Ooh, nice Snappy Shwag man. :) Jealous!!

Well I thought and moved the frags off the frag rack and placed them in there final homes. Man its hard to figure out where to put certain frags.
So with out any more or myself wasting time here are some of the frags put in there new homes.
Kinda of disappointed in how much glue were used on fragging them on the plugs out of 16 frags i think that 4 might of stayed on. So there goes the guarantee. :redface:
If you ask me i guess when you are paying 12-18 bucks for a frags the size i got are ok if this is the size for full price WOW, you wont get me paying that price for those frags any more..
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...L/DSC06075.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...L/DSC06076.jpg
just to show you the digita on the right was a 15 dolar piece from Sphelps.... just to show comparsion.:sad:
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You've got a lot of frags there Mike. When they grow out it's gonna look real nice.

That is one big clam. youve got a lot of coralline algea there, everything look great. have you achieve perfection yet?? :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:

Speaking of perfection, your Bubbleking should be broke in by now, is it skimming as good as you thought it should?

[If you ask me i guess when you are paying 12-18 bucks for a frags the size i got are ok if this is the size for full price WOW, you wont get me paying that price for those frags any more.. ]

I thought the same thing when I got mine, but a week later and at least 1/4" new growth on most of them I feel better, great color and great growth=great deal in my books, I don't mind paying a premium for quality.

oh ya its been skimming about 2" per 2 days all the time and 4" after like 3-4 days Im ipmressed and its dead quiet.

hey mister fish that is great glad to hear.. glas yours are growing

Shouldn't you be working on YOUR tank? :mrgreen:

Quiet you say, I like quiet :D

Like the sound of an empty bank account? Theres no doubt, they're great skimmers( from what I ve been told).

yes they are great skimmers and if thye had the Sm 200 i would have bought that

well looky what i have coming from KEllY from THE REEF SHOPPE. you guys are missing on all the great deals from KELLY this guy ROCKS and I finally found my supplier for SALT WATER CORALS. and look at that he is in ALBERTA, pretty sad eh I have to shop 2 provinces away to get good stuff..

purple acrohttp://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...LL/Mike008.jpg
this one is a red and purple humlis
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...LL/Mike007.jpg
my new tri color ACRO
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...LL/Mike003.jpg
and my deep water ACRO yellow and breige
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...LL/Mike001.jpg

Nice score Mike! Are they all as big as the one pictured in your hand?

tank is looking good....you have some great looking stuff in and out of it :)

*Jealous*

Love the tank...huzah

thanks for all the kind words, it has taken me from April 02 til now to get where Im at. I think that i have comealong way ,like we all have done.. yes i have made soem dumb mistakes in purchases tha i have bought but now. Im happy with what i have and where its going the sps are doign great so far. not real growth from Snappy's yet, may be its taking it time to get used to my tank... i have lost 3 frags so far from his order about 1-2 days after the deadline. one was from the bottom of the colony that never seen any light. the others jsut reseeded up from the bottom. Im done with buying frags. I found my store to buy my corals from. at THE REEF SHOPPE. that is the only place that i will get my stuff from... good sizes and awesome customer service is what i like.....

Yes Lance once the frags start growing i will be in big trouble .. but hey i dont mind. may be i can fill Doug's tank with pay back for all the help that he has given me and equipment over the years...

most likely i will be fragging a piece from each when i get them for DOug.... if he don't mind taking them from me...:mrgreen:

What frags did you lose? I lost two blue sky acros to stn last week and ordered about the same time you did, all but two monti frags are growing quite nice. I guess thats not too bad out of 22 frags but still I hate to see any losses.

the blue acro's too and one of the stags i believe. but hey that was 16 that i ordered ,i too dont like to loose anything not even frags or even a snail.

:onfire:

well got the Corals from Kelly from Reef Shoppe. and what can I say is WOW!!!! again sorry for bragging but these colonies are huge...

the one on the left is the humilis its around 7" x 8" that tub is 18" wide just to tell you
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...L/DSC00996.jpg

acclimaizing them in the water with some FWE just in case.
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...L/DSC00997.jpg
scored this one it was sold to Kelly as a purple Stag. Hmmmmmmmmmmm i dont think so its some kind of a acro.... :biggrin: and it comes with a Acro crab too.
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...L/DSC00998.jpg
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deep water acro
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...L/DSC01000.jpg
this is a freebie from Kelly too its a Red / green or yellow Porcillapora
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the gang with the lights on actinic's
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...L/DSC01002.jpg

grrrr

nice pickups...if in the near future they go missing I"m not sure where they went. Really...I have no idea

Mike, Glad to hear that you are pleased with your new inhabitants from The Reef Shoppe. It is great to see how large SPS colonies such as this can handle a long trek during winter conditions. Apart from the Tri-Color Nana, damage looks minimal. Also happy to see that that Acro crab made the trip. Thanks for this post and your compliments. Let us know when you are ready for another shipment. :wink:

Kelly

Holy Crap Mike! With colonies that size, the new tank is going to be full mighty fast. Nice score!

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...LL/Mike007.jpg

well this one is DEAD died last night, when i took it out of the box the bag was super hot from the heater bag it was sitting on. Im kinda mad that was the only coral that i didnt want to see get wacked.
i didnt think that it was going to make it. I was hoping thou, it was still slimy this morning when i got up still and the fish room smelled really bad too. And it was like some one snoted on the coral.

You got some really nice sized corals there. No more little frags for you, and the guy who sent them even followed up on the order, now that is customer service. Hey once i get my tank going im going to need some frags :wink::wink: your tank is going to be full in no time then your going to need a new tank already.

well this one is dead died over night along with the tri color acro, is half dead, I don't know what came over it. im stumped over the whole idea, pretty upset. and i was ready topack it in , this afternoon when i cam home and seen the humilis totally white the fish room stunk and the tri color was half dead.
Emailed Kelly at REEF shoppe and talked to him to vent and he said NOT TO WORRY I Will get you sorted out on the next bali shipment. WOW that blew me away. he didnt have to do anything. that is what makes him a wicked store owner. i don't even think he second guess the question just nope don't worry mike i will get you another one.. :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:
A++++++++++++++++++++++++
Man i wish that he lived closer....

thanks KELLY you ROCK

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...LL/Mike007.jpg
my new tri color ACRO
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...LL/Mike003.jpg

Well here are a few shots of the tank with the glass cleaned off, what a huge difference it makes alot brighter.

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...L/DSC06095.jpg
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newest colony that i got from reef shoppe
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that is from yesterday at 5pm til lunch time not to bad from the BK mini 200 man this pulls crap its always the same each day...
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Lookin' Good Mike. Mighty nice of Kelly to fix you up, no questions asked.

ya tha was amazing of him to do that too. he is a great guy. wish he lived closer too .

I had a huge response to the Christmas sale so due to the heavier volume many of the frags never had a chance to get encrusted onto the plug. For what it's worth a frag coming off the plug that way would not void my warranty.

well I took the plunge and bought 2 MP40 W vortech's one will be here tomorrow and the other in about 5 days after. why the spread in getting them. Well first i sold my tunze's and some other gear to get one. then i ended up selling alot of frags and soft corals that i had to buy te other. so what the heck..... pictures to follow.
and that was a quick $1000 spent on my tank...

Yeah, but those MP40W's are gonna rock your corals! And the battery back up is good for peace of mind. Do you get a lot of power outages there?

Lance I didnt get the battery pack with them. not that i know I thought that I just bought the powerhead :question:

You are going to LOVE the vortechs! I'm glad you picked them up.

The battery backup you need to buy seperate.. its like $250ish if I recall correctly. I have been meaning to buy one but have not yet.

Hey greg I remember your PM to me and i said well come on how can I have greg have better gear then me.....:razz:

You have me one upped with your bubble king though LOL I really need to bite the bullet and buy one of those.

Battery back-up $219 ish. MMMMMMMMMMMMM Vortech swirlpool, you are using these in the bathtub right?