A few shots of the 90 with the Pink Cap removed.



The clam was getting shaded from the cap; now it's in better light.

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/o...1/IMG_2328.jpg

FTS

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/o...1/IMG_2324.jpg


Got this frag from O/A awhile back. It was just a browned out little guy but was very hairy so I grabbed it. The pic doesn't really show it but it has turned a bright lemon-lime colour.

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/o...1/IMG_2334.jpg

Tank still looks great Lance, Bob just got some sand sifter gobies in that will clean that sand bed up for you.

I do love the depth(front to back) of these corner tank.....wish I had more depth, both figuratively and literally:mrgreen:....sweet clam and that sps looks tre-pukey :puke:

We could all use a little more depth Doug. :mrgreen:
The corner tanks are pretty cool but kinda challenging for flow and light. I've got about 47x turnover and some areas get hammered while others don't get enough.

I don't know babe, I'd say you've got it covered :wink:

90 looks bangin man! Those sticks in there seem really happy and colorful.

Doug and Laurie...get a room.

Let me finish!

Get a room and then don't post about it here. Ya crazy kids! :lol:

:lol: Sorry sometimes I just can't help myself :redface:

I'm just giving you a har...tough time. Carry on!

:lol: nice catch!

Thanks Brett. The corals have been doing well lately, unfortunately so is the Bubble Algae. As you know how much I hate crabs I just might have to try an Emerald again.

Yeah, we have to watch our wording around you two. :mrgreen:
Ahhhh! New love. Ain't it grand!

I have quite a bit of valonia and of course most of it is in places my eurobracing makes getting to nearly impossible. I was trying to wiggle a massive one free a few weeks ago and POOF it just exploded. So now I have... moar.

I hate that stuff! I have absolutely none in the 225. Someone in that tank must like it. Probably one of the Tangs, unfortunately they are both too large to spend a few weeks in the 90.

I more meant a state of mind kind of depth!.....geez yous guys with your minds in the gutter....


:becky:




methinks your the one that needs a room:wink::razz:

C.B. stands for Coral Beauty. I think C.B. stands for Carnivorous Bitch! Or maybe Consumer of Brains!
Every now and then it takes a liking to my red/green Brain and I have to cover it with a strawberry basket for a couple of weeks until the CB forgets about it. This usually works for a month or two until it remembers how nice it tasted, then I have to go through the whole process again. It's getting to be a little tiresome so I may move the Brain to the 225g. It really isn't a very nice fish at all and just gets more ****y with age, (had her over 3 years now): She picks at the Brain and chases the Fairy Wrasse, PJ Cardinal, Yellow Assessor and Watchman Goby. She's lucky she's so pretty or I'd have traded her in for a bag of rocks a long time ago.

did the emerald's do the job on the bubble algae or just act like crabs?

I haven't got any yet, and the more I think about the less I want some. I hate crabs! Every one I've ever had did some damage of one kind or another, so I think I'll Ixnay on the Crabsay.

Squamosa I got from Campbell River Pet Center. Thanks Sarah.

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/o...h/IMG_2359.jpg
http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/o...h/IMG_2361.jpg

A playmate for the Crocea.

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/o...1/IMG_2333.jpg

And a few randoms of the 90g while I had the camera out.

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/o...h/IMG_2362.jpg

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/o...h/IMG_2362.jpg


Getting some good growth lately.

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/o...h/IMG_2365.jpg


And a FTS of the 225g just because.
http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/o...h/IMG_2366.jpg

Your tanks look AMAZING Lance!!!! Very nice indeed. The clam looks...well "happy as a clam"!!!!

pretty cool lookin squammy clammy Lance.....and its startin to look pretty dense sps wise in that one pic.....I like it......I like it a lot!

I miss my clam

Man those are some big fat fish!! Looking great :)

Nice score on the squamosa Lance! The tanks are looking great! I just shake my head at the sheer size of that pipe organ. That is crazy huge!! :cool:

tee hee.....Christy is impressed by the size of Lance's organ:razz:

Tanks are lookin good Lance :biggrin:

Thanks Sarah. Yup, it's a "Happy Clamper"

Thanks Doug. The corals have really put a growth spurt on lately, unfortunately so has the Valonia :cry:

:cry:

I like my fish fat Kien.

Thanks Christy. The squamosa's colouring was different, not too common, so I snatched him up. :biggrin: The Pipe Organ is now much bigger than a basketball. The strange thing is the polyps are changing from brown to a greenish brown lately. Don't know if this is good or bad?

I'm just glad somebody is.

Thanks Laurie

It was a green pipe organ in my tank Lance so I suspect it's a good thing :mrgreen:

:lol:

Madly looking back to see this organ everyone is bragging about. :wink:

right on Lance tank is looking great you should buy that AP 902 deltec for your tank super good skimmer man.

Oh good. The polyps aren't actually changing colour, it's like it's slowly replacing them with shorter green polyps.

Well Leah, it's about 18" long and 13" thick. Big enough? :wink:

Thanks Mike. That skimmer is a little overkill for a 90g Mike. Be nice for the 225g though, but I'm happy with the MR-3

Marie and I were discussing the Pipe Organ a few posts back and I've taken some pics to try to explain what is happening. The longer brown polyps are being replaced by shorter green polyps. I'm not sure what is causing this and I'm also not quite sure if I like it or not. The green polyps are definitely brighter and more attractive than the brown ones but they are shorter and don't move in the flow as much. This coral is huge and looked like a large undulating mass. Now it looks like a green fuzzy basketball.

You can see the longer brownish polyps toward the bottom section of the coral and the green short polyps covering the rest.

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/o...n/IMG_2377.jpg

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/o...n/IMG_2378.jpg

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Did this start happening after you upgraded to 400W bulbs by any chance? ....It may not need as much polyp surface to get it's light needs anymore

I thought the same thing; it must a lighting issue. The 400W have been in for about 8 months; I first noticed this change a couple of months ago. Would it take 6 months?

4000.

Tank looks fragtacular too I guess :mrgreen:

The tanks are looking great Lance!

4000 what?

Thanks Parker

Posts. Just thought I'd celebrate up in ya bizz =)