Coral Maternity in Portugal - Page 6

Machado deSousa · #**126** 10/17/2007, 11:06 PM

I want to show you some details of my tanks, with pics taken by my friend Tiago Garcia (he and his camera make miracles...).
I begin with some of my clean up crew fishes. I thank them for keeping my tanks algae free (and I pay nothing,,,)

I hope you enjoy it

Machado deSousa · #**127** 10/17/2007, 11:23 PM

More fishes of my tanks. These are more efficient as pic models than cleaners...

Do you like it?
I Hope so.

Machado deSousa · #**128** 10/18/2007, 12:36 PM

some more details

I hope you enjoy it.

Jimbo327 · #**129** 10/18/2007, 12:39 PM

God dang this is awwweeesome!!!!

Lytehouse · #**130** 10/18/2007, 01:13 PM

Very nice picture taking. The colors are awesome!

Machado deSousa · #**131** 10/18/2007, 02:12 PM

Some grown babies on the discs in the Day-care center

Enjoy it!

kmacartney · #**132** 10/18/2007, 04:18 PM

Do you have any close up pics of the "newborns" in the nursery?

laomedon · #**133** 10/18/2007, 05:21 PM

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Originally posted by kmacartney
Do you have any close up pics of the "newborns" in the nursery?

I second this request,

and once again amazing corals, colors are just unbelieveble and the growth is simple amazing.

Machado deSousa · #**134** 10/18/2007, 05:26 PM

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Originally posted by kmacartney
Do you have any close up pics of the "newborns" in the nursery?

hi kmacartney,

May be tomorrow I take some close ups to the corals in the nursery and post them.

Cheers

Machado deSousa · #**135** 10/18/2007, 05:30 PM

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Originally posted by laomedon
I second this request,

Hi laomedon!

Tomorrow I'll get them.

Cheers

Machado deSousa · #**136** 10/18/2007, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by kmacartney
Do you have any close up pics of the "newborns" in the nursery?

This is not a good close up selection but may be you can see "newborns". I'll post another ones with more details.

Cheers

chris wright · #**137** 10/19/2007, 04:50 AM

Simply amazing. You have an awesome collection of frags there mate. Well done.

Cheers

Chris

kmacartney · #**138** 10/19/2007, 06:31 AM

Those are good pictures and your setup is excellent. Many Americans don't see the how good T5s can be. Do you have any pics of one of your single polyp transfers, or are you in between generations while you set up new tanks?

Machado deSousa · #**139** 10/19/2007, 06:44 AM

Hi, Chris wright!

I am thinking of traveling to Australia in the next year to know your beautiful country and visit the worldwide reefs sanctuary. It's my dream. You live in a country blessed by God!

Cheers

Machado deSousa · #**140** 10/19/2007, 07:01 AM

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Originally posted by kmacartney
Many Americans don't see the how good T5s can be. Do you have any pics of one of your single polyp transfers, or are you in between generations while you set up new tanks?

Thank you for your words. Yes, baby corals that you can see the last two photos, belonging in the Nursery, are at a late reproduction stage and are well grown and will be changed to the new Day-care that I will begin to mount soon. I will have to start a new phase of the reproduction in the Nursery which will be recolonized and then I will show photos.

Cheers

Machado deSousa · #**141** 10/19/2007, 10:05 AM

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Originally posted by kmacartney
Those are good pictures and your setup is excellent. Many Americans don't see the how good T5s can be.

Hi kmacartney,

About t5 lamps,
I have T5 lighting because I am forced to do so. The biggest problem that I have here with HQI lamps would be the issue of cooling costs in the summer. I always used in my home aquariums HQI lamps and Corals grew well and had strong colors. If I could have in my prop system HQI lamps I would not hesitate. I adore glitter lines in decoration!

Cheers,

kmacartney · #**142** 10/19/2007, 10:20 AM

The shimmer lines are very cool, but I do not see any shortfalls in your system. Nice work!

Machado deSousa · #**143** 10/19/2007, 10:32 AM

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Originally posted by jessp
once the nursery frags encrust the top of the plug you just cut off the top of the plug and glue it to a disc? or do you drill the disc and put the whole plug through?

hi jessp|
When nursery frags grow I take them off with covers all together from the tubes ant fix them with inert cement on the discs.

Cheers

Machado deSousa · #**144** 10/19/2007, 10:44 AM

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Originally posted by xfragmanx
do you target feed all of your corals? if you dont understand what i mean by this, is i take a tube with a ball at the end, suck up my mixture of baby crab, coral frenzy, kents chromamax, and rotifers, and squirt the food directly onto the coral.

if it seems like im typeing dumb, its that im trying to explain stuff and i dont know if you call it something different over there then here in the states. thanks

hi xfragman!

I can not feed the corals one by one because they are in large quantity. I provide the food to water, stop the skimmers so that the food that is not consumed goes to the sump for feeding the living organisms there because they also need to be fed. Too often I feed directly the life in the sump.

Cheers,

Machado deSousa · #**145** 10/19/2007, 10:58 AM

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Originally posted by jessp
do you feed your corals after lights out? do you use any HGH?

Hi jessp!

I feed the corals with the lights on but the more efficient it would be when the lights are off because it is when that the coral polyps are at the maximum extent. You gave me a good idea. I will change the feeding time. From now I will always feed them with lights off...

About HBH,
No, I don't use HBH.

Cheers

chris wright · #**146** 10/19/2007, 10:19 PM

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Originally posted by Machado deSousa
Hi, Chris wright!

I am thinking of traveling to Australia in the next year to know your beautiful country and visit the worldwide reefs sanctuary. It's my dream. You live in a country blessed by God!

Cheers

Yes we are certainly lucky to have such beauty. There's a great thread in the photography forums on the great barrier reef, with some excellent pictures. I've tried to link to the thread, but can't seem to do it for some reason.

Australia is a country worth visitin, all biasis aside

. There's plenty of reefs to visit.

Cheers

Chris

FIJI Reefing · #**147** 10/19/2007, 10:55 PM

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Originally posted by chris wright
Yes we are certainly lucky to have such beauty. There's a great thread in the photography forums on the great barrier reef, with some excellent pictures. I've tried to link to the thread, but can't seem to do it for some reason.

Australia is a country worth visitin, all biasis aside . There's plenty of reefs to visit.

Cheers

Chris

strongly agree. One of the places to see such opposite habitats both at their prestige state. Nice tanks btw and that must be years of work. How long did it take to get all teh original colonies

Machado deSousa · #**148** 10/19/2007, 11:33 PM

I had aquariums for a long time and I could always change frags with some friends. I went to Germany with friends and I brought 20 rare corals from a coral farm. From then began to reproduce in tubes in my aquariums at home. There are about a year i rent this garage, that is located 25 km from my home, to adapt to my prop system .

chris wright · #**149** 10/20/2007, 05:16 AM

That's what I call true dedication to this hobby. Well worth it though.

Cheers

Chris

majesticangelfish · #**150** 10/20/2007, 05:41 AM

Beautiful system mate!! As Chris said, "true dedication to this hobby" well done.

I would love to see some more equipment shots if you get the chance.

And thanks for the kind words about Australia, shoot me a PM if you do find yourself down here.

Cheers, Josh