Thank you Thank, I am soo stoked having a nano tank up a feeling a contributing member of the NR community. It was hard not to have a nano up to show off for those lowly 6 months

I was checking out the Smithsonian Institution Libraries webpage and i found these great hand drawn images or corals from the either the late 19th century or early 20th century



http://www.sil.si.edu/imagegalaxy/imageGal...her%20Zoophytes

cool porites man

Thanks Buddy

Hey it looks like i got some Blue Sansibia hitch hikers Very cool i never had these little tiny guys before

New corals tommarrow stay tuned!!!! And maybe a fish any suggestions that would be a bright active fish that would do well with sps corals and is suited for a 20 gallon tank

two spot hogs are awesome!

those are very pretty fish i had one a few years back in a old 180 fowler that i keep for a local doctor and the fish was fine for about 6 months but then it started picking at one of the maxima clams mantles. Eventhough i dont indened on getting clam i dont want to risk it. And PS they dont call the hogfish for nothing that last one was a pig with food LOL

What do you guys think of a African Golden Midas Blenny ( which is better colored than a normal Midas Blenny) do they tend to carpet surf like othe blennies i have seen?

2/3rds down the page
http://www.aquacon.com/blennies_saltwaterfish.html

Today i got a few corals that i will post later tonight after they calm down. I got this very wird zoa speices its called "Black Plague" acorrding to the guy who sold it to me under high k degree lighting the zoa will turn Black. we will se if this happens but this thing sparkles and has very long lashes and unique growth pattern i have never seen a zoa like it

Neat! Black zoas... So.... are you thinking single fish or a couple fish? I say dottyback! Good pest control, very active, and very personable!

If they're black, I call first frag!

Those are nuts man

dibs on first frags.

here is one more pic that is a little better

well i didnt take pictures of the othe two corals i bought but here is a great piece i got from a fellow reefer. I think its a Strawberry Patch Monti or by the many names in my "Name my Montipora Thread"

Official Name
" DBOS " Drive by on Smurfs Monti


http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...199483&st=0

Cool Zoa frag!

Cool Zoa frag!

Double Post thanks there Wheetie LOL

She gets xcited!!!

Sweet Zoa frag bro!!!

I am thinking of getting a Rainfordi Goby do you guys think this will be a good choice? also what would be a good tank mate for him?

Well I was at the LFS and i found this great coral its a ORA Jeremy's Green Montipora Spongodes ( sorry Kraylen i know you wanted to trade with this coral) It looks like a pretty hardy grower

Sweet montipora

That monti is BA...Fug Kraylen, trade it with me!

yeah its pretty cool and truthfully it wasn't too pricey for the color combination



Ahh i dont discriminant I'll trade with everyone with items that are on my radar.


Heres a sneak peek of what i am getting tommarrow

Steve Tyree Mystic Sunset Montipora

Steve Tyree Seasons Greetings Montipora ( I know i have a green base with red polyp monti but i already gave my word on buying it)

Steve Tyree Flower Petal Montipora

Jedi Mind Trick Montipora Undata (Clone) ( This has no lineage to Mark Poletti (the originator of the name)but looks almost exactly the same)

well my coral trade didnt go as planned. i got to the guys house and first off the frag size was a joke (think the size of a baby's fingernail) second the prices were waaaay to high. I came out of there with one frag of Sunset and as you can see from the pics there is more supergule than coral. I also got a coral back from my brother that i sold to him years ago. I doent have a name but this this is a monumental slow grower its only about 2X2 and its four years old ( it started out about 3/4") the last is from John from yourreef its a huge piece for the price of Karl's Candlelight Acro

large glob of super glue small piece of sunset monti


My LE Acro


Karls Candlelight

Awesome looking pieces.. I love that drive by on smurf's monti.. that name is classic, haha.

sorry the trade didnt go as planned, but nice acro!

ts ok they guy was only proping his corals he didnt even have a regular reef tank

Yeah well give your thanks to Prop and kraylen.yeah i figured that i should get a cazy name for because everyone and there dog is naming there corals

My First FTS the Vortech is being fixed for the second time after the controller wouldn't turn on so i had to put the Mod'd Mj1200 back in. The tank look a little sparse right now but thats changing
quickly

What is up with vortech? I always hear about their pumps having to be fixed time and time again.

yeah i am on repair number #2 the frist one always stalled the second work for about aq week and then the controller wouldn't start up. there great when they work and its alarming when they dont since they are ment to replace either all or most of your powerheads in your tank

Well I have been vodka dosing again and I am seeing great results again the water clearer the skimate is dark. I think i am going to add a 25mg/hr ozonator to help the skimate even more it will only run maybe once a week but with my past uses of ozonators i know they work great

Well i went to the LFS and they just got three trimma gobies in and i bought two and the thrid was free ( it has a fin problem and he may not live) Anyway I am not sure wat type exactly they are but I hope they will be a great addition

I could ony shoot one since the other two decided to hide

Nice gobies. They might be masked gobies.

I think your right the guy from the LFS swore they where trimma .... figures


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Don't worry, I ask my LFS to order Trimmas", and they always come up with Eviotas. So, I don't mind and just let them keep trying since they rarely get them.

This is my newest piece it's a True Jedi Mind Trick Montipora Undata (John Dakan Lineage) This a pre release of ones that will be available in early fall



http://www.reeffarmers.com/auctionedemmasjedimindtrick.htm

Nice piece Scotty, one of the guys in our local club just got a piece also.

That is amazing!!!

this coral is from John Dakan private collection that actually pre-dates Mark Poletti colony that john thinks that he got from him years ago and i believe it both Mark and John (yourreef) are from the same area (sacramento) and john dosent really care that mark took credit for it since he has loads more of this coral that both mark and fragfarmers combined.
So to those who really want it and dont want to pay thought the nose go to yourreef in person (roseville Ca) and buy corals and you might end up like me friend with john and you might be able to get on the leading edge of rare coral collecting

Or... you could just send me frags.

If you really want a frag I can get one more but they aren'tcheap ( good things never are) Anyway here are two more corals that i got that i haven't posted pic's of yet


Reverse Superman Montipora Danae



Toxic Avenger Acropora



Thanks for looking

I have two corals comming in this weekend also

Strawberry Daquiri Montipora Danae ( Red Base Green Polyps)
AuqaMan Montipora ( Blue Base Green Polyps)

Oops I missed one

No name or what not to speak of but its some type of Montipora Danae

I'm envious of your corals...

Well thank you very much I am flattered I have great places to buy corals from and great friends to trade corals with . I am alqays open to trading or sell to people in the Sacramento/Roseville CA area. I am very generious with frag sizes and i always have extra reef stuff lyaing around do if you want to drop by shoot me a pm


scott

I am trying to make my mind up to get a Clam or not? I have had a couple clams in the past and they always look better in the store or from the top and look like crap from the side. My LFS has a great small to medium Rainbow Maxima Clam but i am really not sure how well it will do in my tank and what it will look like. I am not sure what i should do

looks like we're gonna be trading sometime soon

You got it I'm free this weekend LOL, the wifes out'a town so coral frag free for all here i come

Back from a coral outing and here is a few pics of the ones that have settled down enough for me to take a picture of the others will photographed later


No speical names just some really cool frags





My favortie By far this coral is SICK the guy told me this is a horizontal grower can you tell?

That last one is... AMAZING!!! Hell, they ALL are!!!