Nice sunset.
And thanks for posting those shots, hope I didn't twist your arm too far.

Those sunset shots are beautiful.

Thanks guys I literally fell down 2 flights of stairs with my camera to try and get outside fast enough to capture it... ended up with about 200 shots. We've had sunsets like that kinda frequently here of late... it's fun to watch the weather patterns rolling in from the south and off of the Coral Sea..


Oh, and twisting is a good thing Lani

Great shots. That barra is gorgeous. Did you catch it yourself.

Wow

Nice shots lani

Thanks guys, it's a little hitcher that has been growing for a while now.

what is it? srry im still noob with corals,nems, etc

Ummm, I dunno.. maybe some type of porite.

Good news, mandarin seems to be liking the place and she's gaining wieght.

yay!

Hey you.
Been working on your tank?

stunning pics, do you crop much or is it all by eye? crazy talent

Thank you.
I really dislike cropping and try to do it as little as possible. I might crop around 15-20% of my photos. That one of the mandarin is uncropped.

Seeing that Mandarin makes me want to put one in the reef when it's up and running. Kind of. They look so... engaging.

How do you find yours behaves?

She has only been in this tank for a week, so I don't expect her real personality to show yet. For the most part she is shy, staying in the rock work or behind it. She finally took to eating prepared foods and seems to be gaining weight already (). When she does come out from the hiding, she's beautiful. I'll try to get some vids of her doing her thing if I get a chance.

Great to hear this lanlan.

Such a pretty girl. Awesome that she is settling in.

very nice mandarin

Nice to see you're already noticing the fattening Especially one that nice, they're an incredible fish.

Yup, she's purdy.


In other news.......... GHA (new tank syndrome).

Oh man. Quick, load the tank with tangs and angels!!

...juss a faze u no dat.












well, we hope anyway.

whoa... thats hairy. i agree with n0rk

I think your tank may need to shave....

My NC 12 looked even worse than that last weekend Lani

And that was following a tank "reset" lol.

About an hour with the Nimble, tooth brush and baster and that tank full of awesome will be right back to spectacular.

....ok, get 'er done.





geez Kim, even yur pics of nasty look awesome!!!

Not so "clean" anymore.

Tank will look really nice when you get some SPS in there. Maybe even a pink yuma Maybe even a frag of frogspawn. Wonder where you will find all that stuff??

Get to cleaning lani

Geez, you guys are relentless.

Richie - Ah, thanks.
Hopefully the GHA doesn't get much worse. I plan on doing a big water change this weekend (first one on this tank). Good sign is that the emerald crab is munching on the stuff all day long. Shouldn't take long.



I can't wait.

Oh, and a few more mandy pics:

Purdy!

jer tank is herry like aneemahl!!

beautiful mandarin!! i wish my tank was big enough for one

Jaws:


Piglet:


Fred:

Preetyful!

lol@piglet. Is nice and chubby!

i jaws! piglet.... my brother has 2 and i personally dun rly like dem

love the hi fin goby, trying to get my hands on one too!

mr yellow fish, mr stripped fish etc.

one fish, two fish, three fish, more......





oops dating myself with that one.

red fish, blue fish

looks good, sps with this one? sorry if you've already stated whether or not you plan on going that direction earlier in the thread, i'm too lazy to go through it all.

how bout more

i'm going to be so jealous if your tank pics are nicer than our photographer's in our wedding lol...ever head up to NJ

Your photos of your fish never cease to make me frown a little bit. Not because they're bad or anything, they just make me kinda depressed because I remember that I'll never get a photo to come out quite so well.


Worse afflictions to have, I guess

what color and brand paint did you use on the back of the tank?

Nice! piglet is soooooooo cute

Thanks, everybody, you guys rock!


Well, I didn't plan on keeping any SPS.... but I already have the one little hitch hiker setosa... Also, I won the dare contest for last month.. and nano-paul will be sending me a couple of pieces of SPS as a prize... so ya, there will be a few colored sticks.


Haha, sorry about that!


Well, let's see if I can turn that frown upside down.
And don't say you can't take the same pics. It just takes a lot of patience. The biggest hurdle is to get them to stop for just a second.. fast little buggers.


Krylon Fusion navy blue! It's slightly darker than the patriotic blue I had used on the 20H.

I ur phish lani!

let me know if you want any more colorful sticks.