My 210 Gallon Lps Dominated Reef 15 Months Old

sunnykita · May 14, 2016

I'd certainly like some of those mushrooms, personally I love the movement of many of the softies. I prefer movement in the tank. Let me know if you frag any of them.

thehvacman · May 14, 2016

Ya I love movement and colour. I think sps is boring, and it costs more to run an sps system. The purple in these mushrooms is verify vibrant! I honestly haven't seen them again in stores in 10 years, and I regularly visit all reef stores in the gta. They sell for more than $100 for a small head on line. I'll frag them this weekend, and once attached and growing I will offer to members first.

AdInfinitum · May 14, 2016

thehvacman said:
Ya I love movement and colour. I think sps is boring, and it costs more to run an sps system. The purple in these mushrooms is verify vibrant! I honestly haven't seen them again in stores in 10 years, and I regularly visit all reef stores in the gta. They sell for more than $100 for a small head on line. I'll frag them this weekend, and once attached and growing I will offer to members first.

Seriously

...I had mine for so long that they got boring...I don't know if I bothered to save any when I did the change...I'll have to search now!!!

sunnykita · May 14, 2016

OK guys, I want some of these please

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AdInfinitum · May 14, 2016

sunnykita said:
OK guys, I want some of these please

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The real Tonga purples and blues are really nice and completely different than the regular purple shrooms that most people have...

thehvacman · May 14, 2016

AdInfinitum said:
The real Tonga purples and blues are really nice and completely different than the regular purple shrooms that most people have...

ya these are totally different.... These are actually Rhodactis mushrooms, they are very adaptable to aquarium life, I can attest that my have been through some shit and back. The purple colour is way better than the standard purple mushrooms, pictures of course don't show like real life.

sunnykita · May 14, 2016

Yes, definitely want these in my tank. Let me know when you have some ready to go

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nathan · May 14, 2016

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Wow absolutely amazing... what coral is the last pic... I believe it's ricordia right? If so what kind is it... I have the same one but not sure what kind

thehvacman · May 14, 2016

nathan said:
Wow absolutely amazing... what coral is the last pic... I believe it's ricordia right? If so what kind is it... I have the same one but not sure what kind

Yes that last pic was a ricordia, it is hard to get good clear shots of the mushrooms. But I am just using my phone or ipad

thehvacman · Jul 12, 2016

sunnykita said:
I'd certainly like some of those mushrooms, personally I love the movement of many of the softies. I prefer movement in the tank. Let me know if you frag any of them.

I have 6 of these purple tongan mushrooms ready to go now. I will add them to my frags for sale thread.

Shooter000 · Jul 12, 2016

Wish I could get up your way I'd definitely take one

thehvacman · Jul 12, 2016

Shooter000 said:
Wish I could get up your way I'd definitely take one

I'm right off the QEW Niagra at Fruitland rd, on the lake side. My house backs onto the service rd. So if you are ever in niagra falls or Buffalo, hit me up on your way home.

Shooter000 · Jul 12, 2016

Sweet thx man

thehvacman · Aug 4, 2016

What do you guys think, is this a bounce mushroom? I've had it for years, and now for some reason the bubbles have gotten bigger in the last couple of months. I never thought is was before. But now maybe?

thehvacman · Oct 29, 2016

So its been a while since I have posted any updated pics. It was an long hot, and busy summer, so I couldn't do that much to the tank. I did buy 70 lbs of rock , that I cleaned and sculpture some nice arc ways with. Then I let the rock cook in tank water for 5 months. I requascaped the tank, and I think it looks way better now. I was able to incorporate a cave that has 2 entrances connected by ridgid potable water pipe, for my golden dwarf moray eel that I am going to add soon as he has been in quarantine for 10 months now and I am certain that he is parasite free and ready for the display tank. The last fish that I added were 2 blue tangs that had marine velvet in quarantine, and made it through a successful treatment but were badly scarred. They have been in the main tank for 5 months and their scars are healing nicely, but they will never look perfect. I now have a powder blue tang and a yellow eyed kole tang that made through a treatment for ich and have been in quarantine for 5 months, and they are pretty much ready for the display as well. So now I have to think about what to add next..... I'm leaning towards a marine betta fish. As you can tell by the length of quarantine, I make keeping a parasite free display a priority.

thehvacman · Oct 29, 2016

Some coral pics.

thehvacman · Dec 25, 2016

My wife surprised me with a new iPad pro for Christmas

I was messing around with the camera a little bit before the lights went off, and it has improved for sure. Hope everyone had a great Christmas!

thehvacman · Aug 4, 2017

Hey guys, so the reef has been running for just over 2 and a half years now. The tank is basically on cruze control and is doing very well. All of the sps that I've been adding from @gtareef has been growing slow and steady and the colours are awesome! I've made great progress in my battle against hair algae, and aptasia is slowly disappearing. Sorry I haven't been on to do an update for a while, but here are some recent pics. I do more regularly post pictures of my tank on instagram I am the Thehvacman1 on there, if you want.