FarmerTy Angels and Acros (1 Viewer)

[FarmerTy]

Mine looks more green than yellow..sweet video!


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Mine started super green and has been doing this over the last year.

 

[FarmerTy]

Mine looks more green than yellow..sweet video!


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Mine started a nice shade of green for a year. Then it started to go yellow with size. Not sure if that’s with size or maybe my tank conditions changed but it’s a nice yellow these days.

 

[TX_Punisher]

So, seeing that you grow and sell frags, what do you attribute growth rates to? (Besides stability) I saw your spread in coral magazine so I know you’re running kalk in your topoff and a calcium reactor.

still running po4 remover?

can you post your params?

I, too, like angels and have a blueline, masked swallowtail, Lamarks, and bellus and would love to pair them all up or work on a harem for the swollowtail and bellus.

 

[FarmerTy]

So, seeing that you grow and sell frags, what do you attribute growth rates to? (Besides stability) I saw your spread in coral magazine so I know you’re running kalk in your topoff and a calcium reactor.

still running po4?

can you post your params?

I, too, like angels and have a blueline, masked swallowtail, Lamarks, and bellus and would love to pair them all up or work on a harem for the swollowtail and bellus.

Yes, kalk and CaRX are the basis of my foundation element supplementation. The kalk is also helpful to keep the pH at a decent range with the depressing effect of pH the CaRX can have.

Besides stability and maturation of the system, having a coral pest free environment, some higher nitrates, lower phosphates, decent flow, slightly higher alk, and pH average of around 8.2-8.3.

Ca - 450 ppm
Alk - 9.5 dKh
Mg - 1360 ppm
NO3 - 25 ppm
PO4 - 0.09 ppm

I’m jealous of the blueline. How is it in temperament?

 

[FarmerTy]

MattV Rainbow Envy

CB Maleficient

RR Firecracker

RRC Jawdropper

BC Teen Wolf

 

[TX_Punisher]

Couldn’t pass him up—Black Friday sale at Poma labs. He’s about 14 mo according to his birth certificate. I, obviously, have had him since November in my frag tank which is attached to my main tank (I’ve sent you a photo in the past). But since that time, I’ve changed my mind about fish in small frag tank. Flow is tricky even with a small tunze under the frag rack and an mp10. Feeding and wastes made a terrible mess under the rack. I cleaned the whole tank yesterday and moved the blueline to the main tank yesterday. Now my pb tang is unhappy with him being in the main display. We’ll see how That works out. I didn’t notice any huge issues with him nipping in the frag tank as I had torches, rics and sps in that tank. Being that he was tank-raised is great as he readily eats anything you put in the tank. Poma even sends a sample of PE freshwater pellets which he devours.

let’s hope the pb leaves him alone as I’ve placed a mirror on the tank to shift his attention away from the blueline.

 

[FarmerTy]

Couldn’t pass him up—Black Friday sale at Poma labs. He’s about 14 mo according to his birth certificate. I, obviously, have had him since November in my frag tank which is attached to my main tank (I’ve sent you a photo in the past). But since that time, I’ve changed my mind about fish in small frag tank. Flow is tricky even with a small tunze under the frag rack and an mp10. Feeding and wastes made a terrible mess under the rack. I cleaned the whole tank yesterday and moved the blueline to the main tank yesterday. Now my pb tang is unhappy with him being in the main display. We’ll see how That works out. I didn’t notice any huge issues with him nipping in the frag tank as I had torches, rics and sps in that tank. Being that he was tank-raised is great as he readily eats anything you put in the tank. Poma even sends a sample of PE freshwater pellets which he devours.

let’s hope the pb leaves him alone as I’ve placed a mirror on the tank to shift his attention away from the blueline.

Love that they breed them. I don’t mind paying extra to have them already used to tank life and eating. I bought two bandits from another reefer thinking they had been in his system and acclimated to tank life and then find out they’ve only been in his system for 2 weeks. My fault for not clarifying but he said he was shutting down his tank so I assumed they were domesticated. I didn’t think anybody would buy bandits and then shut down their system 2 weeks later. Hopefully they adapt and start eating more vigorously.

If the powder blue doesn’t leave him alone, boot that PBT. [emoji23]

 

[TX_Punisher]

I agree. Pb would go to frag tank or sump until BL grows some.

 

[Cody]

Is you being here considered cheating on your Austin group?

 

[FarmerTy]

Is you being here considered cheating on your Austin group?

Only if I get caught. Hey oh! [emoji23]

 

[Tstew32]

Only if I get caught. Hey oh! [emoji23]

I’m in the Austin group too...caught red handed!!!


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[TriggerFan]

Ty:

Which Ángels do you have in your tank that are reef safe? I am looking to get some “variety” to my tank whenever I am ready and would love to add some if possible,

 

[FarmerTy]

Ty:

Which Ángels do you have in your tank that are reef safe? I am looking to get some “variety” to my tank whenever I am ready and would love to add some if possible,

Reef safe would matter a bit on your definition of it. In an SPS only tank, regals, majestic, flames, swallowtails, scribbled, and bandits have been pretty reef safe to me. If you have fleshy LPS and softies, don’t bother. They’ll eat them all up.

Swallowtails are generally the safe bet angels in my opinion for mixed tanks.

 

[TriggerFan]

Thanks for the insight. Yes, although I plan on SPS dominant, there will be some softies and LPS.

I’ll check the swallowtails as it seems the Regal or BlueFace are a no-go

 

[FarmerTy]

Thanks for the insight. Yes, although I plan on SPS dominant, there will be some softies and LPS.

I’ll check the swallowtails as it seems the Regal or BlueFace are a no-go

Blueface I would bet my coral collection it’ll eat your softies. Regal is going to be hit or miss but odds are it’ll eat your softies too... if not when a juvenile, at least when it’s an adult.

 

[TriggerFan]

Thanks, I’ll pass on them. Don’t want to risk torches and some LPS (no shrooms or other stuff in this tank)

 

[FarmerTy]

Thanks, I’ll pass on them. Don’t want to risk torches and some LPS (no shrooms or other stuff in this tank)

All my angels left euphyllias alone... even the bad angels. I think that’s safe at least.

 

[TriggerFan]

Names of your angels?

 

[FarmerTy]

Names of your angels?

Bandit, flame, majestic, regal, Japanese swallowtail

 

[NatesReef]

All my angels left euphyllias alone... even the bad angels. I think that’s safe at least.

Do you think a pygmy cherub angel would munch on zoas, mushrooms, and hammers?