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[McPikie]

Took a few snaps lastnight

D7K_6048 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6036 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6034 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6030 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6029 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6022 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6021 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6020 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6012 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_5997 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_5983 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_5982 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_5960 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr

 

[doug_amanda]

Looking good Phil,

What camera you using? The colours of the fish look fantastic.

 

[steve861uk]

Lovely

 

[McPikie]

Looking good Phil,

What camera you using? The colours of the fish look fantastic.

Nikon D7000 with a mixture of 18-55mm kit lens and 70-300mm Tamron Macro

 

[McPikie]

D7K_6102 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6108 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6113 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6120 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6121 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6124 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6127 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6132 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr

 

[McPikie]

So, Merser is closing down his house tank while he moves and gave me the opportunity of taking/babysitting some corals for him. I also managed to stick down a few which have been on the sandbed too long as I have been too lazy to get the milliput out

2017-10-23_01-15-23 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
2017-10-23_01-15-29 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
2017-10-23_01-15-36 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
2017-10-23_01-15-44 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
2017-10-23_01-15-55 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
2017-10-23_01-16-21 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
2017-10-23_01-16-31 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr

Had to move/trim this as it was getting too big

2017-10-23_01-16-02 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr

Then did some testing

2017-10-23_01-16-37 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
2017-10-23_01-16-43 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr

Gonna need to up that Kh to about 8

FTS at the mo

2017-10-23_01-16-15 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr

 

[McPikie]

Got the DSLR out again given the new additions

D7K_6136 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6142 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6143 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6147 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6151 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6160 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6163 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6167 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6168 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6170 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6173 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6174 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6175 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6179 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6180 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6184 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6183 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6187 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr

 

[doug_amanda]

looks really good and some great pictures as usual.

 

[McPikie]

Had a trip to Corals Direct on saturday and picked up a few mini colonies

2017-11-13_09-31-48 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
2017-11-11_05-20-36 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
2017-11-11_05-20-44 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6283 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr

Full tank shot
2017-11-13_09-31-58 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr

 

[doug_amanda]

Not much room left Phil, anymore and your going to need a bigger tank,, looks great

 

[McPikie]

Nipped up to my LFS, Kraken Corals on Saturday for some Peppermint shrimps to tackle my aip outbreak. Took 3 home and, once in, I havent seen them since. I might get the red torch out tonight after lights out, see if I can see them doing their thing.

Whilst at Kraken, they had a deal on frags for black friday, 3 for £30, so picked up a nice green millipora, a lovely ice blue tenius which looked to have yellowy tips coming through, and a random pale one, which also looks to be tenius of some kind

2017-11-27_10-55-48 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
2017-11-27_10-55-36 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
2017-11-27_10-55-42 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr

Getting a bit full in there now

2017-11-27_10-55-53 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr

 

[McPikie]

Update. Had a few issues recently, some of the new mini colonies started to strip, as did some stylo. I couldnt figure it out, was dosing a bit of bicarb everyday, trying to keep Kh at 8. Then I picked up some peppermints to deal with my aip infestation. Checked the Sg from the shop. 1.029!!! Jesus, thats a bit high. Dripped them for around 30 mins and popped them in. Then double checked tank, showing 1.026.

Then I decided to check refractometer with RO....... -4!!! I've calibrated it with the RO, and slowly brought the tank back up to 1.026, re-checking the calibration every time with RO where its been bang on zero before testing water. Maybe that was the issue? anyways, some pics:

2017-12-06_10-34-43 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
2017-12-06_10-34-53 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
2017-12-06_10-35-04 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr

Some nice blue coming through on the tips here
2017-12-06_10-35-12 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
2017-12-06_10-35-40 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr

Bit of stripping from the base
2017-12-06_10-35-26 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr

2017-12-06_10-35-34 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
2017-12-06_10-35-50 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr

And for the first time in over a week I noticed two of these out and about
2017-12-06_10-36-25 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr

 

[Jagger]

Nice setup, you can't beat a nice bargain!

Also you have some stunning Sps!

You will have to check out my Thread as I am getting up the same tank that I got the other day from my LFS.

 

[Jagger]

Any picture of your sump please!

I am in the process of setting mine up and could do with a few ideas.

 

[McPikie]

Any picture of your sump please!

I am in the process of setting mine up and could do with a few ideas.

The sig sump is a pain in the dick. Mine goes:

Drain, no filter sock anymore.
Into next small chamber which houses the cheato
Then into first large chamber where the skimmer and first heater are.
Then final chamber which has the return pump, phos reactor and secondary heater

2017-09-06_02-32-31 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
2017-08-07_11-22-29 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr

 

[Jagger]

The sig sump is a pain in the dick. Mine goes:

Drain, no filter sock anymore.
Into next small chamber which houses the cheato
Then into first large chamber where the skimmer and first heater are.
Then final chamber which has the return pump, phos reactor and secondary heater

2017-09-06_02-32-31 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
2017-08-07_11-22-29 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr

Oh nice layout you have but have you got the standard sump? It's smaller then mine lol.

I am thinking about adding mineral mud in my sump with cheato.

 

[McPikie]

Yeah, mine is the standard sump, but it's in a larger home made cabinet, so may look smaller. The sig sump kinda goes round in a circle, unless you have a different set up? Can you upload a pic of yours?

 

[Jagger]

Yeah, mine is the standard sump, but it's in a larger home made cabinet, so may look smaller. The sig sump kinda goes round in a circle, unless you have a different set up? Can you upload a pic of yours?

Yes I see now,just looked at one of your picture of the tank&cabinet.

Yes my sump is the same.

My sump is the wrong way round at the moment,just doing few modification.

 

[McPikie]

Well, despite having fingers crossed, it seems the yellow wanted the CBB to know he was the boss of the tank and the aggression continued. This was also scaring the firefish into hiding due to the fast paced movements of the tang, so the fish trap went in. Yellow wasnt so stupid though, and it took nearly a week for him to actually get far enough in the trap for me to snap it shut.

I took him back to Corals Direct who gave me some store credit. I'm sure he will find a suitable home........ or end up in their corals trays.

After umming and ahhring (much to Ahmed's dissmay I bet) for about an hour, I finally settled on his replacement. A Juv Purple tang. He is about the size of a 50p and given he is new to the tank, has displayed zero signs of aggression yet. He is happily following the clowns around and pecking the rocks for algae. The firefish are back out, the CBB seems happy too.

D7K_6351 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6348 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6328 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6317 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr


and some corals pics with the macro lens

D7K_6306 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6305 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6303 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6301 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr
D7K_6298 by Phil Cookson, on Flickr

 

[Jagger]

Wow stunning photos and stock you have Phil, what list of sos have you got?

Also I cant wait for mi Sps to come in Jan.....!