New Year's Update II
 

And you can't forget the fish!


The holidays were particularly hard for the Potter's Angel. Out of mysis, no macros to chew on, no place to rest his head, the vodka in the water seemed to be getting to his head.
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Away from his family, surrounded by all the noise, the bone chilling cold, the icy winds and the constant threat of a giant arm coming into his home from the sky from time to time, the VorTech's propeller started to look like a mighty fine end.
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Good bye cruel world!!
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Nah, he's cool. Decided to clean the blades while I was taking shots since the vortech was off. Made sure to scare him off before starting up again. The Potter's is very well behaved, and doesn't bother the other fish. He hardly nips at things I don't want him to, with the exception being the pocillipora - so it's polyps are all withdrawn all the time, but frankly, it looks better that way. Everything else seems to be largely left alone.

Two nice shots of the little guy:
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http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/l...k/DSC_2156.jpg

And not to be left out, the other members of my reef fish crew:
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And the obligatory FTS (looks a lot better with a DSLR :p)
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Haha great storytelling there!

If anyone needs an upgrade it's YOU! Massive collection there and it all looks super nice.

Good stories are always fun :p

Yeah, I do need to upgrade - and I took another step today by getting a quote from a local tank maker :) 48 x 24 x 22 will be the next size :)

nice.. can't wait to see you fill up a new tank just like this one.

I am thinking of upgrading myself. I want to go to a 120 - 150g. I'll really have to move things around my livingroom, but it'll be worth it..

Great Montage of pictures! Fish sure seem to like the inside of Vortechs when the propellers aren't spinning.

What's happening with this tank?? Any Updates?

Wow awesome looking tank! You've done a great job! And I love the equipment setup you've chosen!

Your fish mix is sweet! And that potters (with the yellowy colours) is so cool! They look good in orange but your yellow one is saweet!

Thanks for sharing!

Chris

Not much to update here, except that my tank is CROWDED!!!!

I have 3 frag racks going to accomodate all the things I've collected in the last few months in anticipation of a tank upgrade that I've had no time for since taking a new job in January.

Frag racky goodness:
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Purple cap, pearlberry (lost colour), Red planet, Hawkins echinata, icefire echinata, chili peppers monti, Cali tort (?), purple polyp-purple tip speciosa, ponape bird's nest. mmm mmm goodness.

The reef continues to do well. Growth slowed down for a bit when I forgot to refill the Alk container for 2 weeks. Also, I've switched to Reef Crystals, and everything is the same as the other salt I was using. Besides that, nothing is really different, except that everything has grown in nicely compared to January.

FTS (sorry it's overexposed):
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/l...k/CIMG2735.jpg

Bah. I just saw the picture big. I'll take a better picture tomorrow.

Wow.. you weren't kidding when you said it was getting crowded in there.
When you switch things over I can see sooo many accidental frags being made.
Your regular Xenia seems to have really taken off too.

Absolutely stunning tank! Love the 2 Pearly Jawfish, and growth...good Gawd...it's beautiful