Keoni Coral Flat Build

[davocean]

Wow, nice looking tank, and thanks for showing pics of the coral farm, very cool!
Is that open to the public?

[keoni]

thanks for the nice comments.

And yes, the coral farm is open to the public. I originally didn't want to post "where to buy" info because I didn't want anyone to think I'm advertising the farmer. I just wanted the local forum folk to see my nice little fieldtrip this weekend.

You can find Steve online at www.garretts-acropolis.com. There you can find out more about his outdoor farm. I'm happy with my frags but I'm more pleased with the fact that I've learned a lot more about coral husbandry just by him sharing his farming system with me. If anything, ask him to give you a tour of his farm some time. It's quite brilliant.

[davocean]

Awesome, link saved, I have to go to LA this week, maybe I can tie in a visit, thanks!

[keoni]

Started the weekend on another bit of a spree. Started at AQSD on Thursday night with this awesome Samoensis. Nice color and PE so I had to take her home.




Thanks Will! This is a killer acro!!!!

[keoni]

I ended this weekend on a good note with a pack of awesome sticks. 7 more to be exact. I'm setting up my old cube and making that a growout tank. For now all these frags that i'm collecting are in the main coral flat DT. I pretty much have all the equipment except the pump. I give myself another week or so then i'll have the growout cube ready to go to move my collection of frags. I'll combine that build with this one.

the add-ons



Fiji Blue tip Echinata



Blueberry acro



ORA Pearlberry



Rose Millepora



Poison Acro



Pink Bubblegum Millepora



Strawberry Lemonade Millepora


Thanks for the sticks Sonny!

[AquaSD]

Very pretty sticks! nice!

[keoni]

Been awhile since I updated so here it goes.

I had a series of issues one after the other since my last post. I had a PO4 spike that I can only attribute to some old LR that I had from my previous tank after a series of reasoning and deduction. You know what that means, nutrients = ugly-@ss algae!!!! It was serious battle as we all know. Got all the elements kicking in full gear to keep the PO4 in check now. Still fighting the battle but on a smaller scale. More of a gunfight now than a full scale invasion. Just when i got my water quality back in check, something else declared war on my tank as STN continued. I did an equipment deep clean and "low and behold" I discovered 2 rusted down pump shafts. After serious patience, ramming my head against the wall, and hard work, signs of healthy water were in site. I brought my water back down to an ULNS slowly so I wouldn't shock my SPS. My water params were in check with PO4 (.014 Hanna), NO3 (0 Salifert), PH (8.2), Dkh (7.7 Hanna), CA (420, Salifert), Mg (1440 salifert). I also have a grounding probe just in case I have stray voltage going through the tank (i did have an issue awhile back). After running at these levels for about a week, my SPS are doing a little better. STN has stopped from what I see and this is where I am today.

The pics are with my limited edition Iphone camera. my sps is a mixture of frag-grown, and wild and mari-cultured mini-colonies that I picked up from LFS, reefers and on-line retailers. I added a cool border that I found in an iphone app. Maybe someday i could buy a decent DSLR so I can take semi-decent pics. forgot to take an FTS.


the left side of tank


a crocea (a freebie from by buddy Fan) and a deresa. both from Aquasd.


a tongan BN from LA


some other SPS on the right side (samoensis, mille, ORA bn, etc. etc.)



I wish I had better pics. maybe next time i post, i'll have a real camera so pics won't be so saturated.

aloha,

[shioinu]

hey Keoni...nice build...well layed out...give us a full tank shot next round

[keoni]

Thanks Ryan. Here are some FTS pics i just took with my iphone.

[shioinu]

Flat out gorgeous!

[jessegarcia28]

amazing tank

[keoni]

amazing tank

Thank JG.

I wish I had more time to devote to the tank/hobby and maybe then my livestock would do much better.

But for now, I'll have to settle for keeping the peace in this tank considering its past issues.

[afan1888]

I am speechless.

I love the ledge on the right side of the tank.

[lpskeeper]

Nice tank man love the shallow tank! Nice scape as well.

[acronautical]

Yeah, beautiful reef! You've used creative aquascaping and artist's cues to create the illusion of a much larger reef. TOTM stuff.