cousin it acros

[hobogato]

my tank has looked a little off for a couple of weeks, with less PE, color and even some recession at the bottom of some corals. i could not for the life of me figure out what was wrong - even ran the full battery of test - nothing unusual. well, in two days, everything has returned to normal, and even better on some corals. cant believe the PE on some of these....

blue bottlebrush (this is the acro that is the hair of my avatar)
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC004982.jpg
closer
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00498.jpg
and some other hairy acros
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00504.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00506.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00507.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00508.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00514.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/PDRM3294.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00509.jpg

[hobogato]

some more random corals

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00500.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00511.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00515.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00516.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00519.jpg

and some top down shots with the photobox
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/PDRM3293.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/PDRM3295.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/PDRM3296.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/PDRM3297.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/PDRM3298.jpg

[hobogato]

some more top downs

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/PDRM3299.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/PDRM3300.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/PDRM3301.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/PDRM3302.jpg
true undata starting to color well
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/PDRM3303.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/PDRM3305.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/PDRM3306.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/PDRM3307.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/PDRM3311.jpg

[LoneStar]

Yup those are some fuzzy pictures :)

[hobogato]

last batch

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/PDRM3312.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/PDRM3313.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/PDRM3315.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/PDRM3316.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/PDRM3318.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/PDRM3319.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/PDRM3320.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/PDRM3321.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/PDRM3322.jpg

[C.Mydas]

Ow ow ow ow! My scrolling finger just cramped up! Ooops nope....correction...my scrolling finger just fell off :lol

Great shots Ace! You've got 2 corals that are on my 'wish list' ...the rainbow monti and the blue and green chalice. The rainbow is gorgeous...cough cough hint hint (Brian are you listening?).... ;)

[hobogato]

thanks chrissy - it is actually a little more colorful than in the pic, for some reason the camera washed it out a little. when its big enough, you know you are welcome to a frag. also, have a couple of pieces that broke off of the chalice too ;) next time you are in town, come by.

[Bill S]

Oh, I give up! I'm not buying any more corals. Seriously, serious tank Ace. Ever figure out what the "problem" was?

[BIGBIRD123]

I got one of those Ronco FUZZ trimmers you can borrow to cleans those things up....LOL! Nice, Ace. Looking great!

Steve

[hobogato]

Oh, I give up! I'm not buying any more corals. Seriously, serious tank Ace. Ever figure out what the "problem" was?

i think it was a combo of little things. changing to the bigger chiller dropped the daytime temps of the tank from 82 to 78 (was going from 79 at night to 82 during the day - now around 78 round the clock), feed pump to the calc reactor was a little clogged which slowed the effluent a bit, stirring pump on kalk reactor wasnt working bc the digital timer on it quit, and i spilled some carbon in the sump which kept clogging the beckett on the skimmer for a few days (only had to clean it out once today :roll ).

i did notice that my ORP was down about 10 or 20 pts for a couple of weeks, but has bounced back up to normal in the last couple of days also.

[Texreefer]

Ace i am having the exact same problem right now,, can;t for the life of me figure out the problem

[hobogato]

oh, my skimmer is now pulling out more than it used to since i modded the beckett injector.

[Bill S]

OK, so another vote for a chiller...

What mod did you make? Would mine benefit from it?

LOL on the carbon. It happened to me a couple of weeks ago. %$*#!

[hobogato]

take the injector off and bring it to me. takes about 5 minutes, increases air intake and decreases bubble size. it involves plugging the 4 large holes and drilling lots of small holes in their place.

[erikharrison]

take the injector off and bring it to me. takes about 5 minutes, increases air intake and decreases bubble size. it involves plugging the 4 large holes and drilling lots of small holes in their place.

Don't forget, you get to use a smaller pump!!!!


Ace, I hear them darn dueling banjos again. Those pics are so great! Do you have your focus on auto when you do the top downs?

[hobogato]

yes, but the top downs are with my old camera - i just dont have the guts to hold the new one over the water - got a 100mm macro lens today, so hopefully that will improve the close shot.... off to practice i go

[hobogato]

here are the first two decent macro shots with the new lens - talked with mark for a while about photography yesterday, so hopefully i will get better at this. nothing like talking to an expert to make you realize how much you dont know :)

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00524.jpg
gonna have to turn off the pumps to get decent macro shots from now on - moving polyps dont photo well
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00527.jpg

[clone]

those pics are amazing,take more

[engwife36]

WOW!!!!I'm jealous. Super nice....

[hobogato]

ok, practiced a little, here are some macro shots

super pink chalice
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC005682.jpg
closer
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00568.jpg
blasto
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC005672.jpg
closer
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00567.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00566.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00565.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00564.jpg

[hobogato]

one more batch

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC005632.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00563.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00562.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC005602.jpg
paletta blue
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC005592.jpg
closer
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00559.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00557.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00549.jpg
just for fun since i had all the pumps off
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00611.jpg

[AquaDen]

Ace, I purchased a Canon Rebel XTi a couple of months ago. Great camera if I can figure out how to use it properly. I am wanting to purchase a macro/telephoto lens 70-200mm. Its obvious that your lens takes amazing pictures! Please share what new lens you purchased. I am looking at a Tamron, but as you might know they are rather cheap. Any suggestions? Are you using a macro flash for any of these pictures?
Gary

[hobogato]

gary, i am using a 100mm minolta macro lens (not a zoom/macro combo). sorry, i dont know anything about tamron lenses. i didnt use a flash on any of those pics.