BTA65 Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Man your tank is amazing. I wish i had MH. Link to comment
MitchReef Posted November 23, 2009 Author Share Posted November 23, 2009 Reef is still looking awesome Mitch. But no frag rack??? Actually it's still there, but it's held by "The Magic of Magnetics!!!" and I slid it out of the line of sight for these pics....It is nearly empty now though Thanks so much to everybody else....It really looks different after the last week and a half.... Link to comment
MitchReef Posted November 26, 2009 Author Share Posted November 26, 2009 I wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving. This has been one of the most challenging years of my entire 52, but I am still oh so thankful for all that I have. I give thanks for my beautiful bride, my daughter and step-daughter, the reef that brings me calming joy when I'm down, for my silly cats and for all of the friends that help to fill my world. I never would have imagined myself part of an internet family, but I feel that way about NR. This community is the best. Thanks to all, Mitch Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 to Mitch and Family, may have an awesome, blessed day together. Link to comment
davidr2340 Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours Mitch! Link to comment
Needreefunds Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 * wipes a teary eye * Looking at your reef is enjoyable for many of us too! A very Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours as well Mitch! Enjoy the day! Link to comment
MitchReef Posted November 27, 2009 Author Share Posted November 27, 2009 I cannot believe that we are actually awake already, getting ready to go out into this morning of idiocracy.....we are going to join the mass and throng trying to get the elusive "good deal" on Black Friday....and we don't really even have any money to spend!!!! Great people watching though.... I think they say God loves children and fools, and I ain't feeling any younger...... Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Your comment above reminded me of the first 2 lines of one of my favorite songs: "I hear You have a soft spot for fools and little children and I'm glad cause I've been both of those..." (from Farther On by Russ Taff) Hope you have fun (relatively speaking) and don't get trampled today. Link to comment
MitchReef Posted November 27, 2009 Author Share Posted November 27, 2009 We survived, and actually had a pretty good time of it. When all of the shopping is highly limited by funds being short it makes things much easier, and with a well planned out list and two people working the list it was a breeze. We did Kohl's, Walmart and Target and were done before 7:30. I went to WorldWide Corals for their 40% off sale and with a little nudge, nudge, wink, wink with Victor got an amazing deal on a frag of Season's Greetings encrusting Montipora. Pictures will follow.....I met some people there who decided to follow me home and they took a big bag of frags home as well! A quick trip to pick up a pre-purchased item and I was home in time for a nice 2 1/2 hour nap! Our Holiday shopping is complete (except for a small item I need to get for my Bride) and the season is still young enough to kick back and enjoy! Link to comment
Nemo Niblets Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Your reef still looks sick even after the frag raid! Link to comment
MitchReef Posted November 27, 2009 Author Share Posted November 27, 2009 And the amazing thing is that I must have moved 50 to 60 frags, most being quite generous ones! Link to comment
MitchReef Posted November 28, 2009 Author Share Posted November 28, 2009 Quick picture update.... Here is my new frag, Seasons Greetings encrusting Montipora.... And a couple of update pics....this first one is a poor focus shot, but the AA Meteor Shower is coloring back up.... Here is what's left of my Area 51 favia.... My fairly new California Blue Tort.... Here is what has grown out from where my Rainbow Montipora was originally mounted....this is the growth from what grew down under the bottom of the original tile.... And I had to snap one of goofy Lennie the Blennie relaxing under the recently fragged Duncans.... that guy has all the personality of any fish there is.... Thanks for looking, Mitch Link to comment
Needreefunds Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Great stuff Mitch! Lovin' those monti's! Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 That new Monti is gorgeous, and Lenny is quite the character! Link to comment
MitchReef Posted November 29, 2009 Author Share Posted November 29, 2009 Yup, I'm really starting to love the encrusting ones too....that Rainbow is absolutely beautiful....I only kept a tiny frag of it for myself, except for that piece that is growing on one of the supporting rocks of the whole island. It will have to just grow out and stay there, cause there is no way to ever frag it. I love the Season's Greetings and have wanted it for a while now..... Link to comment
JKUNZ Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Here is my new frag, Seasons Greetings encrusting Montipora.... I want. 5.0???? EDIT: and the red planet! Link to comment
nanoreefnate Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 so like, whyb are you cuttin up all your coralz again? BTW i still want a dewalsii (or however you spell it) frag. Link to comment
MitchReef Posted December 5, 2009 Author Share Posted December 5, 2009 Well Nate, it was a bit of a necessity....My family has gotten about to the end of our financial means....BUT!!!! MY wife starts a full-time job that should last at least 4 to 5 months, maybe more....this is her first regular (non temporary) job in 15 months!!!! I cut a bunch of frags, but I still have quite a presentable reef, If I may say so myself.... As for a frag of the desalwii....maybe we can work out something sometime.....the problem is getting home in time to pack up a shipping box, then the FedEx alone from Florida could turn out to be a killer!!!! Link to comment
becact Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Any shots of that little Fiji acro frag? I'm curious to see how it's coming along Link to comment
MitchReef Posted December 5, 2009 Author Share Posted December 5, 2009 I just moved it up a bit during this week, so I haven't grabbed a shot of it in its higher light yet....working my way up to bright lighting.....It is looking MAJOR healthy but is still toward green in color...I need to get it to a stable high light location and then let it color up...it may take a few weeks once I settle on location....I believe it has grown a noticable amount though..... Link to comment
becact Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Cool. The mother colony is green with pink tips so it will probably stay that color, but you never know... Link to comment
MitchReef Posted December 10, 2009 Author Share Posted December 10, 2009 I got some new zoanthids and just had to show them off....they were sold as "Wagon Wheels" and they are close to the original Pink Wagon Wheels, they are close enough that I would call them a Morph of Pink Wagon Wheels.....they are still in the QT, and were just 3 days here when I got this pic.... They are completely open and looking sassy now.... Just had to snap a few again this evening.... That's my little frag of UnderWaterWorld's Rainbow Sunburst Monti....I got that fraglet for resuscitating a friend's piece of it! ORA Borealis ORA Blue tort I had to get this closeup of a pale spot of my Neon Green Montipora digitata, because I don't think I've EVER seen a Monti with such PE....look at the lower left part of the extending nodule! Purple Slimer Pinwheels Martian BibleSue's Teal Palys....these things are reproducing like rabbits!!! If you look carefully at the stalk that is clearly visible you can see the true determining factor af Palythoa....The stalks take up sand that can actually be seen and if the sand isn't there it isn't a paly.... Just a little Taxonomy lesson.... Mitch Link to comment
becact Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 If you look carefully at the stalk that is clearly visible you can see the true determining factor af Palythoa....The stalks take up sand that can actually be seen and if the sand isn't there it isn't a paly.... Just a little Taxonomy lesson.... Mitch Wow, I didn't know that! You're saying the sand sticks to the stalk? Or that the stalk ingests the sand particles? Link to comment
MitchReef Posted December 10, 2009 Author Share Posted December 10, 2009 My understanding is that "Uptake of Sand" is the defining feature of Palythoa.....and, like I said, if you magnify deeply you can see the sand, either at the surface or deeper in the stalk tissue, but that's the real difference..... Link to comment
K-MAN Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 What type of placement do you have the Suburst Monti. Its funny, because i also purchased a frag...and Im in orlando....and mine barely made it, but its doing ok now. I have it on the bottom of my tank. Link to comment
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