Bricky's new Elos......

[SteelHead]

That fish is a beaut clark.

 

[Bricky]

 

[tat2z_21]

So now that I am thoroughly jealous. I think that your tank is awesome and looks phenomenol. Absolutely gorgeous.

 

[trido]

Growing in nicely! Thanks for the update

 

[picasso12]

looks amazing

 

[barrierreefcf]

Bling bling....is that too 2001? Looking good my friend! We need new close-ups of those sweet corals!

 

[NC2WA]

Bricky,

where's the regal angel ???

 

[veralteaquatics]

Lookin pretty good there buddy.. I'll have to make time to stop over for a beer and see it in person...

 

[Bricky]

She's still in there Kirk, and she's as fat as ever. If I ever have to pull her out I'll give you a call.

Sunset Monti

Setosa

Loripes

 

[dailydriven911]

Stunning tank Bricky! One of my favorites!

 

[roscoe]

Looking good! I love the aquascape.

 

[NC2WA]

yeah !!! good to know...

 

[roscoe]

You don't have any problems with that Regal Angel with your SPS or LPS? I would love to get one of those or a Blueface Angel for my tank in the future. I will have mainly SPS and LPS.

 

[Bricky]

I've seen the Regal take a nip here and there to a few sps and my australian brain, but never any damage. I do keep the take pretty well fed though too.

 

[Myteemouse]

Nice I feel wimpy compared to your peninsula ...
Unreal..
Very nice..

 

[Bricky]

Thanks to motivation by BobinCovington here are some updated pics:

 

[roscoe]

Wow looks great!!! I can't wait to have all my SPS that big!

 

[Bricky]

I had several issues over the last two months that slowed growth and color. First it was the heat of the summer (106 degrees outside can cause some problems even with a chiller). Thought I was ok, but when your temp probe is off by 2.5 degrees that can eventually do some damage. Then I had to deal with red bugs and my refractometer being off. The salinity got a little high (around 1.028)

Needles to say, I had some corals recede and some die. Lessons learned. 18 years of reefing, you'd think I knew what to look for. Now I do for sure. I check my temp once a week with a high precision thermometer and calibrate the refractometer more often.

I'm also upgrading the garage. Bigger sump, adding the kalk reactor, adding a fluidized reactor for Elos Filtra M, and starting Brightwell's MB7 and Biofuel.

 

[roscoe]

Man sounds like a lot of work LOL. I guess I'm a lazy reefer LOL.

 

[trido]

Looks good Matt!

Its easy to forget the basics. I also just check my refractometer after too long. It was off...........