Lalani Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Nice shots, CamCam! Yep, its probably a yuma baby. I kinda cut the feet of a couple of the yumas when clipping them off the rocks and any little piece of foot will make a new baby. Link to comment
opaquelace Posted January 10, 2014 Author Share Posted January 10, 2014 Nice shots, CamCam! Yep, its probably a yuma baby. I kinda cut the feet of a couple of the yumas when clipping them off the rocks and any little piece of foot will make a new baby. Thanks Lani! I take better pictures with my phone than with my camera lol. The yumas seem to like being in the ric garden. They add a lot of color to that area of the tank. I can't wait until they're bigger and making babies. Link to comment
opaquelace Posted January 10, 2014 Author Share Posted January 10, 2014 Updated FTS. I fragged my big rock of RPEs. I wanted to make room for possibly some SPS and some other cool palythoas. I'm going to give one frag to a friend and trade the others for store credit at my LFS. Then I took some rock from the sides to build up the top more and broke my red monti cap. Eek. It wasn't doing too well anyway. My starry blenny nipped at it so only the new growth was bright and happy. The rest was whitish and kept making brown algae? I'm thinking as my husband and I delve more into LPS (like chalices, favias, the like) we'll just reef epoxy the stuff to the grass. Right now it's not bugging anything though. 6 RPE frags happy and ready to go to new homes. Each frag has probably 5 or more polyps? I'm hoping I can get at least $10 per frag at the store for credit. That would be enough for a cool frag, or 6 weeks of water changes lol. Link to comment
gena Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 That's the best FTS yet!!!!! Looks AMAZING!!!!! Are you shipping?????? Link to comment
opaquelace Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 That's the best FTS yet!!!!! Looks AMAZING!!!!! Are you shipping?????? Lol I wish, if I were you'd be getting some! Ok big update time. I decided to break up the big rock with all the GSP and PSP on it. It was taking over. We still have a decent sized rock with some on it because I find I still like the stuff...it just grows really fast. I wanted to make more room in the sand for things like plate corals and wellsos/trachys and some acans too. Especially since I need to keep them pretty far apart. I don't want my acan echinata devouring another special frag like it did to my purple/green acan lords. See? Ok, left side new FTS time! I love that my rock anemones are more visible. Also the acan echinata is in a safe place far away from other LPS. The firecracker favia from Morgan stands out so much more too, and it's growing so fast! One of my favorite purchases so far. Right side FTS time! Notice Lani/Kim's maxi mini carpet at the bottom. That will be going to her soon. Green hammer and the blue mandarin. He seems to like the new scape a lot. He also appreciates not being bullied anymore by the star blenny. Typical frogspawn. Might be going back to the LFS if a friend decides to give us his metallic green torch. I haven't decided. I love this acan echinata. It's army green, baby blue and neon orange. It's just a killer lol. Hulk green clove polyps from Morgan at reefgardener.net Love these mushrooms! Rock anemones all in a row lol. Zoanthids/palys. The pink ones are finally getting pink again! Bonsai acro. I'm afraid to take it off the frag rack because it looks so happy there lol. And last but not least, a VERY happy pagoda cup. Link to comment
ward827 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Those are some great shots! Scape looks great!!! That shot of that acan devouring another acan is trippy! I also caught my lobo playing stinger missile to 4 headsof my neon candy cane about a month ago. All 4 heads died. Luckily I caught it in time to save the rest. W- Link to comment
markalot Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Nice pics. I've been warned those enchinatas are mean. Link to comment
gena Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 I ended up ordering some RPE's online. Should be here tomorrow . Your rock anemones sure look all pretty, in a row. Link to comment
Lalani Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Looks great, girl! Those flower nems are so cool, you should have seen the salmon colored one Ron had at Reef Coral. Ugh, wish I had gotten it then, cuz somebody bought it real fast. That maxi nem will have a nice home with lots of maxi friends. And geez, that garf bonsai frag colored up for you quickly! Mine has been through so much crap, lol. It's hanging in there though and starting to regain a little color. Anywho, love what you've done with the place. Let me know if you ever want me to come take pics of it! Link to comment
opaquelace Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 I definitely would want you to! My pictures don't do it justice lol. iPhone pics meh. The bonsai is definitely coloring up some. Sometimes I think it's colored up a lot and other times I can barely tell. I think it's encrusting more at the base but it's tricky to tell with SPS. Link to comment
opaquelace Posted January 21, 2014 Author Share Posted January 21, 2014 Looks great, girl! Those flower nems are so cool, you should have seen the salmon colored one Ron had at Reef Coral. Ugh, wish I had gotten it then, cuz somebody bought it real fast. That maxi nem will have a nice home with lots of maxi friends. And geez, that garf bonsai frag colored up for you quickly! Mine has been through so much crap, lol. It's hanging in there though and starting to regain a little color. Anywho, love what you've done with the place. Let me know if you ever want me to come take pics of it! And the assassin echinata has struck again! Got my orange rock anemone last night. Good news is I'm pretty sure it will heal. I move the echinata and the rock anemone moved back into its spot. It's just a small part that withered the rest looks healthy and reacts to light. When is the next swap meet? I want to trade it for a few nice palys/zoas. Link to comment
Lalani Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 And the assassin echinata has struck again! Got my orange rock anemone last night. Good news is I'm pretty sure it will heal. I move the echinata and the rock anemone moved back into its spot. It's just a small part that withered the rest looks healthy and reacts to light. When is the next swap meet? I want to trade it for a few nice palys/zoas. That jerk echinata! The nem should be ok, they're pretty hardy, fingers crossed. There is a frag swap up at Aquarium Concepts in Shreveport this weekend, but the next LARC meet is going to be Feb 8th at Misha's in Sulphur. Link to comment
opaquelace Posted January 22, 2014 Author Share Posted January 22, 2014 That jerk echinata! The nem should be ok, they're pretty hardy, fingers crossed. There is a frag swap up at Aquarium Concepts in Shreveport this weekend, but the next LARC meet is going to be Feb 8th at Misha's in Sulphur. Yea, see what's left of my flower anemone? One of my favorite ones too! I'm hoping it makes it. It's hiding now. And just a few more shots for fun. This is why I find it hard to take pictures without my clownfish in the way. Wherever I go or my phone goes, they follow. Different angle of my firecracker favia from Morgan. I love it. And it's so bright! Now for the size/color comparison of the bonsai frag! Current: Day we got it: I'm glad it's doing well. I've never kept acropora before so this is a first and a happy first (so far). Link to comment
opaquelace Posted February 10, 2014 Author Share Posted February 10, 2014 http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimclark/sets/72157640759408553/ Link to comment
opaquelace Posted February 10, 2014 Author Share Posted February 10, 2014 So that's the slideshow of all the pictures and I'll post a few of my favorites. Acan echinata finally has a permanent spot. I can't wait until this thing grows and encrusts down the rock. Chili Pepper Mushrooms I think. Just a regular rhodactis that over time has developed a royal blue base. If you see the sponge on the sand, it had gotten knocked off and I wanted to epoxy it back in place but I didn't want to have micro bubbles in the tank. It's back in place now by the ricordeas/rhodactis mushrooms. Link to comment
Lalani Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Those pics look familiar. Link to comment
gena Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Chili Pepper Mushrooms I think. My favorite!!!! I NEED one . Love that slide show. Link to comment
Lalani Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Chili Pepper Mushrooms I think. My favorite!!!! I NEED one . Love that slide show. Yeah, they are seriously pretty! I'm gonna have to get one from her. This tank is really really really pretty, guys! Glad I got to see it in person! Link to comment
opaquelace Posted February 11, 2014 Author Share Posted February 11, 2014 Chili Pepper Mushrooms I think. My favorite!!!! I NEED one . Love that slide show. I love them too! Noah came home with a rock of about 13 that he got for only 15 bucks after trading in some frags at or old LFS. And you're definitely getting one Kim. Link to comment
gena Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I love them too! Noah came home with a rock of about 13 that he got for only 15 bucks after trading in some frags at or old LFS. And you're definitely getting one Kim.What a deal!!!! Those are amazing. And I agree...your tank is really really really pretty!!!! Link to comment
opaquelace Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 What a deal!!!! Those are amazing. And I agree...your tank is really really really pretty!!!! Traded in some more RPEs at took this frag home for free: It's probably the brightest red thing I have in my tank. It's mint green, pink, and bright red. Very pretty and I can't wait for it to grow. The first official piece of the acan lord garden yay!!! (since the first one got digested) Link to comment
gena Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 NICE! I love acan gardens!!!!....jealous . I was able to pick up a couple of frags of the RPEs . Link to comment
Rehype Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Beautiful tank op...so clean Those pics look familiar. Lovely shots as always kim Link to comment
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