mrussells mixed reef

[mrussell]

Unfortunately I had a mini tank crash when I went out of town. My girlfriend got to the end of the top off water and dumped the KALK paste in the tank, I lost most of my acans, my confusa colony is completely bleached and I had to break up my massive red planet colony, it could have been much worse, and it is incredible watching everything recover and thrive again, also it made some room in my tank just in time for Reefapolloza! some pics to comeFTS

Top down zoas

Frag rack full of Red planets

Whats left of Red planet colony

Bleached Confusa, was hopeful this would color back up but it seems to be slowly receding, I have been trying to load my tank with nutrients to help the recovery process but I dont know if its going to happen

End on a bright note my ASD rainbow milli is taking off and coloring up

[scubasteve]

Wow! Even for the small crash- tank looks very healthy and established! Awesome! I just can't seem to keep my hand out of my tanks! Lol ;p

[Octoman4]

dude mike thats looking super good!

[mrussell]

Thanks Scuba Steve, I try to make it a point not to move anything in the tank, although lately I have been considering taking out the sand and replacing it with new sand, its been in the tank about 3 yrs and I feel like it is beginning to cause algae issues.
If anyone has replaced sand beds with positive and or negative results please let me know.
Tyler, thanks man I cant wait to add a nice blue green sps to add to the spectrum of the tank, I was looking for your tank thread but couldn't find it on here, lets see some pics!
Also if anyone is looking for RP frags I got plenty up for trade

[h20poloman]

great little set up you have there and sorry to hear about the slight crash but it looks like it didn't turn out too bad. If anything...its time for a bigger tank!! If you attend RAP saturday make sure to stop by the SDMAS booth and say hello.

Marlin

[Octoman4]

Ill do one soon , I'm just super lazy

[mrussell]

Growth shots...top down front 3/2012
By mrussell2727 at 2012-03-25
Today 11/2012

[mrussell]

ASD Rainbow milli 10-18-12

Today 12-3-12

[duecejt]

I would like to see a pic of that big chalice on the front left. Collector piece or random chalice?

[mrussell]

I would like to see a pic of that big chalice on the front left. Collector piece or random chalice?

here you go...I believe its a mummy eye

[mrussell]

Quick update: The SPS have been growing real good for me but I have noticed that Something seems to be eating my Zoas pretty quickly. I believe it is either my emerald crab or a giant worm type creature I have living in a rock. I have only seen the worm once and it was in the middle of the night, it was reaching out about 4" never seen anything like it and I have no idea how big it really is. Any ideas on the culprit are appreciated.
Pic of the rock with the missing zoas, probably about 15 zoas eaten in the last couple weeks. Notice the bare area on the bottom portion of the rock

quick top down of the front half showing Red planet, ASD Rainbow Milli and zoa garden

Current FTS

[Vince]

wow great looking tank !! Thanks for sharing!!!

[Duke4130]

Awesome tank.... What are you dosing with and what is your dosing schedule

[mrussell]

Awesome tank.... What are you dosing with and what is your dosing schedule

Thanks. I dose bionic 2 part at 15ml a day and run kalk in my top off...probably going to have to start testing alk again soon as some of my sps are getting large and need to up my dosing.

[nanoreef1]

This tank looks crazy amazing love it!