400 gallons of saltwater running through my house.

[DevonM]

It's funny to watch the clown host in the squamosa. It always makes me think about Kevin P's huge clam and clownfish pair.

 

[DevonM]

A couple update pictures:

The big squami leaves just enough room for the clown to sleep.

The Rabbitfish waking up in the morning looks pretty cool!

A couple new Longspine Cardinalfish (Zoramia leptacantha) for the tank. They are a little scared now but seem to be getting more comfortable with their tank mates.

 

[DevonM]

SURF2 Algae Scrubber Update - Week 36

 

[CarlaW]

Yep, may be time to just depend on the refugium again. What is the tank looking like?

 

[DevonM]

New algae scrubber arriving in the mail today (Turbo L2 Algae Scrubber). This one is a different style (pump fed) but about the same size. I look forward to running them side-by-side for a while to see what happens. The first algae scrubber just won't produce on my system so we'll see how the new scrubber works.

A couple weeks ago Kelan and I put together a set of LEDs from ledgroupbuy.com for my display. So far I am really happy with the way it turned out. I'll slowly increase intensity each week. It's actually quite difficult to record how that tank actually looks. The cameras have a difficult time picking all the colors.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbMpYRNHyKnl5SkHYLYlQ8soCApnPGxzO[/video]

 

[CarlaW]

Looking really good!!!!!

 

[DevonM]

Tank update: Well the new algae scrubber is installed on the system! I have an algae scrubber build on my blog that has some pretty good pics. I'm pretty darn impressed with the quality of this scrubber, hopefully it will work!

The new Lumia LED fixture on my tank (build) has made a world of difference aesthetically but most importantly the tank population seems to like them. It took a bit for some of the fish to adjust but the clams seemed pretty happy from the git-go. Each time I increase the LED intensity by 5% the SPS give off a little slime (accumulates in the sump). I assume they are adding a little extra "sunscreen" until they have adjusted.

For those of you using LEDs, at what increment did you increase your led intensity? Where did you stop?

 

[CarlaW]

I increased by 5% each time and stopped at 65% blues-60% whites.

Glad your system likes the lights, it is a huge change for them!!

 

[DevonM]

I increased by 5% each time and stopped at 65% blues-60% whites.

Glad your system likes the lights, it is a huge change for them!!

I'm increasing 5% every 10 days or so, no hurry. I'm just really happy the clams aren't reaching for light or acting different. I'm currently at 45% across all channels which seems as bright as the MHs were at 100%.

I think the fish just needed to get used to the increased "shimmery" affect the LEDs have.

 

[CarlaW]

I was honestly very surprised at the shimmer effect of mine Devon

 

[DevonM]

I was honestly very surprised at the shimmer effect of mine Devon

Same here, I can see why some people talk about the disco effect. I am really impressed with the aesthetics and want to start getting a few corals that "pop."

 

[CarlaW]

Blues look good under mine, oranges, maybe some purples.

 

[dailydriven911]

Wow nice tank! I'm increasing mine 5% every few weeks. I'm at 60% intensity with 50% max blue/whites. I'd like to get around 80% intensity but things are looking so good I'm tempted to leave it lol.

 

[DevonM]

Wow nice tank!

Thanks!

I'm increasing mine 5% every few weeks. I'm at 60% intensity with 50% max blue/whites. I'd like to get around 80% intensity but things are looking so good I'm tempted to leave it lol.

Yeah I feel I am going to get to that point very soon. Everything looks happy plus I have more coverage with the new LED fixture.

 

[DevonM]

Blues look good under mine, oranges, maybe some purples.

The blue stag I have looks awesome. I kind of wish I still had my scoly and brains hwell:

Soon as I kick this green hair algae in the but and the tank stabilizes I'll concentrate on some new frags.

 

[DevonM]

 

[DevonM]

Any ideas what this anemone in my fuge is? I guess it could be a small stony coral but it looks like an anemone to me with branch like arms. I see something new in my tank every day...

 

[CarlaW]

Hydroid? I really have no clue!!

 

[spieszak]

Ball anemone

 

[DevonM]

Hydroid? I really have no clue!!

Could be...

Ball anemone

I don't think it's a ball anemone because when the pod touches it the arms shrink up and they appear to have a branch/snowflake type structure.