Red Planet Colony 1:
10-08-2010
http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/1881/p1140044.jpg

10-12-2011 (Large piece was broken off the rock so there's two colonies now):
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3503/img4080xm.jpg

Today:
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/2995/mg5842z.jpg

Red Planet Colony 2:
10-09-2010
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/7215/p1140079.jpg

10-12-2011(Again frag to the right was accidentally snapped off)
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/768/img4085ky.jpg

Today:
http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/4866/mg5846.jpg

And the fuge, now overrun with calurpia, hair algae and baby bangii cardinals.
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/8053/mg5897k.jpg

I cant seem to zoom in enough to see the baby bangii cards!:lol:

ya, cmon Levi.....we wanna see the baby bangers


just wondering.....how high do you have your Radions off the surface mang?

Levi, tank looks amazing as usuall! I love your fuge set up, now you got me contemplating on wether if I should set up a fuge in my tank.
Awesome pictures as usuall, keep up the good work dude.
Btw next time you come to vancouver, you gotta stop by an check out my tank.

Amazing red planet growth and colour Levi.....my growth is pathetic on the red planet but the colour is awesome....(scratches head).

Appreciate the compliment! I totally recommend one, besides all the positive filtration benefits the thing looks totally rad!

I saw your photo the other day... Almost had a heart attack! I think "awesome" is an understatement :lol:. I found mounting horizontally on a rock surface gave them a real growth burst, they do send out a pretty large base prior to sky-scraping though.

They are all hiding in the black spine urchin over in the corner, funny how captive bred fish are wired for certain behaviors.

Right now they are about 9-10" off the surface, might lower them a bit but I'm pretty happy with them at the moment.

Camera Hog here makes it hard to snag any good coral photos:
http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/4531/mg6101.jpg

Picked up another perc for my C-Quest. He has a fancy little spot right under his one eye giving him the appearance of an eye spot (Like a Killer whale). He looks pretty goulish under low light.

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/8350/mg6006.jpg

In moving around a few things I found these polyps under some random rock, not sure where they came from but I'm certainly not complaining.

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/8614/mg5969.jpg

That looks like a prison tat......you can tell by looking at this guy he's done some serious time.

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/8350/mg6006.jpg

Sooo many Zoa's. WOW. Great looking tank!:mrgreen:

How many baby banger's do you have Levi? What's the plan for them? Ummmm.....maybe.......uummmm.....sell me a few when there bigger :biggrin:

Love the spot on the clownfish, very unique looking :biggrin:

Here's a pic for ya :razz:

http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps...ap_320X240.jpg

He's a Clownfish not Convict tang :razz:.

Thanks!

My male passed away unfortunately (he just kept holding clutches, silly fish would never eat) so I need to wait to sex one of the babies prior to releasing them (Think I'm @ 7). Consider them yours!


Thanks Laurie!

Haha :lol:.

Some more top downs & front ons.

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/4892/mg5994.jpg

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/7605/mg6249.jpg

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/3990/mg6231.jpg

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/2192/mg6206f.jpg

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/9263/mg6171.jpg

http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/7640/mg6181n.jpg

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/6009/mg6169o.jpg

http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/3568/mg6159.jpg

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/5155/mg6149.jpg

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/5917/mg6128.jpg

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/5779/mg6112y.jpg

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/6889/mg6052x.jpg

http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/9707/mg6105m.jpg

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/6086/mg6013z.jpg

Oh that sucks about your male Banger dude, I would love a couple pairs.

You need a hanger for those Radions so I can swap some cost for some zoa frags :biggrin:

um.. ya, so nice tank. That's all, carry on.

Haha, Thanks Kien! Good to see you back creepin Canreef!

Some new shots with a new lens, will grab photos of the reef closer to the begging of the month.

Red Eyed Tree Frog
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/6553/img6445j.jpg

http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/3904/img6453p.jpg

Randoms
http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/6894/img6529zq.jpg

http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/4100/img6528.jpg

http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/6188/img6487j.jpg

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/8607/img6476n.jpg

WOW!!!!! That's gorgeous!! I love the frog too! I have a macro lens for my camera, can't get any decent pics...

Killer shots as always there mang!!!....do you ever get tired of hearing that?:razz:........





do you use a tripod Sheena?.........tripods are your best friend.....also when you use a tripod, use the timer on the camera to eliminate shake from you pressing the shutter button....oh, and if you have lots of stuff that sways in the breeze try shutting down all the flow in your tank.....

I have a tripod, its broken tho...been spending all my moola on the new tank...will invest in a new one soonish...

Dude, I can't tell what fish this is. What's the orange fish in this pic?

Nope :razz:!

Doug pretty much detailed what I do prior to taking photos, a fresh filtersock and some new carbon doesn't hurt either.

<Tripod3


Halichoeres chrysus.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...386&pcatid=386

Great wrasse to clear pest inverts, he's super friendly and has been with me for about 2 years now!

Snazzy! How is he for reef-safe-ness?

Hey man, I've been meaning to post in here for a while now but school and crap got in the way.

Just wanted to thank you for letting me look at your tank. It's even more spectacular in person than it is in your pics. If I can get a tank to look half as nice as yours, I'd consider it a resounding success.

Been a model citizen since the get go.

I'm going to scream "resounding success" over and over again at my cyano tonight and see if it doesn't decide to leave :lol:. Thanks for the compliment Adam, hows the house going for you buddy?

Have you leveled out those expensive LED's yet Levi :razz:

you willing to try something like red slime remover? The more I read about cyano, the more I am starting to think of it as an infection, and less like a normal algae. I used to get cyano outbreaks in the planted FW tank I had at my old office all the time, even though all the parameters were spot on. Then I'd treat it with an anti-biotic and the tank would be utterly pristine until I would add a new fish, and within days, boom. Cyano. It seems to come and go in everyone's tank regardless of their water parameters, eve the most pristine, ULNS tanks can get it. I was too afraid to try something chemical in my last tank, but people seem to report reasonable success with certain products in reef tanks so I don't know if I'll be so conservative the next time around.

As for the house... so close man. sooooo close. The place looks fantastic, better than I could even have imagined. Kevin and I are going to plumb the tank on Saturday, and hopefully fill it up and turn the pump on for a leak test/clean of all the dust and crap that's settled in it.

I believe that I have found my new favorite tank!:faint:
I will be fallowing and commenting for sure~!

Thank you very much for sharing!!

Do you currently have favorite tank? I wouldn't mind seeing what someone with a tank like yours looks up to or looks to for inspiration?

Errr...uhhhh....eeeeee...no :neutral:.
I dream of a day where my expensive LED light fixtures look like they weren't hung by intoxicated monkeys :razz:. My "Frag tank" inside of my fuge turned out to be a piece of egg crate covered in algae so we took it out. Plans are in the works for a real frag tank so hopefully I can do a swap/ cash deal with you shortly.

I'm down for using the treatment but a certain someone else is strongly against it.

*Smashed face into wall repetitively*
Ironically his SPS aren't affected, just my zoas getting smothered by the stuff :neutral:.

Anyone else out there have good results with a red slime algae remover?

Good to hear the house is almost ready for you guys, I will have to stop by to take a look when your system is up and running.

Favvvvvvorrritteeeeee!!! My dreams of a Zoaelite fan club are slowly coming to fruition! Haha thanks for the comment, one of my major inspirations is Geoxmans old tank which can be found here.

Just kidding about the fan club btw.











Unless you actually want to join, please PM me for tryout dates.

Snoochie boochies.
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/1946/stickyu.jpg

Whats the name of this coral again? Its a little hard to tell from the constant lightning bolt striking directly above your tank but I'm sure I have some. :mrgreen:

Thank you. Cade.

You're getting quite the mini colony of Darth Mauls going! The tank is looking great too now that it is aging...lots of color!

It's a pocillopora sp., we have had a few events where little ones have been popping up all over the place. One of the few corals that spawns in captivity.

:redface:
Errr...uhhhh....eeeeee...they melted :sad:.

We pushed our water change a little to late due to my midterm schedual and a few of the zoas weren't to happy with me. That or it was the Kent carbon, none of the SPS were affected though so I'm kind of leaning towards it being my fault.

Anyone got Darth Mauls :neutral:?


11-03-2011, installed the radions 2 days after this.
http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/7093/img4396i.jpg

2 month growth shot:
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/4061/mg5602a.jpg

Shots this morning (Just over 4 months growth):
http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/1223/mg9611.jpg

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/4668/mg9604.jpg

2 polyps to 33 polyps in a little over 4 months!

woah, 4th page of the tank journal. I think it's time for an update!