Smite's Stout CDA 2.0

[Smite]

Current coral want list.
Acropora:
Blue:
BC Skinny Love - smoothie
Heliarc Millepora - milli/table top of list millepora
Oregon Tort - smooth-stag is how I think of it (hopefully I can find someone who bought one from me)
Hawkins echinata - smoothie thin bush
ReefPet's Ultra Violet or Pearlberry - bush structure
Purple:
Valkarie's Moon - smoothie, table/bush like growth have to see.
Purple Monster - smoothie
John's Sukarnoi - Stag-like
Red:
Redwing/Bahama mamma Millepora - hairy table
Red Dragon - smoothie thin
Would love to find a truly red smoothie that tables.
Yellow:
Pink Floyd - smoothie table
Lokani - smoothie bush
Green:
Lime in the Sky (has blue too) - Staghorn
John's humilis - neon green like slimer
ASD rainbow millepora or the like.

LPS:
Scoly
Blastos fat head variant
Some type of torch, love to find an aussie gold.

Softies:
Zoanthid islands - whatever grabs my eye, not a big name zoa guy.
Mushrooms - some kind I like.

Anemone:
Gigantea - Plan to try this again at some point down the line.


I got an awesome group of CUC in from reefcleaners, through Jojo's group buy. Rocks are starting to look a little more mature, got that green base color to them. Next should be spots of coraline algae. Getting ready to add some tester pieces soon.

Fish were released yesterday and no aggression so far.

 

[drexel]

Nice list! I should be able to help you out on a few of those.

 

[Sold4JC]

I have a Oregon Tort, Hawkins Echinata, and WWC Little Red Ferrari frag for you. Let me know when you're ready.

 

[Smite]

I have a Oregon Tort, Hawkins Echinata, and WWC Little Red Ferrari frag for you. Let me know when you're ready.

Right on, I'll hit you up when I know the tank is ready!

 

[Smite]

Welp, CBB was stuck to the powerhead today. Even with the feeder. If I had to guess he got caught up in the bully battle between the Lamarcks and the Bristletooth tang, went to hide and got suck up in the 6105. Such a bummer.

I've said it a few times, but that'll be the last go around for me with them. Seen that about 10x too many since I started reef keeping.

 

[drexel]

Oh no, dude that really sucks! Sorry to hear. Fucking fish!

 

[drexel]

Maybe a nice squamosa or derasa in the middle?

 

[Jimbo327]

That sucks. I always thought fishes were too smart and strong to get stuck onto a powerhead. But nope.

 

[Smite]

Thanks guys.
On the up side, I added a couple tester pieces from Jose Serrano, so it’s officially a reef tank again. I dipped in potassium chloride for the first time, and it seemed to work great. I saw pods/amphipods drop pretty quick so that’s a good sign.

I’ve got the tank flow settled in pretty good. Getting dimples across the sand bed without holes anywhere.

I brought alk up to 7.5
Nitrate is 10
Phosphate is .15

Solomon millepora needs some coloring up after the dip. It will be a great tester piece. Polyps are tight but out. If I start to see color over the next few months I’ll know I’m ready to start hunting the piece I want.

LRO Lunar Lemonade - a cool Bali shortcake type piece.

I plan to keep islands of zoas and shrooms with the remaining branch leftovers. I picked up some yodaz and stiggy Marley.

Pretty sure it’s a sun coral and not a dendro give me something to feed and check in on daily. No polyps yesterday so I force fed it some cyclops, slight polyp extension today and tonight polyps are out and fluffy. The skin is retracted on the branches, so I’m making an effort to get food to each head for now.

 

[Dutch_Roots]

Thanks guys.
On the up side, I added a couple tester pieces from Jose Serrano, so it’s officially a reef tank again. I dipped in potassium chloride for the first time, and it seemed to work great. I saw pods/amphipods drop pretty quick so that’s a good sign.

I’ve got the tank flow settled in pretty good. Getting dimples across the sand bed without holes anywhere.

I brought alk up to 7.5
Nitrate is 10
Phosphate is .15

Solomon millepora needs some coloring up after the dip. It will be a great tester piece. Polyps are tight but out. If I start to see color over the next few months I’ll know I’m ready to start hunting the piece I want. View attachment 134996

LRO Lunar Lemonade - a cool Bali shortcake type piece. View attachment 134995

I plan to keep islands of zoas and shrooms with the remaining branch leftovers. I picked up some yodaz and stiggy Marley. View attachment 134998View attachment 134997

Pretty sure it’s a sun coral and not a dendro give me something to feed and check in on daily. No polyps yesterday so I force fed it some cyclops, slight polyp extension today and tonight polyps are out and fluffy. The skin is retracted on the branches, so I’m making an effort to get food to each head for now. View attachment 134999

Right on things look great! Excited to see this grow into an awesome reef like your previous builds.

 

[Smite]

Right on things look great! Excited to see this grow into an awesome reef like your previous builds.

Thanks man! I keep getting photo memories of my previous tanks popping up on my phone, acros specifically. So many cool pieces, I'm looking forward to getting back to that point over the next few years.

 

[Jimbo327]

Potassium Chloride and Melafix are my choice of dip nowadays. It is gentle but very effective.

Can't wait to see what you put into this tank.

 

[Deleted member 20245]

Congrats man - that's a huge comeback!

Hey - if you want to be adventurous, Coral Anon is selling a green gig. I despise those guys (sounds like crooks to me) so not buying...BUT in case you want to gamble...lol

https://coralsanonymous.com/collections/anemones/products/wysiwyg-mint-green-gigantea-carpet-anemone-5-7

 

[Smite]

Congrats man - that's a huge comeback!

Hey - if you want to be adventurous, Coral Anon is selling a green gig. I despise those guys (sounds like crooks to me) so not buying...BUT in case you want to gamble...lol

https://coralsanonymous.com/collections/anemones/products/wysiwyg-mint-green-gigantea-carpet-anemone-5-7

Thanks for the heads up. I've never heard of those guys before, looks like they're local but I didn't see an address listed on their site or FB? I know gigs struggle with shipping, I'll wait until I come across one locally down the road.

 

[anthonys_aqua]

Thanks for the heads up. I've never heard of those guys before, looks like they're local but I didn't see an address listed on their site or FB? I know gigs struggle with shipping, I'll wait until I come across one locally down the road.

I think they offer local pick up, theyre like in yorba linda or something like that