The plate's gorgeous Marvin!! Let's see some more!

Thank you... I actually just bought another plate, mostly yellow but doesn't seem like it's going to make it

I thought I had a lot of room upgrading from 28g to 110g... but I'm wrong... I'm almost out of room.. but problem solved.... frag tank will be set up, finally...



Thanks... as you wish...


Bleeding Apple Aussie Scolly



Reverse Bleeding Apple Aussie Scolly

Very nice!! I love the reverse bleeder!

yeah... those two really compliments each other well...


Tyree Red WM finally coloring up...



OG ME healed well and recently started forming new eyes...

Hey Marv, how about a FTS some time when you get a minute. Keep up the good work. You are an inspiration!

Thanks.. I appreciate the kind words...

here's the most current FTS I have.. FTS are always trouble for me... I really need the new T2i...


02-15-2010



the sand bed has been cleaned up a little since this pic.. and will be better when the frag tank is up in about a month...

It looks great Marvin! That Scolymia collection keeps getting bigger and bigger...put me at the top of the list for any rejects please.

Thanks...

yeah, for sure the Scolly collection is getting up there... my bro is buying two from me... I had to give him a discount though... LoLz...

Nice tank -

wondering if you've had experience with the ULV (i think) atinics?
I have a couple ATI Blue+'s as well and was thinking of giving the ULV's a try.
I heard they produce good coloration with less PAR.
I'm running a 6x39W T5 over a 40B mixed and honestly, I think it's just a little too much.

Thanks for your input

yeah, you can go with Act for less PAR... I wanted to try out my combo with an Act and it's pretty decent but I can go without it... the Blue + are good enough... I can use a little more PAR with the Blue Special... and it'll be a little more white...

FTS 03-31-2010... any feedback is appreciated...

I think it looks great Marvin!!

Hey bro... Have I told you I hate you for giving me such "tank envy"???

OMG... Simply amazing!!!

Thank you...


LoLz... Thanks bro...

it was some hard work but I'm glad its paying off... I'm really enjoying the tank atm... just in time for the warm weather... almost golf season! yay! it's gonna be my 1st full season of golf... started late last year and was only able to go on the course twice... fun fun!!!

I need to golf more than I currently do... A few times a year does NOT do wonders for my game!!!

LoLz... for sure... we just went back to back (Fri & Sat)... hopefully, I'll improve my swing this year... plan to go at least once/week this summer...

Very clean and you always have killer corals...

The tank looks fantastic Marvin!

Golf. An awesome game. I've played a ton the past 3 years, like 30 rounds a year, this year is going to be much slower I'm afraid. With the new house beating up the finances. The great thing about golf, is that like sex, you don't have to be good at it to enjoy it. Just don't take it too seriously and you'll always enjoy it. A bad day golfing is better than a good day working.

Thank you...



Thanks...

GOLF!!! YaY!!!

Once a week should help!!!

I hope so...

And if it doesn't... WHO CARES!!! You're golfing!!!

Tru Dat!!!

Red Hornets

02-07-2010


04-08-2010; see the other little budd-lings on the lower 2 polyps?!?

Yellow Jackets

02-07-2010


04-08-2010

Wow!! That's amazing growth, but I expect nothing less. I'd love a frag of the Yellow Jackets sometime if you have some available. Let me know if you do.

Thanks man...

my z's and p's grow in spurts... currently, Nightmares and Capt America are on halt for about 2 months now... dunno really... they really grow when they want to... LoLz...

Reading 5 Lessons by Ben Hogan did wonders for my golf game. Went from shooting in the high 90's to the low 80's in one summer. Tank looks amazing as usual

Love the tank, as usual. I especially dig your rock 'scape. Just seems to fit your tank and layout very well I think. My only suggestion is to spread the scoly's out but that's just me. You have so many sweet corals and so much color but it's all right there. It definitely draws the eye to that spot for pictures but I've never seen it IRL so I don't know if it has the same effect. I just think it would be neat to have those big splashes of color throughout the tank as opposed to all right there. Like i said though, the effect could be way different in person than in a picture. The picture itself appears darker in certain places around your z's and p's and your colored sticks and I think that looks sweet. IRL that "darkness" probably isn't the true look but rather an effect of the camera settings. It looks great and ridiculously colorful either way though LoL.

Bill

u make us jealous

There is so much I love about this tank but the Ric Rock has got to be my favorite. Nice setup!

dang... that's sweet.... I would be happy if I get to mid to high 90's this year... thanks for the tip... I'll try to find that book...



Thanks Bill...

as for the Aussie scolymias, where they are is the best spot since they are not getting blasted with flow... I need to reconfigure my flow... I still have a bunch of things I need to do with the tank but I like the coral collection so far... I'm hoping this summer time to not collect as much but take the time to really study the tank more...



it took some time to get the tank to where it is and I still have a long to go but I'm glad most of the corals I like I have already...



the FL ric rock grabs a lot of attention from reefer buddies... I like how it's filling in more and more and we progress... I hope to have the new ceramic rock covered with some high end zoas in the next year or so... for the most part, all the z's and p's I really like have back up frags already so some frags have made it into the rock structure already... so now, I'm just waiting for them to grow and cover a decent part of the rock work...



Thanks again to everyone and sorry, sometimes it takes me a while to reply...

it's been a while... and I've been good too... until now... LoLz... please excuse the algae on the glass and on the sand bed... it's getting better each day since I installed the Phosban Reactor... yay!!! hope to get better shots soon...

Nice Pair



Yellow ring and stipes around the mouth



this one, a must see in person... wished it had more hint of red but I'm very happy with it

Damn...

Marvin my man I havent been on in months, the tank is looking excellent. I love the latest FTS. Great job man.

LoLz...


hey man.... how come?!? thanks for stopping by though... and thanks for the kudos...

School has been demanding as well as football. But 1 more season left so I should be back full time by december and hopefully starting a tank soon after that.

sounds good man...

good luck with school and football...

Dear god! This is amazing! And the winner for most expensive coral collection on nano-reef is.... MarvinsReef! I am incredibly jealous.

LoLz... not even close... but thanks for the kind words anyway...

Makes sense, I never took flow into account. I knew there'd be a reason for it. Those two new pieces are definitely drool-worthy as well. Then again, I don't think much in your tank isn't drool-worthy. Keep up the good work!

Bill

Thanks Bill... I do appreciate the input...

Happy family... new pick ups...

It's been a good month!!

You know. I saw those Scoly's on Mr. Coral and I almost pointed them out to you, but I thought naaaah he's already got a ridiculous collection. Guess I should have. How many ultra grade scoly's do you have anyway?

Marvin your tank is absolutely stunning!!!!!!!!!!!

One of my favorites.


Recent FTS?

so so... I lost a few very nice pieces the past two weeks... let's just say another expensive lesson learned...


Sonny gave me a great deal on the scolymia... I have three of those now but they're all somewhat different... I have a few decent ones with multiple colors...


Thank you... my current most recent FTS is from 03-31-2010 when we got the new scape done... a buddy of mine that's a photographer will hopefully take a nice FTS when he visits...

What!? Which ones?

30+ eyes Tyree Red chalice, BPC FT frag, a decent size Sunset millie, and a few misc montis...

had an PO4 issue but now that's getting taken care of a Phosban reactor with GFO... slowly but surely getting better each day....

Sorry about the losses,