teenyreef Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I got an acan pack from Glenn that was to die for. Can't wait to see what you got! 1 Quote Link to comment
Slowtwitch Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 I got an acan pack from Glenn that was to die for. Can't wait to see what you got! That is what I am waiting for. Probably not going to ship this week now. Damn cold weather. -30 wind chills this morning and temps not supposed to get out of the low teens all week. Quote Link to comment
gena Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Looks great! Where are the trumpets? I've been scouring the FTS looking for them . 2 Quote Link to comment
Slowtwitch Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 Looks great! Where are the trumpets? I've been scouring the FTS looking for them .They are well hidden in that shot. I've since moved them up higher on the left side of the tank. I moved a bunch of stuff this week in preparation for the order from Glenn and just haven't taken a new FTS yet. BTW, the order has been delayed a week due to the extreme cold here. Record lows again tomorrow thru Friday. Quote Link to comment
myarmolich Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Loving the new coral man, this tank keeps getting better and better Quote Link to comment
Slowtwitch Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 Loving the new coral man, this tank keeps getting better and better Thanks! It's coming along nicely. Happy with the new growth too. Quote Link to comment
Matthewdvm Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Somebody was hungry! That piece of shrimp was meant for Mr. Mantis, but it floated past this acan and he said "MINE!!" lol Love the inner tentacles of this guy! 1 Quote Link to comment
Slowtwitch Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 New FTS today. Things are really starting to fill in nicely. Got a couple of new additions as well. Macro algae arrived a day late and very cold thanks to USPS so not sure it's going to make it. God of War loving life. Bought this three polyp frag about 6 weeks ago. Hard to see them in this shot, but it has 9 new babies popping up around the base. New paly above sold as "purple gorilla nipples" P. Grandis "Cinnamon" kind pissed from the move, but can anyone confirm this? Right side of tank becoming Zoa Mountain. Upper left of tank. Because Gena wanted to see where the trumpets went. Wish Mr Mantis would clean up after himself when he is done eating. Need to work on getting all the broken snail shells out of the sand. 3 Quote Link to comment
Slowtwitch Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 My son was remembering a trip we took to Newport KY a couple summers ago and wondered if we could put this in my tank. Yes that is his hand in the bottom right of the pic. IMG_1449 by docsreef, on Flickr 1 Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Love those GOW's The zoa mountain is looking very cool 1 Quote Link to comment
Matthewdvm Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Love those GOW's The zoa mountain is looking very cool I agree with teeny GOW and the Zoa Mountain look terrific 2 Quote Link to comment
Slowtwitch Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 Hasn't been a ton of activity here in the last week or so....until today! Got a package from Glenn at CGA. Amazing! several new acan frags and a Duncan. Over the moon! The package arrived a day late (as usual for this area) and a bit cold, but everything looked ok. Got them dipped and in the tank. They were still not fully extended when the lights went out, so pictures will have to wait until tomorrow, When a box from Lawnman should arrive!! More zoas for the mountain. Putting together my list of hardware for the tank upgrade that I planned for summertime. I'm so happy with how things have been going with this tank, I think I'm going to advance the time table to late spring. 2 Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Awesome! Glenn's stuff is excellent - I have several really nice acans I got from him. And I've heard great things about Lawn's stuff too Quote Link to comment
Slowtwitch Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 The pictures don't even come close to doing these justice. Real estate is getting pretty scarce on the sand, but I'll have these up in the rocks as soon as they get used to the lights here. Amazed by the quality and generosity of both CGA and Lawnman. You guys are awesome. Hawaiian Paly Mini mini nem CGA Acan frag pack Love this Duncan!! Top down FTS...Very unorganized ATM 5 Quote Link to comment
gena Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 WOW!!!! Awesome coral collection!!! You are going to need a bigger tank before too long . Thanks for the trumpet photo . 1 Quote Link to comment
markalot Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I remember seeing that crab at Newport Aquarium. Still gives me the creeps. Tank is filling in nicely! 1 Quote Link to comment
Markburns43 Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Hey slow , you have nice tank so far! i like the coral selections and i almost for got its a 10 gallon! The best part is watching it all fill in. For sure it will look beautiful. 1 Quote Link to comment
Matthewdvm Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 The pictures don't even come close to doing these justice. Real estate is getting pretty scarce on the sand, but I'll have these up in the rocks as soon as they get used to the lights here. Amazed by the quality and generosity of both CGA and Lawnman. You guys are awesome. Hawaiian Paly CGA Acan frag pack Love this Duncan!! Top down Nice Duncan! Very tentacular! And I like the Acans, too. Mine are doing so well, one I get my creepy crawly critters under control with my first fish (!!!) I might have to get some more Acans. But first, a much needed March Break. Just counted them, spent 70 hours at work last week. Good thing I love what I do!!! 1 Quote Link to comment
Slowtwitch Posted March 14, 2015 Author Share Posted March 14, 2015 Traded a few frags today and placed a few up in the rocks. Still too much in the sand, but I'll move a few more tomorrow. Then prolly a new fts. Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Hey Slowtwitch, I think I remember seeing a post you made in another thread about using mollies to eat your excess pods. How did you work out for you? PS: I got an acan pack from CGA too - I was really happy with it Quote Link to comment
Slowtwitch Posted March 15, 2015 Author Share Posted March 15, 2015 It was kind of an accident really. I was actually trying to grow a pod population for the possibility of getting a mandarin. However, about two days after a pair of mollies went in all the pods were gone and the mollies were fat and happy. 1 Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Cool! How big were your pods? I have some huge pods and I'm trying to figure out how to get rid of them. Also, how did you acclimate the mollies to salt water? Quote Link to comment
Slowtwitch Posted March 15, 2015 Author Share Posted March 15, 2015 Cool! How big were your pods? I have some huge pods and I'm trying to figure out how to get rid of them. Also, how did you acclimate the mollies to salt water? Most of the pods were fairly small, but there were a few that were larger that must have come in on the live rock. The largest were about the size of a pencil eraser. The mollies did not kill those, but my mantis did. Strange thing was he didn't eat them. Watched him hunt down and kill one though. Like Wild Kingdom in this little tank...lol I literally floated the bag to temp and dumped them in. They never missed a beat. They were eating algae off the rocks and glass within a couple minutes. 1 Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Thanks! I just put in a pair to see what they can do. If nothing else, they've gotten my black clown goby up off his lazy butt Quote Link to comment
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