what a little creeper! awesome pick up man

thanks guys......its not that hard to take a decent pic of a fish that just sits there, posing for me......and I suppose it helps that I put his barnacle 2" away from the glass:mrgreen:

thanks mang



who, me???:mrgreen:

he does have some friends.......but they are at the competitions store.....so Im not gonna publicly advertise where they are:twised:

:surprise:.......all the Girlys want my fishy:becky:....... I dont know what it is, but Girlys seem to have a thing for odd-ball looking fishys



heres a few coral pics


This piece was in V1 and was one of the colonies that Kien was kind enough to babysit for me.......it suffered some die-off when I re-introduced to my system and has been slowly recovering since
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5455.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5456.jpg


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lol when you put it that way. Yes, you and your little blenny can do the creep together.

(youtube "the creep" lol)

btw your monti's are looking killer

Doug your tank is full of colors man your corals are popping, I dont know how you are doing it , your not peeing in your tank are ya :mrgreen:

To be honest with you Mike, I dont know how Im doing it:noidea:.......Im quite surprised that some of my stuff looks as good as it does.....Ive been lazy with my feeding(feeding dry instead of frozen), Ive been lazy with my water changes (1 per month lately:redface:)..and Ive been lazy with my dosing....the tank is coming up on a year old(since the move) and I still havnt even tested the tank for Ca, Mg or DKH.....all this laziness was really starting to show.....Im getting crazy amounts of algae in the small tank and cyano and diatoms in both tanks.........I finally decided to start putting some effort into the tank in the last couple weeks and have changed all my lazy habits....been dosing some of my KZ product on a semi-regular basis, 15g water changes every 5 days or so and I MAY dust off the profilux doser today and get it set back up and running.....we'll see if actually putting some effort into the tank helps:lol:.....


thank bud.....heres some more montis.......and other stuff:wink:

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5459.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5470.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5467.jpg


micromussa garden
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5462.jpg


http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5461.jpg

double post! but is that second and last one is your pokerstar right?

thanks for the heads up on the pic:biggrin:

which one are you talking about????I never posted any pics of my PS???

green base with the purple/blue polyps

ah,.....yes......that one......my fav atm.......in person its more of a golden yellow base with purple polyps.......that one is special, Ive never seen anything like it in person.....Im babysitting it until the shops grow-out tanks are ready.....it will be a limited edition Red Coral frag....we're thinking of calling it "RC's Crown Royal" monti

Looking good bromangcacho! :biggrin:

Omg..... it's you!!!:surprise:..... I was beginning to think maybe you forgot about us all over here:mrgreen:

Thanks for the comp there Kienster:wink:

Ah.. I missed you too babe xoxoxoxoxoxoxxxoxoxoxox :-D

Hey that's my line :wink: :lol:

Hey, don't you work with children?? Share Laurie share!

ok, now Im feeling more than just a little uncomfortable:neutral::razz:

Sorry Kien but when it comes to my man I don't share with others! :razz:

LMAO!!!!!! Thats how stories get started......

I know!!!!!:lol:

small equipment update.....I'm "guinea pigging" a new line of clamp on fans that RC started carrying..... made by aqua world......it a pretty slick little unit.....two computer style fans mounted in a decent looking housing....*said in a fake TV-mmercial announcer type voice*"and its adjustable"....its a little nosier than my ghetto style Wally-mart clip on fan that I was running(zip tied up so it cant fall in the sump!!:neutral:), but it definitely puts out more air......It doesn't cool the tank better than the old fan, but it sure as heck looks better.....and it was cheap cheap.......Ive got it clipped on to one of the baffles in my sump ATM......


http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5472.jpg
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How much re they Fishy they look pretty cool

let me know if that drops your temp 2-4 degree's!

The two fan unit I got retails for $40.... They have a single fan unit and a four fan unit as well

Yup, it does indeed drop the temp about that much:biggrin:

well......V2 is a year old:biggrin:......the tank(or the big tank I should say) seems to be responding well to my renewed interest in maintaining it:redface:.....I still have crazy amounts of algae in the small tank that I am trying to prune out.....still getting some diatoms in a few spots....Ive resorted to moving rocks that I can over into the big tank for a week or so to have the tangs and angels and blenny go to work on it.....but that really just a band aid solution......big water change and media swap this evening and I bump up the amount of rowa this time.......we'll see if that makes any kind of difference or not....


few pics

feather duster and tuxedo urchin

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5535.jpg



stupid urchin is in there to eat the algae, not wear it:confused:

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5542.jpg


http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5544.jpg



have you ever noticed how much more curious your fish are of you when you look through the end of the tank?? .......or is it just me??.... the pics aren't the greatest but they illustrate my point

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5522.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5524.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5526.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5527.jpg


and lastly, some tunicates.....

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5519.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5520.jpg

Nice flame back :razz:!

Thanks mang..... He is doing really well btw... He sure has an attitude! :lol:

I'm thinkin' I need to be keeping closer tabs on you. You ditch your running family and I catch you skankin' around in Doug's thread. That's greasy!

Stop being so jealous. It was just one time and didn't mean anything, I swear.

Ummmm is there sumpthin I should know about :razz: :lol:

Although Kien does have a nice wrasse.... Fishy don't roll that way(not that there's anything wrong with that)..... So nuthin to worry about Babydoll :wink:

*feels the need(once again) for a round of distraction/trying to keep the thread reef oriented type pics*


some zoas



http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5533.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5516.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5515.jpg
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http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5499.jpg

Good to know :razz:

....another small update.......got a new fishy from Carmen........a beaut of a leopard wrasse.....gave me a little scare when I first introduced him.......he spent all of about 5 minutes in the tank before he decided to bail and bury himself in the sand.......I didnt see it for a couple days and started to worry......even tho I know that leopards have a tendency to hide when first introduced.....still worrisome when you dont see a new fish for a while.....anyway after a couple days he decided to show himself and Im amazed that he seemed to fit right in and didnt get harassed at all by my crew of "hazers" .....by far one of the smoothest fish intros Ive seen in a while......thanks for the wrasse Carmen.....*I was gonna type something else there, but I thought better of it:wink:*


Moar pics.....


http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5532.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5547.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5541.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5540.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5539.jpg
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http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5508.jpg



I decided to move this one into the big tank to see how it responds to a little more flow.....that, and I needed to make room for a new acquisition in the small tank:mrgreen:.......I thought I would name this coral just for Pat......Red Coral's "Walt Smith""Cherry Sundae Chalice"......:razz:

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5501.jpg

I see your getting wise in your old age :razz: great pic.s

yup..... one year older and one year wiser......


heres some micromussa pics.....I dont know why these havnt sold all that well at the shop?..........I think they're purdy

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5630.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5624.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5623.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5622.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5621.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5620.jpg



Its amazing to me what a tuxedo urchin will decide to pick up.....this is a chalice that is about 4" x 3".......I cant believe he could even carry it
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5584.jpg

"where the hell did my chalice frag go" lol

Hummmmm........ I wonder what my new larger one will walk off with :neutral: They are very cool looking though. I gave him a pep talk when I added him and told him he can walk off with all the empty shells/LR rubble he wants but leave the corals alone, do ya think he'll listen :lol: I'm guessing not!

actually hunny....that is the same exact urchin that I gave you.......so, given his track record.....you better glue everything down:wink:.....



well it was my birfday on Saturday and in light of this I took a couple things home from the shop......


Aussie acan frag....

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5585.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5588.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5627.jpg



I have always wanted one of these but Kevin has never brought any in and I just couldnt swallow the $300 price tag(competitors pricing).......Kevin finally brought some in and I bit the bullet............

Aussie scolly

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5549.jpg



I was so stoked to finally have one..............................then Murphy"s law kicked in.......................three days after I added the scolly, my frogspawn fell from where it had sat for months without falling(was wedged between a couple rocks), right on top of the scolly.................I noticed it one morning and was like "Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!" :bad-word:............. frogspawn 1.......scolly 0.................. so I gave the frogspawn to Laurie.....no freakin way was a $40 frogspawn ever gonna fall on the most expensive coral I have ever added to the tank, again................ heres what it looks like after the damage......its not a complete write off and it looks like the remaining tissue will likely heal.............but still!!!!!:neutral:

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5628.jpg



Laurie was down for the weekend and picked this Aussie acan up for me

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...2/IMGP5636.jpg



that and she dropped a bomb on me.......it turns out that she has been conspiring behind my back and has had a tank built for me:surprise:........I love this girl so much and now she's had my dream tank(well, dream tank as long as I am renting and still need to be able to move the tank) built for me........thanks so much baby......you rock!......more details when it actually holds water..............by the sounds of things I will be able to pick up the tank in a couple weeks:biggrin:.......I probably wont be able to set it up for a while as I will need to gather some parts for it and there is a very real possibility that my living arrangements will be changing soon......sounds like Ive got Laurie convinced to move down to Calgary:biggrin:......so there is no point really in setting it up until I know for sure what is going on .......anyway, it will be a big upgrade for me and I feel super blessed to have a Girly as wonderful as Laurie