smarsh Posted May 12, 2008 Author Share Posted May 12, 2008 So I cant get enough of watching my Acro eat! SO awesome I had to build a magnet shelf to clear the sand area frags for my main colony of GSP. That will free up space for more SPS. Pics of Yuma babies Lights off Link to comment
CASHOUT Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 So I cant get enough of watching my Acro eat! SO awesome I had to build a magnet shelf to clear the sand area frags for my main colony of GSP. That will free up space for more SPS. Pics of Yuma babies Lights off that shelf is awesome. thats what we have to do to the 90 gallon Link to comment
smarsh Posted May 18, 2008 Author Share Posted May 18, 2008 Just got two new deals on SPS. 2 acros one green in center and pink tips and poylps..oprned as soon as it got in there and ate plankton that night.. One is teal/gray and has blue polyps. Pics stink..Awesome specimens. Link to comment
c est ma Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Nice pics, nice new stuff, nice frag rack ya built! I really like the lights-off pic. I like to take pics of my tank with just room/sun light hitting it--gives a really different, interesting view of things. --Diane Link to comment
smarsh Posted May 21, 2008 Author Share Posted May 21, 2008 Just a few updates, Had to get rid of 3 large mushroomsand I added about a few more lbs of LR to my scape to make room for all my SPS and other future specimens. First a shot 3 months to the date for hank (notice original rock) then......Today.... Different views.... My new favorite piece.. Link to comment
CASHOUT Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Tank looks good man. Cant wait to see it in person tommarow. AHNW? Link to comment
hollow Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Lucky you. I am in Northern California ... corals are expensive and LFS keep raising the prices ... How come your furan-2 is green? I thought the one I bought last year was yellow. Is this the power version? Where at in cali are you? I'm near sac town. What LFS do you hit up? Link to comment
smarsh Posted May 22, 2008 Author Share Posted May 22, 2008 Im in South Florida. I hear how expensive things are over there. I almost want to start selling corals. All my SPS were less then 40$ and my buddy just found a Pet Supermarket down here that sells ricordia for 3.99 each, yeah he bought like 20. There are wharehouses down in Miami that I used to go to when I serviced tanks and had a commercial license. Talk about cheap! Link to comment
c est ma Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 Nice new shots! The new arrangement looks great, and it was fun to compare the before and after shots side-by-side as well. --Diane Link to comment
smarsh Posted June 1, 2008 Author Share Posted June 1, 2008 Thanks Diane...I just rearranged the top layer of my rock, New room for SPS. pics soon. Tonight possibly, new bulbs in the mail on Monday. Link to comment
smarsh Posted June 2, 2008 Author Share Posted June 2, 2008 Just got the new lights today. Pinky at RedSea works fast. My SPS are opened so big they look completely different. My old bulbs were only 3.5 months old and crap. These are so cheap I will replace them 3 times a year. StevieT was nice enough to make me one of his media racks and that should ship this week. An above pic of my morphing zoas. Link to comment
smarsh Posted June 2, 2008 Author Share Posted June 2, 2008 Just won 3 frags for cheap on ebay, 1 Purple Candy 1" Acropora Tenuis 1" Neon Green Birds nest They should be here by Wednesday, all for 9 bucks each. I will let you know how they look. Link to comment
StevieT Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 The birdsnest and the candy look great Link to comment
smarsh Posted June 4, 2008 Author Share Posted June 4, 2008 My wife to be just called and said that my corals arrived from Fraggle Reef. They are posting frags on ebay, buy it now for 9.99 SPS, they say same shipping no matter how many you buy! Im gonna need a bigger tank! I ordered them on Monday night and they made it here from Cali by 10am today. It is so hard sitting here at work knowing I have three new specimens in a box at home.Me and Bobby are actually turning my old acrylic 90gal into a giant frag tank. That will be a separate thread. Link to comment
StevieT Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 media rack left my warehouse yesterday Link to comment
smarsh Posted June 4, 2008 Author Share Posted June 4, 2008 Thanks Stevie...I actually got the tracking yesterday. OH, the Tunze leaking bubbles. George from TUNZE USA emailed me asking a wide range of questions, Turns out that supplements, new carbon, algae blooms, vitamins and RED SLIME REMOVER (what I put in) cause a change in the dissolved oxygen in the water, creating this problem. He actually said the red slime remover will mess up a skimmer for weeks, happened to him in the past. Good news is the bubbles are getting less each day and my corals are happier. Thanks for all the help and my rack is due for delivery on Monday the 9th. In regards to the skimmer cup, I can open my lid and close it fine. It got caught once or twice, but I guess where I have it set it just misses the problem others are having. New pics later of the new stuff! Link to comment
smarsh Posted June 4, 2008 Author Share Posted June 4, 2008 OK, ummm go on ebay and buy from Fraggle Reef on there. I ordered 3 frags, $9.99 each , 1 purple candy cane(one head), I green birds nest(1") and 1 acro tenuis(1"). I got, 5 heads on the candy cane!!! one has 2 mouths! 9.99 wow! A nice acro 2" and A really nice birds nest 1.5" And something I didnt order in a seperate bag. Looks like zoas but has blue neon stripes on the closed polyp heads? Heads have green mouths and purplish disks, Any Ideas? also hitch hikers were, 2 stamotella snails and a small anemone green with pink tentacles. Good First Impression? Yes! Its opening up to be some sort of button polyp? I fed them and they ate mysis...15 min in the tank. They look like purple people eaters...maybe? Link to comment
bluesky Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Nice purple candy cane ... I have never seen those before. Smarsh, did you put those 4 rubber stickers on the tunze magnet? I think because of that I can push my skimmer cup down too much ... Link to comment
smarsh Posted June 6, 2008 Author Share Posted June 6, 2008 Nice purple candy cane ... I have never seen those before. Smarsh, did you put those 4 rubber stickers on the tunze magnet? I think because of that I can push my skimmer cup down too much ... Go on fraggle reef, I got that for 9.99. Last night I ordered another purple colony and 2 green ones for 8.99ea, A purple birds nest, milliopora and pociopora. Miguel emailed me to see what freebee he gave me before(purple people eaters) so I guess im getting another freebee today. the package was deleivered at 9:30....its gonna be a long day at work. No, actually I got the tunze power head magnet and used that. I Just superglued it to the side. So the thickness may have something to do with the hood closing for me. It has gotten stuck once or twice, but usually wont. Link to comment
smarsh Posted June 7, 2008 Author Share Posted June 7, 2008 So another box came from fraggle reef yesterday. The best thing was the freebie, rainbow montipora frag, nice green and orange polyps. Along with that I got 4 heads of neon green candy cane, 3 heads of purple, 1 purple birds nest, I rainbow pociopora and a green milliopra. All the frags are really healthy. Link to comment
smarsh Posted June 11, 2008 Author Share Posted June 11, 2008 StevieT's media rack came yesterday. Such a sweet looking piece. It went right in like it was born there. Thanks again Steve! One of my rics split over the weekend. Link to comment
smarsh Posted June 15, 2008 Author Share Posted June 15, 2008 It has been a week since I put in StevieT's MR and my corals are showing a huge difference. Just a few pics of my sun polyp fully extended and candy canes with poylps out. Link to comment
smarsh Posted June 16, 2008 Author Share Posted June 16, 2008 Another box due from Miguel at Fraggle Reef tomorrow, 5 more frags: Blue Hoeksemais Pink milliopora Green tipped orange digitada Green Acro Blue polyp cap I cant wait to see how nice the stuff is....I am always impressed when that box gets opened. Pics will come when the stuff is here. Link to comment
Lizzie1324 Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Great tank! I love your Candy Canes, they are gorgeous! Thanks for stopping by my thread, can't wait to get some new corals myself Link to comment
smarsh Posted June 21, 2008 Author Share Posted June 21, 2008 The new frags are in and unfortunately.....Im done now. Now I let tem grow into colonies and attach them to my new rock set up. My tank is mostly SPS now and I finally added the nano Koralia and they seem to love it. Here are some updated pics and a FTS. Pink Milli, Green Acro, Green Birdsnest, Green w/blue polyp cap, Green Pocilopora, Purple Birdsnest. Green Milli, Rainbow Monti, Orange monti, Acro Tenuis, Blue Acro FTS Link to comment
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