Mine has also started to take right off tabling out it is the nicest coral i have ever seen . Picture was just quick from a few weeks back but it is crazy glad it made it for you Doug. I have fragged mine to play with colouring and seems to do best in low light the green pops right out. http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/y...3/IMG_1905.jpg

I think your other corals got depressed being around it. I hope he hooked you up with a frag of it. Stuff is like a weed once it takes off. Mine is one of the biggest colonies in the tank now

I offered him a slab and he declined???.....WTF???:razz:.....we actually worked out a "future considerations" deal:wink:

Wow Wes!!! the color on yours is amazing!:surprise:.....low light eh??? might have to shift mine a little lower in the tank:wink:

WTF!!!!

wow, who says no to a free frag that sells out even in the usa

that piece really did endure the storm. looks great, i just pm'd someone to harass them about the next fraging schedule. :lol:

I'll get han solo to ya in a few weeks.

That is not the piece that turned green it is almost in the shade for the green to come out. This particular one is just off the bottom say 4 inches but it has very nice colour only green where it is shaded, i figured i would cut an arm and move the arm to find the best colour.

I might have to snag a frag of that RP off of you when its ready. I'm sure we can work out a trade of some sort.

Your red planet looks great :mrgreen:

thanks again John....and may the force be with you....

I think we probably could work something out.....you have a couple pieces that tickle my fancy....

Does sheer sexiness count? Or I could promise to never talk to you in the store again. Either way that's some serious bartering power if you wanna trade Doug :mrgreen:

Is that what we're calling IT now???:twised:....thanks for the comp Girly.....oh wait......you were talking about the sps weren't you......never mind:redface:



thinking bout Girly, reminded me......I got a couple of my clams back from Sean:mrgreen:.....I only brought two home for now.....just to test the waters so to speak...


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Looking good Doug!!

Yes I was :lol:

Looks great Doug! Glad to see the tank is rebounding well for ya, I'm going to have to hit Laurier up for some of that Red planet after seeing all this eye candy!
Levi

thanks guys.....

and Levi,......just fyi mine is nicer than Lauriers:razz::lol:


I finally motivated this last week and aquascaped the small tank.....Im thinking its gonna be mostly zoas and acans so I wanted plenty of flatish rocks to put stuff on.....heres what I came up with.....Im not sure Im happy with it, so it may yet change...*thinking it looks sortta "rice paddy terracey"*..I havnt seen the blue assessor since I re-scaped, but Im sure he is fine....I didnt see it for almost two weeks when I originally added it.....


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Dough thats going to look great as soon as you get your zoa's/acans in there. Glad to see the redux of the tank. I bet it will surpass the glory of the last!

the reno on the inside of the small tank looks good...

I think the aqua scape looks good :biggrin:

That's got some serious potential ...(that together with your obvious purple thumb:lol:)

Mitch

Things are really looking up Doug :) Good to see you are starting to get your clams back in there. Whats your plan for the reno'd side in case I missed reading it somewhere ?

Not quite sure what you were getting at there Brett.....pm me.....lemme know:wink:

thanks guys.....I moved a few things from the big tank and one from a fluval edge tank that has secretly been running for the past three monthes or so........pics to come..........sometime:mrgreen:

thanks yous two.......ya its been a couple days now and the scape is kinda growing on me.......well.......maybe its growing on me or, maybe I dont wanna change it.......again!:lol:


it just wouldnt be......right.....without a lovely clam:wink:......I was quite happy with the stock that was in the small tank before the crash.....Ive already replaced the blue assessor......Im thinkin maybe......replace the yasha hase goby....maybe get him a pistol shrimp buddy this time........Im not decided what if any other fish will get in there....I love little critters, so I have replaced two of the pom poms that I lost and the porcelain crab....will have to put some sexy shrimp in when we get them next....as for corals......probably just zoas and acans.....maybe the odd other thing or two......I dont know.......I will play it by ear:mrgreen:


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Definately get a yasha goby/pistol shrimp pair :thumb: Also a cute clown goby would be cool :mrgreen:

I like the idea of the yasha/pistol combo too.....I had a war paint clown goby in the small tank before the crash.....I liked him....very pretty fish, but kinda a do nothing kinda fish.....I think I need something with some more movement....


another fish made its way into the tank....the last of the tangs.....a small 2 1/2" powder brown.....he got "jumped in" pretty hard by the yellow and chevron and by the time I got the mirror up the PBTs fins were thrashed....the mirror worked and the pbt was able to settle in.....now the three of them hang together quite a bit and his fins are recovering nicely.....

some somewhat decent actinic shots
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some random pics:mrgreen:

blue polyp bird
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4704.jpg

this is the other clam that I welcomed home a while back....his color was faded as he thought Sean's tank looked better with him lying on his side....got some color back now
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http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4700.jpg

one of the lanar paly variations....this one has little gold specks throughout the center,,,
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PPEs.........again........my track record with these things suck.....I've had them three times before this and Im 0 for 3....hopefully I can manage to keep them from melting on me this time
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4696.jpg

I missed my giant frogspawn that I had way back when in version 1....so I put an octospawn in the small tank:biggrin:
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4690.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP4691.jpg

Is good ya ya. How long did it take for you to notice a recovery in the clam colour?

Thanks Tony....I got the two clams back end of September.....so two weeks.....doesnt seem like too long....

Lot can happen in two weeks in the hobby. I might have a new tank or no tank lol. Really like those zoas with the stardust look to them did you guys bring those in?

Looks good Doug! I was scrolling back through the pages and I can't find a FTS. Could you post one? I don't think I've seen a FTS on V2...?

I know all to well what you mean Brett:neutral:....you bet man, those ones came from...where else?:mrgreen:

what, little teaser bits aren't enough???*they always wanna see the whole thing*I dont have a recent one Mindy:redface:....but for you, I will get right on it:wink:.....how bout I whip these out to distract you for a while?

porcelain crab
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMG_0002.jpg

acans
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some more actinic shots


http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMG_0018.jpg

orange tonga rhodactis
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMG_0015.jpg

maze
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"Gobydude"
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Lookin' good!

That goby looks like he could use some chapstick.

Doug,

How did you do your aquascaping this time around?

I don't have words for this. Absolutely beautiful.

beautiful tank!

thanks Tony:biggrin:

he does sorta look a bit parched doesnt he?:lol:

pvc substructure for the overhangs and just stacked for the other part.....

got any pis from the freebies? Wanna see how they coloured up for someone that knows what there doing :biggrin:

thanks you guys!....those pics bring back some memories.....they were taken probably at the peak of how the tank looked before the crash


more zoa pics

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Did you use 1" PVC, or just kind of whatever fit best? Did you drill in the PVC for water exchange, or to prevent water from leaking in and going stale?