BIGBILLS 2011 grow out

[bigbill]

tank info
display 80 glass
sump 40 gallon 3 stage sump light i sump is 100 w 6500k
ASM G-1x skimmer
mag 12 return split in to 2 1/2 inch returns i run 3 other power heads on timers a k3 that comes on with the MH a k1 that is on with the T5s and a mag jet 400 on all the time
48'' current usa outer orbit 2x250 MH 4x54w t5ho 3antic blue 1 6500k 9 wht 9 blue moon light leds
1 300 ML heater
1 200w ML heater
around 150 lBs rock 100 in display
added water 1/4/11
link to tank thread http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members-reefs/bigbill-80-gallon-11865/
i dose vodka in small amounts daily and Phytochrom S 2 caps daily Brightwell Aquatics - PhytoChrom (http://brightwellaquatics.com/products/phytochrom.php) all so Elemental reef builder Brightwell Aquatics - Elemental (http://brightwellaquatics.com/products/elemental.php) every other day 1 tsp
and fuel fuel? by aquavitro (http://aquavitro.com/Products/fuel.html) on Sunday
Croal frenzy http://www.coralfrenzy.com/products-coral-frenzy.html 3 times a week

[bigbill]

SEPT Total Pollys 35
Mean Greens 4 Pollys
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2301-frag-1.jpg
Baboon Butts 4 Pollys
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2302-frag-2.jpg
Dexters 4 Pollys
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2303-frag-3.jpg
Almond Joys 4 PP
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2304-frag-4.jpg
Aussie Invaders 0 Pollys did not get them got 2 dexters
Egg Drops 5 Pollys
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2305-frag-6.jpg
King Midas 5 Pollys
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2306-frag-7.jpg
Safecrackers 5 Pollys
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2307-frag-8.jpg

[AJ :)]

Great pics! Someday I will be able to do that.

[bigbill]

9/29
Changed all frag plugs to a bigger one

[Sir Patrick]

:good_luck:

[bigbill]

Oct up date 43 total pp

Mean Greens/ 4pp
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2348-frag-1-oct.jpg
Baboon Butts/ 7pp +3
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2349-frag-2-oct.jpg
Dexters /6pp +2
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2350-frag-3-oct.jpg
Almond Joys/3pp -1
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2351-frag-4-oct.jpg

Aussie Invaders 0

Egg Drops/ 8pp +3
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2352-frag-6.jpg
King Midas / 10pp +5
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2353-frag-7.jpg
Safecrackers / 8pp
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2354-frag-8-.jpg

[jimsflies]

Bill the names are posted here:
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/grow-out-contest/2011-grow-out-contest-rules-info-18749/

Also please subscribe to that thread for contest updates.

BTW- Looking good!

[bigbill]

Bill the names are posted here:
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/grow-out-contest/2011-grow-out-contest-rules-info-18749/

Also please subscribe to that thread for contest updates.

BTW- Looking good!

taken care of and ty got my 2nd t5s fixed to day hope it helps been down 3weeks now

[thefishgirl]

Looking good!

[bigbill]

moved king midas dexters and egg drops to chunks of rock rubble cut the botton off the plug and glued to the rock pics to come soon

[Sir Patrick]

Looks like I am catching up Bill!

[bigbill]

Looks like I am catching up Bill!

wait till i update nov mr chris

[bigbill]

NOV up date 90 total open pollys
MEAN GREENS/ 8p +4
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2449-mean-green-nov1124.jpg
BABOON BUTS/ 19p +12
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2445-baboon-butts-nov24.jpg
DEXTER/ 11p +5
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2447-dexters-nov24.jpg
ALMOND JOY/ 7p +4
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2446-almond-joys-nov24.jpg
Aussie Invaders 0
EGG DROPS/ 19p +11
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2448-eggdrops-nov24.jpg
KING MIDAS/ 17p +7
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2451-king-midas-1124.jpg
SAFECRAKERS/ 9 +1
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2450-safecrakers-nov24.jpg

[MizTanks]

WOW! WTH you feeding them?!!

[bigbill]

i feed/dose a couple of diff thing ill get the names of it all and post for in the next few days

[purerebel]

Looking great Bill! Please let us in your secret.

[Sir Patrick]

WOW!!!!!!!

[bigbill]

sorry it to so long but Heres my dossing list with amount & times per week
on Sundays i dose for trace elements skimmer is off up to 6 + hours while its in there
aquavito's Fuel 1 cap full
bright well Replenish 1 cap full
Kent marine Essential elements 1 cap full reason i use 3 diff ones is ea has 1 our 2 that the other dose not dosing is 1/3 of what ea calls for
my daily dosing is Brightwell Phytochrom 1-30 PM 1 cap full in the morning
brightwell Elemental Reef building 2 tablespoons

1 cube of H2O life foods
main pumps are turned off 15 min before daily dosing is done and 20 min after

[bigbill]

did a mass water change today frist one since oct 30% of the total vol about 30 gallons used RC

[bigbill]

DEC update pic to come later to day not as much growth as last month do to lazy bill but all but one have new heads over the 100 polly mark with 117 total
Mean Greens 8 Pollys +0
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2552-dec-frag-1.jpg
Baboon Butts 23 Pollys +4
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2553-dec-frag-2.jpg
Dexters 18 Pollys +7
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2558-dec-frag3.jpg
Almond Joys 9 PP +2
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2554-dec-frag-4.jpg
Aussie Invaders 0
Egg Drops 22 Pollys +3
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2555-dec-frag-6.jpg
King Midas 24 Pollys +7
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2556-dec-frag-7.jpg
Safecrackers 13 Pollys +4
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2557-dec-frag-8.jpg

[AJ :)]

Looking good! Really nice pics. What camera and or setting do you use?

[bigbill]

http://www.dpreview.com/products/sony/slrs/sony_dslra290
i all so use a camera box since i don't have a macro lens but my camera does have a macro setting that works well

[AJ :)]

Nice camera. :)

What is a camera box?

[bigbill]

Nice camera. :)

What is a camera box?

it is a 6 inch water proof plastic box that lets me shoot 6 inch under the water

[AJ :)]

A lense attachment?

[bigbill]

nope its a diy blk box with clear bottom camra sits in it so u can get the lens under the water

[AJ :)]

Sounds a bit risky! But it does get you some great shots!

[bigbill]

JAN up date well i thought it was going to be a bad month but from what i lost losing 50% of my king Midas my others have made up for it + more total Polly count for jan is 137
Mean Greens 10p +2
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2609-mean-greens-jan.jpg
Baboon Butts 32 Pollys +9
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2610-grill-nips-jan.jpg
Dexters 23 Pollys +5
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2611-dexters-jan.jpg
Almond Joys 14 PP +5
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2612-almond-joy-jan.jpg
Aussie Invaders 0
Egg Drops 34 Pollys + 12
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2613-eggdrops-jan.jpg
King Midas 10 :-[ Pollys -14
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2614-king-midas-jan.jpg
Safecrackers 14 Pollys +1
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2615-safecrakers-jan.jpg

[AJ :)]

It's weird how sometimes you can lose alot of all of one kind of zoa and other kinds right near are nearly unaffected.
It gets tough counting after 24 or so. :) Looking forward to the comeback of the midas. They were the polyps I was most interested in going into this contest, and the first one I lost. :(

[bigbill]

add the baboon butts to a rock will post pic later wanted to and some care info as since i had a algae bloom in my tank i blow ea zoa off in front of the k-3 every day to keep it clean of algae and star fish all so looks like i saved 7-8 pollys of the king midas pocs soon to come

[bigbill]

well i am still haveing a algae problem so over the next to nights i will be doing a 50% water change did 25 gallons tonight and will do 25 tom

[Reeftanker]

I can see a new Inland saw in your near future. Might need some of the Almond Joys....

[bigbill]

feb update 181 total open pollys this month +44 pollys for feb :-]
Mean Greens 14pollys + 4
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2693-mean-green-feb-2012.jpg
Baboon Butts 40 Pollys +8
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2686-grill-feb-2012.jpg
Dexters 32 Pollys +9
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2687-dexters-feb-2012.jpg
Almond Joys 15 Pollys +1
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2692-almond-joy-feb-2012.jpg
Aussie Invaders 0
Egg Drops 49 Pollys + 15
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2685-egg-drops-feb-2012.jpg
King Midas 17 pollys +7
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2691-king-midas-feb-2012.jpg
Safecrackers 14Pollys +0
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2688-safecrakers-feb-2012.jpg

[bigbill]

Started adding coral frennzey 1 tsp a week

[Reeftanker]

Started adding coral frennzey 1 tsp a week
When is the contest over?

[bigbill]

When is the contest over?
On my b day march 31

[bigbill]

March up date safecrackers are haveing problems but every thing else is doing good even the king midas are comeing back seeing i dont have internet at the house right now i will post pics in the next few days as i am not sure where all my mini sd cardsp have gone for my phone.

Mean greens 13 pollys -1
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2758-mean-greens-march.jpg
Baboon butts 64 pollys +24
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2752-baboon-butts-march.jpg
side shot
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2753-baboon-butts-side.jpg
Dexters 41 pollys +9
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2754-dexters-march.jpg
Almond joys 29 pollys + 14 wow starting to take off after 5 months lol
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2751-almound-joy-march.jpg
Assie invaders 0 seeing i never got this frag
Egg drops 58get pollys +9
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2756-egg-drops-march.jpg
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2755-egg-drop-side.jpg
King midas 15 pollys - 2 butt they arr matong again so i expect some new heads soon
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2757-king-midas-march.jpg
Safecraker 12 pollys -2 there have issues lol
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/2759-safecrakers-march.jpg

[AJ :)]

Your pictures continue to amaze me! The corals look great! This was fun!

[bigbill]

Your pictures continue to amaze me! The corals look great! This was fun!

Ty it was great fun an i got 2 realy nice zoas i will keep. Again my camra is only ok it the camra box that makes my pic so good. Gl not sure when jim is drawing the frag for the winner

[thefishgirl]

Great job!!! And happy birthday!
:fish_birthday:

[bigbill]

Great job!!! And happy birthday!
:fish_birthday:

Ty and gl on the finsh

[bigbill]

sorry a little late on the one year mark only have 4 of the 6 left never had one other one i lost when my mag crashed
baboon butts
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/3172-save-baboon-buts-10-24.jpg
almond joy and king midas
http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/members/bigbill/albums/bigbills-80gal-display/3171-king-midas-almound-joys.jpg
dexter pic to come there still makeing the recover from mag crash about 6 pollys