110g Mixed Reef V2

[Leah]

Wow! Doug...your pictures are fantastic as always! Love your new addition. :mrgreen:

[ElGuappo]

wow fromthe looks of things you have a bunch of stuff that could use some "pruning" guess i better stop by and help you out with that....:wink::mrgreen:

Looks great as always.

[fishytime]

Wow! Doug...your pictures are fantastic as always! Love your new addition. :mrgreen:


Thanks Girly


wow fromthe looks of things you have a bunch of stuff that could use some "pruning" guess i better stop by and help you out with that....:wink::mrgreen:

Looks great as always.

Thanks man......and you know your welcome to take that ten minute drive to my place to raid thank any time:razz:



some moar pics
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[fishytime]

Well......V2 is almost clam-less.......I lost another three in the last two weeks....... somewhat of a chain reaction type thing like Tony described after an urchin had picked up my little blue guy and carried him around for an undetermined amount of time.....that clam died the day after I rescued him from his roller coaster ride and then I lost two in the next few days...... I sold one to Tai and that leaves me with one:neutral:.....Im not positive but I believe in my own mind that the hippo clam was bad luck if nothing else and had to go....all my troubles seemed to start happening shortly after I added this clam(I told Tai this before I sold him the clam)I cant say for sure whether or not the hippo had anything to do with my run of bad clam luck but......


anyway.....on to lighter topics.....some more reef porn.......

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[Delphinus]

Some very exquisite colours happening in there.. jealous..

[365seasons]

Tank looks amazing Dougy! As usual!

So glad I finally got to see it in person. =)

[fishoholic]

Lookin good babe :biggrin:

[Lance]

Sorry to hear about the clams Doug. Everything else is looking mighty fine though.

[fishytime]

Some very exquisite colours happening in there.. jealous..

Aw cmon Tony....I've seen some of the stuff in your tank.....wont be long before Im the one thats jealous.......thanks none the less tho

Tank looks amazing Dougy! As usual!

So glad I finally got to see it in person. =)

Thanks Lisa (or at least I hope it's Lisa:razz:)..... I hope the sticky buttons weren't to big of an issue for ya.......on the phone I lent you, I mean......

[The Codfather]

Looks good Doug, I hope everything grows ridiculously fast. That way when my tank is ready and Im in town I know where to stop.:mrgreen:

[fishytime]

Lookin good babe :biggrin:


Me or the tank????:mrgreen:

Sorry to hear about the clams Doug. Everything else is looking mighty fine though.

Thanks Lance.....methinks Im gonna lay off the clams for a while......its gonna be hard but......especially the first time we get some at the new shop..........Im weak.......I hope I can resist the lure of the clam:mrgreen:


more porn

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I just cant stop taking pics of this monti.......*shutters with delight*

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back to some of the other stuff in the tank

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TSB

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[Delphinus]

Aw cmon Tony....I've seen some of the stuff in your tank.....wont be long before Im the one thats jealous.......thanks none the less tho

You're just saying that but thanks for the little white lie nonetheless :p

[fishoholic]

Me or the tank????:mrgreen:



Both :mrgreen:

[fishytime]

smore pics.....

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Echinata
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Convexa
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[lastlight]

Nice as usual man. What are you dosing to really pull the greens out of your algae like that?

[The Grizz]

I think I need to come visit with a keg, get you loaded so you pass out & raid your tank with some snips :twised: To bad about the clams Dougster, I have 3 in my tank ATM, 2 months in & all seems well...........so far.

[fishytime]

Nice as usual man. What are you dosing to really pull the greens out of your algae like that?

kryptonite Brett......its a fine balancing act.....to little and and you dont get that deep color out of your algae.....too much and my superman monti looks weak..... I think Im gonna take a page from Skabooya(sp?).....the 25g is officially a "macro algae display":mrgreen:

[Oxymoron]

One of the sweetest tanks on canreef:)

If you were to guess.. How many different species of corals do you currently have in your tank?

Just a ballpark

[lorenz0]

How many different species of corals do you currently have in your tank?



plural; one system, multiple tanks

btw, i hate coming in here. I feel a relaps

[fishytime]

I think I need to come visit with a keg, get you loaded so you pass out & raid your tank with some snips :twised:

Get me drunk then take advantage of me?????:surprise:..... Greg!.....I didnt think you were that kind of guy!:razz::mrgreen:


To bad about the clams Dougster, I have 3 in my tank ATM, 2 months in & all seems well...........so far.

ya it is.....and I just noticed that it looks like the last one is on its way out:sad:......gonna try and leave the tank clamless for as long as I can resist......

plural; one system, multiple tanks

btw, i hate coming in here. I feel a relaps


Wassa matta Laurier?......you know your an SPS guy at heart.....stop putting on that charade and do an SPS tank like you know you want to:razz:


One of the sweetest tanks on canreef:)

If you were to guess.. How many different species of corals do you currently have in your tank?

Just a ballpark


Thanks mang:redface:......


I'll do better than ballpark it:biggrin:

38 different sps
3 different favias
8 different acans
4 different micromussas
2 different blastomussas
2 different chalices
brain
octospawn
37 different zoas
2 different rhodactis mushrooms
2 different yuma rics
dendros
duncans
maze coral
and an unidentified lps sorta like an acan but not

I spend too much of my paycheck at the store.....I think Im Kevins best customer:mrgreen:

[Lance]

Stellar as usual Doug. You've got a great collection already on V2.
Do you just sign the cheque and hand it back to Kevin? :lol:

[freezetyle]

I spend too much of my paycheck at the store.....I think Im Kevins best customer:mrgreen:

I think more shop owners should hire there best customers. Not only would the money they pay them come back into the store. The person would only shop at that location because of the discount...

****COUGH***You hear that SPENCER at BLUE WORLD AQUARIUM VICTORIA...***Cough***

Sorry for the shameless comment. Tank is looking great as always:lol:

[The Grizz]

Well it's your fault for splashing all the reef PORN & getting me all worked up. :razz:

[fishytime]

Stellar as usual Doug. You've got a great collection already on V2.
Do you just sign the cheque and hand it back to Kevin? :lol:

Thanks Lance.....ya I might as well just sign them over some months.........I tell people that my 9 to 5 pays the bills and weekends at RC pays for my hobby........and it pays well:mrgreen:

I think more shop owners should hire there best customers. Not only would the money they pay them come back into the store. The person would only shop at that location because of the discount... Tank is looking great as always:lol:

Thanks Jon......well.....I've been with Kevin since the day he bought the shop, so technically Ive never been a customer:wink:

Well it's your fault for splashing all the reef PORN & getting me all worked up. :razz:

I dont know about you but I cant get enough reef porn:twised:


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got some shrooms.......I took these same rhodactis up for Laurie last time I went to E-town because they looked cool at the shop.....then got them in to her box and they looked really good under her lighting.....then I saw Chris's(chowder) picture of his and thought, ok....now I gotta get me some.....so heres what they look like under my lighting....
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[Oxymoron]

So sick, I read this and couldn't stop smiling haha

Thanks mang:redface:......


I'll do better than ballpark it:biggrin:

38 different sps
3 different favias
8 different acans
4 different micromussas
2 different blastomussas
2 different chalices
brain
octospawn
37 different zoas
2 different rhodactis mushrooms
2 different yuma rics
dendros
duncans
maze coral
and an unidentified lps sorta like an acan but not

I spend too much of my paycheck at the store.....I think Im Kevins best customer:mrgreen:

[Oxymoron]

and what the hell is an octospawn?

[fishytime]

and what the hell is an octospawn?

frogspawn variant.......looks like an octopussy:mrgreen:.....theres a couple pics of mine on this page http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=40669&page=171


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heres the aforementioned unidentified LPS.....anyone know what it is???
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[fishytime]

little bit of news......a couple of dwarf angels from a canreefer ended up at the shop....a potters and a flameback......I have always wanted a potters and being that this one was from someone's tank made him very attractive......I pmed the guy to see why it was the fish needed a new home, thinking perhaps it was doing some coral sampling.....he got back to me saying that the angels just didnt fit in with the stocking plans for the new tank.....this got me humming and hawing...........problem is I already have a DW coral beauty and the potters is similar in color and size.....I was sure that my CB would jump in the new angel, the question was how bad would the initiation be...I debated for over a week and when I went back to the shop last w/e they were both still there.....I briefly had the stupid idea to take both the potters and the flameback to disperse the aggression that was sure to happen......but I was too chicken to try that......in the end I decided to take the flameback instead:mrgreen:.......he got jumped in hard.....and I mean hard, by my CB and my powder blue.....so hard that I had to divide my tank in two with nets to give the poor little guy a couple hours to at least catch his breath from being moved.....I left the nets in until the lights went out and went to work the next day fully expecting to come home to either a thoroughly beat up fish, a floating fish, or a CCC(crispy carpet critter) ......I got home to a flameback out and about, swimming around like he had been in the tank for monthes, with just a couple marks (nothing major) and a CB with a few marks:surprise:.....I couldnt believe that the little flameback(half the CBs size) took a piece out of the CB......full of pi$$ and vinegar the little guy is, which is probably a good thing all things considered......he's been in the tank for a week now and while there is still some tension between the two angels I think its safe to say that the two should be able to tolerate each others existence.....at least for the time being.....


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I liked the dendros that Im babysitting so much that I decided to try my first ever duncan

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panda goby.....not the best pic but.....
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and one of my porcelain crabs wearing his grand poobah/ marching band conductor type hat
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[Lance]

That's great Doug! I like to hear success stories; so many times it doesn't work out with the new additions.

[fishytime]

That's great Doug! I like to hear success stories; so many times it doesn't work out with the new additions.

I am usually so cautious about what I add and I tend to hum and haw forever about it because I know that if a fish is small, my coral beauty or mystery wrasse will "jump in" and if the fish is large the tangs will "jump in".....it kinda makes adding a new fish a roll of the dice.....but I guess that holds true for every tank....you really never know how the addition will effect the dynamics of the tank.....

I had another success story........the same w/e that I brought home the flameback, I decided to bring home Winky the one eyed shrimp goby....this fish had been at the shop for over a year nobody wanted him because of his disability.....with the upcoming shop move I thought I would bring him home......problem is I already have a shrimp goby in the tank.....the one I have is way over at the very end of the tank so I gambled, thinking that Winky would have the entire rest of the tank to find a home......so home he came and when it came time to release him I took him in my hand and placed him at the opposite end of the tank......a couple days past without seeing him, then one evening at feeding time I see him come out of my original goby's hole.....I thought "Uh-Oh"......"wheres my other goby?....Did he get evicted?" ......another couple days pass, feeding time again and what do I see?.....both shrimp gobies come out of the same hole:surprise:......I cant believe my dumb luck.....I thought for sure that there would be goby wars if the two of them met up, but instead, they paired up........Winky has been in the tank for a couple weeks now and seems to be doing well....I have noticed that he does seem to have some trouble tracking food as it blasts by in my super-flow tank.....he sometimes misses and has to wait for another piece of food to fly by....his disability seems to have made him a lot bolder than most gobies, he will actually travel quite far to chase down food, out of necessity no doubt.....really stoked that my gobies paired up tho:biggrin:

heres a couple crappy pics through dirty glass ( the first time Ive seem the two of them out together since I added Winky)....Winky is the larger or the two and showing off his better side in these pics....

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[fishoholic]

So cool to see pic.'s of the two of them together :biggrin:

[Lance]

Nice. A Pistol Shrimp would probably kill Winky due to his disability so it's nice to see him pair up with another Goby.

[fishytime]

So cool to see pic.'s of the two of them together :biggrin:

kind of a cute couple huh?:wink:


Nice. A Pistol Shrimp would probably kill Winky due to his disability so it's nice to see him pair up with another Goby.

ya think so?.....one thing for sure he wouldnt last long in the wild with only one eye...someone had to take pity on the little guy...the pairing up was nothing but dumb luck....


well its moving day for the shop tomorrow and with that in mind Kevin gave me the go ahead to raid the display tank....here a couple shots of some of the stuff I "have" to take care of

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[fishytime]

just a couple hungry coral pics

I dont know what it is about my tank, but millipora all seem to do this:puke:
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Ive seen the sweepers on this maze at night before, but this was the first I had seen them when the lights are on..
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mmmmmm."Ocean Fresh" plankton.....pretty powerful purple people eater.....say that 5 times fast....
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and lastly......I brought home this G E N U I N E Walt Smith cherry chalice
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[lastlight]

Very nice chalice man.

What's the secret to those? Everything in my tank is doing well except the lone chalice I have. It's just sitting on the sandbed but one edge is slowly receding and it's starting to be a valonia farm around 2 of the sides where it was cut.

[fishytime]

Very nice chalice man.

What's the secret to those? Everything in my tank is doing well except the lone chalice I have. It's just sitting on the sandbed but one edge is slowly receding and it's starting to be a valonia farm around 2 of the sides where it was cut.

IDK:noidea:.......dirty water?:mrgreen:......seriously though, I do feed the coral somewhat aggressively...............when I remember to dose that is:wink:......another thing is they dont seem to be to bothered by flow like other , longer polyp-ed LPS .....I have a MP10(70%), a K2 and the return going in the 25G .....

you might wanna try it up higher?....

[lastlight]

IDK:noidea:.......dirty water?:mrgreen:......seriously though, I do feed the coral somewhat aggressively...............when I remember to dose that is:wink:......another thing is they dont seem to be to bothered by flow like other , longer polyp-ed LPS .....I have a MP10(70%), a K2 and the return going in the 25G .....

you might wanna try it up higher?....

Come on over. If you can find such a spot -> free ass slap.

[fishytime]

Come on over. If you can find such a spot -> free ass slap.

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..........NO!:nono:


How bout epoxying it to an old mag float and putting it on the back glass or in a corner?

[lastlight]

I've already got the hollywood stunner on a mag float slowly taking over one corner and 4 other frags on the back. It'd be tight... I might just give the thing to somebody.

[fishytime]

I've already got the hollywood stunner on a mag float slowly taking over one corner and 4 other frags on the back. It'd be tight... I might just give the thing to somebody.

Well get a goin on that other tank mang:razz:.....what flavor is your bottom dwelling chalice?:wink:

[fishytime]

gots a new friend......


barnacle blenny:biggrin:......and I just so happened to have a barnacle for him to call home...

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[fishoholic]

No fair, no fair! I really want one :sad:

[spawn]

That's awesome Doug.

[Purple]

Soooooo cute! Starry look at this, I want one!! :biggrin:

[globaldesigns]

Now that is cool. Great colorization and patterns. Does he have a brother or sister I can have?

[Delphinus]

Fantastic pictures! All in focus and stuff too. How weird.

[eli@fijireefrock.com]

A sweeeeet addition

Stole your 3 photos for my computer back ground:biggrin:

[Douglas]

You staff at Red Coal, always get the cool stuff first. Very nice Doug!

[RedCoralOnlineStore]

Where did you find that?!! Super cool!!! I want one!

[Oxymoron]

Fantastic pictures! All in focus and stuff too. How weird.

Agreed, great pics. He looks awesome.

[lorenz0]

what a little creeper! awesome pick up man

[fishytime]

That's awesome Doug.

Fantastic pictures! All in focus and stuff too. How weird.

A sweeeeet addition

Stole your 3 photos for my computer back ground:biggrin:

thanks guys......its not that hard to take a decent pic of a fish that just sits there, posing for me......and I suppose it helps that I put his barnacle 2" away from the glass:mrgreen:

[fishytime]

Agreed, great pics. He looks awesome.

thanks mang


what a little creeper! awesome pick up man


who, me???:mrgreen:

[fishytime]

Now that is cool. Great colorization and patterns. Does he have a brother or sister I can have?

You staff at Red Coral, always get the cool stuff first. Very nice Doug!

he does have some friends.......but they are at the competitions store.....so Im not gonna publicly advertise where they are:twised:

[fishytime]

No fair, no fair! I really want one :sad:

Soooooo cute! Starry look at this, I want one!! :biggrin:

Where did you find that?!! Super cool!!! I want one!

:surprise:.......all the Girlys want my fishy:becky:....... I dont know what it is, but Girlys seem to have a thing for odd-ball looking fishys



heres a few coral pics


This piece was in V1 and was one of the colonies that Kien was kind enough to babysit for me.......it suffered some die-off when I re-introduced to my system and has been slowly recovering since
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[lorenz0]

who, me???:mrgreen:

lol when you put it that way. Yes, you and your little blenny can do the creep together.

(youtube "the creep" lol)

btw your monti's are looking killer

[Skimmerking]

Doug your tank is full of colors man your corals are popping, I dont know how you are doing it , your not peeing in your tank are ya :mrgreen:

[fishytime]

Doug your tank is full of colors man your corals are popping, I dont know how you are doing it , your not peeing in your tank are ya :mrgreen:

To be honest with you Mike, I dont know how Im doing it:noidea:.......Im quite surprised that some of my stuff looks as good as it does.....Ive been lazy with my feeding(feeding dry instead of frozen), Ive been lazy with my water changes (1 per month lately:redface:)..and Ive been lazy with my dosing....the tank is coming up on a year old(since the move) and I still havnt even tested the tank for Ca, Mg or DKH.....all this laziness was really starting to show.....Im getting crazy amounts of algae in the small tank and cyano and diatoms in both tanks.........I finally decided to start putting some effort into the tank in the last couple weeks and have changed all my lazy habits....been dosing some of my KZ product on a semi-regular basis, 15g water changes every 5 days or so and I MAY dust off the profilux doser today and get it set back up and running.....we'll see if actually putting some effort into the tank helps:lol:.....


btw your monti's are looking killer

thank bud.....heres some more montis.......and other stuff:wink:

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/Fishytime%202/IMGP5459.jpg
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micromussa garden
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/Fishytime%202/IMGP5462.jpg


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[lorenz0]

double post! but is that second and last one is your pokerstar right?

[fishytime]

thanks for the heads up on the pic:biggrin:

which one are you talking about????I never posted any pics of my PS???

[lorenz0]

green base with the purple/blue polyps

[fishytime]

green base with the purple/blue polyps

ah,.....yes......that one......my fav atm.......in person its more of a golden yellow base with purple polyps.......that one is special, Ive never seen anything like it in person.....Im babysitting it until the shops grow-out tanks are ready.....it will be a limited edition Red Coral frag....we're thinking of calling it "RC's Crown Royal" monti

[kien]

Looking good bromangcacho! :biggrin:

[fishytime]

Looking good bromangcacho! :biggrin:



Omg..... it's you!!!:surprise:..... I was beginning to think maybe you forgot about us all over here:mrgreen:

Thanks for the comp there Kienster:wink:

[kien]

Ah.. I missed you too babe xoxoxoxoxoxoxxxoxoxoxox :-D

[fishoholic]

Ah.. I missed you too babe xoxoxoxoxoxoxxxoxoxoxox :-D

Hey that's my line :wink: :lol:

[kien]

Hey that's my line :wink: :lol:

Hey, don't you work with children?? Share Laurie share!

[fishytime]

Ah.. I missed you too babe xoxoxoxoxoxoxxxoxoxoxox :-D

ok, now Im feeling more than just a little uncomfortable:neutral::razz:

[fishoholic]

Hey, don't you work with children?? Share Laurie share!

Sorry Kien but when it comes to my man I don't share with others! :razz:

[es355lucille]

LMAO!!!!!! Thats how stories get started......


Ah.. I missed you too babe xoxoxoxoxoxoxxxoxoxoxox :-D

[fishytime]

LMAO!!!!!! Thats how stories get started......

I know!!!!!:lol:

[fishytime]

small equipment update.....I'm "guinea pigging" a new line of clamp on fans that RC started carrying..... made by aqua world......it a pretty slick little unit.....two computer style fans mounted in a decent looking housing....*said in a fake TV-mmercial announcer type voice*"and its adjustable"....its a little nosier than my ghetto style Wally-mart clip on fan that I was running(zip tied up so it cant fall in the sump!!:neutral:), but it definitely puts out more air......It doesn't cool the tank better than the old fan, but it sure as heck looks better.....and it was cheap cheap.......Ive got it clipped on to one of the baffles in my sump ATM......


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[Skimmerking]

How much re they Fishy they look pretty cool

[lorenz0]

let me know if that drops your temp 2-4 degree's!

[fishytime]

How much re they Fishy they look pretty cool

The two fan unit I got retails for $40.... They have a single fan unit and a four fan unit as well

let me know if that drops your temp 2-4 degree's!

Yup, it does indeed drop the temp about that much:biggrin:

[fishytime]

well......V2 is a year old:biggrin:......the tank(or the big tank I should say) seems to be responding well to my renewed interest in maintaining it:redface:.....I still have crazy amounts of algae in the small tank that I am trying to prune out.....still getting some diatoms in a few spots....Ive resorted to moving rocks that I can over into the big tank for a week or so to have the tangs and angels and blenny go to work on it.....but that really just a band aid solution......big water change and media swap this evening and I bump up the amount of rowa this time.......we'll see if that makes any kind of difference or not....


few pics

feather duster and tuxedo urchin

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/Fishytime%202/IMGP5535.jpg



stupid urchin is in there to eat the algae, not wear it:confused:

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http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/Fishytime%202/IMGP5544.jpg



have you ever noticed how much more curious your fish are of you when you look through the end of the tank?? .......or is it just me??.... the pics aren't the greatest but they illustrate my point

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and lastly, some tunicates.....

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[Zoaelite]

Nice flame back :razz:!

[fishytime]

Nice flame back :razz:!



Thanks mang..... He is doing really well btw... He sure has an attitude! :lol:

[lastlight]

Ah.. I missed you too babe xoxoxoxoxoxoxxxoxoxoxox :-D

I'm thinkin' I need to be keeping closer tabs on you. You ditch your running family and I catch you skankin' around in Doug's thread. That's greasy!

[kien]

I'm thinkin' I need to be keeping closer tabs on you. You ditch your running family and I catch you skankin' around in Doug's thread. That's greasy!

Stop being so jealous. It was just one time and didn't mean anything, I swear.

[fishoholic]

I'm thinkin' I need to be keeping closer tabs on you. You ditch your running family and I catch you skankin' around in Doug's thread. That's greasy!

Stop being so jealous. It was just one time and didn't mean anything, I swear.

Ummmm is there sumpthin I should know about :razz: :lol:

[fishytime]

Although Kien does have a nice wrasse.... Fishy don't roll that way(not that there's anything wrong with that)..... So nuthin to worry about Babydoll :wink:

[fishytime]

*feels the need(once again) for a round of distraction/trying to keep the thread reef oriented type pics*


some zoas



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[fishoholic]

Although Kien does have a nice wrasse.... Fishy don't roll that way(not that there's anything wrong with that)..... So nuthin to worry about Babydoll :wink:

Good to know :razz:

[fishytime]

....another small update.......got a new fishy from Carmen........a beaut of a leopard wrasse.....gave me a little scare when I first introduced him.......he spent all of about 5 minutes in the tank before he decided to bail and bury himself in the sand.......I didnt see it for a couple days and started to worry......even tho I know that leopards have a tendency to hide when first introduced.....still worrisome when you dont see a new fish for a while.....anyway after a couple days he decided to show himself and Im amazed that he seemed to fit right in and didnt get harassed at all by my crew of "hazers" .....by far one of the smoothest fish intros Ive seen in a while......thanks for the wrasse Carmen.....*I was gonna type something else there, but I thought better of it:wink:*


Moar pics.....


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I decided to move this one into the big tank to see how it responds to a little more flow.....that, and I needed to make room for a new acquisition in the small tank:mrgreen:.......I thought I would name this coral just for Pat......Red Coral's "Walt Smith""Cherry Sundae Chalice"......:razz:

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/Fishytime%202/IMGP5501.jpg

[fishoholic]

.....thanks for the wrasse Carmen.....*I was gonna type something else there, but I thought better of it:wink:*



I see your getting wise in your old age :razz: great pic.s

[fishytime]

I see your getting wise in your old age :razz: great pic.s

yup..... one year older and one year wiser......


heres some micromussa pics.....I dont know why these havnt sold all that well at the shop?..........I think they're purdy

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Its amazing to me what a tuxedo urchin will decide to pick up.....this is a chalice that is about 4" x 3".......I cant believe he could even carry it
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/Fishytime%202/IMGP5584.jpg

[lorenz0]

"where the hell did my chalice frag go" lol

[fishoholic]

Its amazing to me what a tuxedo urchin will decide to pick up.....this is a chalice that is about 4" x 3".......I cant believe he could even carry it
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/Fishytime%202/IMGP5584.jpg

Hummmmm........ I wonder what my new larger one will walk off with :neutral: They are very cool looking though. I gave him a pep talk when I added him and told him he can walk off with all the empty shells/LR rubble he wants but leave the corals alone, do ya think he'll listen :lol: I'm guessing not!

[fishytime]

Hummmmm........ I wonder what my new larger one will walk off with :neutral: They are very cool looking though. I gave him a pep talk when I added him and told him he can walk off with all the empty shells/LR rubble he wants but leave the corals alone, do ya think he'll listen :lol: I'm guessing not!

actually hunny....that is the same exact urchin that I gave you.......so, given his track record.....you better glue everything down:wink:.....



well it was my birfday on Saturday and in light of this I took a couple things home from the shop......


Aussie acan frag....

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I have always wanted one of these but Kevin has never brought any in and I just couldnt swallow the $300 price tag(competitors pricing).......Kevin finally brought some in and I bit the bullet............

Aussie scolly

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/Fishytime%202/IMGP5549.jpg



I was so stoked to finally have one..............................then Murphy"s law kicked in.......................three days after I added the scolly, my frogspawn fell from where it had sat for months without falling(was wedged between a couple rocks), right on top of the scolly.................I noticed it one morning and was like "Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!":bad-word:............. frogspawn 1.......scolly 0.................. so I gave the frogspawn to Laurie.....no freakin way was a $40 frogspawn ever gonna fall on the most expensive coral I have ever added to the tank, again................ heres what it looks like after the damage......its not a complete write off and it looks like the remaining tissue will likely heal.............but still!!!!!:neutral:

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/Fishytime%202/IMGP5628.jpg



Laurie was down for the weekend and picked this Aussie acan up for me

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/Fishytime%202/IMGP5636.jpg



that and she dropped a bomb on me.......it turns out that she has been conspiring behind my back and has had a tank built for me:surprise:........I love this girl so much and now she's had my dream tank(well, dream tank as long as I am renting and still need to be able to move the tank) built for me........thanks so much baby......you rock!......more details when it actually holds water..............by the sounds of things I will be able to pick up the tank in a couple weeks:biggrin:.......I probably wont be able to set it up for a while as I will need to gather some parts for it and there is a very real possibility that my living arrangements will be changing soon......sounds like Ive got Laurie convinced to move down to Calgary:biggrin:......so there is no point really in setting it up until I know for sure what is going on .......anyway, it will be a big upgrade for me and I feel super blessed to have a Girly as wonderful as Laurie

[fishoholic]

Ah ha! So that's why you so easily gave up your urchin that I've been wanting :razz: and here I thought the pic. was of your smaller urchin in the small tank. Thanks for the frogspawn it's doing great :mrgreen:

Hopefully everything goes smoothly with the new tank being built, I'm sure it will though :biggrin: and yes I'm starting to convert to the idea of moving to Calgary. But only cause I'm sick of being apart and I love you and want to live with you.

[freezetyle]

that and she dropped a bomb on me.......it turns out that she has been conspiring behind my back and has had a tank built for me:surprise:........I love this girl so much and now she's had my dream tank(well, dream tank as long as I am renting and still need to be able to move the tank) built for me........thanks so much baby......you rock!......more details when it actually holds water..............by the sounds of things I will be able to pick up the tank in a couple weeks:biggrin:.......I probably wont be able to set it up for a while as I will need to gather some parts for it and there is a very real possibility that my living arrangements will be changing soon......sounds like Ive got Laurie convinced to move down to Calgary:biggrin:......so there is no point really in setting it up until I know for sure what is going on .......anyway, it will be a big upgrade for me and I feel super blessed to have a Girly as wonderful as Laurie


Hopefully everything goes smoothly with the new tank being built, I'm sure it will though :biggrin: and yes I'm starting to convert to the idea of moving to Calgary. But only cause I'm sick of being apart and I love you and want to live with you.

Doug and Laurie sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First come come love...:lol:

[Cugio]

Next comes new tank upgrade in two weeks! :wink:

[lastlight]

Wow that scolly is killer. I'm sure it'll heal up but I'll bet you pooped yourself when you saw that! I want those acans too!

Congrats on the new tank. I hear rumours about a large tank but can't recall if it was via you or someone else. Weren't you already sorta planning an upgrade?

[fishoholic]

Wow that scolly is killer. I'm sure it'll heal up but I'll bet you pooped yourself when you saw that! I want those acans too!

Congrats on the new tank. I hear rumours about a large tank but can't recall if it was via you or someone else. Weren't you already sorta planning an upgrade?

He's been talking about wanting a bigger tank for awhile but kept changing his mind on what he wanted and then wasn't sure if he would ever follow through with it. I kept pushing him to make up his mind on what he wanted (tank size wise) and I figured I'd help push him to follow through with it by getting it done for him for his birthday :biggrin:

[lorenz0]

He's been talking about wanting a bigger tank for awhile but kept changing his mind on what he wanted and then wasn't sure if he would ever follow through with it. I kept pushing him to make up his mind on what he wanted (tank size wise) and I figured I'd help push him to follow through with it by getting it done for him for his birthday :biggrin:

now thats a good girlfriend. Every girl i know asks why I spend that much on my tank, I than point and there purse and ask "why did you spend that much on a portable garbage bag."

[phi delt reefer]

dont get married Doug - the sweet gifts are few and far between once you tie the knot. I got a 42" flatscreen as a gift from the GF (now wife) way back when. Now that we are married I pretty much get clothes for every gift or gift cards for home depot so i can fix or renovate something to her liking...

[Parker]

I dunno about that, My wife bought me my skimmer for a gift, once I figure out what kind of flow I want she's going to buy me that for a B-Day gift. Last year she was going to buy me a brand new truck, but I put a stop to that one once I caught wind of it.. :mrgreen:

Now that we have twins though... I'm not sure how long that trend will last.

Remember Doug, Twins run in Lauries family..... :mrgreen:

[fishytime]

Wow that scolly is killer. I'm sure it'll heal up but I'll bet you pooped yourself when you saw that! I want those acans too!

Congrats on the new tank. I hear rumours about a large tank but can't recall if it was via you or someone else. Weren't you already sorta planning an upgrade?

I did nearly poop myself..... Then I nearly cried:lol:

I had always sort had it in my head that someday I would go bigger....I was just always worried about moving the thing, being that I rent.....also am worried about moving it given what happened the last time I moved:sad:

now thats a good girlfriend. Every girl i know asks why I spend that much on my tank, I than point and there purse and ask "why did you spend that much on a portable garbage bag."

I know she is:biggrin:

[fishytime]

dont get married Doug - the sweet gifts are few and far between once you tie the knot. I got a 42" flatscreen as a gift from the GF (now wife) way back when. Now that we are married I pretty much get clothes for every gift or gift cards for home depot so i can fix or renovate something to her liking...

I dunno about that, My wife bought me my skimmer for a gift, once I figure out what kind of flow I want she's going to buy me that for a B-Day gift. Last year she was going to buy me a brand new truck, but I put a stop to that one once I caught wind of it.. :mrgreen:

Now that we have twins though... I'm not sure how long that trend will last.

Remember Doug, Twins run in Lauries family..... :mrgreen:



Well it's pretty much the nicest gift I've ever recieved!:biggrin:

Not to sure about marriage yet..... We should probably live together first

I like twins........ Oh! You were talking about kids weren't you?:wink:

[fishytime]

sps pics

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[Nebthet]

Mega droolz!

[Myka]

We should do some trade-sies...I'm coming through Calgary on the 10th. :D I could give you back a big chunk of that Acro I got from you a year and a half ago.

[fishytime]

Mega droolz!

thanks Sarah:redface:

We should do some trade-sies...I'm coming through Calgary on the 10th. :D I could give you back a big chunk of that Acro I got from you a year and a half ago.

which stick was it that you got?......kinda a purple tenuis-y lookin one wasnt it?.........I dont know Mindy.....there is really only one or two things that are big enough to frag.......its really a big-ish box full of wee frags ATM:redface:.....




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and heres a pic of an old friend.....I had a big beautiful colony of this A.nana in V1.....when the tank crashed I of course lost the colony......this is a frag that Mikey got from me a while back, grew out and decided to give back to me.....Thanks again mang!......it went through a brown spell but it's starting to color up a wee bit....
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/Fishytime%202/IMGP5615.jpg

[lastlight]

Beautiful stuff as always man. Looking at the photos it seems like you must have 100+ diff corals in there! What's a rough guess?

[fishytime]

Beautiful stuff as always man. Looking at the photos it seems like you must have 100+ diff corals in there! What's a rough guess?

someone else asked me this a few pages ago.......it probably changed a little but should be fairly accurate......

I'll do better than ballpark it

38 different sps
3 different favias
10 different acans
5 different micromussas
2 different blastomussas
3 different chalices
brain
2 scolys
37 different zoas
2 different rhodactis mushrooms
2 different yuma rics
dendros
duncans
maze coral
and an unidentified lps sorta like an acan but not



:drinking:I dont have a problem:mrgreen:

[Myka]

which stick was it that you got?......kinda a purple tenuis-y lookin one wasnt it?.........I dont know Mindy.....there is really only one or two things that are big enough to frag.......its really a big-ish box full of wee frags ATM:redface:....

I think it is A. austera...? If you want a chunk, just let me know (no trades). I'm making a beeline to BC on the 10th, so I will be passing through Cowville.

This stick:
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k43/Myka82/Jan2820102.jpg



It turned into this (sorry white balance is off):
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k43/Myka82/Apr22201110.jpg

[fishytime]

I think it is A. austera...? If you want a chunk, just let me know (no trades). I'm making a beeline to BC on the 10th, so I will be passing through Cowville.

This stick:
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k43/Myka82/Jan2820102.jpg



It turned into this (sorry white balance is off):
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k43/Myka82/Apr22201110.jpg

OMG Mindy!:surprise:......what did you do to it???.....you made it swell up and get purple:mrgreen:...... nice job!............... I actually might have to take you up on that offer:biggrin:.....I will pm you this week to see if we can get logistics worked out

[Myka]

OMG Mindy!:surprise:......what did you do to it???.....you made it swell up and get purple:mrgreen:...... nice job!............... I actually might have to take you up on that offer:biggrin:.....I will pm you this week to see if we can get logistics worked out

Hahaha, that's an actinic shot! It still has green in the middle near the base, but all the branches are purple. I will be in Ontario from the 3rd to the 8th so I may be slow to reply or maybe not reply until I'm back. If you want it, I will have to snip it on the 9th, and bring it to you unmounted on the 10th. :)

[fishytime]

Hahaha, that's an actinic shot! It still has green in the middle near the base, but all the branches are purple. I will be in Ontario from the 3rd to the 8th so I may be slow to reply or maybe not reply until I'm back. If you want it, I will have to snip it on the 9th, and bring it to you unmounted on the 10th. :)

unmounted is fine.......I mount things just fine on my own:biggrin:......I'll try texting ya....that might be the best way to coordinate.....


I thought I would post a short vid of my new additions......I know peoples track records with them......and Laurie thinks Im stupid for trying...........but Ive always wanted to do a group of fish........so, I added 14 chromis.......its only been a day, buts I can say that its really neat seeing the initial behavior.......the chromies were of course stressed when first introduced so they stayed in a tight ball formation for the better part of the evening..very cool to watch.......it was kinda weird, non of my usual bullies paid them any attention......most of my resident fish were curious but not at all aggressive....... they probably thought they were being invaded by little blue/green aliens:mrgreen:....... only one fish seemed really irritated by the new arrivals......my royal gramma.....usually one of the most passive fish I have, but man was he P oed.......it actually ended up being quite the show.....the gramma stayed "puffed up" and agitated for a couple hours......strutting and chasing and flaring and posing.........it was cool.......I wish he would do that more often:mrgreen:......anyway, its only been a day and the chromis are already starting to break into smaller groups at times.....I wanted to take and post the vid of them while I,..... A) still have 14 of them......and B) while they were still acting as a group, not individuals...... its just a short vid and it kinda looks like the Blair witch project because I took the vid with my I-phone.....
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/Fishytime%202/th_IMG_0072.jpg (http://s116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/Fishytime%202/?action=view&current=IMG_0072.mp4)

[Nebthet]

I love how they are schooling together. Very natural looking. Really makes the tank look big now.

[JDigital]

unmounted is fine.......I mount things just fine on my own:biggrin:......I'll try texting ya....that might be the best way to coordinate.....


I thought I would post a short vid of my new additions......I know peoples track records with them......and Laurie thinks Im stupid for trying...........but Ive always wanted to do a group of fish........so, I added 14 chromis.......its only been a day, buts I can say that its really neat seeing the initial behavior.......the chromies were of course stressed when first introduced so they stayed in a tight ball formation for the better part of the evening..very cool to watch.......it was kinda weird, non of my usual bullies paid them any attention......most of my resident fish were curious but not at all aggressive....... they probably thought they were being invaded by little blue/green aliens:mrgreen:....... only one fish seemed really irritated by the new arrivals......my royal gramma.....usually one of the most passive fish I have, but man was he P oed.......it actually ended up being quite the show.....the gramma stayed "puffed up" and agitated for a couple hours......strutting and chasing and flaring and posing.........it was cool.......I wish he would do that more often:mrgreen:......anyway, its only been a day and the chromis are already starting to break into smaller groups at times.....I wanted to take and post the vid of them while I,..... A) still have 14 of them......and B) while they were still acting as a group, not individuals...... its just a short vid and it kinda looks like the Blair witch project because I took the vid with my I-phone.....
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/Fishytime%202/th_IMG_0072.jpg (http://s116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/Fishytime%202/?action=view&current=IMG_0072.mp4)


The Powder Blue and Flameback look great buddy... :mrgreen: Well the whole tank is looking good.. but those 2 really stand out.

[fishytime]

its been awhile........ some fresh pics.....

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[freezetyle]

those frags are going to look great as they get bigger. Especially that setosa! which is probably my favourite piece of all time

[Boomboy]

you take really good pictures and your corals looks awesome. i bet they look even better in person :razz:

[fishytime]

those frags are going to look great as they get bigger. Especially that setosa! which is probably my favourite piece of all time


Thanks Jon....Im quite fond of that setosa as well......Im so happy that it has pretty much stayed the same color as it was when I got it.......it isnt very big, but it sure grabs your eye when you look at the tank...


you take really good pictures and your corals looks awesome. i bet they look even better in person :razz:

thanks mang.....well yes and no on the looking better in person........I dont post pics of the stuff that looks bad.......so according to what I post pics of, its all good.......in person you can see the valonia and bits of cyano here and there and all the algae in the small add-on tank and they few pieces of sps that dont look so hot.......man Im starting to depress myself:mrgreen:......that being said the stuff that looks good, does look better in person:biggrin:

and dont look now but heres some more carefully taken pics

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[lastlight]

Where'd you get the setosa?

Been a long time...lol for you that means a week =) Really nice stuff like always man.

[Lance]

Some pretty nice pieces in there Dougie my boy! Can't wait for them to grow out.

[fishytime]

Some pretty nice pieces in there Dougie my boy! Can't wait for them to grow out.


You and me both Lance....and thanks man.....


Where'd you get the setosa?

Been a long time...lol for you that means a week =) Really nice stuff like always man.

I got that setosa from Jonnybye

it had been a while......almost a month since I posted anything in here:mrgreen:

[BlueTang<3]

Sweet looking frags there Doug.

[fishytime]

Sweet looking frags there Doug.

thank you Wester.....thank you very much.....


heres a question for you-all to ponder.....30"w tank.....existing 6 bulb T5 is 15"w......obviosly not going to cover very well.......original thought was to just get two more 6 bulb T5s.........but a 24 bulb, bulb change is an expensive thing......the budget isnt huge for an initial purchase so thats why the T5 route, train of thought originally.....what would you do......Im open to sugestions....



heres a few more pics

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[christyf5]

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Whazis? So pretty :biggrin: Can we get a full shot of it if you have a minute?

[lastlight]

All depends which club you're looking to remain a member of doesn't it?

[fishytime]

All depends which club you're looking to remain a member of doesn't it?

I know, I know.....I looked into perhaps four of the vertex strips (two on either side of the T5s), but thats quite a bigger ouch to the wallet initially....


Whazis? So pretty :biggrin: Can we get a full shot of it if you have a minute?


she likes the fuzzy purple thing:redface:........thats a photosynthetic gorg......and I cant say no to a request like that from a reef Girly..... so here ya go

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[fishoholic]

Have to say I like the fuzzy purple thing too :mrgreen: :wink:

[fishytime]

Have to say I like the fuzzy purple thing too :mrgreen: :wink:

*said in a love massa type voice*......"well I knew you did baby".....:mrgreen:


heres an interesting little hitchhiker I found on the back side of a zoa colony....

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probably my favorite zoas ATM:mrgreen:
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[lastlight]

Titan's lookin' awesome man. Mine's a slow but steady grower. Looks exactly like mine color-wise.

[fishytime]

Titan's lookin' awesome man. Mine's a slow but steady grower. Looks exactly like mine color-wise.

really?......mines grown fairly well......fully encrusted the rest of the rock the frag was on and about an inch and a half onto my rock........mind you, Ive got a fairly nutrient rich environment happening in my tank and it is only about 14" below the light.....I love the thing


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[fishytime]

well Ive started the stock piling process for the upgrade( let the wallet draining begin)......I have about 40 lbs of marco rock cooking/seeding in a rubbermaid with about 30lbs of both new and old LR from my sump...That coupled with the 150 lbs or so of rock in the display should be a good start....Ive picked up three buckets of H2Ocean and a couple boxes of IO...... will likely start the tank with IO and then do water changes with the H2Ocean.....I also picked up 120 lbs of new sand.......I need to get the stand built (going with a metal stand).....need to design a sump.......need to decide on lighting......need to figure out what Im gonna do for a skimmer.....the skimmer I would want is a BK 300int, but at $2400, thats something that is way out of my league......I thought about the big vertex cone too, but thats not really all that much cheaper in the grand scheme of things.......Im actually leaning towards keeping my BK mini 180 and adding another skimmer of a similar rating......the new sump should have plenty of room for two skimmers.......not sure tho.....one thing I am sure of is, Im going with an external pump......either a snapper gold, or a super dart gold.....if I do the snapper then I will run reactors off of their own pumps and the small tank(If I decide to plumb that in again) will have its own return.....if I go with the dart, then I will do a manifold to run the reactors and the small tank off of the dart....both my brain and wallet hurt just thinking about it all:mrgreen:.....

anyway.......moar pics

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[Myka]

I need to get the stand built (going with a metal stand).....need to design a sump.......need to decide on lighting......need to figure out what Im gonna do for a skimmer.....

I think I missed something...a new, new tank build? Your thread is way too long for me to go hunting through it...what dimensions? :mrgreen:

[fishytime]

I think I missed something...a new, new tank build? Your thread is way too long for me to go hunting through it...what dimensions? :mrgreen:

well Mindy.....I hadnt actually disclosed the size yet......but since the tank is from what I hear assembled and just needs to be cleaned up a bit, I will go ahead and tell you-all......the tank is 84"l x 24"t x 30"w, making it 260g..... dual corner herbie external overflows, low iron front, euro-braced, polished and beveled edges, black silicone.......Im super stoked......have I mentioned I have the best Girly evah??

[Myka]

:eek: Oh look at you go! Congrats! You're going to need some big ass frags to fill that thing up!

[Lance]

Ooh, ooh, I likey those dims!

[Parker]

The tank is 84"l x 24"t x 30"w, making it 260g..... dual corner herbie external overflows, low iron front, euro-braced, polished and beveled edges, black silicone.

Sounds like it's going to be a very nice tank, love the front to back dimensions.

If you EVER need any help moving the tank, please don't hesitate to call........Brett.

[lastlight]

Hey!

Although... Doug can call me (anytime).

Just think how much moar broke you're gonna be filling THAT beast! You have the best (but at the same time worst) job for temptation :biggrin:

[Lance]

Hey!

Although... Doug can call me (anytime).

Just think how much moar broke you're gonna be filling THAT beast! You have the best (but at the same time worst) job for temptation :biggrin:


Yeah, I can't imagine me working in an LFS. I'd be bringing something home with me every day. I'd have either five tanks or one honkin' big sucker. Wouldn't have any money left over for beer and pizza! You must have an iron will Doug.

[Snappy]

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Cool looking piece of Mycedium you have there Doug. :biggrin:

[fishoholic]

Sounds like it's going to be a very nice tank, love the front to back dimensions.

If you EVER need any help moving the tank, please don't hesitate to call........Brett.

No worries he can call Brett when he moves it in Calgary and we'll call you if he ever brings it to Edmonton, so thanks for the offer Robb :mrgreen:

[fishoholic]

Yeah, I can't imagine me working in an LFS. I'd be bringing something home with me every day. I'd have either five tanks or one honkin' big sucker. Wouldn't have any money left over for beer and pizza! You must have an iron will Doug.

:lol: iron will my a$$ The main reason he works there is so he can afford to bring stuff home every (or almost every) weekend :razz:

[Lance]

:lol: iron will my a$$ The main reason he works there is so he can afford to bring stuff home every (or almost every) weekend :razz:


Ha ha. Don't sell yourself short Laurie. You're much much more than stuff! :lol:

[fishoholic]

Ha ha. Don't sell yourself short Laurie. You're much much more than stuff! :lol:

:pound: Although admittedly some of the stuff he brings home is for me :mrgreen:

Like the bet he lost this past weekend when he was certain the stamps would win against the eskies but they lost 35-7 :razz: and now he gets to bring me a red head jawfish this weekend :mrgreen:

[Lance]

:pound: Although admittedly some of the stuff he brings home is for me :mrgreen:

Like the bet he lost this past weekend when he was certain the stamps would win against the eskies but they lost 35-7 :razz: and now he gets to bring me a red head jawfish this weekend :mrgreen:


Yeah, that game was a surprise. I lost ten on the Stamps myself. All the games this week were upsets.

[fishytime]

Ooh, ooh, I likey those dims!

Sounds like it's going to be a very nice tank, love the front to back dimensions.

If you EVER need any help moving the tank, please don't hesitate to call........Brett.



Thanks gentlemen......I wanted to go wider because we all know that Girlys prefer width over length.....er, um......neve rmind:redface:.........seriously though, I would have liked to go 36" wide but, I would run into issues getting the stand through most doorways (I rent)

[fishytime]

Hey!

Although... Doug can call me (anytime).

Just think how much moar broke you're gonna be filling THAT beast! You have the best (but at the same time worst) job for temptation :biggrin:

No worries he can call Brett when he moves it in Calgary and we'll call you if he ever brings it to Edmonton, so thanks for the offer Robb :mrgreen:

careful what you say mang.......I will need some help when the time comes to pick up the tank.......
I know......My arse and bank account are feeling it already:mrgreen:

[fishytime]

Cool looking piece of Mycedium you have there Doug. :biggrin:

Thanks Greg.....that piece came from a cherry picked WS shipment.......I think its cherry sundae-licious:biggrin:

[fishytime]

Yeah, I can't imagine me working in an LFS. I'd be bringing something home with me every day. I'd have either five tanks or one honkin' big sucker. Wouldn't have any money left over for beer and pizza! You must have an iron will Doug.


you have no idea man......recently I had to fight off the strong urge to take home a pair of bluethroat triggers......they were the perfect size and doing really well......... I talk myself out of more then I talk myself into:wink:


:lol: iron will my a$$ The main reason he works there is so he can afford to bring stuff home every (or almost every) weekend :razz:


hey......your not supposed to tell them that!.......that infraction will require some discipline involving "your a$$":twised:

[fishytime]

Ha ha. Don't sell yourself short Laurie. You're much much more than stuff! :lol:

:pound: Although admittedly some of the stuff he brings home is for me :mrgreen:

Like the bet he lost this past weekend when he was certain the stamps would win against the eskies but they lost 35-7 :razz: and now he gets to bring me a red head jawfish this weekend :mrgreen:

Yeah, that game was a surprise. I lost ten on the Stamps myself. All the games this week were upsets.

I dont want to talk about the stamps game!..........that doesnt put me in a happy place:mrgreen:.........not because I lost the bet and have to take Laurie a cute little redhead:twised:........but because of what I didnt win:wink:

[Parker]

We'll call you if he ever brings it to Edmonton, so thanks for the offer Robb :mrgreen:


Damn! This chiseled Adonis like physique can be real cross to bare some days!

In all seriousness I'm happy to help move tanks in or out in Edmonton.

[fishytime]

Damn! This chiseled Adonis like physique can be real cross to bare some days!

In all seriousness I'm happy to help move tanks in or out in Edmonton.

*said in a real deep masculine type voice*....ya.....I know what you mean Robb.......kinda like when you own a pick-up truck huh?


If Laurie gets her way, we just may take you up on the offer and we will get to see that chiseled physique in action:mrgreen:

[fishoholic]

Yeah, that game was a surprise. I lost ten on the Stamps myself. All the games this week were upsets.

I don't know about that, I wasn't upset by the game at all :mrgreen:

[fishytime]

a couple of newbie zoabies

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[parkinsn]

Any updates on this thread? :biggrin:

[reefwars]

hey not banned anymore3 lol:):)

[The Grizz]

Welcome back Dougster !!

[Lance]

Hey! What's this guy doing here? He's banned! J/K Dougie. Welcome back man!

[fishoholic]

New feather duster Doug got while in E-Town

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[fishytime]

not too much to update on this tank these days.....Ive been trying to adhere to a "no new live stock" rule for the tank.....the decision has been made with regards to who is going to move (Laurie or I)......looks like Im moving to Edmonton to be with my Girly......so no sense in adding any more live stock to this tank.......the plan is for me to attempt to get the big tank going in Edmonton ASAP and then slowly move some of my reef up there each time I visit.....there is no way I want to move the entire contents of my two tanks at once, after what happened last time I moved......the process has already started.....Ive moved 4 acan colonies, my open brain, green favia, duncans, florida rics and my cherry sundae chalice into Lauries reef......this has me a little nervous.....Laurie has a couple fish that may or may not sample things.....she has a foxface, so that rules out my zoas....she says it doesnt eat them, but Im not willing to risk it.....so my zoas will have to go in her 80g ......I have started adding to my zoa collection In Lauries tank....Ive recently scored some purple puddles, nuclear greens, candy apples, jeckles and one that I dont know the name of......I will have to try and get some pics next time Im in E-town (unless Laurie takes some pics with her fancy dancy new camera)......she also has a flame angel that nips at her sps, so my sps will most like go to Red Coral E-town (thanks for the offer Steve)...... so, my tank is looking a little bare.....relatively speaking I guess.....so there will be a bit less shiny stuff for me to take pics of......less reef porn for the masses....

I know I said I was trying to adhere to my livestock rule but:redface:.......this was really a decision that I waffled back and forth on for a while.....I broke two rules with this addition.......I also had a very very very strict NO NEM rule for this tank.......so I guess Im officially on the Maxi-mini nem bandwagon....(even tho nems is evil).....thats right folks, the 25g tank is now a "maxi pad":mrgreen:......it took about two minutes for the nem to take hold of the rock and another five minutes for three of my sexy shrimp to find it and start hosting in it....

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heres another newish zoa and some other randoms from the tank

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[kien]

...looks like Im moving to Edmonton

sorry to hear that :cry:

[fishoholic]

sorry to hear that :cry:

I'm NOT! :mrgreen:

[fishytime]

sorry to hear that :cry:

believe me brochacho, this was not an easy decision...... Im a born and grazed Calgarian(so its ingrained in me to dislike Edmonton(sorry Etowners, but its true)) and all my family is here.....not to mention one job that pays well and another job that I love and helps to feed my reef addiction......I just love her too much not to be with her anymore.....

[Delphinus]

Great pictures! And wow, big move. Good luck with all the tank transfers. Nice to be able to do it incrementally like that, that should help a bit.

[fishytime]

Great pictures! And wow, big move. Good luck with all the tank transfers. Nice to be able to do it incrementally like that, that should help a bit.

thanks Tony......ya, its much less daunting a task in my mind being able to do things gradually.....The thought of just selling most of my stuff occurred, but I managed to accumulate some pretty nice corals over the last year and a bit and Im not sure it all is replaceable......not cheaply, anyway:wink:......the plan is for my current tanks occupants to be in Edmonton berfor I acually move myself up there.......I just realized that if things go as planned there may be a time that I dont have a tank running:shocked!::faint:.....oh man.....what have gotten myself into?????.....I dont know if I can be without a tank:noidea::mrgreen:

[BlueTang<3]

I'm NOT! :mrgreen:

I am :wink::wink:. All the nice stuff at the stores is going straight to your house now.

Doug if you need a place to store stuff, eg zoos I can hold it for you also for a bit, I got the frag tank isolated from the main tank so no chance of getting eaten.

[fishoholic]

......I just love her too much not to be with her anymore.....

:love:

.....I dont know if I can be without a tank:noidea::mrgreen:

You could always set up your Skimz iBOX Nano :wink:

[Myka]

Glad to see you're upgrading to Edmonton rather than dragging poor Laurie to the godawful place called Calgary. :D

[lastlight]

Nice update Doug best of luck with the move that's huge man =) One city's loss is another (less worthy) city's gain!

[kien]

believe me brochacho, this was not an easy decision...... Im a born and grazed Calgarian(so its ingrained in me to dislike Edmonton(sorry Etowners, but its true)) and all my family is here.....not to mention one job that pays well and another job that I love and helps to feed my reef addiction......I just love her too much not to be with her anymore.....

I have done the edmonchuck-cowtown long distance relationship commute thingy so I know what you mean. Anyway, sorry to hear.. :lol:

[fishoholic]

Glad to see you're upgrading to Edmonton rather than dragging poor Laurie to the godawful place called Calgary. :D

I always knew I liked you Mindy :mrgreen:

[Doug]

.I just love her too much not to be with her anymore.....


:kiss: Awww Thats so nice. Congrats on your move. Have to follow your heart. I did and 43 yrs. later, it was still the right move. :mrgreen:

[Parker]

Congratulations on the move, I hope it all goes smoothly. If you need a hand let me know.

[MMAX]

Edmonton's a step in the right direction just give it a little time. Before long you'll be an Oilers & Eskies fan and life will be good.

[lastlight]

In the spirit of brotherhood Dougie... if there's ANY corals you'd like babysat and never returned I'm there for ya. Always have been dawg... congrats again!

[globaldesigns]

In the spirit of brotherhood Dougie... if there's ANY corals you'd like babysat and never returned I'm there for ya. Always have been dawg... congrats again!

Ha, I am nicer, I will babysit and return, but what you get back might be slightly smaller.

[fishytime]

thanks for all the well wishes guys.....like I said, its not gonna be an easy thing to leave Calgary..........gonna be a little easier knowing I have some great reefers both in Calgary and in Edmonton offering help and babysitting services....thanks guys!:biggrin:.....I will make one thing perfectly clear......I could live the rest of my life in Edmonton, but I will never be an Oilers or Eskimo fan:razz:.....


new zoa colony(Im soooo weak:redface:)

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and a few coral and "coralscape" type shots

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[MMAX]

[QUOTE=fishytime;648263]thanks for all the well wishes guys.....like I said, its not gonna be an easy thing to leave Calgary..........gonna be a little easier knowing I have some great reefers both in Calgary and in Edmonton offering help and babysitting services....thanks guys!:biggrin:.....I will make one thing perfectly clear......I could live the rest of my life in Edmonton, but I will never be an Oilers or Eskimo fan:razz:.....

Knew I'd strike a nerve with that one

[fishoholic]

Edmonton's a step in the right direction just give it a little time.
Agreed :mrgreen:

Before long you'll be an Oilers & Eskies fan and life will be good.
:spit:

...I will make one thing perfectly clear......I could live the rest of my life in Edmonton, but I will never be an Oilers or Eskimo fan:razz:.....

As he said doubtful that would ever happen, he's a die hard flames/stamps fan. However I'm an Oilers fan so at least one of us got it right :wink:

Knew I'd strike a nerve with that one
I must say though that I had a good laugh :mrgreen:

[fishytime]

just thought I would share a few pics of the difference in color between old and new bulbs.....both tanks are running tek HOT5s.....both tanks are running a 50/50 mix of KZ "new gens" and "KZ superblues".......Ive heard people say that the color spectrum doesnt change that much......the big tank on the right just got new bulbs and the small tanks bulbs are about five monthes old....

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[Delphinus]

Wow pretty noticeable..

[The Grizz]

Definitely a noticeable difference.

The tank doesn't look like its thinning out much there Dougster :razz: still want some of those blue zoa's you had hidden mid tank & out of reach :lol:

[christyf5]

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Gorgeous! I didn't realize this type of monti (at least I think its a monti?) grew upwards, I always thought it was more of a "boring lump" type of coral but this one is stunning :cool:

[The Codfather]

I will make one thing perfectly clear......I could live the rest of my life in Edmonton, but I will never be an Oilers or Eskimo fan:razz:.....


It's only a matter of time Doug, don't worry, sooner or later you'll see the light...........and you'll kick that bad Calgary habit.

On a more serious note, if you need a hand, let me know.

[Ross]

It's only a matter of time Doug, don't worry, sooner or later you'll see the light...........and you'll kick that bad Calgary habit.

Just something that you have to remember Doug...

Some one has to chear for the first draft pick 2 years running...

[fishytime]

Wow pretty noticeable..

Definitely a noticeable difference.

The tank doesn't look like its thinning out much there Dougster :razz: still want some of those blue zoa's you had hidden mid tank & out of reach :lol:



I know huh???.....I was quite shocked.......now the little tank is bugging me and I will have to change the bulbs in it just to balance things out:mrgreen:


ah Greg.......you remember those strategically placed in an impossible spot for me to get in and frag them zoas huh?:twised:

[fishytime]

It's only a matter of time Doug, don't worry, sooner or later you'll see the light...........and you'll kick that bad Calgary habit.

On a more serious note, if you need a hand, let me know.

Just something that you have to remember Doug...

Some one has to chear for the first draft pick 2 years running...


:lol:....thats a good one Ross.....Laurie doesnt know this yet but.......being that she has some random Oiler stuff around her house, Im intending on putting some of my Flames stuff out:twised:.....Im not sure she knows how much Flames paraphernalia I have.....between three jerseys, autographed lithographs, die cast, Christmas tree lights, etc, etc, etc.....I could probably fill a room with stuff... gonna bring a little C-town heat to E-town, try and thaw the frozen tundra up north there:razz:

and correct me if Im wrong Bob, but, Oil have lost four in a row and Flames just beat Chi-town eaisily:razz:

Gorgeous! I didn't realize this type of monti (at least I think its a monti?) grew upwards, I always thought it was more of a "boring lump" type of coral but this one is stunning :cool:

right you are Christy......they call this one a "true" undata....was kind of a brown blob with white polyps when I got it, but now its starting to get that purpley hue to it......heres another pic of it (different camera and new bulbs)




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and a few more random pics




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[lastlight]

Doug that monti is a jaw dropper. I'd be willing to pay handsomely for a frag ;)

[fishoholic]

:lol:....thats a good one Ross.....Laurie doesnt know this yet but.......being that she has some random Oiler stuff around her house, Im intending on putting some of my Flames stuff out:twised:.....Im not sure she knows how much Flames paraphernalia I have.....between three jerseys, autographed lithographs, die cast, Christmas tree lights, etc, etc, etc.....I could probably fill a room with stuff... gonna bring a little C-town heat to E-town, try and thaw the frozen tundra up north there:razz:


No worries babe, I kinda figured you'd want to put your flames stuff up, I've even thought of the perfect spot.......the crawl space :twised: j/k :razz:

Probably could find some room around the bar.

[fishytime]

Doug that monti is a jaw dropper. I'd be willing to pay handsomely for a frag ;)

pulled the colony out tonight to have a boo and I definitely can hack a chunk off for ya mang


No worries babe, I kinda figured you'd want to put your flames stuff up, I've even thought of the perfect spot.......the crawl space :twised: j/k :razz:

Probably could find some room around the bar.

well the crawl space is better that the garage:biggrin:......your not worried that people would get the wrong(or right depending on your perspective) impression?....all that flames stuff around the tanks:razz:

so I know a few people from the shop that swear by the prodibio products....they are super happy with the results and the ease of dosing.....I thought I might give it a try.....I started today with he recommended doses of both the "BioOptim" and the "BioDigest".....so we will see if I can get my nutrients in check with this magic elixir..... I do have a complaint about it already.....how the heck do you get the product out of the vial with that tiny hole???.....I thought the dosing was supposed to be less time comsuming???.....I spent a few minutes trying to "ketchup bottle" shake the stuff out!:mrgreen:.....

granulosa avec chromis

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granulosa sans chromis

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and some more stuff

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[The Grizz]

ah Greg.......you remember those strategically placed in an impossible spot for me to get in and frag them zoas huh?:twised:

Well of coarse, they say elephants never forget but neither do bears :lol: there going to have to come out of there soon or later & good thinks come to those who wait :biggrin:

[spawn]

If it's the double ended vial, snap both ends off it, then it just pours out.

[christyf5]

right you are Christy......they call this one a "true" undata....was kind of a brown blob with white polyps when I got it, but now its starting to get that purpley hue to it......heres another pic of it (different camera and new bulbs)




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Oh yeah! That is sweet! I gotta get me some of that. Love the contrast between the smooth tissue and the "white" polyps. LOL, I think I'd love it even if it was just the brown blob :razz:

[fishytime]

Well of coarse, they say elephants never forget but neither do bears :lol: there going to have to come out of there soon or later & good thinks come to those who wait :biggrin:
well......If Laurie doesnt have room/lighting /the system for it then you can probably view them at RC E-town......anything that doesnt do well In Lauries system will likely end up being babysat there....we have unfortunately already discovered that acans dont do well in her tank......lost one colony almost overnight.....the rest are with Steve now....heres the one I lost.....Im super bummed

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If it's the double ended vial, snap both ends off it, then it just pours out.

duh:redface:.....I guess that makes sense now that you mention it.....thanks Sean.....I was trying to remember who the "users" of the prodibio products were....I had forgotten that your tank was one of the junkies:mrgreen:


Oh yeah! That is sweet! I gotta get me some of that. Love the contrast between the smooth tissue and the "white" polyps. LOL, I think I'd love it even if it was just the brown blob :razz:


well if you were to come this way, I would give you a piece of dat.......just like Im gonna give a piece to Brett.......coral......the undata..........MONTIPORA.....undata.......I'll shut up now......:mrgreen:





hows about some more pics????

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[fishytime]

after what seems like forever the pieces of the puzzle are finally coming together......I went up to E-town this past w/e to see my Girly and help her with cube....and I got an early X-mas surprise.....Lauries had the stand for my tank done for me.....she knew I had been talking with Greg(Grizz) about doing the stand and contacted him and had him do the stand for me for X-mas.... heres a couple pics....one that Greg took at his shop after completion and a couple that Laurie took for me of it in its spot in her basement.....apparently Laurie and Greg had a bit of a time getting it into her house....there is a couple minor scuffs in the stand from the screen door, nothing a can of Krylon wont fix...... it is big, heavy and very well built......thanks Grizz....and thanks baby for the early prezzie.....so here she is in all her glory...all 84x30x30 of her....

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[lastlight]

It's nice man but damn do I want some potato chips now :twised:

how many dogs do you have Laurie?!

[fishoholic]

It's nice man but damn do I want some potato chips now :twised:

how many dogs do you have Laurie?!

Those were yummy Lays BBQ potato chips :mrgreen:

Two dogs (one big one small) and the one on the far left is a cat.

[fishytime]

*sings*....."two hairy dogs, one stinky cat and a thousand gallons for her and me"......

[reefwars]

*sings*....."two hairy dogs, one stinky cat and a thousand gallons for her and me"......


ouch just called the misses cat stinky.....yer in trouble now hehehe;)


" one stinky cat


ps....i so could have turned that into something badly dirty but the new "pg13" canreef would not have liked it hehehe ;)

[The Grizz]

DAMN IT!! I see a few more scuff on the stand then I would have liked & yes it was a bit of a biatch to get in the door but it was all down stairs after that. :lol:

And good god you two are going to have a crap load of gallons to deal with.

Holly crap I need to wash the doors in my shop :lol:

[Leah]

Denny you chicken! :wink: :biggrin: :redface:

[reefwars]

Denny you chicken! :wink: :biggrin: :redface:


hahaha i know i know lol ive taken some hard knocks to the head this weekend so i guess it must be the concussion making me all nice and stuff lol next time though doug and im on it;)

[fishytime]

ouch just called the misses cat stinky.....yer in trouble now hehehe;) ps....i so could have turned that into something badly dirty but the new "pg13" canreef would not have liked it hehehe ;)


well the cat does stink.......its got long hair and poor grooming habbits......and its ok, Laurie knows exactly how I feel about cats......and the cat seems to know to avoid me too (been practicing my field-goal kick:mrgreen:)........ya, you best be careful.....ya dont want to end up on the "B" list


DAMN IT!! I see a few more scuff on the stand then I would have liked & yes it was a bit of a biatch to get in the door but it was all down stairs after that. :lol:

And good god you two are going to have a crap load of gallons to deal with.

Holly crap I need to wash the doors in my shop :lol:

Like I said man..... no big deal, I will buy a spray bomb and hit it next time I go up there........thanks again for the stand and helping Girly get it downstairs......

Ya, 1000g is gonna be a lot of H2o......Laurie isnt worried about it......I am.....there is close to 700g of water in the house now and there isnt any visible problems like window sweats yet.....so I guess we will see

[Blom]

I must have missed it somewhere in the previous 1900 some posts but.... new tank in the works?

[fishytime]

I must have missed it somewhere in the previous 1900 some posts but.... new tank in the works?

yes sir.......a 260G......84l x 24t x 30w:biggrin:

[Blom]

yes sir.......a 260G......84l x 24t x 30w:biggrin:

ohhhhh I cant wait to see this

[Lance]

yes sir.......a 260G......84l x 24t x 30w:biggrin:


Nice dims Doug. You're gonna love those 30".

[freezetyle]

can't wait t see the finished product doug!

[fishytime]

ohhhhh I cant wait to see this

can't wait t see the finished product doug!


I cant wait either!!!!...this has been in the works since my birthday in July.....Im chomping at the bit for it to move faster, but my disposable income is a limiting factor:neutral:..especially when Girly keeps needing stuff:wink:...at least now with the stand, I have something solid to show off.....and believe me the stand is SOLID......


Nice dims Doug. You're gonna love those 30".

I know Im gonna love the width......you are so limited to what you can do aquascaping wise in a narrower tank.......Im hoping to have enough time and patience to do something really dramatic and blow people away with the scape........thats the hope anyway:mrgreen:......both versions of the 110 have had two overhangs that have a 6-8' projection.....Ive had plenty compliments on them, but with a deeper tank I know I could do a massive overhang......one thing I have always wanted to achieve and never have, is an archway that didnt look fake.....every time Ive tried the arch always looked really cheesy and I ended up scrapping it.....so maybe this time, being that I will hopefully have the time to take my time, I will try again

[fishytime]

heres a better than Iphone quality pic of the stand the Laurie took for me (thanks Hun)


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and a few randoms


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and now a little story about reef irony.......we all know how difficult of a coral goniopora seems to be.....most people cant seem to keep them alive......myself included......Ive tried twice and killed both colonies rather quickly........a while back there was a stn-ing colony of some sps at the shop that I noticed had a small cluster of colonial tunicates on the bottom of the base, so I took the colony home because I have always thought tunicates were cool.......well the tunicates didnt do so well and the chunk of rock has been moved here and there and flipped and twisted trying to get these tunicates happy .....which never did happen, they ended up dieing.....since then, the rock has just been kinda in there, taking up space, so I thought I would turf it to the sump.......but wait....whats that?......a little wee quarter sized hitchhiker goniopora!!!........figures that the two I paid for died and the one I didnt even know I had is doing well:mmph:

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[reefwars]

haha funny how stuff works eh any plans for the outside of the stand once its all set up are you going to enclose it or leave it open??

[fishytime]

haha funny how stuff works eh any plans for the outside of the stand once its all set up are you going to enclose it or leave it open??

I like em nekid Denny.......besides anything I did to it would have to be removable......the stand barely made it in the house as is......I dont mind being able to see the sump and skimmer and stuff.....and Laurie said she doent mind either so......nekid it is:biggrin:

[fishoholic]

I like em nekid Denny.......besides anything I did to it would have to be removable......the stand barely made it in the house as is......I dont mind being able to see the sump and skimmer and stuff.....and Laurie said she doent mind either so......nekid it is:biggrin:

Although you do have mad carpentry skills and a pretty wood covering would look niiice :biggrin: Well if not for your tank maybe for my 230g fowlr tank HINT HINT :mrgreen:

[reefwars]

Although you do have mad carpentry skills and a pretty wood covering would look niiice :biggrin: Well if not for your tank maybe for my 230g fowlr tank HINT HINT :mrgreen:


the honey do list just got a littllllllleeeeeeeee lonnngggerrrr hehehe:)

[fishytime]

Although you do have mad carpentry skills and a pretty wood covering would look niiice :biggrin: Well if not for your tank maybe for my 230g fowlr tank HINT HINT :mrgreen:


It wood, wood it???:wink:


the honey do list just got a littllllllleeeeeeeee lonnngggerrrr hehehe:)


You have no idea man.....no idea........I think the honey do list is on its second page and I dont even live there yet:mrgreen:







Somebody needs to remind me why I like urchins...........this is what my frag rack is supposed to look like

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and this is what it looked like after my urchin got a hold of it......


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the culprit and some of the scattered frag chaos that he caused


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[lorenz0]

hey I have a rock boring urchin you can have for free. It re-arranges my rock work and loves to tip huge rocks over

[lastlight]

MY PRECIOUS! :razz:

[fishytime]

hey I have a rock boring urchin you can have for free. It re-arranges my rock work and loves to tip huge rocks over


um......ya..........no thanks:lol:


MY PRECIOUS! :razz:


precious!???.....thats your undata frag sitting on the sand:razz:

[lastlight]

precious!???.....thats your undata frag sitting on the sand:razz:

Yeah I know i'm going to kick your urchins... rear prickles!

[reefwars]

woooo hoooo dougs givin out free urchins!!!!

[lastlight]

Seriously tho... how do you tolerate this thing? I make my goby put the sand back where he got it... this is a whole new level of chaos lol.

[reefwars]

Seriously tho... how do you tolerate this thing? I make my goby put the sand back where he got it... this is a whole new level of chaos lol.


haha thats awesome can you come over and make mine do the same lol he needs some disipline as he leaves his sand all over the joint like he owns the place i may have to crack the whip a bit lol;pppppp

[fishytime]

Yeah I know i'm going to kick your urchins... rear prickles!

Seriously tho... how do you tolerate this thing? I make my goby put the sand back where he got it... this is a whole new level of chaos lol.


the rear prickles huh?:lol:

oh sure, he goes on the offence when I point out his frag on the sand:razz:.....I dont know what it is about this particular urchin......no other urchin I have ever owned has been as bad as this guy....this is also the same urchin that was wearing my Aussie scoly as a sombrero.......I probably will try and pawn this one off on some poor un-suspecting sucker.....er um I mean re-home him:mrgreen:


woooo hoooo dougs givin out free urchins!!!!

um...... see above statement......you want him?:wink:

[fishoholic]

I think the urchin's just don't like you. Since you put your scolly hat wearing urchin in my tank he's behaved himself fairly well......other then the one time he tried to walk off with my korallia......however that was more funny then problematic, well it was it bit problematic for him but not so much for me :lol:

[fishytime]

you wanna see some growth?.....not the kind you need to see a doctor about.....and not the kind that requires a X rating.......coral kinda growth:mrgreen:


undata

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http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/Fishytime%202/IMG_0014-1.jpg



superman digi

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yellow bird...... I got it from Sean at the RCC grand re-opening/ fragfest in August

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[lastlight]

Really nice man!

I can't seem to capture the blue very well in my digi. It's high up and no matter what I do the light washes the blue right out. If I seriously under-expose the shot I can see the blue but then it's so dim it looks like I'm running LEDs so I dunno.

[fishytime]

Really nice man!

I can't seem to capture the blue very well in my digi. It's high up and no matter what I do the light washes the blue right out. If I seriously under-expose the shot I can see the blue but then it's so dim it looks like I'm running LEDs so I dunno.

nice shot at LED mang:lol:........well if you notice, the only shot that really showed the blue/purple well was the top down.......have you tried that?.... I have a bit of a cheat tho.....my camera was underwater, about 3" away from the coral:wink:

[fishytime]

I do relish a lovely bird......I'll call this post " the many colors of birds medley":mrgreen:


http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/Fishytime%202/IMG_0003-3.jpg
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[Delphinus]

If I could get my tank to look maybe 10% as nice as this, I'd ... I'd ... well, I'd probably entertain thoughts like "if this tank doesn't turn around in the next 2-3 months I'm quitting the hobby" not nearly as often.

That first one is barely recognizable as a birdsnest, that's some shaggy polyp extension..

[reefermadness]

Everything looks real good...man you do love your birds I see.

That is probably the best picture Ive ever seen of a supman digi. Everybody always talks about them but your probably the first person Ive seen with one that actually has a nice blue base and red polyps.

[fishytime]

That first one is barely recognizable as a birdsnest, that's some shaggy polyp extension..
Everything looks real good...man you do love your birds I see.


whats not to like about birds?......I love the growth pattern they have....they grow fast and do well under a wide variety of conditions and thus are great for the ego:biggrin:

If I could get my tank to look maybe 10% as nice as this, I'd ... I'd ... well, I'd probably entertain thoughts like "if this tank doesn't turn around in the next 2-3 months I'm quitting the hobby" not nearly as often.


thanks Tony.....but cmon it aint all that bad is it?


That is probably the best picture Ive ever seen of a supman digi. Everybody always talks about them but your probably the first person Ive seen with one that actually has a nice blue base and red polyps.

thanks Darryl......Im stoked with how well its doing..... its tied for first, for my most fav monti......

[fishytime]

man.....why are actinic shots so dang hard to take????.....heres a few that made the cut....

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/Fishytime%202/IMGP5931.jpg
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[lastlight]

Gorgeous scolly man. Nice of you to show us the unshaven pits of your tank finally :lol:

[cuz]

Gorgeous scolly man. Nice of you to show us the unshaven pits of your tank finally :lol:

Lmao!!!!!!!

[fishytime]

Gorgeous scolly man. Nice of you to show us the unshaven pits of your tank finally :lol:


thanks mang.....I love that scoly.....even though having it makes me nervous......most moulah Ive ever spent on a coral......Im always worried that something is gonna fall on it or eat it or something......

you werent sposed to notice my hairy pits:redface:.........the scoly is in the small tank that has no angels or tangs......and because of this, the algae runs rampant.....I literally prune out a couple handfuls every time I do a w/c.....once I move the contents (corals, fish and critters) up to E-town, Im going to rotate one rock at a time into the big tank and have the tangs and angels shave it down.......hopefully

[lastlight]

I've honestly never really read about angels since I figured I'd never have any. Didn't know they were big algae eaters.

So which of your fish would eat that? Looks to be hair and maybe bryopsis?

[Delphinus]

My tangs and angels sure won't touch that stuff. :neutral:

[fishytime]

I've honestly never really read about angels since I figured I'd never have any. Didn't know they were big algae eaters.

So which of your fish would eat that? Looks to be hair and maybe bryopsis?

My tangs and angels sure won't touch that stuff. :neutral:

ya ya......angels are big algae eaters......they constantly pick......unfortunately, at more than algae sometimes:neutral:....


it does kinda look like hair algae, but it is some kind of calerpra, similar to "feather"........my yellow tang and chevron pick at it ....there is some growing in the big tank, in the eggcrate overflow strainer, where it is hard for the tangs to reach......i see them up there from time to time trying to get to it......


more act shots


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[Zoaelite]

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/Fishytime%202/IMGP5934.jpg

The growth pattern on this coral is unreal, is this the setosa doug?

[Parker]

One of my favorite tanks, can't wait to see what you do with the big tank.

[fishytime]

One of my favorite tanks, can't wait to see what you do with the big tank.

thanks Robb......tankuberrymutz:mrgreen:


The growth pattern on this coral is unreal, is this the setosa doug?

Circle gets the square!!!!:cheer2:..... that is a "tyree" setosa.....I got it from Jonnybye when he shut his tank down......not sure where he got it from:noidea:

[fishytime]

*sigh*......I dont know what Im gonna do with this guy.......my freakin urchin was at it again!......this critter is a serious klepto......this time he tried to abscond with my green BN .......anybody want a "problem" urchin!?


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[The Grizz]

Dang what a little bugger, I would have taken it yesterday when I was in town.

[fishytime]

Dang what a little bugger

ya this urchin is one step away from being taken to see Zeus!:twised::mrgreen:

[Delphinus]

I can give him a home Doug .. I'm not sure what I have that I could offer in trade though.

[fishytime]

I can give him a home Doug .. I'm not sure what I have that I could offer in trade though.

with the reputation this guy is developing I was starting to think I may have to pay someone to take it:mrgreen:.......we can chat about it:wink:

[lastlight]

IT'S ALL MINE BWAHAHAHA!

[fishytime]

:lol:.....Im glad you like it Brochcho......and *said in a "Dances With Wolves" type voice* "Good trade":mrgreen:

[lastlight]

Precious hopes when it grows up it can look fabulously bulbous just like his daddy.

[lastlight]

Your pics are nice bro but don't do some of those colours any justice... granulosa especially! Think it's mostly a white-balance thing. Thanks again for the tank tours.

[ALang]

Can't wait for you to get up here to Edmonton and set up!!
Would love to see your corals in person!

Tank Party at Doug and Laurie's after you've settled down? We'll bring BEER!!
And NOT the Apricotty kind, either!

[fishoholic]

Can't wait for you to get up here to Edmonton and set up!!
Would love to see your corals in person!

Tank Party at Doug and Laurie's after you've settled down? We'll bring BEER!!
And NOT the Apricotty kind, either!

:lol: I thought that was the best kind :lol:

Sounds like fun :biggrin:

[lastlight]

*cough*2000*cough*