About the system:
Display tank is a custom AGE 265 gallon corner tank
Filtration:
Trigger systems Tideline 48" sump
Skimz external skimmer rated to 500 gallons
Biopellets in an Aqua Excel biopellet reactor
Return is a Aqua Ecxel DC 10,000
Flow:
Reeflo Dart through 4 x 1" return jets
2X Aquatop 3200gph powerheads
2X Aquatop 1600gph powerheads
Lighting
3x Ecotech Marine Radion G1
Water Chemistry Last I checked,
Phos. 0.16ppm
Salinity 34-35ppm
Day 1-2 I put the pieces in on Saturday night 7/11 on a frag rock on the bottom of the tank (roughly 27" deep) The chalice and acro both floureced really well but the palys didnt open more than 1/2 way either of the first two days. On Day 2 I noticed my queen angel being a little too inquisitive of the corals for my liking so I moved them all to the sump under a Fluval Sea LED, until I can catch and remove the queen angel.
So I finally caught my queen angel last night after pulling out 90% of my rock work, and redid the 'scape tonight. So here are some baseline pics of my frags. All pics will be taken with my radions set at 10,000k and 30%. They look very underwhelming in the pictures but I didn't want it to be a washout of blue either.
I only was doing 30% since for me it will most likely evenings when I take the pictures so I didn't want to shock them or overpower the camera. I am changing it with my reeflink to that for the pictures my normal daytime high is in the 70 or 80% range.
I have to say thanks for posting what temperature and percentage you're using to snap some pictures, that will help me out and a lot of other people out in the future. I also really like the detailed post your have been making.
Here are my 2 remaining frags. My sps fragments RTN'd for some unknown reason I think an alk swing but that's pure speculation. This also caused the chalice to recede quite a bit and now is being taken over by a cyano outbreak.
But on a positive note the plays have a 3rd full size head and I believe there are 2 more "juvenile" heads on the back side of the fragile but I can't tell for sure.
Here are my 2 remaining frags. Hope it not too late. The Palestinian have 5 full polyps and a 6th baby polyp. The chalice.... well not as big as it was when I got it but definitely has come back since almost dying off and has much better coloration.
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