Natalia's Sculpture Bowl is almost a year old!

[natalia_la_loca]

Thanks @Felicia, I’ll get you one before the deadline  

[natalia_la_loca]

I wasn’t liking how blue the pics of the bowl have been, so I tried a darker orange gel filter. Better!

 

 

 

 

 

[natalia_la_loca]

Ah.  Sunday.

 

 

[Rene]

I bet that kit looks familiar to a lot of pico keepers. Especially those giant, red-tipped forceps...

[natalia_la_loca]

A couple more new acquisitions  Includes a piece of the euphyllia from my reefbowl. I had to cut a couple of the branches because they were touching the zoas and valida acro.

 

 

[Felicia]

The contest is coming to a close!  March 31st will be the official end of the competition and then the voting will begin.  In order to help the community decide what tanks to vote for, each remaining contestant will need to do the following:

1. PM me three (3) final photos that you think summarize your container reef.  The composition for two of these is up to you, but one of them should be a final FTS taken sometime during the month of March.
2. PM me a written summary of your container reef build and experiences throughout the competition.  This should be no more than 250 words.
3. These items must be private messaged to me by midnight (Pacific Standard Time) on March 31st.

[DCUEVAS74]

Beyond fabulous!

[natalia_la_loca]

Thank you @DCUEVAS74 

[JoeR]

I think you definitely have everyone beat on the creative aspect! I think your coral selection is also great, each frag has great color and thoughtful placement! 

 

I almost wish I had gone with a similarly shaped container.

[natalia_la_loca]

Thank you so much Joe  I can definitely say this bowl shape is very nice to work with. The wide opening makes it easy to do aquascaping and maintenance.

[JoeR]

19 minutes ago, natalia_la_loca said:

Thank you so much Joe  I can definitely say this bowl shape is very nice to work with. The wide opening makes it easy to do aquascaping and maintenance.

Yeah I realized all too late mine adds too much distortion and is a difficult shape to work with. Although yours too adds quite a bit of distortion. Ohh well, I can switch after the contest.

[tanacharison]

I hope you keep this going for the whole year.. this would look amazing all grown out.

[natalia_la_loca]

That’s my plan @tanacharison 

[natalia_la_loca]

A little afternoon sunlight in the bowl. The new frags are doing well. I also just added a freshly cut duncan frag (at far left, not visible in photo) but it hasn’t opened yet. Hope it heals!

 

 

[natalia_la_loca]

And here's the final FTS of the contest.  But I plan to keep this bowl running!  I really want to see what it will look like with the corals grown out.

 

 

[vlangel]

Very nice natalia!

[teenyreef]

Fantastic! I love the creativity of the statues, and it looks nice and lush. Even though it's not all grown in yet, it doesn't look like a frag collection either.

[Clown79]

Absolutely gorgeous. I love everything about it

[natalia_la_loca]

Aw, thank you   I can’t believe 6 months have gone by.  Kind of makes me wish it were a year long contest to give people’s bowls/vases/test tubes/coffee pots time to really grow out!

[fishfreak0114]

The statues were insanely creative!  It really made your bowl into a piece of underwater art. I’m glad you’re keeping it up, because I want to see it fill in! I’m sure it’ll be as lush and incredible as your other bowl in no time!

[teenyreef]

4 hours ago, natalia_la_loca said:

Aw, thank you   I can’t believe 6 months have gone by.  Kind of makes me wish it were a year long contest to give people’s bowls/vases/test tubes/coffee pots time to really grow out!

I agree! Some of the containers are just getting stabilized and starting to show growth and it's going to be really interesting to watch the next six months.

[seabass]

I really like how the sculptures and reef are weaved together.  Truly a work of art.

[natalia_la_loca]

Thanks @seabass!  I’m really happy with how it’s turned out so far. Hopefully it will get even weirder as time goes on    

[natalia_la_loca]

So it’s autumn, and I’m paying more attention to my bowls.  The art project pico is still doing really well, although there have been some hiccups along the way. I haven’t been able to get acros to thrive, and I nearly lost my acans (they’re bouncing back now). Other than that, it’s doing really well at nearly a year old.  Bubblegum digitata are encrusting like crazy. Looks like I need to rehome some nephthea.

 

 

 

 

[vlangel]

Still looking terrific!  Happy almost 1 year anniversary.