new "canvas" - Page 15

Gary Majchrzak · #**351** 12/03/2007, 07:59 PM

Conesus_Kid · #**352** 12/03/2007, 08:08 PM

Incredible, as usual, Gary!

Is that coral towards the top center/right a porites?

dreaminmel · #**353** 12/03/2007, 08:20 PM

Pimpin' the P.imp eh Gary...

I can never get enough of these update pics. It's so nice to watch the things progress in tanks. Thanks for sharin'!

crp · #**354** 12/03/2007, 09:05 PM

Beautiful pictures.

otiso777 · #**355** 12/03/2007, 10:26 PM

Great picture! That birdsnest is huge!

magdelan · #**356** 12/03/2007, 11:19 PM

Gary, those pictures are just alright. I think you can do better. Let's see more

KurtsReef · #**357** 12/04/2007, 07:59 AM

Looking great.

melev · #**358** 12/04/2007, 04:35 PM

Did your angel eat those huge aiptasia? I can't see a single one.

Kent E · #**359** 12/04/2007, 04:48 PM

Stunning picture! I vote tank of the month (in a few months).

Your angel seems to be way ahead of mine coloring wise.

Do you still have any pavona in the tank?

Gary Majchrzak · #**360** 12/04/2007, 05:37 PM

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Originally posted by Kent E
Stunning picture! I vote tank of the month (in a few months).
Your angel seems to be way ahead of mine coloring wise.
Do you still have any pavona in the tank?

thanks Kent but no Pavona now- it was lost during the move.

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Originally posted by melev
Did your angel eat those huge aiptasia? I can't see a single one.

Aiptasia have been getting nibbled away very slowly.

Quote:

Originally posted by Conesus_Kid
Incredible, as usual, Gary!
Is that coral towards the top center/right a porites?

good eye. That Porites was one of the few corals that survived the move.

tmz · #**361** 12/04/2007, 10:05 PM

Thanks for sharing the photo. Very enjoyable.

magdelan · #**362** 12/05/2007, 01:09 AM

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Originally posted by Gary Majchrzak
That Porites was one of the few corals that survived the move.

Why did many of your corals NOT survive the move? What did you do to cause this and what woud you do differently next time (not that there will be a next time)?

Gary Majchrzak · #**363** 12/05/2007, 05:23 PM

Mike- I moved the entire contents of our house (no professional movers). This diverted my time from moving the aquarium. A few very nice URS members helped me move the aquarium and it's contents, but every square inch of liverock was covered with corals and stuff got crushed when it was placed in the new aquarium. I took too long to get the system up and running once the stugff was in the tank. It was a chain reaction- all bad.

johno4 · #**364** 12/05/2007, 07:55 PM

Unreal. My fiance just wow'ed as she walked by the computer. If you keep posting picks like that maybe I'll be able to convince her into an upgrade

magdelan · #**365** 12/06/2007, 12:58 AM

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Originally posted by johno4
Unreal. My fiance just wow'ed as she walked by the computer. If you keep posting picks like that maybe I'll be able to convince her into an upgrade

My wife is not at all interested in the particulars of the hobby, but she has said, "I hope that after setting up this new tank (180g), it will look like Gary's on RC...It's really pretty".

That's too bad about the move. Hopefully that in itself will show people what not to do when moving.

Gary Majchrzak · #**366** 12/25/2007, 01:17 PM

this picture shows how "Gary's unknown Acropora" has overgrown, killed and sealed off two Vermitid snails with it's growth. This Acropora is now in the process of killing off and overgrowing more of the Porites and Vermitids.

Gary Majchrzak · #**367** 12/25/2007, 01:33 PM

I've had this particular Acropora for many years. It can be seen in my TOTM article in 'Reefkeeping Online Magazine' (April '06 issue). Before I lost most of my corals in our move last year I fragged this Acro. Fortunately, Gary Greguire provided me with a frag of this very same coral to grow in my new reef aquarium. Here's a growth series in my current system. Note the Vermitid snail before it got overgrown.

tmz · #**368** 12/25/2007, 03:28 PM

Gary ,thanks for the Christmass card. I just finished cleaning filters. A Merry Christmass to you and yours.

Conesus_Kid · #**369** 12/25/2007, 06:18 PM

Gary,

How are handling Ca and Alk supplementation? I seem to remember that you took your calcium reactor offline.

Again, as always, looks fantastic!

melev · #**370** 12/25/2007, 07:15 PM

That's definitely a stunning piece, and it's nice to see one of the 'good guys' snuffing some of those wanna-be pests.

KurtsReef · #**371** 12/25/2007, 09:06 PM

Nice. I think I got a piece of this from SHelinski the other day. Hope mine grows up to look like this.

Gary Majchrzak · #**372** 12/25/2007, 09:58 PM

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Originally posted by Conesus_Kid
Gary,

How are handling Ca and Alk supplementation? I seem to remember that you took your calcium reactor offline.

Again, as always, looks fantastic!

thanks. My reactor was offline for a few weeks but it's back up and running now. I also use limewater and liquid two part alk/Ca supplements.
Marc & Kurt thanks. This coral is definitely stunning. Tough as nails, too. If this is the same Acro that you got from Steve you'll soon see what I mean, Kurt.

chris wright · #**373** 12/26/2007, 11:03 PM

An amazing set-up. I first one of your tanks in an older totm article, and now thanks to Marc linking to this thread, Ive been able to catch up on how things are going.

Congratulations on 14 years in the hobby. A mile stone lo look forward to.

I do have a question that I hope you can help with. All lps I have are healthy, and only my Lobophyilla had a little skeleton showing, which now is not the case. I have not had to deal with any real problems with LPS, hence my question.

My question relates to a fellow reefer, who has the same, if not worse problem than the lps you showed on page 6.
Could you explain what you did to aid in the recovery of that coral please. Feeding apparently is not helping his coral. Only problem I see at the moment is his nitrates are at 20ppm.

Any information you give I will pass on. I'd link the thread, but it's a different forum, unless you'd like to see for yourself the problem.

Thanks

Chris

Gary Majchrzak · #**374** 12/26/2007, 11:21 PM

Hi, Chris. Thanks for the kind words.
Reducing nitrates from 20ppm is advisable but also have your friend check his levels of Mg (magnesium) calcium and alkalinity. Also make sure that no fish are nipping LPS- I had to re-arrange some LPS when I introduced my Emperor.

mcrist · #**375** 01/06/2008, 12:20 PM

Any updated full tank shots?

Great looking tank...