I'm starting to think of hosting a summer bbq and rock trade.... my coral infested rock staight across for nice new, clean live rock :razz:

my piece used to look like that. now it is just a nice purple acro with the teensy weensyest little green polyps. :(

That tang will have been in my tank 4 years this coming June....I'm kind of proud of that :lol:

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+1 Congrats Marie, thats quite an achievement, although not surprising. You're very good at keeping fat, happy fish :mrgreen:

LOVE the look of the mature sized colonies!!!

my gorsh Marie........tank is looking........well........full!.......and very good.......looks like you need a bigger box:biggrin:

I have reached the half way mark of my resolution to not mess with the tank for a year.

6 months to go left to go, there may not be any room for fish by then though :lol:

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There is some serious coral wars happening
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wow looks great:razz:

Hows the potters doing there Marie I hate you.!!!!!!! a PAIR OF Potters what a sexy pair you have there. lets not hope you overcrowd the tank to much with out doing some snipping good luck.. I think that you wont make it FAIL !!!!!!!!!! sorry i couldn't help myself

Looks like it's working for you!!!! Everything looks FANTASTIC!

The potters are doing wonderfully well....when I saw them eating my sps I knew they were going to live to a ripe old age in my tank....after all aren't all annoying fish hardy?

LOL, ain't that always the way?

Tank is looking great Marie, seeing those big colonies is just awesome. I hope I'm present when you are doing something about those coral wars, I really need a piece of that super grape milli :wink:

I'm also happy to see that the coral two doors up from the potters in this pic is about the same size as my pink lemonade that I got around the same time :razz:


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Amazing looking tank! The pair of dwarfs makes a great addition.

Congrats on reaching the 6-month marker! Them colonies are lookin' SWEET!

Do you ever frag coraline? I'd like to buy a fragpack to speed up the process in my tank please =)

And what about this war/battle? What happens if you don't do anything? When your colonies touch or get close is the damage localized to that area? Or can the entire colony be at risk? And what do you do about encrusting colonies getting close to the base of other corals?

Sorry for a million questions but in a tank as small as mine I don't need incredible growth like yours to start pushing it...

Hey Marie, guess what?

For the most part the damage is local but I have a couple of colonies that have decided to give up fighting and lay down and die....those 2 were not only under multiple attacks but they were also no longer getting enough light.
I frag coraline all the time, just today I pulled out huge clumps of the branching stuff...they feel like brillo pads :lol:

As far as encrusting corals touching? It's a dog eat dog world in my tank....I have a rainbow monti that is climbing up the branches of a montipora confusa.....the acropora have stopped the rainbow monti dead in it's tracks though

What?

Never mind.I wanted to congratulate you on 3000 posts but you already posted to Lastlight. :sad: Damn you Brett!

And by the way, the tank is looking fantastic! :biggrin:

Hey I never even noticed :lol:

I had no idea i'd be damned tonight. Canreef ROCKS!

Marie...so there's no real way to stop encrusting colonies is there? Do people chisel at the edges or what? I never expected anything to GROW in my tank. I want to be SMRT and ready!

WOW what a tank! I hope my corals will one day look half as good as yours!

good looking tank indeed...

Yes, coralline algae can be as big a pain in the ass as hair algae or cyano :twised:

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LOL, I'm sorry Marie but that stuff is awesome... a pain in your arse but it looks just beautiful.

Yea well I cleared out a bunch a few months ago and some small pieces fell on to the acro below. They were tiny and I, not thinking much of it just left them there ....now as you can see they are growing right out of the center of the poor coral

Have you tried dosing Purple Down?

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Your tank looks too crowded... you should frag a bunch and bring them to the frag swap :D

Not sure if I can make the frag swap or not, my daughter is due to have her baby then.
I probably wouldn't bring frags anyway unless someone has a special request....my frags have cooties and I wouldn't want to accidentally give out frags to someone who doesn't know this

"cooties" is that a nickname for red bugs?

Yep, I've had red bugs for quite awhile. I decided that until they cause obvious problems I wasn't going to treat the whole tank

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Well, it's official......Doofus has put a deposit on a new home.


I'm thinking he better find himself a job before my credit card bill comes in :lol:

Yay Doofus! I bet he's excited.
I wonder how long though before you fill this beast with corals. :mrgreen:

WOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is sooooooooooo cool

awesome to hear Marie!! Lance was telling me about it at the swap, I think he is as excited as you are :wink:

So are you a grandma yet??