aaron1987 Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 I've been in maintenance mode for the past couple weeks, watching the corals grow. Zack should be shipping me my replacement tie dye mushroom (suck on that, Shazaams )and neon green toadstool in the next couple weeks, though. I'm actually considering switching my tank over to LPS/Softies only - the SPS just haven't really been doing it for me and the cramped dimensions make it difficult to space them out from sweepers. The mandarin is on a steady diet of OVA Prawn Roe and not quite "fat" but seems to be doing reasonably well. I'm still looking for ways to get him to take more/different kinds of foods that aren't as messy or as much of a PITA to feed. Probably due for a new FTS, eh? Link to comment
l2d4 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Would like a FTS!I like the style. Link to comment
aaron1987 Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 Shipment arrived from the Digital Fish Room today. Finally the owner of the Mystery Tie Dye mushroom and Japanese Neon Green Toadstool! Link to comment
Arkayology Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Shipment arrived from the Digital Fish Room today. Finally the owner of the Mystery Tie Dye mushroom and Japanese Neon Green Toadstool! pics! Link to comment
buddythelion Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Shipment arrived from the Digital Fish Room today. Finally the owner of the Mystery Tie Dye mushroom and Japanese Neon Green Toadstool! Get on that asap! Gotta know how the twin is doing. BTW: I can definitely ship now. Woo hoo! Link to comment
Deleted User 4 Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Where did you get your dragon's breath macro? Thanks. Link to comment
buddythelion Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Where has this dude been??? Link to comment
aaron1987 Posted November 10, 2013 Author Share Posted November 10, 2013 Busy, busy, busy... unfortunately with things unrelated to reefing. My summer and fall have been chaotic in the extreme and the tank has suffered for it. Quite frankly, if it weren't for the coraline buildup, it looks less mature than almost a year ago. I've been battling some serious GHA that I finally have on the retreat through the combined effects of a BRS media reactor, algae blenny, and hairy sea hare. I'm thinking about re-doing my aquascape. It looked cool at first, but I have a surplus of vertical space and a lot of encrusting corals like the favia, cyphastra, chalic... Not committed yet, but it is a present source of frustration. On the plus side, my tie-dye from Zack has put off two babies and my blastos are loving life. If I can clean things up a bit more over the next week or two I might be brave enough to post a FTS. Link to comment
Illuiix Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Well, I hope you didn't lose any pieces of the reef. Glad to have you back man. ps. I also hope you don't redo the scape because the current one is just too good. Link to comment
aaron1987 Posted November 10, 2013 Author Share Posted November 10, 2013 Unfortunately I lost the yellow torch and my lime green hammer is quite unhappy at the moment... struggling to troubleshoot it. I am trying target feeding but it's so retracted these days its hard to say if it will make it. That said, I definitely am liking the LPS look and will probably expand to some more euphyllia for the left island. Superman blasto has grown a ton, the tequila sunrise had a rough go for a bit but is now about 6 heads instead of the 3 I started with and the space invaders has grown to probably 4x its original size. My japanese neon green toadstool is also happy as a clam. My dendro's have gone from 2 hears to about 8 so it's not all bad. Needs a bit of TLC and a couple more corals to fill in holes and it'll be right as rain. Link to comment
Illuiix Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Whew, I was going to say, good thing you didn't lose your blastos!! Yellow torch, you can get a new one anytime, but those blastos are much more rare and expensive imo. Good thing they've grown a lot as well! Link to comment
aaron1987 Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 Whew, I was going to say, good thing you didn't lose your blastos!! Yellow torch, you can get a new one anytime, but those blastos are much more rare and expensive imo. Good thing they've grown a lot as well! True enough! Tracking down more tequila sunrise would have been a pain. I did a little rearranging last night and you'll be glad to hear that I kept the 'scape and I'm a lot happier with the effect with corals in new homes. Link to comment
jdokos Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Awesome tank. Love the scape. Link to comment
Illuiix Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Nice!! Yeah that tequila sunrise is a beauty....lol. Link to comment
aaron1987 Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 Awesome tank. Love the scape. Thanks! I'll clean it up a bit more and toss up FTS tonight or tomorrow. Nice!! Yeah that tequila sunrise is a beauty....lol. One of my favorites along with the angel eyes favia and tie-dye mushroom Link to comment
Illuiix Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Lets see some updates already. Enough talking about your collection!! Link to comment
buddythelion Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Yes... he lives... Link to comment
aaron1987 Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 Lets see some updates already. Enough talking about your collection!! Gotta do something to pass the work day... I'll scrub some glass and snap a pic or two when I get home. Yes... he lives... Indeed! Fresh off my diving trip in Hawaii and reinvigorated. If only I had a collector's permit... Link to comment
aaron1987 Posted November 12, 2013 Author Share Posted November 12, 2013 As promised... A small view into how the aquarium is doing.. Just pretend there's not GHA Link to comment
Zia Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Nice columns! I'm always in awe of scape like that. Ive attempted several times, but never been able to achieve it. Would love to see a front view FTS of this beauty. Link to comment
aaron1987 Posted November 12, 2013 Author Share Posted November 12, 2013 Nice columns! I'm always in awe of scape like that. Ive attempted several times, but never been able to achieve it. Would love to see a front view FTS of this beauty. Thanks! Truthfully its felt a bit like luck both times I've done it. I order more dry rock than I need, play with what I end up with and find something that's somewhat stable on its own, then set it with epoxy. The trick is to realize that epoxy doesn't "glue" anything together, it simply provides bracing. It needs to either be shaped such that it grips the rocks, the rocks need to be stable, or you should plan on supplementing the structural integrity with zip ties or super glue. I may need to do a bit more housekeeping on the aquarium before taking a "real" FTS... Link to comment
Illuiix Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Can't wait for those close up shots of the tye dye mushies and tequila sunrise blastos!! Link to comment
aaron1987 Posted November 12, 2013 Author Share Posted November 12, 2013 Can't wait for those close up shots of the tye dye mushies and tequila sunrise blastos!! Bottom left I'll snap some real pictures of them tonight, as long as you promise to ignore the GHA on the base of the Tequila Sunrise Link to comment
Illuiix Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Yeah no problem! How much were the tye dye mushies? I saw a bunch of jawbreakers at reef-a-palooza back in October. What a sight lol. Link to comment
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