Dez' Tank Journal

[Dez]

Brett. Yes, those 2. I didn't think I ever fragged smooth blue. You probably have the only ones I've fragged then. Sweet that you still have em.

[lastlight]

The blue is really awesome in the growth tips. I never had any until recently! And yeah I was oogling the coral and you just reached in and popped a piece off for me =)

I found a newer shot but still from before it started growing:



It was attached to the long green 'stache' coral from Kien that never branched. I unmounted their shared rock from my scape, sheared the rock in half to isolate them and both are exploding in growth now on the sandbed?!

[The Grizz]

I definitly would like a frag of each of them dez, very shinny

[doch]

Save me some cool stuff please!!! I bagged up some negative space for you... I'll bring it down in trade! HAHAHA!!

We'll be coming through Edmonton on the way to vacation land next weekend, and then back through on the 20th... Hopefully that will work for you and we can swing in for a stop off!

[Dez]

Originally Posted by doch

Save me some cool stuff please!!! I bagged up some negative space for you... I'll bring it down in trade! HAHAHA!!

We'll be coming through Edmonton on the way to vacation land next weekend, and then back through on the 20th... Hopefully that will work for you and we can swing in for a stop off!

There are lots to go around Johnny . Hopefully I'll be around on the 20th. My yard work is keeping me in town these days. See you soon.

[Dez]

Originally Posted by kien

looks like the guacamole I made last night.

I'll trade you any day Kien.

[Reefie]

I finally read each and every update since day 1 of Dez's build, and I was left speechless. It only took about a week and a half to catch up to the present time, and I feel like Marty McFly (Back to the Future). This has been an amazing journey from the get-go, I am very envious of your tank Dez! I am only allowed to keep a BC29, as I live in a condo in Vancouver. Although I convinced my wife to let me get a Skimz Ibox for my 3 year old daughter, like most people, it all started with Finding Nemo, haha! My wife said something very aspiring yesterday at the Vancouver Aquarium, she said I could have a bigger tank if we had a house, the first thing that came to mind was YOUR tank! I am trying to follow in your footsteps with the Zeo dosing, I've learned a LOT from reading this whole build! However, I'm on a tiny tiny scale compared to your tank, haha! I only dream of growth like you've experienced! I have a LONG way to go before my little nano BC29 see's any major growth. I switched to LED's about 2 months after getting the BC29, and have been experimenting with SPS, so far I'm experiencing good growth with a blue tipped acro, pink birdsnest, green birdsnest. I've been on a clam obsession lately though, 2 crocea's, 2 derasa's, and now 1 ultra blue maxima (bought 3, however only 1 made it). Anyways, back to your tank, please keep updating, and I'll keep aspiring to follow in your footsteps!

[lorenz0]

im actually kind of jealous... wish i got skim like that

reminds me of a night of hard drinking

[Zoaelite]

Originally Posted by lorenz0

im actually kind of jealous... wish i got skim like that

reminds me of a night of hard drinking

The skimmer didn't fall 8 feet onto concrete though .

Your skimmate photo certainly didn't help my hang over this morning Dez... Tanks looking amazing as usual!

[Dez]

Originally Posted by Reefie

I finally read each and every update since day 1 of Dez's build, and I was left speechless. It only took about a week and a half to catch up to the present time, and I feel like Marty McFly (Back to the Future). This has been an amazing journey from the get-go, I am very envious of your tank Dez! I am only allowed to keep a BC29, as I live in a condo in Vancouver. Although I convinced my wife to let me get a Skimz Ibox for my 3 year old daughter, like most people, it all started with Finding Nemo, haha! My wife said something very aspiring yesterday at the Vancouver Aquarium, she said I could have a bigger tank if we had a house, the first thing that came to mind was YOUR tank! I am trying to follow in your footsteps with the Zeo dosing, I've learned a LOT from reading this whole build! However, I'm on a tiny tiny scale compared to your tank, haha! I only dream of growth like you've experienced! I have a LONG way to go before my little nano BC29 see's any major growth. I switched to LED's about 2 months after getting the BC29, and have been experimenting with SPS, so far I'm experiencing good growth with a blue tipped acro, pink birdsnest, green birdsnest. I've been on a clam obsession lately though, 2 crocea's, 2 derasa's, and now 1 ultra blue maxima (bought 3, however only 1 made it). Anyways, back to your tank, please keep updating, and I'll keep aspiring to follow in your footsteps!

Thanks for the encouraging comments. It was through other people's tank journals that I've learned. Key thing is to be patient in this hobby. I am experiencing problems now because of my lack of patience at the beginning and getting too many frags. Now I have to remove large colonies and it's quite difficult at times. Find a system that suits your lifestyle and stick with it, only change it if it isn't working. It took me 4-5 years to plan this tank before I even started building it....be patient and start planning your big tank now .