Thanks Laurie! We ended up loosing about half of them during the transport, they grow like crazy but after they root they shouldn't be moved.

Stopped by the hydroponics store a few days ago and picked up a 400W sodium grow light set up, this thing lights up my whole freaking basement so I'm hoping for some growth (Haha the store owner brought me "Grow" magazines, I don't think he believed my Red Mangrove story :lol:).

And I think we have our final stock list:

Chevron Tang
Orange Socket Tang
Purple Tang
Hawaiian Naso Tang

3M Lyretail Anthias
2M 1F Bartletts Anthias
3M Purple Queen Anthias
1M 1F Square Back Anthia

Starry Blenny
Tail Spot Blenny

1M 1F Golden Dwarf Angelfish (Hoping for mated)
Copperband Butterfly Fish
2F 1M Psychedelic Mandarins
1M 1F Bangii Cardinals

1 Leopard Wrasse
1M Long Fin Fairy Wrasse
1 Yellow Corris Wrasse
1M Blue Sided Fairy Wrasse
Possibly a Hawaiian flame wrasse pair

1M C-Quest False Perc
1F Onxy False Perc

All I can say is "AWSOME!" Love the aquascape!

Thanks Doug!

The Purple Queens are out swimming, its wicked to see such a large group of diverse fish go into feeding frenzy. I'm going to try for a video of everyone feeding tomorrow anyone know if I can upload it via imageshack?

Love the mix of fish you've got going there....was like a school of piranha:mrgreen:

Makes me want to go scuba diving :razz:.

Cool Shot
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/2181/img1033o.jpg

Fantastic shot of one of my favorite fish. :mrgreen:

now theres an incredible shot of a beautiful fish!

Very nice shot! I actually just picked a nice one up tonight. Always been one of my favorites.

Just to one up the bro :lol::
http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/2641/img0035bj.jpg

http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/9548/img9993.jpg

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I get the feeling this fish thinks its a clown, its always hanging around my Onxy female. Next on the addition list will be a healthy little female for him.

New Zoa colony, WOW this thing is stunning is person! Reminds me of the space paly inside but lacks the green frillies.

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/9236/img0028nx.jpg

http://img860.imageshack.us/img860/6864/img9947o.jpg

And a few of the camera hog Flash G:
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/8128/img0032xw.jpg

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/2236/img9955a.jpg

Newest addition (Cough Impulse Buy Cough) is a 1.5" Magestic angelfish which is just starting to get its adult colors. Hes gone into hiding now but is eating, will try and snap a photo of him when he gets some confidence to come out front.

nice shots, if you have not get them (pair of golden angels), I suggest you should get pair of Flames angels instead because

1) easier to find
2) more active and see them more.

Yo dude what camera are you shooting with again?

Love the sunset backdrop you've got in those pics. Something a little different and still beautiful. Sweet!

Hey I can't help but notice the great colors on your fairy wrasses. I have some from the same species you have but aren't nearly as colorful - I have a feeling they're turning into females. What do you do to keep the colors up on yours?

Agreed on both points, a golden pair would be amazing to see though as timid as they are. I'm sure I will be looking for a while but they should be well worth the wait.

Someone on reef central thought my house was burning down :lol:, just my 400W "Burn your retinas out" grow bulb in action.
Cannon Rebel xsi, F5.0, SS 1/100, ISO 400.

This new crazy food I feed called Photo Shop works wonders :lol:.

Aside from that I found my wrasses to look much better under halides compared to my old T5's. Feeding a varied diet soaked in selcon also works wonders to bring out those colors.

What lighting are you running, what species and how many? They all shouldn't be morphing, males are dominant in wrasses which exhibit sequential hermaphroditism so something funny is happening.
Have any photos of the little heshes?

What kind of substrate do you use for your mangroves, how much flow do you have for them too?

It's pretty much a mix of all the sand and mud ever used in my reef systems (24g, 54g, 65g, 165g, 110g) so there is a pretty large range in particle size. We ended up loosing half of the mangroves from the transplant, once these things root you should never move them.

Flow through the manrgrove system is pretty slow, don't know the exact amount as my return plumbing is split between that and the sump but I would estimate between 2-5X turn over for the 60g tank per hour.

I will be ordering a bunch of pods again from my guy, anyone in need of some?

Best part about sharing a tank with a relative is the random surprises you come home to, for example a new Achilles Tang:razz::razz:!

Happy to say he is parasite free, eating and getting along with the rest of the group. This brings me us to a total of 5 tangs so a chevron is no longer in the mix.

I will snap some photos tonight.

My quest for the Candy Apple Red is finally over! I should be receiving a frag of it along with a Sunny Delight and a Captain America Paly via Paul at Oceanic.

Gahh took long enough, I have only been searching for 3 years now.

Hey that's cool mang..... There's a few that I've been hunting for, for a while..... It's sweet when you can cross one off your list...........dibs on the first available frags???:wink:

Reading this reminded me of Bob Barker Announcing A BRAND NEW CAR!!

Grats man,
Can you get any pics of him?

New Achilles Tang Photos!!!

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/5654/img1177m.jpg

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/593/img1144obl.jpg

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/1766/img1168lo.jpg

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/3469/img1167dw.jpg

http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/9576/img1259q.jpg

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/8097/img1234r.jpg

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/6852/img1233m.jpg

Majestic Angelfish
http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/2072/img1258g.jpg

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/93/img1264k.jpg

Dun and dun, I will be requiring a perty trade though :biggrin:!

Thanks buddy! Devo snapped some shots below but I will try and grab some good day ones later.

Zoa frags from Oceanic to arrive Thursday, photos to come.

Reef art anyone :biggrin:?
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/2692/img1303d.jpg

Aww my favorite tang! tank is looking awesome as always guys

nice tat levi

Why does the octopus look so angry? If he's not careful his face is going to freeze like that.

That could be arranged!:biggrin:......
+1 on the tat man.......who did it?

Thanks Buddy!
I asked for a mix between ferocious, antagonized and raging and this is what came out :razz:. Would you prefer a happy octopus? Everything on google was a little cheesy.
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/6686/octor.jpg
Scott Ford down @ Smiling Budda, 11 hours in and I think I'm addicted.

New photos:

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/7710/img1601un.jpg

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http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/3034/img1626f.jpg

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http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/240/img1650ak.jpg

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http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/6549/img1658y.jpg

Very nice buddy. I am gonna get myself one of those.

New shots with the underwater camera:
http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/5594/p1200810.jpg

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8268/p1200792.jpg

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http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/1610/p1200826.jpg

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http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/567/p1200821.jpg

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/5809/p1200820.jpg

Mangrove tank:
http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/4452/img1124yk.jpg

Cleaner Wrasse:
http://img864.imageshack.us/img864/8136/img1736b.jpg

Sunny D Paly:
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/9989/p1200824u.jpg

Red Planets:
http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/6189/p1200784.jpg

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/6435/p1200783.jpg

that HPS is a beacon!

It's a tad bit bright but the corals in direct spread are exploding in growth! My Mohawk palys have gone from 3 polyps to well over 200 in the span of 6 months.

Well its been a while since I've updated sooo

The last couple months have been a little choppy, unfortunately we lost the Achilles at around the month point to a really intense case of ich. None of the other fish were affected but we ended up purchasing a cleaner wrasse, luckily he loves to eat brine. On top of that MY FREAKING CANDY APPLE FRAG MELTED :mad2:... gah, I don't think I will be purchasing single polyp frags in the future.

Oddly all 4 of our mandarins have disappeared, I'm not sure what to attribute this too as there is an abundance of microfauna around the tank. I hope there isn't something evil lurking in the liverock.

After snagging a few new zoa rocks we decided to reaquascape, took a few quick shots afterwords so I will grab some nicer ones tomorrow.

Full tank shot:
http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/8141/img1970x.jpg

New actinics:
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/5899/p1210002d.jpg

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/8954/p1200978.jpg

http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/9808/img1966s.jpg

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/3432/img1945z.jpg

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/3583/img1941k.jpg

Mangroves are loving the 400W HPS just as much as the coral is!
http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/3894/img1880ij.jpg

Sorry to hear about the Achilles. There's one sitting in my lfs that I am contemplating on wether or not to bring him home, but chances of it surviving is less than 10 percent. 275 is a lot of money to spend on on fish who's out come is most likely in the toilet. But they sure are wicked looking.

Nice photos. Your tank is very unique and interesting. I was wondering if when you have some time, you can snap some photos of the mangrove set up and your equipment set up for me. I would love to see it.

Thanks Rich, it was pretty hard to see him die I wont be trying another thats for sure. I will snap some shots shortly of the filtration systems for you.

In the mean time here are some new photos, sorry Canreef I'm kind of a bandawidth piggie :redface:.

Actinics of the zoas:
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/5283/img2108sf.jpg

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http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/8607/img2071ee.jpg

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http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9215/img2014x.jpg

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/1862/img2007b.jpg

Tiny Captain America Paly :razz:
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/4897/img2003t.jpg

Some shots of the fish:
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/4525/img2170ai.jpg

Juvi Blue Girdled:
http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/6397/img2143f.jpg

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/4552/img2202st.jpg

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/9523/img2198c.jpg

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http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/9477/img2188b.jpg

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/9333/img2158s.jpg

Red Planet:
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/3015/img2155cm.jpg

FTS:
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/8853/img2229u.jpg

More Zoas:
http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/1141/img2121l.jpg

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/2213/img2116in.jpg

http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/6379/img2061j.jpg

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/4598/img2057ka.jpg

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3114/img2055g.jpg

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