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tinman
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nikon d610 buddy
tinman
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Tangency
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hey buddy how are youstill around ha
good to hear from you ..
Lurking in the shadows
I am good! How are you and the family?
Raising Reefs
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Your welcome. I see another beauty sitting next to it. I bet people are wondering what it is.
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tinman
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haha it RR Asia Orange Passion ... one of the best colored colonies i have seen and thank you soo much for such generous sizes on the frags..
i have to take pics of the other goodies i grabbed
GugsJr
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I just picked one up as well. Can't wait for it to growRoute 66 Merlins Staff ( the one on the right ) .... the beauty it is cant wait for it to grow ...
thank you soo much for the beauty Sonny [MENTION=921]goodguy[/MENTION]
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tinman
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RRA Orange passion Def deserves its own pic
so does SC orange Passion :
cant forget the oldies - Tyree Icefire Echinata
PC Superman
BC Bubble Bath unicorn - was not able to capture the correct colors but polyps are actually RED
this one i enhanced the colors a little just for fun
so does SC orange Passion :
cant forget the oldies - Tyree Icefire Echinata
PC Superman
BC Bubble Bath unicorn - was not able to capture the correct colors but polyps are actually RED
this one i enhanced the colors a little just for fun
tinman
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i jsut got back from vacation couple days ago and my heart sank a little looking at the state of the corals 
lost many high end acros including a nice sized mini colony of Rainbow envy
here is what happened, im cursing myself for being soo reckless with what i did before i left on vacation :
the week i left i was monitoring levels in my tank -
nitrates are near zero (should have left it that way and things would have been fine), alk consumption changed ( again should have left it that way and would have dropped to 6 or so and should have been fine ..)
with acros all doing soo great i think i got over confident and forgot how very sensitive some of the stuff is ..
so i bumped up the alk dose ever so lightly (or so i thought ) was upping like 0.1 dkh a day would mean about 1.5 dkh increase from 8-9.5 by the time i came back and should have been fine.
WORST DECISION EVER -
i was working even the day i left (with 8pm flight overseas i was working till 4:30 pm ish ) then thought i would check nitrates one last time - came out 0 .. and just about 30 mins left and in a frenzy i dosed some Sodium nitrate.. and changed the drain tube of skimmer to drain back into the sump and assuming everything is alright left on vacation..
BOOOM
by the time i came back half of the stuff is in very bad condition but some enjoying life ( i guess stuff that likes high alk and high nutrients like asd rainbow and a cpl of others doing soo well )
lost
1. JKR boba Fett
2. JKR Raspberry Bruiser ( one of my fav)
3. Tryee Ice fire echinata ( full colony :'( )
4. Matt V Psych Asylum ( paid $400 for less than an inch frag )
5. CC Voodoo Majick
6. WWC After Party and RRA Op hanging in there but dont look good.
7. Biggest of the blow - Mini Colony of rainbow Envy
others look ok (not too great ) but should perk back up after a month or so of rigourous work on the tank ..
NOTE to self : NEVER EVER USE Nitrate dosing .. IMO Gut feeling is this nitrate is not exactly the same as nitrates used by corals
lost many high end acros including a nice sized mini colony of Rainbow envy here is what happened, im cursing myself for being soo reckless with what i did before i left on vacation :
the week i left i was monitoring levels in my tank -
nitrates are near zero (should have left it that way and things would have been fine), alk consumption changed ( again should have left it that way and would have dropped to 6 or so and should have been fine ..)
with acros all doing soo great i think i got over confident and forgot how very sensitive some of the stuff is ..
so i bumped up the alk dose ever so lightly (or so i thought ) was upping like 0.1 dkh a day would mean about 1.5 dkh increase from 8-9.5 by the time i came back and should have been fine.
WORST DECISION EVER -
i was working even the day i left (with 8pm flight overseas i was working till 4:30 pm ish ) then thought i would check nitrates one last time - came out 0 .. and just about 30 mins left and in a frenzy i dosed some Sodium nitrate.. and changed the drain tube of skimmer to drain back into the sump and assuming everything is alright left on vacation..
BOOOM
by the time i came back half of the stuff is in very bad condition but some enjoying life ( i guess stuff that likes high alk and high nutrients like asd rainbow and a cpl of others doing soo well )
lost
1. JKR boba Fett
2. JKR Raspberry Bruiser ( one of my fav)
3. Tryee Ice fire echinata ( full colony :'( )
4. Matt V Psych Asylum ( paid $400 for less than an inch frag )
5. CC Voodoo Majick
6. WWC After Party and RRA Op hanging in there but dont look good.
7. Biggest of the blow - Mini Colony of rainbow Envy
others look ok (not too great ) but should perk back up after a month or so of rigourous work on the tank ..
NOTE to self : NEVER EVER USE Nitrate dosing .. IMO Gut feeling is this nitrate is not exactly the same as nitrates used by corals
windycty420
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You travel to much bud. Just get a softie tank so you don’t lose anything anymore
tinman
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thinking about that actually .. not even a softie tank ( softies are boring ) may be a planted freshwater would be fun
tinman
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Sorry to hear about this my friend, I’m leaving for 2 weeks and I’m hoping that I come back to a tank
generally 2 weeks of no interference from us is good and shouldnt really hurt the tank ..
this case is bs as i dosed Sodium Nitrate and corals didnt like it and stopped consuming Alk and alk rose to 11 ( from 8 over a period of 12 days ) and boom disaster. .. had i not dosed that sodium nitrate ..everything would have been fine.. wasnt thinking straight when i dosed it . well we should learn from mistakes is all i can say to myself to not be depressed haha