Jon's 90 SPS dominant reef

[freezetyle]

Originally Posted by DCDN

I really like the aquascaping. Nice and open

thank you. I was thinking of going for something like Lobsterboys revised tank. Turns out 50lbs of rock was too much for that. I am pleased with how it turned out. it will look a little bit different after i get the seed rock off of the Marcorocks (thanks CaCo3REEF) and to the sump with the rest of the live rock i already have in there.

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Its been a while. There have been some ups, and there have been some downs. but here it is:


Rainbow acan. still acclimating to the light.

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trying i identify these ones:

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Things have been pretty much on auto pilot lately. I have added a few fish

Current stocking list

Peppermint candy cane hogfish
Two bar rabbitfish
multicolor angelfish
two misbar/semi-picasso clowns
Dragon faced pipefish
two bangaii and one panama cardinal
Flavivertex pseudochromis

might add a kole/tomini tang, but i think that might be over stalking it a bit. Any thoughts?




Little bugger moves too quick, and my camera skills are subpar.



Forgot to add. Ive started the basic 4 of zeovit. I wanted to see if i could get anywhere close to what John (lobster boy) created with his reef. Its going to be a long journey

[Delphinus]

Originally Posted by freezetyle

Two bar rabbitfish

Oh for the love of ...... geeeeeeez. This fish is insanely difficult to get over here in Calgary. It's like unobtainium or something.

What I don't get is why in other cities it's not impossible. Grumble, grumble, grumble.

Anyhow seriously though, nice score. Very jealous!

I'm in 12 months of zeo myself and trust me I am nowhere near not even 1/10th of lobsterboys success yet. Persevering for bit more but man either it just aligns perfectly and poof, nice tank .. or .. not..

[freezetyle]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Oh for the love of ...... geeeeeeez. This fish is insanely difficult to get over here in Calgary. It's like unobtainium or something.

What I don't get is why in other cities it's not impossible. Grumble, grumble, grumble.

Ive seen it quite regularly on the suppliers stocking list. We actually have another one at our shop at the moment. I'm flying into calgary on the 24th i wonder how hard it would be to bring a fish aboard for you?

[Delphinus]

Originally Posted by freezetyle

Ive seen it quite regularly on the suppliers stocking list. We actually have another one at our shop at the moment. I'm flying into calgary on the 24th i wonder how hard it would be to bring a fish aboard for you?

It's ok - thanks for the offer though. I gave up waiting and went with a virgatus instead. Very similar. I just like the blue on doliatus (they have more blue) and of the virgatus and doliatus I've had in the past, the doliatus was a better eater of valonia. What's especially funny about that is that because the rabbitfish ate valonia, so did my sailfin tang (it's like he got irritated that someone was eating food - and if there's food to be had then by golly he gets dibs on it - but after a moment of weakness and I sold the doliatus, the tang was like "Oh thank goodness I don't have to eat that crap anymore. It tasted terrible!")

I'm not sure how easy it would be to take a fish on a plane. If it's carryon then they're going to want to xray the package which seems like a bad idea for the fish - and if it goes in the hold then it has to be an extra piece of luggage and hopefully it's all insulated and heated ok - and some airlines don't let you carry saltwater on the plane because of its corrosiveness - I'm not sure how the industry gets to ship the stuff but probably for the most part it's part of the freight arrangement between companies - that may not extend to passenger traffic. Basically it sounds like a hassle to me.

Thanks for the offer though! Hopefully one day an LFS over here will see one on the list and remember my request - although I doubt it