The Journey Continues - Mike & Terry's 280g Reef Savvy

[nelson69]

Thanks mike &terry

 

[Mike&Terry]

Wow amazing photos of amazing fish! Reefing season is going to be awesome! Ha!

Thanks Rev!

Thanks mike &terry

You're welcome! It's nice to get some questions...

 

[Mike&Terry]

We lost our original Purple Monster mini colony after the seal fail debacle in May of 2015 when a stylophora colony fell over on it in our frag tank. Of all the corals that we lost during the 15 months in temporary housing, this one was the hardest.
Here's a pic of the coral (3.5" and 4 years growth):


Since then, we have been searching for a replacement frag and finally found not 1, but 2 nice sized ones from @uniquecorals. To say we are ecstatic is an understatement! Now let the growing begin!!!

 

[Dave Cureton]

Wishing you good luck with the PM. That's one on my wishlist too!

 

[nelson69]

Nice

 

[Mike&Terry]

Wishing you good luck with the PM. That's one on my wishlist too!

Nice

Thanks Guys! We also took the opportunity to snag a nice chunky frag of Unique's Purple Monster for comparison as they grow out.

 

[philfree]

Any FTS?

 

[Mike&Terry]

Any FTS?

Taken just a few minutes ago... Please ignore the coralline algae gone wild...

 

[Stylo328]

Tank looks exceptional!

 

[Mike&Terry]

Tank looks exceptional!

Thank You! We need to carve out some time to clean our tunze pumps before the next FTS.

 

[Drs2140]

Love seeing big colonies!

 

[Mike&Terry]

Love seeing big colonies!

Thank You!

 

[philfree]

Still one of my favorite systems!
Nice job you two!

 

[Mike&Terry]

Still one of my favorite systems!
Nice job you two!

Thank You so much philfree!

 

[Mike&Terry]

Got lucky last night and snagged a shot of one of our 2 new paracheilinus octotaenia (Eightline flasher wrasses):


And a shot of the tiny, new C. earlei:

We originally acquired two of the Earl's, but the larger one came in with a damaged swim bladder. I managed to keep him alive for over 2 months and had hoped he would improve enough to keep him in our refugium or 30g nano, but it wasn't meant to be

 

[revhtree]

Taken just a few minutes ago... Please ignore the coralline algae gone wild...

Already beautiful in such a short time!

 

[revhtree]

Also is there a reason you choose Tunze over other pumps? I like Tunze, Gyre, Vortech, Neptune so just wondering!

 

[Mike&Terry]

Already beautiful in such a short time!

Thank You Rev! The past 4 months have both blown by and seemed to take forever if that makes any sense! The devastating injuries my dad suffered from his fall at the end of August and subsequent passing in October put our reef on the back burner for a while...

Also is there a reason you choose Tunze over other pumps? I like Tunze, Gyre, Vortech, Neptune so just wondering!

We've been using Tunze pumps for many, many years. They are very reliable and we like the flexibility of being able to aim them in any direction. And on the rare occasion we've had an issue with a pump, customer service has been Fantastic.

 

[drawman]

What settings are you using for fish photography? Great pics!

 

[revhtree]

We've been using Tunze pumps for many, many years. They are very reliable and we like the flexibility of being able to aim them in any direction. And on the rare occasion we've had an issue with a pump, customer service has been Fantastic.

Great pumps for sure and I agree!