Manoj's 60G Mixed Reef

[Manoj's Reef]

Equipment Specifications

60 Breeder - 36*18*22
Glass Holes Overflow box
30g Refugium/Sump
Oak Wood Stand and Canopy stained Black
Retrofit t5 lighting - 5 Bulbs driven by two workhorse5 ballasts with slr reflectors
Eheim 1260 Primary System Pump
Two Tunze 6045 circulation pumps
Reef Octopus DNW150 skimmer
Two BRS dosing pumps
RKL controller
10g RO/DI Water Resevoir
Tunze Osmolater - Will be installed today - currenly running DIY top off
100 lbs of live rock

15g Frag Tank
Retrofit t5 24" frag tank lighting - 2 bulbs driven by one workhorse 5 ballast
One Tunze 6025 providing water flow to the frag tank


Fishes
Flame Wrasse ( 2 Females and 1 Super Male)
1 Adult Yellow Coris Wrasse
Pair of Grade A Picasso Clowns
Purple Fire Fish
1 Yellow tang


Corals

Its a mixed reef with Zoos, LPS and SPS

FTS - 2009
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[Sir Patrick]

I have been wondering about your tank for some time....very nice!!

[Manoj's Reef]

Thanks Chris. I will start adding more pics tomorrow. Feel free to ask me any questions you might have about my tank and corals. :big_grin:

[ReeferRob]

Amazing tank Manoj. I hope to see more pics soon!

[Sir Patrick]

Just a thought, but that looks like a pro-biotic tank....with clarity and color that comes very close to sunnyx's tank.....

Looking forward to more info, and more pics!!

[Manoj's Reef]

I would consider myself blessed if I can reach his colors lol...I am trying.

I visited Sunny in Feb 2009 and after seeing his tank, I changed my rock work similar to his as I really liked it. My ATL Christmass mirabilis is from him and it has started to table nicely.

I will try to take some pics soon.

[Manoj's Reef]

Amazing tank Manoj. I hope to see more pics soon!

I will try lol..I am not able to take good pics of SPS yet, the pics either get washed or the white balance is not proper. Still learning :big_grin:

[MizTanks]

Very sweet looking tank!

[kgood1]

Nice tank manoj!

[Manoj's Reef]

Very sweet looking tank!

Thanks Jamie. I will try to take more pics today.


Nice tank manoj!

Thanks Kyle, how is your led lighting working for you?

[Manoj's Reef]

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20 K Lokani


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Hot Pink Digi

[Manoj's Reef]

Second try of SPS, I think this was better than then last time, but you be the judge.

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[ReeferRob]

Lovin' the Lokani, let me know if you have any available for trade!

[Manoj's Reef]

Lovin' the Lokani, let me know if you have any available for trade!

Yes Rob, I made 8 frags of the 20k lokani yesterday. Please PM me with what you have for trade.

[Manoj's Reef]

Time for some updates:

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[ReeferRob]

More....More

[Manoj's Reef]

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[Manoj's Reef]

I have been having a battle with some kind of algae. I cannot put my finger down on what it is, I need your help. Its suffocating my zoas one after the other.

It starts off as a very very thin carpet, with turkey baster I can blow it off, but slowly it covers the zoa and the zoas stop opening. It almost looks like its suffocating the zoas.

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[Werdlone]

Manoj,

Your tank is looking awesome...well on its way to be a true showpiece! The algae may be green cyano or (even worse) dinoflagellates. Usually dino's are a slimy light brown and the bubbles are connected by strings, but it still could be dino's. I know slime algae, cyano, is usually deep red or black/green, but I have read that it can be green as well. I have used red slime remover in my tank successfully, but it will make your skimmer go nuts for a few days. I have used it after I did a water change and sucked out as much of it as possible first. Added the red slime remover and turned off the skimmer. After 2-3 days I did another water change and turned the skimmer back on.

If it is dino's, the lights off technique works, but stresses the corals. Turn your lights off for 3 days..make sure there is no sunlight or ambient light from the room that gets in. cover the glass if needed. After 3 days, start with the actinics for a few hours the first day and SLOWLY add more lighting hours until you are back up to your normal schedule. I did this in the past, it worked, but I turned lights on too quickly and bleached a few sps. good luck!

BTW...what are these called?
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[ReeferRob]

Hey Manoj, I can't find the article right now but I think it may be dinos too. Once I find the article, if I remember elevated pH for a few days with take care of it, however very risky as you know.

[iyachtuxivm]

pretty sure its cyano. Having a little bout of it myself. Chemiclean works wonders but follow the directions. Or/and figure out the food source ie your expanded feedings. Also could try some purigen thats what I am going to do this week.

[cg5071]

i love the pink and green i guess it is a milli. and the green zoas with the speckles :)

sorry about your algae. can you put your zoas up off the sand in a rack for awhile? seems like it would help but i dont know.

the red slime remover does work but like said above follow the directions.

[Manoj's Reef]

Guys, I am traveling and have very limited access to internet, I will be back Friday. Please keep providing me your valuable inputs.

[Manoj's Reef]

Manoj,

Your tank is looking awesome...well on its way to be a true showpiece! The algae may be green cyano or (even worse) dinoflagellates. Usually dino's are a slimy light brown and the bubbles are connected by strings, but it still could be dino's. I know slime algae, cyano, is usually deep red or black/green, but I have read that it can be green as well. I have used red slime remover in my tank successfully, but it will make your skimmer go nuts for a few days. I have used it after I did a water change and sucked out as much of it as possible first. Added the red slime remover and turned off the skimmer. After 2-3 days I did another water change and turned the skimmer back on.

If it is dino's, the lights off technique works, but stresses the corals. Turn your lights off for 3 days..make sure there is no sunlight or ambient light from the room that gets in. cover the glass if needed. After 3 days, start with the actinics for a few hours the first day and SLOWLY add more lighting hours until you are back up to your normal schedule. I did this in the past, it worked, but I turned lights on too quickly and bleached a few sps. good luck!

BTW...what are these called?
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Hi Andy,

I tried the lights out twice it puts a dent but does not eliminate the problem. May be I need to give it one more attempt. Those zoas are called chronos might.

[Manoj's Reef]

Hey Manoj, I can't find the article right now but I think it may be dinos too. Once I find the article, if I remember elevated pH for a few days with take care of it, however very risky as you know.


pretty sure its cyano. Having a little bout of it myself. Chemiclean works wonders but follow the directions. Or/and figure out the food source ie your expanded feedings. Also could try some purigen thats what I am going to do this week.

Rob and Jamie, I tried to treat it for cyno but have not tried any chemicals yet just the natural way. May be I need to try it. What has been your success rate on this one also what is purigen?

[Manoj's Reef]

i love the pink and green i guess it is a milli. and the green zoas with the speckles :)

sorry about your algae. can you put your zoas up off the sand in a rack for awhile? seems like it would help but i dont know.

the red slime remover does work but like said above follow the directions.

The pink is hot pink digi and the green is ATL pink tulip. I have tried that but the algae covers the rack as well so it does not help.

[cg5071]

that sucks, lol about it covering the rack too. there have been times that i have to scrub frags with a toothbrush every few days.

purigen is a little bag of resins. about 17$ and you put it in a hob or sump and it treats 100gal. it is also rechargable. when it turnes brown you clean it in bleach and use a chlorine remover after and put it back. i just bought some myself about a week ago so i dont know the results yet.

[Manoj's Reef]

I started Microbacter7 today, lets see if It can reduce the nutrients to kill the algae. I am hoping to see some improvements in 1 week time. Will keep you guys posted.

[Manoj's Reef]

Did the second day of MB7 , yet to see some difference. Will keep you all posted.

[cg5071]

are you doing vodka too? or just the mb7?

[Manoj's Reef]

are you doing vodka too? or just the mb7?

Just the MB7 at this time, I am talking the approach of wait and watch.

[Werdlone]

Just stick with the MB7 for now. The vodka is just nutrient, which you are trying to diminish. just so people know..red slime remover is a simple antibiotic. The same stuff you get from your family doctor...it is erythromycin. It will kill the cyanobacteria, but does not affect the beneficial bacteria in the tank. It just makes skimmers go crazy...so, people should not be afraid to use it in sps tanks or other coral tanks. let me know when you are going to frag the chronos paly!!!!!

[MizTanks]

I've used Chemiclean Red Slim Algae remover and it worked wonderful-no I'll effects on my tank at all-I also wouldn't be caught dead without a bag of Purigen in my tank-I'm positive this lead to my winning battle over the dreaded HA issues I was having-my tank is now HA free!

[Manoj's Reef]

I've used Chemiclean Red Slim Algae remover and it worked wonderful-no I'll effects on my tank at all-I also wouldn't be caught dead without a bag of Purigen in my tank-I'm positive this lead to my winning battle over the dreaded HA issues I was having-my tank is now HA free!

I will try the current route, if that doesn't work then i will go the route of chemi clean and purigen. I am yet to do my reading on purigen

[Manoj's Reef]

Just stick with the MB7 for now. The vodka is just nutrient, which you are trying to diminish. just so people know..red slime remover is a simple antibiotic. The same stuff you get from your family doctor...it is erythromycin. It will kill the cyanobacteria, but does not affect the beneficial bacteria in the tank. It just makes skimmers go crazy...so, people should not be afraid to use it in sps tanks or other coral tanks. let me know when you are going to frag the chronos paly!!!!!

Thanks for the info Andy, I will let you know when I frag them. Currently I am getting rid of some of my mini zoa colonies. Nightmares 11p , PPE 4p , magicians 4p, darthmaul 5p. Let me know if any interest you.

[Werdlone]

Wow, those are all great ones!! I just got some magicians and I hope they settle in. I just had a bad alk swing in my tank about 2 weeks ago and my tank is still recovering...so I'm waiting a bit to add anything. I bought the magicians right before the semi "crash" and so far they are doing alright. I'll be in touch..we need to do some trading:)

[Manoj's Reef]

Trading sounds great. I need to replace some of my sps.

[Manoj's Reef]

Today morning I started my dark cycle, I hope the bacteria dosing in combination with the dark cycle should help reduce the nutrients to kill the algae.

Usually I do a 24/48 hr this time I plan on doing 72 hrs. And if this does not do the trick then I will go for chemiclean.

Also plan on changing bulbs. Not because they are old but I have some kind of suspicion that aquascience 22k is not helping the situation. I will move back to ATI Blue+

[Manoj's Reef]

The dark cycle finished this afternoon. The situation has improved but still I see the green layer, I am hoping that it will get better as I am dosing mb7.

Not sure if you guys knew, but due to a bad elos kit , my sps started showing alk burn and then STN. The STN is propagating/ed to all of my sps and now about 75% of my sps are gone over a 3week period. I am hoping the three colonies that are left out will not be affected. But I am not sure , I am mulling over the fact that I might be better off trading it for softies.

Let me know if any one would be interested.

- Soft ball size of ORA tricolor
- Soft ball size of 20k lokani
- base ball size pink birds nest

[ReeferRob]

Manoj sorry to hear you continue to have issues after the alk. When I was over I thought for sure you were on the rebound and on the road back to "future TOTM" status. I hope know one takes you up on your trade offer and things get better for you and your awesome tank. Good luck my friend.

[Manoj's Reef]

Thanks for the kind words Rob. I was chatting with Jim C early this year when he had an episode of STN and he was facing similar situation. One colony after the other was STNing.

Unfortunately dips dont work either.

But I will be back :thumbsup: to get TOTM lol...Infact this probably gives me an opportunity to reconfigure my tank.

[ReeferRob]

Have u tried CoralRx? It's said yo help stop and prevent STN and RTN.

[Werdlone]

Manoj,

Hang in there. You are not alone!! I just had a bad alk swing in my tank due to a bad probe on my Ca reactor. By the time I figured it out my alk was like 14. Lost my huge colony of hawkins blue echinata, yellow tenius, a bunch of nice palys, half my colony of purple monster and my all time favorite wild colony of purple grafted candelight (coolest sps I have ever seen!). I have a few big colonies that now have the bottom half dead. Looks great, let me tell ya. I have things stable again, but most corals that made it are brown. It gives me a reason to chop up some big colonies and make some real estate. Just get params back in line and start over.

Andy

[Manoj's Reef]

Andy,

The upper half of my tank looks empty, its hard to look at it because It reminds me of how much effort it took me to get there. Thanks for the kind words. Words of encouragement from you all reefers keeps me positive.

[cg5071]

i am not sure about coralrx stopping stn but it is a good product. not sure what all is in it but it smells like maybe a little menthol and tea tree oil.
sorry to hear about your new probs. always something lol. i need to siphon up a bunch of algae today and clean plugs again. my tank looks a little wild though that isnt always a bad thing (for critters)

my birdsnest has some bare spots too but doesnt appear to be spreading.

[Manoj's Reef]

Looks like I am seeing the first effect of mb7 dosing. I did a 15g water change and cleaned the tank yesterday. Usually the green carpet algae returns overnight but this morning the sand is still clean and I am attributing this to the bacteria dosing.

Will keep you guys updated !!

[cg5071]

weird double post!

[LeeRain]

that sucks, lol about it covering the rack too. there have been times that i have to scrub frags with a toothbrush every few days.

purigen is a little bag of resins. about 17$ and you put it in a hob or sump and it treats 100gal. it is also rechargable. when it turnes brown you clean it in bleach and use a chlorine remover after and put it back. i just bought some myself about a week ago so i dont know the results yet.
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[cg5071]

what is this? ^
i should edit anyways, my purigen was 15$ but i found at petsolutions (online store) last night, they had 2.5 x's as much resin for like $11.

oh, congrats too. hope it works for you. i was looking at mb7 also at one time. i will probably give it a try in the future.

[Manoj's Reef]

Some updates:


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[Werdlone]

things are looking happy!!

[ReeferRob]

Very nice pics Manoj, the acan look really nice!

[Manoj's Reef]

things are looking happy!!

Thanks Andy, The MB7 dosing is working, things seem to be on a reversal.


Very nice pics Manoj, the acan look really nice!

Thanks Rob.

[Manoj's Reef]

Got me a new bleeding apple scoly. I will take pics tomorrow and post.:)

[ReeferRob]

Good to hear your seeing results with the MB7, I think Im gonna ditch the Prodibio once its out and start that up. Not seeing much of any result from my current dosing scheme.

By the way do you have any more of the hot pink digi??

[Manoj's Reef]

Good to hear your seeing results with the MB7, I think Im gonna ditch the Prodibio once its out and start that up. Not seeing much of any result from my current dosing scheme.

I am only dosing the mb7 and no vodka. How is your dosing schedule? and what do you dose.

By the way do you have any more of the hot pink digi??

I dont have any more frags.

[ReeferRob]

Dooh! Mine never opened or did anything. After about 4 days I dropped it down thinking it was getting too much light. Got nothing. Turned greenish brown, moved it up and nothing. Oh well, LMK when you have more.

As for the dosing schedule, Prodibio is dosed bi weekly after water changes. There is a bacterial source and a carbon source, just like MB7 and vodka.

[Manoj's Reef]

Dooh! Mine never opened or did anything. After about 4 days I dropped it down thinking it was getting too much light. Got nothing. Turned greenish brown, moved it up and nothing. Oh well, LMK when you have more.

As for the dosing schedule, Prodibio is dosed bi weekly after water changes. There is a bacterial source and a carbon source, just like MB7 and vodka.

Rob, I will let you know when I frag it again.


Soulds like Prodibio may be cost effective as you have to dose it only twice a week. What is the carbon source?

Have you heard of using raw rice as a carbon source? there is a lot of discussion going on on RC.

[ReeferRob]

So how are things going with the MB7? Curious to hear the results and methods for dosing! I just picked up my first bottle and like anything that I add to the tank it is making me nervous.

[cg5071]

Looking forward to hearing about it too. I have been very tempted to buy it several times.

[Manoj's Reef]

So how are things going with the MB7? Curious to hear the results and methods for dosing! I just picked up my first bottle and like anything that I add to the tank it is making me nervous.


Looking forward to hearing about it too. I have been very tempted to buy it several times.

So far everything looks good.

My nitrates have still not gone down yet and my phosphates are at about 0.14, I want to bring the phos down to 0.01/0.02 before I start dosing vodka.

The zoas look a tad pale but will recover.

The sand is very clean and the rocks are also clean. I dont see algae on frag plugs. SoI would say that things are on the positive.

I plan on starting my sps again Oct/nov.

[Manoj's Reef]

Time for some updates!!!!

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[MizTanks]

Freaking sweeet!!! What is the first pic of please??

[ReeferRob]

Picked up a scolly finally I see!! Very cool and unique.

[Manoj's Reef]

Freaking sweeet!!! What is the first pic of please??

The first pic is an orange crush blasto.

[Manoj's Reef]

Picked up a scolly finally I see!! Very cool and unique.

Thanks Rob, I have had this scoly ( bandit infinity scoly) for a while now. I bought a new bleeding apple. I will post pics of it later this week.

[cg5071]

You should add a couple of those on the feeding frenzy contest.
I also ordered mb7, we will see how it goes. My phosphate doesnt read anything and nitrates are 10 on an API but i still have an algea prob. Hope to clear it up. I got tired of scrubbing certain frag plugs, so i put them in a dark tank for a day or 2 or 3 if it needs it.

[Manoj's Reef]

You should add a couple of those on the feeding frenzy contest.
I also ordered mb7, we will see how it goes. My phosphate doesnt read anything and nitrates are 10 on an API but i still have an algea prob. Hope to clear it up. I got tired of scrubbing certain frag plugs, so i put them in a dark tank for a day or 2 or 3 if it needs it.


As suggested I posted it, I hope I will lol.

I Dosed bacteria and combined it with 48 hr dark cycle to get rid of algae.

[Sir Patrick]

Cant beleive I have gone soo long w/o checkin in on this tank thread!!!

Sorry to hear about your alk issues- hope things are looking better and things have recovered.

Sweet LPS man!!!

Think we are overdue for a full tank shot.....would like to see your lps placment vs sps placement under your lighting type. Ive toasted a couple lps in my tank.....

[Manoj's Reef]

Cant beleive I have gone soo long w/o checkin in on this tank thread!!!

Sorry to hear about your alk issues- hope things are looking better and things have recovered.

Sweet LPS man!!!

Think we are overdue for a full tank shot.....would like to see your lps placment vs sps placement under your lighting type. Ive toasted a couple lps in my tank.....

Thanks Chris,

All my LPS are on the sand bed. I try to provide shade in some cases and low flow. I will take some pics later this weekend.

I lost all my SPS during the alk episode. A friend of mine is holding three colonies for me as the STN was poping from one colony to the other.

[danyal2]

which overflowbox from glass holes do you use?

[Manoj's Reef]

which overflowbox from glass holes do you use?

700 gph overflow box.

[Myteemouse]

OOO I just seen this thread for the first time..
PLEASE tell me you still have some of that superman monti digi

[Manoj's Reef]

OOO I just seen this thread for the first time..
PLEASE tell me you still have some of that superman monti digi

Yea I do, its barely hanging on, but I think it will recover. Before it went down I gave a piece of that to the guy I got it from as his tank crashed , so I do have a back up incase I loose mine.

[Manoj's Reef]

Things are on the reversal now.

If you guys remember , I do 2 part dosing and when all sps went down hill my dosing dropping from 140 ml per day to 0 ml per day.

Also there was a time where for 2 weeks I only dosed just 10 ml.

But now things are improving, currently I am doing 80 ml per day. So I guess I can turn my dosing pumps on again. May be I can start my sps collection again. This time I might go with a different approach though.

[ReeferRob]

Sounds exciting, which "direction" are you thinking of heading?
How much MB7 and vodka are you dosing now?

[ReeferRob]

Sounds exciting, which "direction" are you thinking of heading?
How much MB7 and vodka are you dosing now?

[Manoj's Reef]

My plan is go have a few SPS and grow them big. Before I was more about variety. This time I would like to see how large I can grow them.

[Manoj's Reef]

Update:

I always wanted a nice large decent colored yuma. I finally found one and its relaxing in my tank now.

This is large wild caught yuma. I dont have much info on wild caught yumas, so let me know what are the things I should to do make sure it stays happy and healthy.

Pics will come...just to give you a teaser its 4 inch in diameter and still not 100% open.

[Sir Patrick]

Cant wait to see this monster!

[Manoj's Reef]

The first picture to show you the size.

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Now the pics to show colors. Its still acclimating and will color more up. My camera was not able to capture colors of the full yuma so I had to take parts of it.

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Will try to take more pics later this weekend.

[Sir Patrick]

Sweet yuma man!

[Manoj's Reef]

Sweet yuma man!

Thanks Chris!!!

[Manoj's Reef]

Today I added two more zoas to my collection.

Red Hornets and Webgong paly. Will take pics later...:big_grin:

Also added two more AAA Ultra Lords.

[Manoj's Reef]

Some more updates:

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[Manoj's Reef]

Some Pics I took today:

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[shovelhead91701]

Nice!!!!!!!! You make me jealous with that stuff!

[ReeferRob]

Do I see a couple heads of the 'superfreak' acan in there Manoj!? Great shots, you should add them to the acan eye candy thread!

[Manoj's Reef]

Nice!!!!!!!! You make me jealous with that stuff!

Thanks :tongue_out: , I have some for you also touch base with me.


Do I see a couple heads of the 'superfreak' acan in there Manoj!? Great shots, you should add them to the acan eye candy thread!

Yes Rob, you do have sharp eyes, Those are "superfreak"

[Manoj's Reef]

Holy grail of acans:
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[Sir Patrick]

^ WOW!!!! ^

[cephalotus]

I think it is time for current FTS.

[Manoj's Reef]

Please welcome
Manoj's Mixed Reef 2.0

Right Side Island
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Full Tank Shots
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[Manoj's Reef]

I have been battling cyno for a while now..I have finally decided to try the h2o2 dosing regimen to fix it.

I will try to document it with picture as I go through it.

[Sir Patrick]

H2O2 dosing?? Cant say I have ever heard of that. Care to share the info? You have me curious!

[Manoj's Reef]

H202 dosing - Hydrogen Peroxide dosing. 3% h2o2 dosing @ 1ml / 10g .

I started the first dosing today and so far no negative effects. Zoas closed up a little but opened back up in half hour.

Will post before and after pics as I progress.

[Tom@HaslettMI]

I like the new look! Keep up the good work.

Best of luck on your cyano. treatment.

Tom

[Manoj's Reef]

I have been trying to keep it under control using phosban, activated carbon, frequent water changes ( to handle nitrate feeding the cyno) . But getting tired. I am hoping by 7-8th day I should see results.

[Manoj's Reef]

I like the new look! Keep up the good work.

Best of luck on your cyano. treatment.

Tom

Thanks Tom.

[Manoj's Reef]

Introducing Indian Rainbow one of my latest acquisitions. Its holding on to the rainbow color very well.

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:big_grin:

[steve&mari]

Your tank and color of your corals is truely amazing. Someday I dream of a tank with such a rainbow of color and sweet eye appeal. Take notes and dreamin over here lol. Merry Christmas n God Bless


Sent from my SPH-M900 using Tapatalk

[MizTanks]

WOW! Holding colors is putting mildly.


There is nothing like being a REEFER!

[Manoj's Reef]

Your tank and color of your corals is truely amazing. Someday I dream of a tank with such a rainbow of color and sweet eye appeal. Take notes and dreamin over here lol. Merry Christmas n God Bless


Thanks for the kind words Steve. Merry Christmas and happy new year.

Sent from my SPH-M900 using Tapatalk


WOW! Holding colors is putting mildly.


There is nothing like being a REEFER!

Thanks for the nice words. :highfive3:

[Manoj's Reef]

Finally I was able to take a better picture of my orange crush rainbow acan. :thumbsup:
Orange Crush Rainbow Acan

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[Manoj's Reef]

I love my nuckes!!!!

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[cg5071]

Very nice! Your rbta doesnt bother rics? I am just keeping mental notes about that type of stuff.

Also, do you have a ton of holes in your rock? Or do you just clip off the peg on the frag plug to attach them?

[Manoj's Reef]

Very nice! Your rbta doesnt bother rics? I am just keeping mental notes about that type of stuff.

Also, do you have a ton of holes in your rock? Or do you just clip off the peg on the frag plug to attach them?

Hi Chris, The RBTA so far has been well behaved lol , so far its not bothering the rics. Its good to plan ahead. But RBTAs are funny, the will finally decide where they are happy.

I clip off the peg and use aquamend to attach them to the rocks. I shut my skimmer when I use aquamend it drives the skimmer crazy.

[cg5071]

Ok thanks. I need some reef putty of some kind soon to build my nano.

I had a huge green bta and it split but was very good. I didnt give him much choice,lol its rock was on an island raised up. It could have just let go though I guess. The second one of those picked a different spot every day for a week. I just got a rbta and put it on the same rock. It was a gamble. They have touched tenacles but stay on opposite sides of the rock so far.

[Manoj's Reef]

When I had two on the same rock work , the would move constantly to attract the clowns. Funny and interesting behavior.

[Manoj's Reef]

Some more pics taken lately.

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[cg5071]

Really nice. I was checking out the ones under the nukes with the red ring? What are those? The second pic is a PE? The third, strawbery wine? I love those for long time! :)

[Manoj's Reef]

Really nice. I was checking out the ones under the nukes with the red ring? What are those? The second pic is a PE? The third, strawbery wine? I love those for long time! :)

The ones with the red ring is Red Hornets , the second one is chronos might and the third is the strawberry wines ( one of my favorites )

[steve&mari]

Them red hornets n strawberry wines are awesome. Have the red hornets on wishlist for when they are lil cheaper and adding the strwberries to the list. Always seems list grows faster then the monthly disability check lol. Such is life lol. Gives us goals to strive for adds excitment to life. Have a great day Big Steve.

Sent from my SPH-M900 using Tapatalk

[cg5071]

Same here Steve. My tank is bigger than my budget,lol. I have to get some Chongs Bongs at some point too :) What are you guys collecting now? I remember you selling off ALOT of zoas on MR.

[Manoj's Reef]

Playing around with the camera

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[EMUreef]

i really dig ur acan collection manoj

[cg5071]

Ditto :) I am just getting into acans. I hate the prices on some of them but they do great in my tank. Lots of growth in a short time. Still playing with lighting and coloration some.

[Manoj's Reef]

i really dig ur acan collection manoj

Thank you....:thumbsup:


Thats some mighty beautiful ACANdy you got there manoj! :)

It took me a while but almost there lol...:highfive3:


Ditto :)

Thanks chris.

[Manoj's Reef]

Finally a decent pic of my fruit punch

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Some other acans in my collection

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[Sir Patrick]

Your tank is filling in really nice!!!

[Manoj's Reef]

Thanks Chris. Currently looking for a nice tabling sps. May be an efflo.

[sciencefan]

Awesome Tank... Very beautiful collection

[sciencefan]

Awesome acans
Very nice zoas and palys

[sciencefan]

Do you have more pictures ? Great work !

[Manoj's Reef]

Do you have more pictures ? Great work !

I will post some later this week. I am adding more SPS to my collection.

[Manoj's Reef]

Awesome Tank... Very beautiful collection


Awesome acans
Very nice zoas and palys

Thanks :highfive3: ....

[Prajakta]

Great work Manoj....beautiful collection....

[Manoj's Reef]

Great work Manoj....beautiful collection....

Thanks !!!:)

[Manoj's Reef]

Some of my new acquisitions

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Split about 2 weeks ago.

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Diff perspective, shows the color of the new nem compared to other BTA

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[Sir Patrick]

Pic #3 is awsome!

[Manoj's Reef]

Pic #3 is awsome!

Thanks Chris. ( Thats a gift from Bob Beaker to me) , BTW how come you did not like the first two and last pic , I paid 100+ dollars per polyp for that one and it also has lineage :stupidme:, damn you:smash: , I hate this hobby already:tear:

Just kidding man!! , thanks for the kind words. I love the new nem, it was in the acclimation box for the first couple of days and now I released it into the tank, thats when I took the pic.

[Manoj's Reef]

Was playing with my frag tray and camera.

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True AOG never gets old. Love the color.

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Carlito Alien Eyes with Black PE

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Love the Black PE

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Excuse the flash. See the twin Red Hornet

[Sir Patrick]

Nice looking polyp collection.

[cg5071]

"Nice looking polyp collection." Yeah they are OK, ;) Ha! dont kill me.

[Hindered]

Most awesome concentration of awesome corals ever, combined with awesome pictures = awesome.

[Manoj's Reef]

Nice looking polyp collection.

Thanks Chris.


"Nice looking polyp collection." Yeah they are OK, ;) Ha! dont kill me.

lol.. :)


Most awesome concentration of awesome corals ever, combined with awesome pictures = awesome.

Thanks for the kind worlds.

I will try to get more pics soon...keep checking .

[Paulo]

You have some very nice stuff. Hope all is well. Was really nice to meet you at Ann Arbor swap.
Paulo

[Manoj's Reef]

You have some very nice stuff. Hope all is well. Was really nice to meet you at Ann Arbor swap.
Paulo

Thanks Paulo, things have been very busy at my end, we had a great time at the A2 swap. Looking forward to the next swap.

[Manoj's Reef]

some sweet acans. Enjoy!!!

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[Manoj's Reef]

some sweet acans. Enjoy!!!

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[Manoj's Reef]

Look at this royal flesh. After enjoying 5 clams and tons of snails finally I caught it and now its enjoying a ride down the toilet.

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[rosebud161616]

Ugh I feel your pain! We have one in our 120 I have yet to be able to catch. I have avoided clams in that tank up until this point because of him! Glad you caught him!

[Heidi]

Look at this royal flesh. After enjoying 5 clams and tons of snails finally I caught it and now its enjoying a ride down the toilet.

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Ok I am new but what is a royal flesh? And where is it in the picture? I like to know about the bad guys before I encounter their badness :big_grin:
-Heidi

[iyachtuxivm]

Ok I am new but what is a royal flesh? And where is it in the picture? I like to know about the bad guys before I encounter their badness :big_grin:
-Heidi

Its a flat worm that eats mollusks especially clams.
Glad you got him Manoj.

[Manoj's Reef]

Its a flat worm that eats mollusks especially clams.
Glad you got him Manoj.

+1

[rosebud161616]

Ok I am new but what is a royal flesh? And where is it in the picture? I like to know about the bad guys before I encounter their badness :big_grin:
-Heidi

It's in the lower part of that picture. Looks like a mantle from a clam. They are very pretty...

[Manoj's Reef]

Ok I am new but what is a royal flesh? And where is it in the picture? I like to know about the bad guys before I encounter their badness :big_grin:
-Heidi

Its the one that looks like a flatworm on the left side of the picture, its greyish with black spots. It has no skeleton.

[Manoj's Reef]

My small project over the weekend as I am running out of space in my display. I call it the coral tree.

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Hopefully coraline will cover it in 3-4 months.

How do you all like it?

[iyachtuxivm]

very cool!

[Manoj's Reef]

very cool!

Thanks Jamie, hopefully now they can grow and spread the disk . If this is a success I am considering doing the same for some of my acans.:)

[Manoj's Reef]

Yay I got my first like :big_grin::big_grin:

[Sir Patrick]

That frag tree will look so cool completely covered in polyps!!!

[Manoj's Reef]

That frag tree will look so cool completely covered in polyps!!!

Thanks Chris.


Yay now I have three likes...thanks folks.

[steve&mari]

Awesome idea with the tree think a acan one would be really nice aswell. You've got the nicest acan collection I've seen. What the secret to growin em n finding such bright colorfull corals. Have good growth with zoas/palys,sps,hammers frogspawn n blasto wellsi but acans n favias not so much. Even chalices grow well for me. Wish I could get more from acans n favias though. Thanks for the insperation and all the pics of your beautifull collection. May have to barrow your tree idea if ya don't mind lol. Have a great day my friend.
Big Steve

[MizTanks]

I'm loving your tank!

[Manoj's Reef]

Awesome idea with the tree think a acan one would be really nice aswell. You've got the nicest acan collection I've seen. What the secret to growin em n finding such bright colorfull corals. Have good growth with zoas/palys,sps,hammers frogspawn n blasto wellsi but acans n favias not so much. Even chalices grow well for me. Wish I could get more from acans n favias though. Thanks for the insperation and all the pics of your beautifull collection. May have to barrow your tree idea if ya don't mind lol. Have a great day my friend.
Big Steve

Thanks for the very nice words Steve, I guess I get lucky on acans sometimes. You are more than welcome to borrow the coral tree idea. I am planning on building two more for my frag tank to hold some of my acans. Good luck with your collection:thumbsup:


I'm loving your tank!

@ Jamie, thanks thats a very nice thing to say:highfive3:

Thanks all for the 4 likes I have received so far. I am enjoying it :)

[Manoj's Reef]

Some More pics:

Rainbow Anemone:)

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[Manoj's Reef]

Some updated pics:
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[scubamomma]

whoa you have lots of frags! looks awesome

[Manoj's Reef]

whoa you have lots of frags! looks awesome

Thanks Hillary!!!:)

[Manoj's Reef]

My easter gift is on its way!!!

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[Corvette Reefer]

just looked through first time, very cool tank! that green bubble tip is gona look amazing!

[MizTanks]

Simpley stunning Manoj! What a beautiful tank. You truly need to share some of your secrets with us. I'm in love with the rainbow anenome! If and when it splits, please think of me! :big_grin:

[Manoj's Reef]

just looked through first time, very cool tank! that green bubble tip is gona look amazing!

Thanks. They told me that its more yellow, so lets hope its more yellow:)


Simpley stunning Manoj! What a beautiful tank. You truly need to share some of your secrets with us. I'm in love with the rainbow anenome! If and when it splits, please think of me! :big_grin:

Thanks Jamie. Got you down for the rainbow nem when it splits. BTW my rose bubble tip took 2 yrs to split so going by that , I am guessing its going to be a while lol.

[MizTanks]

Heck hon I'm not going anywhere~lol~feed it feed it feed it! where ever did you find such a treasure?

[Sir Patrick]

Nice Easter pick up!!!

[Manoj's Reef]

Heck hon I'm not going anywhere~lol~feed it feed it feed it! where ever did you find such a treasure?

Got it from Reefpets. I should get here tomorrow.

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Nice Easter pick up!!!

Thanks Chris

[Sir Patrick]

Hows that Purple Digi looking??

[Manoj's Reef]

Hows that Purple Digi looking??

I broke it:stupidme: , I was trying to cut the plug stub and the coral took a beating, so now I have 3 purple digis in my frag tank. I will be spending some time today/tomorrow and glue it to a rock in my display.

[MizTanks]

Tooo funny~not that you broke it but that I've been looking for one~found a nice one on liveaquaria :)

[Manoj's Reef]

Some of my new stuff:

AAA Molten Lava acan
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AAA Red Guava acan
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AAA Rings of Saturn Acan
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[MizTanks]

Are those ever beautiful! Where did you get them from? Or is this one of those questions not to be asked? lol

[Manoj's Reef]

Are those ever beautiful! Where did you get them from? Or is this one of those questions not to be asked? lol

:secret2::secret2::highfive3:

Thanks for the kind words.

[larryandlaura]

Wow amazing Acans.

[Jamesr]

Nice Acans!!!!

[binford4000]

Equipment Specifications

60 Breeder - 36*18*22
Glass Holes Overflow box
30g Refugium/Sump
Oak Wood Stand and Canopy stained Black
Retrofit t5 lighting - 5 Bulbs driven by two workhorse5 ballasts with slr reflectors
Eheim 1260 Primary System Pump
Two Tunze 6045 circulation pumps
Reef Octopus DNW150 skimmer
Two BRS dosing pumps
RKL controller
10g RO/DI Water Resevoir
Tunze Osmolater - Will be installed today - currenly running DIY top off
100 lbs of live rock

15g Frag Tank
Retrofit t5 24" frag tank lighting - 2 bulbs driven by one workhorse 5 ballast
One Tunze 6025 providing water flow to the frag tank


Fishes

3 Flame Wrasse ( 2 Females and 1 Super Male)
1 Adult Yellow Coris Wrasse
Pair of Grade A Picasso Clowns
Purple Fire Fish
1 Yellow tang


Corals

Its a mixed reef with Zoos, LPS and SPS

FTS - Feb 2010

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these pics don't do his tank justice.Saw it today and wow,very nice and packed with just about evrything.Nicely done and sweet frags!! in the frag tank.It was nice meeting you and see ya at the swap

[Manoj's Reef]

these pics don't do his tank justice.Saw it today and wow,very nice and packed with just about evrything.Nicely done and sweet frags!! in the frag tank.It was nice meeting you and see ya at the swap

Thanks for the very nice words. It was very nice talking to you. See you at the swap.

[larryandlaura]

Nice newer full tank shot.

[Manoj's Reef]

Time for some updates: Trying to grow back my sps after my sps crash.

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This was grown from a quarter inch frag. 8 months growth.

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And some lps
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Please excuse the cyno...never wants to go away lol:)

[Reef keeper]

wow man just gorgeous!

[Paulo]

Looks really nice, as always. Hope your doing well. Take it easy,
Paulo

[Manoj's Reef]

wow man just gorgeous!

Thanks man.


Looks really nice, as always. Hope your doing well. Take it easy,
Paulo

Hey Paulo, I am doing fine, been very busy. I was finally able to take some pics today. Will upload more later this week.

[larryandlaura]

Thanks man.



Hey Paulo, I am doing fine, been very busy. I was finally able to take some pics today. Will upload more later this week.

Sweet let's see those pictures.

[Manoj's Reef]

Some more pics of an other area of my tank. I hope you like it:)

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[larryandlaura]

OMG those acans are killer! Very colorful and eye catching. I gotta see this tank in person someday!

[steve&mari]

How can I get some of the orange crush Blasto its a dream list coral :) that colony is awesome so are the Acans but that Blasto is insane tho

Big Steve

Sent from my PG86100 using Tapatalk

[Manoj's Reef]

OMG those acans are killer! Very colorful and eye catching. I gotta see this tank in person someday!

Thanks man...I have added a few more to the collection. Waiting for it to color up.



How can I get some of the orange crush Blasto its a dream list coral :) that colony is awesome so are the Acans but that Blasto is insane tho

Big Steve

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Thanks Bro....its a very beautiful blasto. I collected an other rare kind but since it was wild it did not survive.:(

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Also I have picked up a very nice hammer from Reef Paradise. I need to take some pics..I really like the colors.

[Sir Patrick]

How can I get some of the orange crush Blasto its a dream list coral :) that colony is awesome so are the Acans but that Blasto is insane tho

Big Steve

Sent from my PG86100 using Tapatalk

Are you talking about the bottom right Blasto, in the last pic??? I am awe struck by that one also!!!

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Some more pics of an other area of my tank. I hope you like it:)

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AMAZING!!! As always!

[MizTanks]

Some more pics of an other area of my tank. I hope you like it:)

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What lights are these pics taken under?

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Some more pics of an other area of my tank. I hope you like it:)

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Very beautiful Manoj!! What lights are these pics taken under?

[Manoj's Reef]

The lights configuration front to back is as follows:

22k Auqascience
ATI Blue+
ATI Aqua Blue Special
ATI Blue+
22k Aquascience

[Manoj's Reef]

FTS 9/1/2011
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I will also update the first post to reflect the transition.

[steve&mari]

Beautiful man just beautiful ton of color in there love it.

Big Steve

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[Manoj's Reef]

Beautiful man just beautiful ton of color in there love it.

Big Steve

Sent from my PG86100 using Tapatalk

Thanks, Steve. I need a better camera:( , my sps are slowly starting to color up. My nitrates from my nitrate reactor are 0 and the nitrates in the tank dropped from 15ppm to 9 ppm, my hope is that I should be able to maintain the nitrates at 0 or near zero. With this my hope is that my cyno will go away:( , its been a pain in my you know what:)

[larryandlaura]

Wow killer tank it's definitely happening!

[Manoj's Reef]

Wow killer tank it's definitely happening!
Thanks Larry!!!!

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Took this top down pick today. Its a small portion of my tank
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Let me know what you think:)

[larryandlaura]

Wow look at all those colors. I love your tank!

[MizTanks]

Beautiful Manoj!

[binford4000]

Looks good as usual,the acans are even more unreal in person. TOTM quality for sure :thumbsup:

[Manoj's Reef]

Wow look at all those colors. I love your tank!

Thanks for the kind words


Beautiful Manoj!

Thanks Miz


Looks good as usual,the acans are even more unreal in person. TOTM quality for sure :thumbsup:

Thanks Chuck for the very kind words. Hope to be TOTM again sometime:)

[Manoj's Reef]

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Took this picture, love my pearlberry , let me know what you think.

[schminksbro]

I think it is the nicest ORA release to date and yours looks awesome! Nice job Manoj!

[larryandlaura]

Wow Manoj thats bad to the bones!

[Manoj's Reef]

I think it is the nicest ORA release to date and yours looks awesome! Nice job Manoj!

Thanks Andy!!!!


Wow Manoj thats bad to the bones!

I agree:) :)

[Flynnstone]

very nice!!!!

the reactor must have the nitrates down for corals to look that good, because there is no room for improvement !!!!

[Manoj's Reef]

very nice!!!!

the reactor must have the nitrates down for corals to look that good, because there is no room for improvement !!!!

Thanks so much for the awesome comment Jeff, you are right about the reactor, it brought the nitrate down to zero:highfive3:..Thanks for the very nice frags also for the media. Hey I lost the hawkins echinata, was wondering if you had more frags . Also looking for more lokani , granulosa and deep water types. Let me know if you have any?

[larryandlaura]

So thats your secret to the killer colors in your corals. And a great eye to of course.

[Manoj's Reef]

So thats your secret to the killer colors in your corals. And a great eye to of course.

I struggled with nitrates for almost 1yr before I decided to go the nitrate reactor. I am liking it so far. :)

[larryandlaura]

Wow i will remember that if I ever get that problem.

[Manoj's Reef]

Update:
Took some pics today of my bleeding apple acan.

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[larryandlaura]

OMG thats acan is sic! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Paulo]

Looks great as usual. Hope you and the non reef family are doing great lol.
Paulo

[thepanfish]

Any plans to frag the acan?

[Manoj's Reef]

OMG thats acan is sic! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Larry


Looks great as usual. Hope you and the non reef family are doing great lol.
Paulo

Thanks Bro...The non reef family is great and keeping me busy... How are things at your end??


Any plans to frag the acan?

You have a PM:)

[Reef keeper]

Awesome yeah frags!

[Manoj's Reef]

Update:

As you know I have been using the sulphur nitrate reactor for few weeks now. The nitrates have been down to zero. And my phospban is keeping my po4 at 0.04-0.06 , In the last week or so I have noticed that two of my nice acans took a serious beating.

I figured out that the water had no nutrients and the acans did not like it. Well but the time I figured this out I lost half colony of my SHLOK skittles and one adult polyp of the indian rainbow.

Now I have increased my feeding regimen.

Before I use to feed pellets once in two days and now I feed rods food and mysis every day.

Expensive lesson:duh:

[larryandlaura]

Update:

As you know I have been using the sulphur nitrate reactor for few weeks now. The nitrates have been down to zero. And my phospban is keeping my po4 at 0.04-0.06 , In the last week or so I have noticed that two of my nice acans took a serious beating.

I figured out that the water had no nutrients and the acans did not like it. Well but the time I figured this out I lost half colony of my SHLOK skittles and one adult polyp of the indian rainbow.

Now I have increased my feeding regimen.

Before I use to feed pellets once in two days and now I feed rods food and mysis every day.

Expensive lesson:duh:

Sorry to year about your lesson. You have a amazing collection that is very expensive. I hope everything gets back on track for you.

[Manoj's Reef]

My sweet nem:)

Rainbowlicious
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[larryandlaura]

That nems is amazing! You always get the best of the best Manoj!

[Manoj's Reef]

That nems is amazing! You always get the best of the best Manoj!

Thanks Larry...

How are things on your end??

[larryandlaura]

Thanks Larry...

How are things on your end??

Not bad at all, thanks for asking. Got a bunch of new polyps and a few chalices.

[binford4000]

saw that thing today,it's going to look sweet.Tank looks great as usual. Enjoy the wavebox,looking forward to some pics or a video of it in a tank it's designed for

[bluwc]

That nem is awesome! Sorry to hear about you're acans but at least you didn't lose everything. They will grow back

[Manoj's Reef]

That nem is awesome! Sorry to hear about you're acans but at least you didn't lose everything. They will grow back

Thanks Troy. For about 10 days everything seemed like it stopped growing. Or may be I was just paranoid:)

[Manoj's Reef]

Time for an update on the picasso pairs and their sunburst home. The pair is about 2.5 yrs old.

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[larryandlaura]

Wow Manoj that is a amazing pair and anemone! Is this your center piece?

[Manoj's Reef]

Wow Manoj that is a amazing pair and anemone! Is this your center piece?

Yes. Its one of my center pieces. My center pieces are tiered. First blastos, followed by orange hammer followed by the nem and picasso pair.

[larryandlaura]

Yes. Its one of my center pieces. My center pieces are tiered. First blastos, followed by orange hammer followed by the nem and picasso pair.

Sounds amazing can we get a overall pic?

[Manoj's Reef]

Will try to get some pics. I need to update some full tank shots as well.

[rosebud161616]

Is this the same red/green BTA that you had at MMC? Typically I see the name "starburst" referring to an orange/yellow/green BTA, but maybe I'm not see the anemone completely in the pic. Either way, very nice!

[Manoj's Reef]

Is this the same red/green BTA that you had at MMC? Typically I see the name "starburst" referring to an orange/yellow/green BTA, but maybe I'm not see the anemone completely in the pic. Either way, very nice!

It was nice meeting you Erica, the one at MMC is the one below. The one above is orange, yellow and green but when I take a pic with flash all I get is red and green. My camera is not the greatest:thumbs_down:



Rainbowlicious
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[larryandlaura]

How much are they Manoj?

[Sun357]

That is a very awesome nem. Loved it at the show! =)

~Fred

[Manoj's Reef]

That is a very awesome nem. Loved it at the show! =)

~Fred

Thanks Fred. How is your Z and P collection coming along?


How much are they Manoj?

Sent you a PM larry.

[Sun357]

Good! They seem to be growing well. I added some more at the conference and a branching hammer. =)

Got my LED's i'm going to attempt to put together this week so I can do an SPS or two if I want later on.

~Fred

[Manoj's Reef]

Good! They seem to be growing well. I added some more at the conference and a branching hammer. =)

Got my LED's i'm going to attempt to put together this week so I can do an SPS or two if I want later on.

~Fred

How was your sps build Fred?

I took some pics this weekend.
My clowns were doing Gymastics.

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[Sun357]

Went well after I replaced a bad pot in the brand new Mean Well driver I had. =/

The light and shimmer is incredible. My corals seem to love it. I picked up a Chalice and Orange encrusting Monti this weekend. Unfortunately now i'm broke until the new year. lol Darn holidays!

Love the clowns!

~Fred

[Manoj's Reef]

Some pics of my sexy scoly:)

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[rosebud161616]

Wow awesome pics!!!!

[Manoj's Reef]

Wow awesome pics!!!!

Thanks Ericka.

[larryandlaura]

I love that scoly! My next purchase for my display!

[Manoj's Reef]

Added about 9 sps yesterday. Below are some pics.
1. ORA Joe the Coral
2. ORA Sollestiis
3. ORA Blue voodoo
4. Glowstick
5. PC crayola
6. Orange Digi with green base
7. Sunset Milli
8. Strawberry Fields
9. Awesome yellow acro - not sure of the name.


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[MizTanks]

Wonderful additions Manoj!

[Manoj's Reef]

Wonderful additions Manoj!

Thanks Jamie..Some more closer pics

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[MizTanks]

Not a good pic for the neurotic (me) had to count every damn polyp-yeah it's that good :) LOL

[binford4000]

I call dibs on the first frags you cut

[Manoj's Reef]

Not a good pic for the neurotic (me) had to count every damn polyp-yeah it's that good :) LOL

Thanks lol.


I call dibs on the first frags you cut

Sounds good :)


Some top town pics.

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Highliter Acro - One of my favs

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Birdsnest.

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Palmers Milli

[larryandlaura]

Killer additions A+ Manoj!

[Manoj's Reef]

Killer additions A+ Manoj!

Thanks Man..The sps have been doing well after the addition of the nitrate reactor. You can tell I am happy:highfive3:

[Manoj's Reef]

Some of my other favs. Some pics with flash and some with out. I hope you like them.

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[larryandlaura]

Very nice encrusted frags?