Fishfreak218 Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 WOW....your tank looks GREAT..i think i want to change my sand out and add black sand now....lol....high maintenence but w/ my stocking hopefully there poop wont be to big and harder to see on the black sand....i absoultly love your tank...if you were local i would make an offer after the contest... (even if it wasnt for sale....lol...) ...anyway i can stop looking at your tank.......im in amazment.... Link to comment
ZooGirl Posted December 15, 2005 Author Share Posted December 15, 2005 Oh thank you FishFreak, that's very kind. I like the black but I don't have any hermits or fish to dirty it up so it's working for me so far. I only have the tiny feather duster that poops like a madman! Oh and I'm sorry about your fishies. Very sad. Link to comment
Cesar Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 OMG Zoogirl your tank is fantastic. You have beautiful corals. Very nice. Link to comment
sandlot13 Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 hey! im impressed, freakin awesome tank. and i bet your as beautiful as your tank is haha, nice job, keep up the good work! Link to comment
ZooGirl Posted December 16, 2005 Author Share Posted December 16, 2005 Oh wow...thank you sandlot! Now I'm really blushing. Link to comment
Maxvan1 Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 Wow... looking really good. What camera are you using? That last dendo shot is AWSOME. Link to comment
ZooGirl Posted December 17, 2005 Author Share Posted December 17, 2005 Thanks Maxvan! I'm using an Olympus E-300 with the 50mm macro lens. I really like it, it works for me! Link to comment
ZooGirl Posted December 17, 2005 Author Share Posted December 17, 2005 Soooo....the night before last my oaf of a trochus went and knocked a few frags off of the rocks. He's a brute! I know he's the culprit because the only other critters in that tank are worms, pods and a stomatella. So I had to reglue a couple frags last night and while I was doing that I figured I'd move the red blasto over a bit. I had recieved a few more frags yesterday that I was considering adding as well. So of course while I have my gigantic man hand in this tiny tank all the rocks decide to move! ARRRRGHH! I nearly lost it! Fortunately no big disaster but it does look a bit different. I guess I'm going to have to stare at the tank for a while to decide if there needs to be another rearrangement. Everyone is pretty angry right now so no pic, but I will take one as soon as things settle down. Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 "man hand"? haha. I'm sure you'll make it look even better. Link to comment
Fishfreak218 Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 ^^^ nows your chance to make it better Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 I just reaquascaped mine too. =) Link to comment
ZooGirl Posted December 18, 2005 Author Share Posted December 18, 2005 I just reaquascaped mine too. =) Copycat. I think I need more glue! Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 i dont use glue for the LR tho. just try to get things to naturally fit in place. kinda limits the possibilities tho for rockwork. Link to comment
ZooGirl Posted December 18, 2005 Author Share Posted December 18, 2005 Yeah, neither do I. That's why I almost knocked the whole thing over!! Link to comment
ZooGirl Posted December 25, 2005 Author Share Posted December 25, 2005 Merry Christmas everyone!! Here's my final update for the year. Since the last rearrangement my trochus knocked over a few frags again, so he's outta there! Well, I also took him out because I just don't have that much algae in this tank and I was afraid he'd starve. I still have my stomatella though he's seldom seen. So a couple weeks ago I got a few frags. I bought a couple from Platinum Reefs and a new supplier I found, Aquarium Specialty. Dennis is always super to buy from. Every coral I ever get from him is pristine and beautiful! Scott from Aquarium Specialty was really great! Very nice and helpful. All of the corals from both places are perfect! I was only planning on putting a couple more frags in this tank but ended up putting the two blastos, acan echinata and blue xenia I received. I just couldn't help myself! Here's a closeup of the lavender and neon green blasto from Platinum Reefs: And the peach blasto from Aquarium Specialty: Here's the blue xenia from Aquarium Specialty. It was such a deep blue when it arrived but has since faded a bit : The gorgeous hi-liter green acan echinata from Platinum Reefs: Oh and I forgot to mention, I added a couple more little acan frags in the front. Not so much because I wanted to fill it up but out of necessity. My other tank contains Monster my giant jerk of a zebra hermit. He constantly takes little frags and man handles them then leaves them upside down in the sand. Grrr. He makes me so mad! Anyway, I decided to put my tiniest acans in the front of the pico. Here they can grow and be happy! Here they are: Oh and yes that acan is THAT green. It's actually brighter but I don't think the camera can capture it. And lastly here is the current FTS shot: Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 man. awesome stuff! I think you got the stock category in the bag. Link to comment
Fishfreak218 Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 I have to agree with Tigah on that one^^^ i love your tank...one of the best pico's i have seen Link to comment
ZooGirl Posted December 26, 2005 Author Share Posted December 26, 2005 Oh thanks guys! I appreciate it, that's really sweet. We'll see how it goes, I'm trying my best! Link to comment
tinyreef Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 that's an amazing green! i especially like the contrast with the black substrate (reminds me of acoustic's old setup in its prime). how about a downward angle shot? or true down-view shot? i think that would really show everything off against the dark substrate/"background". i agree with the other comments, i think you're really starting to pull away from pack and build your lead. 'panic time' for the rest of Stock category. hey waitaminute, i'm in Stock too! Link to comment
ZooGirl Posted December 26, 2005 Author Share Posted December 26, 2005 Haha...thanks tiny! Ya know, I tried taking an angled shot but the image came out blurry. I need to take a little time and try it again. The acans look cool looking down on them, you can really see their coloration. Another thing I could do or would like to do is get one of those acrylic boxes for the lens, then I could stick it in the water. I guess I'd have to make it though. Blah. Link to comment
ZooGirl Posted December 26, 2005 Author Share Posted December 26, 2005 Here's a group shot from today: My red blasto looks much happier! He hates it when I stick my hand in the tank. Link to comment
Ann Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 Fabulous! Best regards Ann Link to comment
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