite! i will buy another again some day, so cool to watch!

Thanks, they are kind of fun to watch aren't they? Especially when they reach out and wack the snail. Unfortunately, they make it very difficult to keep a clean-up crew.

Wy Renegade
11-23-2010, 11:32 AM
Ok, time for an update. I really have to give kudos to Bryan (Skyhigh) for the great job shipping. Everything started to open up the next day, and I never lost any polyps in transit. Soooo... high five Bryan!

November 22, 2010
All polyps still sitting on the sandbed, lighting is the dual t5HO, second dual t5HO is being phased in, so as to not light shock the polyps.

Better than Kedds Reds zoas (Original count: supposed to be 3 polyps, but I think I actually started with 4)
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii7/rowlandr/Reef%20Diary/Corals/November%202010/Palys%20n%20Zoas/Growoutpolyps22Nov2010.jpg
(Current count: 6 polyps)

Cherry Corals Skyhigh's zoos (Original count: 3 polyps)
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii7/rowlandr/Reef%20Diary/Corals/November%202010/Palys%20n%20Zoas/EyeofRahGreenBayPackersSkyhighszoas22Nov2010.jpg
(Current count: 4 polyps)

Devil's Armor paly (Original count: 2 polyps)
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii7/rowlandr/Reef%20Diary/Corals/November%202010/Palys%20n%20Zoas/DevilsArmorpalys22Nov2010.jpg
(Current count: 3 polyps)

Everlasting Gobstoper paly (Original count: 1 polyp)
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii7/rowlandr/Reef%20Diary/Corals/November%202010/Palys%20n%20Zoas/Gobstopperpaly22Nov2010.jpg
(Current count: 1 polyp)

Eye of Rah zoas (Original count: 4 polyps)
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii7/rowlandr/Reef%20Diary/Corals/November%202010/Palys%20n%20Zoas/SkyhighszoasGreenBayPackersEheofRahandBryansfavori te22Nov2010.jpg
(Current count: 4 polyps)

Green Bay Packers zoas (Original count: supposed to be 5, I believe I got 4 - although I can't decide if that other is new growth or a melting polyp)
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii7/rowlandr/Reef%20Diary/Corals/November%202010/Palys%20n%20Zoas/SkyhighszoasGreenBayPackersEheofRahandBryansfavori te22Nov2010.jpg
(Current count: 4 polyps)

Lunar Eclipse palys (Original count: 2 polyps)
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii7/rowlandr/Reef%20Diary/Corals/November%202010/Palys%20n%20Zoas/CrazySkirtsandLunars22Nov2010.jpg
(Current count: 2 polyps)

Purple Death palys (Original count: 3 polyps)
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii7/rowlandr/Reef%20Diary/Corals/November%202010/Palys%20n%20Zoas/BryansfavoriteYellowJacketsPurpleDeath222Nov2010.j pg
(Current count: 3 polyps)

Total polyp count: 27

Couple other shots from the tank as well (just for fun);

Bryan's favorite paly and Yellow Jackets (you saw the Crazy Skirts already);
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii7/rowlandr/Reef%20Diary/Corals/November%202010/Palys%20n%20Zoas/BryansfavoriteYellowJacketsPurpleDeath322Nov2010.j pg

Some Green Armeggedon:
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii7/rowlandr/Reef%20Diary/Corals/November%202010/Palys%20n%20Zoas/GreenArmeggedon16Nov2010.jpg

And a top down of the Scoly;
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii7/rowlandr/Reef%20Diary/Corals/November%202010/LPS/Scoly22Nov2010.jpg

Maintenence at this point consists of water changes, and DIY topoff with Kalkwasser.

Wy Renegade
12-16-2010, 04:13 PM
Ugh! Friggin Lunars melted out of the blue! Everything else is doing good, even poped a new small head on the Gobstoppers. Can't friggin believe it - that makes the 3rd or 4th frag of those I've melted! Someone please tell me the secret to keeping those.

MizTanks
12-16-2010, 11:28 PM
Same thing happens to me with Tubbs of Blue. ???


There is nothing like being a REEFER!

cg5071
12-17-2010, 10:13 AM
Seems I cant or havnt been able to grow fruit loops either. Dont know why really.

Wy Renegade
12-26-2010, 01:49 PM
Well, I keep thinking I'm going to get time to upload some pictures, but just haven't had time to do so, so here are my polyp counts as of December 21.

Better than Kidds Reds 3 polyps
Devil's Armor: 6 polyps
Eye of Rah: 4 polyps - not looking good
Gobstopper 1 polyp (and 2 babies)
Green Bay Packers 5 polyps
Lunars: melted :(
Purple Death: 4 polyps
Skyhigh's zoas: 4 polyps

Total: 27

jimsflies
02-09-2011, 08:08 AM
Randy...got pics?

Wy Renegade
02-09-2011, 03:59 PM
Jim, I have to be honest and say that unless backwards growth is going to count, I'm most likely out of this contest. I have very few of the original colonies left at this point and many of those are in a state of decline. I'll see what I can do for you to get an updated count and some pictures.

jolson10450
02-17-2011, 08:10 AM
Looking for the first half of February's updates on the grow out contest if you could update your thread it would be appreciated so we can add your total to the leader board chart. Thanks! :highfive3: