Tigahboy Posted February 10, 2005 Author Share Posted February 10, 2005 Haha. I didn't get a single hair cut since I started this 30g project until just recently. Before that, I used to get haircuts twice a week. Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted February 10, 2005 Author Share Posted February 10, 2005 for those that just PM'd me regarding the "thinning" of my tank. lol. I do prefer local trades first...then I'll get back to those out of state if I have stuff available still. I don't have a vendor fedex account so it costs an arm and a leg to ship out of state fedex priority overnight. Link to comment
BelowH2O Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Nice pics, especially the shot of the blasto! What is that little yellow thing in the pic, a sponge? Looks cool... Did you want to do that trade next week? Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted February 10, 2005 Author Share Posted February 10, 2005 yellow cucumber. haha. your PM box is forever full. I sent email to you instead yesterday. I can ship on Monday if that's cool. you'll get it by Tuesday 10:30 AM. Link to comment
10" Red Devil Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 JMT, Not to sound like a jerk, but what is the perfect size setup for his sps? I mean arent all of our systems technically too small for alot of these corals. Link to comment
BelowH2O Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Thats crazy...I emptied it out a while ago??? Anyways I'll check the e-mail, and hit you back. Tuesdays cool for me... Link to comment
Sushi Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 i like the cluttered look, u know what they say: "your tank isn't complete until you fill it up with enough corals so that you can't see your LR" ...or something like that? Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted February 10, 2005 Author Share Posted February 10, 2005 (sent folder messages count towards your message total as well). Link to comment
jmt Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Ahh... the dreaded groupie attack. I wasn't speaking ill of tb's tank, I just wanted to offer an opinion for him to take or leave. It was only done in an effort to help. When SPS are competing for space, one will end up destroying the other. Unless, of course, you frag the hell out of them to keep them small. Fragging them too much can cause color loss, tissue damage, distorted growth patterns, and can even lead to the death of the coral. On top of that, the beauty that is SPS can't really be enjoyed until they've had a chance to grow out and color up in a healthy system where they are not bothered. As for a perfect size, there isn't one. I've seen SPS doing well in an Aquavase. Now, to have them grow out, you will need some space. How much space depends on the coral, how well you want it to do in the tank, and how large you're willing to let it get. I just happened to notice his being very close together so I made a comment to make sure he was aware of this as well. Link to comment
The Speez Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 cant some species of SPS like montipora touch each other? I know acro cant but for some reason I was under the impression that some were more friendly. Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted February 11, 2005 Author Share Posted February 11, 2005 speez - not sure about that. I think it's just better to keep them from touching each other tho. BelowH20 - the orange monti cap I'm gonna be sending over to you is shown towards the top of the pic above. Link to comment
nano_mike00 Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 Tigahboy, Hey if you want...after all is said and done with local trades could you make me a list of what you would be willing to sell and send to Miami? I just started a new 24g JBJ and I'm hoping to get the lights in soon from nanocustoms. I have a 25g at home that would house them beautifully until my new tank is fully cycled. I'm especially interested in the red yuma as its the only color i DONT have in my 50+ ric/yuma collection. also the red blasto and any of the SMALLER acan frags. Oh and i almost forgot Your tank is absolutely amazing! I have seen hundreds of tanks and cant remember ever seeing a more amazing collection of corals. Link to comment
Maxvan1 Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 do you even know how much you have spent of corals...? do you have a list of all of your corals somwere? aprox. how many do you have? Link to comment
BKtomodachi Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 Can I have it? After all, it is just a bucket of fishes..... Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted February 11, 2005 Author Share Posted February 11, 2005 nano_mike00 - rbaby would KILL me if I sold to someone else. haha. but w/ that said, I dont think I plan to sell my one and only yuma. if it for some reason makes tons of babies, things may change. =) Maxvan1 - nope, haven't calculated costs...and I don't plan to. =) I might get depressed. In terms of number of coral pieces...I guess around 40-50? BKtomodachi - it's a very heavy bucket of fish tho. Link to comment
10" Red Devil Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 jmt, I hope that comment wasnt directed towards me. I am far from a Tigahboy group, for one thing I would never follow anyone with that screen name, no offense tigahboy, im sure there is a good story behind that name. But I was just kinda curious as to the sizes these acros get, I just wanted to get some edumacation for when I do my sps tank, I have done sps in a 20 long, very similar to Tigahs, but I had to tear it down after only 6 months due to a long move. I didnt have as many as Tigah though so the space issue was not as much of a concern, but your comment got me thinking. Thanks. Link to comment
rbaby Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 Tigah...you BEST not sell that yuma, you know I could kick your butt ... Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted February 11, 2005 Author Share Posted February 11, 2005 haha. enuf w/ the groupie BS. nobody is anybody's groupie. period. =P and yes, my username is silly...made it in high school and I just like to stick w/ it for consistency. =P Link to comment
aquaman7 Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 tigah, what fish do you have in your set-up as of now??? Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted February 11, 2005 Author Share Posted February 11, 2005 I need to work on improving my fish photography skillz...I took like a million, and this was the best I could do. haha. Aside from these 2, I have: 1 diamond goby 1 hi fin red banded goby 1 barnacle blenny 1 6-line wrasse 1 mandarin my 6-line wrasse found its way down to the sump/fuge tank. I'm having a hard time getting it out. p.s. mandarin has only been in my tank for a week. Link to comment
aquaman7 Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 very nice....what does ur hi-fin goby eat...i'd like to get one...but don't know of many other people who have one....thanks man Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted February 11, 2005 Author Share Posted February 11, 2005 eats pretty much anything. I feed frozen mysis, enriched brine, and flakes. Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted February 11, 2005 Author Share Posted February 11, 2005 Orange fungia plate Eagle Eye zoo's Link to comment
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