Riot Reef

[Golden Tooth]

Yeah! Nice tank.

[danano]

Looking good Riot! The sps should do well under 400w, even on the "sandbed". You mentioned going BB. Do you have any substrate at all?

[riot]

Thanks guys. As can be seen, I like stags and hope that they will grow like weeds, so theres lots of space for them to reACH OUT. imagine a forest of staghorns- cool. Easier to keep and less senstive than other corals.

Dan- I dont have a dsb but I do keep a "handful" of sand I scattered at the sides an centre of my reef lagoon. They are kept in by a small rock ledge, so they wont slide under the liverock. The front of the tank is hit by the tunzes, so its quite bare. Overall, exposed sandbed is less than 1cm thick.

I am having far better water quality than the old dsb I was running. Towards the end of my old reef, nitrates were climbing and I was having a massive hair algae bloom. THis was besides the beckett and the water changes.

[ambystoma82]

nice prata there u got...

y dun put in centre of e tank ?

if u ever interested in selling let me knw..

[AlfaRomeo]

Cool tank dude! should look very very nice once the stags grow out! cool!

[riot]

Main reason why I am putting the prata in the centre is prime real estate. That Orchard Road, baby. Will wait for a BEAUTIFUL table so I can put it right there. Besides, the prata will kerna whiplashed by the currents. LPS and softies relegated to the East- Bedok area.

[yiling]

hey riot bro,

really nice tank..

Got me inspired again

[AlfaRomeo]

Main reason why I am putting the prata in the centre is prime real estate. That Orchard Road, baby. Will wait for a BEAUTIFUL table so I can put it right there. Besides, the prata will kerna whiplashed by the currents. LPS and softies relegated to the East- Bedok area.

Oi Oi Oi, whats wrong with the East ah? We dunt deserve special place and attention issit? hehehehe

[DeepBlue]

and there I was....always wanting to move to the East...

[riot]

Full frontal as at end march

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[riot]

Some colonies have browned out, esp those I put down on the sand bed. Colonies on the higher floors are retaining colour well.

[riot]

Tank looks better with the open sandbed. In this case, less is more. Shouldnt have bought the additional colonies.

[Dispar_Anthias]

Wow nice.. have the very pack look

[FuEl]

Hmm..I fellow believer of 1cm sand bed in main tank.

Anyway, great tank and nice purple rocks.

[ZeRoC00l]

Tank looks better with the open sandbed. In this case, less is more. Shouldnt have bought the additional colonies.

Then sell them to me!!!

Any open house soon???

[nicken]

bro hw high is ur MH away from ur tank ?

[DeepBlue]

Tank looks better with the open sandbed. In this case, less is more. Shouldnt have bought the additional colonies.

we have all heard that before...... lol..... I like the 'shouldnt' part....never works when I am staring at the acros.

everytime pple see me at LFS...they'll say...your tank very packed liaoz???

Look at Dan....I think he gets that even more

[riot]

Ah DB....but there's a difference! His tank is far better than mine

Nicken- sps colonies on the sandbed are 20 inches (water) 15 inches (air) from 400w BLV10kk. Looks like I might need to shift these colonies higher. But the live rock arrangment is pretty narrow at the highest levels- good for stags but too narrow to support table colonies. Hmmm. gotta re-arrange now.

[bubble_gum]

have to agree with fuel that ur coralline algae growth looks good .....

wonder when my rocks will ever turn that purple

[riot]

thanks. I would actually prefer :

" have to agree with fuel that ur SPS colours and growth looks good .....

wonder when my SPS will ever turn out like that"

but I will still accept the compliments

[DeepBlue]

your acros are lucky....they get to enjoy the benefits of 400W..the stags will grow out of the water in no time

[riot]

Yeah, keeping my fingers crossed. Then I wil frag 'em and make a gillion bucks and retire to my private island in the Carribeans

[bubble_gum]

thanks. I would actually prefer :

" have to agree with fuel that ur SPS colours and growth looks good .....

wonder when my SPS will ever turn out like that"

but I will still accept the compliments

hehe i can never really apprecitae sps bt they do look colourful though