Lets see your 75 gal - Page 2

Froggy · 07/11/2006, 07:57 AM

Thanks Reefneckwidow. Yes it is a green branching Frogspawn. It has been pinching and dividing heads for new growth again for a little while now so it is not fully extended in the picture. It is getting close to having to finally break down and frag it some. I have been trying to avoid that ( I love having a large colony ) but it is starting to crowd other corals and has already done some damage to a pink mille frag just above it. I am also starting to have some detritus issues within its branches I need to deal with.

LadyReefNeck · 07/11/2006, 08:20 AM

Cool. I've had no luck with frogspawn in either of my tanks and just can't figure out why.

The piece that came with the 75g had 4 heads and they have slowly, one by one, retracted and disappeared, but I see 2 new sprouts starting to develop. I think that when the tank got moved, the coral was moved to the bucket without letting the flesh retract first and that caused it's demise. I know it's not totally from the low lighting and low flow in the tank, as it's currently set up almost completely like the previous owner had it and the coral was fine then.

R33f3r · 07/11/2006, 09:32 AM

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Originally posted by RL321
R33f3r....What lighting doe you have on your 75. tank looks good...only 260 here and want to upgrade. not sure what product will do best

Hi, I am running 6x54 w T5 retrokit with

2 superactinics
2 actinic whites
2 blue +

nickels · 07/11/2006, 09:39 AM

here's my 72 bow front with 20K MH. Been set up almost a year

nickels · 07/11/2006, 09:40 AM

sorry for the gaint picture

MyMonkey · 07/11/2006, 09:48 AM

Keep em coming.

jvonthun · 07/11/2006, 10:26 AM

I just upgraded from a 55. I am not the best picture taker. I have a 250w MH Iwasaki 6500K, and two NO Actinics.

jimbo045 · 07/11/2006, 11:37 AM

AustinVines one is nice with his V.H.O. Funny how in Oahu, Hawaii, I could not find VHOs at any place I tried at. Pet Shops, Hardware Stores, Home Improv. places. Funny to me, seems like mainly on-line to get them. JD

AustinVines · 07/11/2006, 07:26 PM

Not just funny, Jimbo. Even if you find them at a LFS they will be $40-50 per bulb! I was amazed since I had seen them on hellolights.com for around $20 and thought the guy was just pulling a number out of thin air. Nope... I asked a LFS owner that I trust if he carried them and he said that since he couldn't compete with online, there just wasn't any reason to have them except for special orders (which would be 40-50 per bulb...)

Is your 120 a 4 or 5 foot tank? If you are running 48"vho's then you could get by with the 6500k lights from Lowe's if you are running an IceCap ballast. Let me know if you want any more info as I did a bunch of research on my new to me system.

maxpower2112 · 07/11/2006, 09:21 PM

Not really a 75, but my here is my old 72 bow

07/11/2006, 08:20 AM	#27
LadyReefNeck Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 124	Cool. I've had no luck with frogspawn in either of my tanks and just can't figure out why. The piece that came with the 75g had 4 heads and they have slowly, one by one, retracted and disappeared, but I see 2 new sprouts starting to develop. I think that when the tank got moved, the coral was moved to the bucket without letting the flesh retract first and that caused it's demise. I know it's not totally from the low lighting and low flow in the tank, as it's currently set up almost completely like the previous owner had it and the coral was fine then. __________________ "Don't let your worries get the best of you, remember, Moses started out as a basket case" Current Tank Info: Into a 55 gal as of March 24/06 was in 29 gal (both were hubby's hand-me-downs). Also obtained a 75g May 7th/06.

07/11/2006, 09:48 AM	#31
MyMonkey Persona Non Grata Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 2,106	Keep em coming. __________________ The worst thing about an unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to erase it. Current Tank Info: 20 Long.10 months to my 240 In wall with Fish Room.

07/11/2006, 10:26 AM	#32
jvonthun Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cedar Rapids, IA Posts: 131	Heres Mine I just upgraded from a 55. I am not the best picture taker. I have a 250w MH Iwasaki 6500K, and two NO Actinics. __________________ "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." -Jim Elliot Current Tank Info: 75 Gallon BB wannabe reef

07/11/2006, 09:21 PM	#35
maxpower2112 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: New York Posts: 690	Not really a 75, but my here is my old 72 bow __________________ Reefin Aint Easy Current Tank Info: 72 gallon Reef Tank 2X 250watt MH 4X 65watt PC 20 gallon sump, Miracle mud filter(No skimmer).

07/11/2006, 07:57 AM	#26
Froggy Reef "Hobbyist"...right!? Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Canton, MI Posts: 2,160	Thanks Reefneckwidow. Yes it is a green branching Frogspawn. It has been pinching and dividing heads for new growth again for a little while now so it is not fully extended in the picture. It is getting close to having to finally break down and frag it some. I have been trying to avoid that ( I love having a large colony ) but it is starting to crowd other corals and has already done some damage to a pink mille frag just above it. I am also starting to have some detritus issues within its branches I need to deal with.

07/11/2006, 09:39 AM	#29
nickels Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Nyack, NY Posts: 64	here's my 72 bow front with 20K MH. Been set up almost a year

07/11/2006, 09:40 AM	#30
nickels Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Nyack, NY Posts: 64	sorry for the gaint picture

07/11/2006, 11:37 AM	#33
jimbo045 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Aiea, HI. Posts: 1,788	AustinVines one is nice with his V.H.O. Funny how in Oahu, Hawaii, I could not find VHOs at any place I tried at. Pet Shops, Hardware Stores, Home Improv. places. Funny to me, seems like mainly on-line to get them. JD

07/11/2006, 07:26 PM	#34
AustinVines Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: One guess Posts: 219	Not just funny, Jimbo. Even if you find them at a LFS they will be $40-50 per bulb! I was amazed since I had seen them on hellolights.com for around $20 and thought the guy was just pulling a number out of thin air. Nope... I asked a LFS owner that I trust if he carried them and he said that since he couldn't compete with online, there just wasn't any reason to have them except for special orders (which would be 40-50 per bulb...) Is your 120 a 4 or 5 foot tank? If you are running 48"vho's then you could get by with the 6500k lights from Lowe's if you are running an IceCap ballast. Let me know if you want any more info as I did a bunch of research on my new to me system.