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Sweet tank. Nice clean & simple set-up. Where have you been getting your corals from? I am new at this and have been driving all over the bay checking out LFS. Some interesting places.

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Nice stuff. I like the Red Monti a lot. The African Blues are nice also

 

I ended up getting a used 20H from CL. I haven't bought the lights yet, might end up buying a Tek. We shall see I guess.

 

Keep the pictures coming!

 

Gotta get through this week before I can take some time to take some good ones, I've got an ichthyology midterm, a freshwater ecology midterm, and a marine geology midterm coming up

 

I must say though nano-reef is a major source of procrastination for me

 

Sweet tank. Nice clean & simple set-up. Where have you been getting your corals from? I am new at this and have been driving all over the bay checking out LFS. Some interesting places.

 

Thanks that was the main goal ... to keep it simple and clean, now I just want everything to grow

 

I've gotten livestock from a variety of different places,

 

trop-aquarium

aquarium showroom

trades with locals

picture perfect

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Nice looking tank you have! Sucks about the heater incident, but it looks like it has recovered nicely. I like your lighting choice, very colorful indeed!

 

What is that light stand that you are using? How did you make/where did you buy it? I want do something similar with my led setup and hang the pendants from piping like that.

 

Also, how is your decorator crab behaving? I've always wanted one, but been too scared to get one.

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Nice looking tank you have! Sucks about the heater incident, but it looks like it has recovered nicely. I like your lighting choice, very colorful indeed!

 

What is that light stand that you are using? How did you make/where did you buy it? I want do something similar with my led setup and hang the pendants from piping like that.

 

Also, how is your decorator crab behaving? I've always wanted one, but been too scared to get one.

 

Thanks!

i built the light stand out of black stainless steal pipe and a couple of stainless 90 elbows gotta love diy

 

and the crab was awesome... but it didnt survive the heater incident

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Photo update!

sorry its been awhile ... to many midterms and presentations

 

the nukes

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sandwiched

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Left side

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My diy monti cap holder

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and the monti cap

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the top-down

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and the fts

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Sooo .... i just ordered the 460nm current powerbrite Led and an ATI aqua blue plus =]

they will probably get here on monday

 

in the mean time more pics

 

This is my favorite pic of my monti cap

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The blues

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hungry ric

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drum roll please...

finally 2 new ones Help with ID

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the ones on the frag plug

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coming soon:

1-2 head piece of frogspawn

MORE rics ... i would like to get a ric garden growning for

sexy shrimp hopefully a trio

Im debating on a fish ... I have 2 fire fish now...its between

-a pair of black clown

-another attempt at a pygmy angel

 

thanks for lookin in

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Looking good man! Glad to see you survived midterms.

 

haha

I was in survival mode ... marine geology, and ichthyology on the same day, and earlier that day we had to turn in a fish skull... we had to go get a fish head, boil it down to the bones, and the whole thing falls apart and we have to put it back together... kind of like a 3d puzzle ... fun but frustrating mid terms at the same time

 

hey! nice pics...

 

 

tank dont look too bad eeder!

:D

 

Thanks

 

I've been working with the camera here and there to practice on procrastinating

 

top down on the acans

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always hungry

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I need new euphyllia spp. i think my hammer has made a full recovery

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I really like the island rock work with the Monti in the middle. I bet that will look killer once it grows out.

 

Thanks... that POA, now its just waiting for that growth

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Phew ... i survived a 10 pager on buried iron in marine sediments, and round 2 of midterms, and more papers ...

 

But im all done with that so you know what that means ....

more pictures

i got a tripod i was trying it out

 

the blues are growing, its only been a few weeks ( it was all mad cuz a hermit just walked over it)

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I started with one polyp back in march

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A few top down shots of the shrooms

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Babies

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my favorite shot of my hammer

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getting good color and extension of the echinata

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right side

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and to unveil my new project ... a little cut and glue here ... and a little cut and glue there anddd....

the start of a really cool branching zoa rock

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top down

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Another update!

new live stock ... i love trading ...

 

lotr

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new ric

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and the fam

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blue hornets ... stoked

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tubs and a frag i cut yesterday

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the frag rack

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i really want to get a few more

id like to put in an order at coralmorphologic at some point

they have the best prices ive seen, crazy colors, and nothing but positive feed back on them

maybe an after christmas gift to myself

 

 

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i forgot i got a good one of the firefish

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almost went to UCSC went to HSU instead ;) go lumberjacks! LOL

i love the banana slugs though so GO SLUGS too :D

 

HSU was one of my choices too, but I really wanted to go to santa cruz

 

Nice rics, liking the lotr also. Good stuff.

 

Thanks :D

Ive been looking for lotr for awhile, im really happy with them

 

more pics ... i think so

 

 

 

The nukes are growing

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started with 3

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another lotr shot

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