Kat's Birthday Party

[metrokat]

Nobody panic!

Worked on my scape with Johnny Ciotti's help. (still working on it)

The main idea was to make the slimer be more cohesive with the left side.

(and now it has room to grow too)

 

Before

 

After

[Arce]

I approve, slimer stands out too much in the original and throws everything off.

[metrokat]

It's the perfect foil for the Katropora now

[Arce]

As long as they dont all grow into each other. Cant tell the depth between everything.

[metrokat]

There is room, but I have to trim everything once in a while anyway.

[Mariaface]

Love. It.

[metrokat]

Acropora Austera is suddenly growing like a bean stalk. If you see the branches closely (click to enlarge), the lower portion has dense coralites, and then whooosh! A bit of elongated coralite free branch and then it starts to grow coralites again.

[Mariaface]

So is there a waitlist for the austera

 

 

Kidding. I need a much better handle on my tank before I try to deal with acropora

[metrokat]

So is there a waitlist for the austera

 

 

Kidding. I need a much better handle on my tank before I try to deal with acropora

Whenever you are ready

Y'all know I don't like to clean my glass right? Too many copepods on the glass.

This is a PC Rainbow Stag and my WWC Orange passion bogger.

Got them at RAP, so that is 3 weeks ago. They turned brown almost immediately. (tank issues) and they are coloring back up now.

[Mariaface]

Awww, thanks

 

 

Anyone want to spend an entire day in a movie theater? I have like five movies I need to watch. Finding Dory, Secret Life of Pets, Ghostbusters, Ice Age: Collision Course, Now You See Me 2, Star Trek Beyond, Tarzan, and X-Men Apocalypse.

 

...Okay, eight movies.

[metrokat]

Already saw Dory, X-Men (horrible). I'm game for Ghostbusters, Star Trek and Tarzan

[mitten_reef]

Nice new scape! Really like that the slimer is now permanently photobombing the Kat.

 

Speaking of scape, I have a question that you might be able to enlighten this follower.

So came a cross the term "Bommie" quite a bit recently - there's a recent ReefBuilder piece on an awesome tank that they called Bommie-style, and then a bunch of posts on NR here, including yours. Google search shows bommies to be somewhat remote/isolated rock full of coral with pretty good open area surrounding it.

What is a "bommie" in an aquascape perspective? How is it different from the "islands" style scape. I love the open sand bed look, so would like to learn a bit more if there's any difference between the two styles.

Thanks,

[metrokat]

Nice new scape! Really like that the slimer is now permanently photobombing the Kat.

 

Speaking of scape, I have a question that you might be able to enlighten this follower.

So came a cross the term "Bommie" quite a bit recently - there's a recent ReefBuilder piece on an awesome tank that they called Bommie-style, and then a bunch of posts on NR here, including yours. Google search shows bommies to be somewhat remote/isolated rock full of coral with pretty good open area surrounding it.

What is a "bommie" in an aquascape perspective? How is it different from the "islands" style scape. I love the open sand bed look, so would like to learn a bit more if there's any difference between the two styles.

Thanks,

Thanks for stopping in. Why don't we learn about Bommies together?

 

Johnny Ciotti is the creator of that Bommie tank you see. A bommie can be just one rock in the middle of a tank or on a column. The open space around it is key - hard to pull off in a nano. In my mind the island aquascape and the bommie is the same. I've noticed though that most island scapes don't just have one island, it's usually more than one. But that's a great question that I will ask Johnny when I speak to him next.

 

The latest issue of Coral magazine also talks about bommies.

Some examples of bommies that I like

 

[StinkyBunny]

DAMN POKEMON SERVERS WERE DOWN ON MY WALK

1st world problems.

 

That branchy coral is super skinny because of low flow, turn up the flow and it'll thicken right back up. And I can fix the slimer, just chop it off at the base and I'll find it a new home in M's tank.

[metrokat]

The slimer needs fixing?

[metrokat]

More on Bommie's. Eugenes reefs are always inspirational for me and his zero edge was great

And in nature

[Boggers]

That tank looks crazy nice....but I know I can't keep the inside and outside glass clean without some serious help.

[metrokat]

That tank looks crazy nice....but I know I can't keep the inside and outside glass clean without some serious help.

the edge?

[holy carp]

Does Bacter Clean keep the glass clean?

 

That edgeless is sort of like a concept I had about a tall tank in the center of a shallow lagoon tank. But it gets a little silly.

[metrokat]

Does Bacter Clean keep the glass clean?

 

That edgeless is sort of like a concept I had about a tall tank in the center of a shallow lagoon tank. But it gets a little silly.

It should. Long term usage makes the tank pristine, and towards ULNS levels, but that isn't my goal so I use it sporadically.

[metrokat]

Oh shit, it's throwback Thursday!

Here's my little red wagon with potted majano anemones from my Tea Party Pico.

[StinkyBunny]

My Emporer LOVES majano anemones, I mean she'll seek them out like a missile. I have a friend that has them pop up in his tank and he brings them to me for her to dispatch, then he gets his rock back, lol.

[blizzardscout2]

Bommies are sick, definitely my next scape. I like what you did with the scape. Looks great!

[Boggers]

the edge?

Sorry, I was referring to the edgeless tank. With the water running up and over the algae would populate on both sides. If snails would be on the outside it would disrupt the water making it splash on the way down. Leaving you with manual removal.

[markalot]

Love the acro pics and good health they are showing. I still don't have the colors but the growth, good grief I forgot how fast these can grow when conditions are right.