Grassman's 55 Gallon Reef

[coolhandgoose]

Ha, that looks familiar :)

 

[Grassman]

Ha, that looks familiar :)

I think we've all seen that look from our partners.

 

[Grassman]

Awww well I hope it recovers! It's still an upgrade from the previous one!

Hate to say it Biff, but it didn't make it. The main vein was broken when it was dropped. Lyle is giving me another one. He's also got this huge rock of pink zoas for 50 or 35 if I trade him my small frag of them.

 

[Grassman]

It's been a while, but lots has happened. My GTMs have split about 6 times since I got them. Here it is splitting again.

I removed the scrubber since I couldn't get it to work and bought a Phosban Reactor.

I'm running a 50/50 mixture.

I picked up a new to me light fixture. It's a 36" 6 tube T5.

Here's a long tank shot taken tonight.

 

[Grassman]

Here's my corals after 3 weeks with the new lights. The kinds are in the file names.

 

[Grassman]

Here's what my tank looks like now.

 

[Mr.Diggler]

Lovely shrooms.:bowdown:

 

[Waddi]

Looking good mate, been long time! Hows you?

 

[little_fish]

looks good!

 

[Grassman]

Lovely shrooms.:bowdown:

Thanks Diggler!! I was given the blue ones (last picture) the other day to grow out.

 

[Grassman]

Looking good mate, been long time! Hows you?

Thanks Waddi!! I've been kinda busy. I've done a bit of fragging.

I'm doing good. Would be doing better if it wasn't so damn hot. I'm a winter guy!! Just got back from the cottage. It's one of my Mom's, but I call it mine since I do all the repairs to it. LOL! She still charges me rent though. :(

How's things with you?

 

[Waddi]

Hahaha, yea dude im good!
My tank is coming along good, slowly but surely! Yours is amazing though mate!
But yea, im more of a summer guy, gotta hate clearing the snow! :D

 

[Mandarin66]

Is your tank being invaded my cyano? Nvm i love your shrooms :D

 

[Grassman]

Hahaha, yea dude im good!
My tank is coming along good, slowly but surely! Yours is amazing though mate!
But yea, im more of a summer guy, gotta hate clearing the snow! :D

I feed my corals cyclops weekly and do a little dosing for calcium, alk, and a little something for the zoas. The last 3 weeks has been the most growth with the new lights. I'll have to make time to look at your tank.

You guys get WAY more snow then we do. I have 2 snow shovels. I named them Thomas and Kristian!! LOL!!

 

[Grassman]

Is your tank being invaded my cyano? Nvm i love your shrooms :D

Not anymore. I've had an algae bloom with the new lights. It's slowing down and getting eaten fast. I can get shrooms to grow faster and multiply faster then anything else.

 

[coolhandgoose]

Looking good. I'm drawing a blank, what's a gtm?

 

[Grassman]

Looking good. I'm drawing a blank, what's a gtm?

Thank you. GTM is Barry short form for Green Tipped Mushroom. LOL!

 

[coolhandgoose]

Thanks LOL :)

 

[Grassman]

Oh No!!! Kim & I went shopping today. We went to London for curtains for our daughters room, and this is what we came home with.

3 Headed Blue Ric and a coral I can't remember the name of even though I was told it 5 times.

2 Trochus Snails, 3 Cerith Snails, an Emerald Crab since both of mine have died, a nice 3 headed Blue Mushroom, and another coral I have no idea the name, but loved the way it looked.

The Emerald Crab landed here out of the net, and started eating right away.

My Blue Ric.

Blue Mushrooms.

Unknown Coral 1.

Unknown Coral 2.

My Trochus Snails.

The Cerith snails went for a run under the substrate as soon as they hit it.

 

[Waddi]

Cool additions!