Say what? What have you been smokin dude, I want some.

Zombie Eye Helicopter-Pilot-Barbie Dollhouse Flancake, Zombie Eye Artist-Barbie Dollhouse Flancake, or Zombie Eye Vetrinarian-Barbie Flancake zoas? Man I have trouble keeping up with this.

I have no idea, saw them at RCE and brought them home.

Tony are you at Kien's smokin some of what he is:painkiller:. WTF?

A little to update, got a Profilux 2 plus controller but still have to hook it up. 2 new 48" dual 250w MH with dual T5's and moon light, on the tank and look great. Picked up some retro fit T5's with dimmable ballasts and Profilux power bar. Also bought a new little skimmer, arrived a couple days ago but still have to get it running


I introduce to you my Octopus RPS-3000 RC........:biggrin:

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/aba0bcb7.jpg

Found out that my McCorskers Flasher wrasse ( hope that's right ) is still alive and well in my rocks. I think I might have to remove my 6line wrasse :sad: but that might bring the Flasher out more often and allow me to get some other wrasse.

Here's a few pic's of some of my zoa's:
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/6be9cb4d.jpg
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/ed951613.jpg
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/0ee3b37c.jpg
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/463e0656.jpg

Nice Zoanthids, great colours...the more zoa's I see the more I want...

Some more pic's:
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/91a57662.jpg
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/b7b542e8.jpg
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/1025eb9a.jpg
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/140e60be.jpg
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/2fccec40.jpg

Top left are new from RCC, as Steve called the !zoas
And can't forget the hulk flower rock anemone from Mr. Snappy
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/479da2d6.jpg

Thanks Brian, there are a few that are close and hope they open up again soon.

And some more:

New from RCC are dead center with the blue centers
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/68fc5972.jpg
Orange ones on left also new today from..........where else RCC
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/5ded80c8.jpg
A couple of Acans from Mr. Snappy
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/3ffa8945.jpg

Nice skimmer, and the zoas aren't too shabby either.

Grizz, nice Zoa garden man!! You have some beauty colors happening there.

Thanks Lance, got a good deal on it to. It will eventually be on my 250 but can't wait to see it in action. :lol:

Thanks, not to shabby pics taken with my iPhone 3GS. Hope to get some better pics tomorrow when the lights are full on with my underwater cam.

Wow great lookin zoanthid collection, great assortment of colours. Clam situations notwithstanding the blue baby squamosa is looking pretty sweet !!!

you are such a zoaholic.....nice chattin with ya yesterday bud

Thank Tony, I would love to have several more but I think the only why to do that is to do an online order for some of the one's I really like. The baby squamosa is my last clam and if it goes there will be now more for awhile.


Yes Doug I am, love the colors and the ease of fragging, not to mention I seem to be able to make them grow nice so that is a plus. Nice chatin with yous to dude. Still want some of you magicians :twised:

So today I got the big a$$ skimmer online, just waiting for it to brake in and start pulling gunk out of the water.

Also hooked up my Profilux Plus 2 controller, temp probe online and working nicely as well as the Ph prob. And to my surprise my Ph is just a wee bit high......must correct this asap.

I must say I am really happy with the new skimmer, water is looking cleaner and it was real easy to get it dialed in.
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...d/a1d01b1f.jpg

Picked up a few new residents for the tank from a fellow canreefer that was selling there tank.

Scopas Tang

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/daab262a.jpg

Engineer Goby

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/1f2d37dd.jpg
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/328f53db.jpg

Lg Scribbled Rabbit

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/845693f0.jpg

Pink Spotted Watchmen Goby

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/7b9209c9.jpg
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/6a9de85c.jpg

Matted Filefish, haven't seen this little guy do anything but swim end to end at the back of the tank. It's a bad pic because it never stops doing laps.

And some proof that my McCorskers Flasher Wrasse is still around.

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/77f96a33.jpg

Almost forgot this little fella, but I think I might have to set up a little nano for just him and take it to my office.

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/b331cb41.jpg

And yet another pic of my Flasher Wrasse, SO HAPPY :biggrin: that it showed up.

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/e86a564e.jpg

filefish
 

watch that filefish mine chewed up al my lps

Yes I am aware of that but it have yet to even figure out that there is a whole lot a tank out there to explore.

My little clown sure likes my hammer :biggrin:
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/4eec587e.jpg

Just a few shots of a couple of my bigger pieces, one pic is really crappy as my closed loop decided to do something funky all of a sudden throwing sand into the water column.

Devils Hand
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/dc43f2db.jpg

Sinulara finger leather
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/b4d57293.jpg

And the one coral I was so afraid to try because they are very expensive IMO but received a great deal on it so I said what the hell.

Purple Tip Aussi Elegance
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/0a5dd31d.jpg
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/d89ab6fa.jpg

Wow nice devils hand! Great looking tank ;)

dude.....those leathers look massive!

Thanks Wayne, hope to get some SPS in to it at some point.


Dude you have one idea how right you are, hard to tell from the pics. :surprise:

It's a very nice tank, Grizz ! How can you prevent the fish from not jumping out with your 18" shallow tank ? Did you cover your top with something ?

not sure if its the same for everyone but i tried 3 times to grow sps and the 3rd time i took out my leathers and sps is growing fine , the first 2 times i couldnt grow it and i had a few people tell me that leathers produce a chemical that reacts badly with sps

Funny you should ask, my wife asked me when I was going to build a cover after last night. I had the front of my canopy off last night feeding and replacing a few corals that got moved by my huge hermit crap when suddenly my Blue Reef Chromis launched out of the tank and down to the floor. I quickly scooped it up and put it back into the tank. Other than that I have only had 3 jumpers but I will be building a cover out of window screen kits very soon.

I do have one SPS in the tank ATM but I think my problem might be my ability to do regular water changes. We are on a septic tank system that gravity feed to the field not a pump out. But that is going to change this summer when all this FREAKIN SNOW stops & melts.

My A. Humilus, I have had it for over a year and it has never changed other then the one white branch. It fell into nor of my frog spawns but it has fully recovered now.
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/5e0fe1e0.jpg

do you run carbon Greg?

This feels like a loaded question :lol: I am not ATM but I think I should be. I would like to get another NextReef MR1 to run carbon but I do have a couple TLF 150's I could use in the mean time.

do so......Im willing to bet that those big arse leathers are the reason youve had trouble with sps.....leathers are the worst for chemical warfare

So your saying get off my arse & get some carbon running huh :lol: biggest problem is that there is really no where here to buy a good quality carbon, I guess I will have to get some in the cities next time I go north or south.

Really make me think even harder about starting up a SW supply shop her at the acres.:idea:

:boink::boink::boink: More Pic's!:twised:

I'm by no means an sps expert, far from it, but mine are doing pretty darn good. I credit this to doing 20% water changes every 2 weeks without fail. I was a real lazy water changer in the past but ever since I ventured into the world of sps, realized this is something you need to do.

Get some ROX carbon from BRS. BRS is really the only place you can get it from and trust me once you go ROX there is no other you'll go to afterward. I only wish some of our more local vendors would bring it in (HINT HINT ... er, AGAIN, because it's not like I haven't brought this up before).

But Doug is right, get some carbon on there. It's mandatory IMO. Read this for a good description of "why":
http://joejaworski.wordpress.com/200...k-need-carbon/

Doug is probably also right in that the reason for your SPS troubles are your leathers. In general these two types do not mix well at all. With maybe only a few exceptions you don't really find SPS and leathers in the same reefs in the wild and that probably tells us something.

And it's not just leathers. Softeys in general, macro algaes, leathers are just among the stronger one who participate in allelopathy ("chemical warfare").

You can mitigate this some by using more carbon but there will be a point where it's sometimes better to pick your favourite kinds and focus on that for a single tank. There are not many "mixed coral garden" that last very long and it is because there are just too many interactions going on that we can't really see or do much about.

But yeah, I agree. Start with some carbon and go from there. (See if you can get the ROX http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/store/...-carbon-1.html ... well worth it.)

I've got 5 gallons of ROX here. If you ever make it by to pick up those monti's I could set you up with some to try out before ordering from BRS.

Cool thanks Sean, I will be down with any lick this week for a job. Hopefully we can hook-up then.

I wonder if my leathers would be ok in with my Preds when I get the 116 gal done?

I would imagine they will be just fine.
Yes I agree ROX carbon is very good however it tends to clump up very quickly so it's life span tends to be shorter because I don't reuse it after taking the reactor apart to change it. I have recently started using the small carbon pellets by Fauna Marin (which I carry) and I think it does a very good job. I may even try mixing it together with ROX to see if it will reduce the clumping.

I like the sound of a carbon pellet :biggrin: