that pipefish must be lovin life in that tank

I have 2 of them and they do remarkably well in the strong flow although they mostly just snake around eating pods, etc. There is a large pod population that feeds the pipes, a pair of mandarins and a bunch of wrasses. :wink:

things continue to look more badass with every update Greg!

Thanks Brett

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That yellow colony is incredible!

There all incredible

You Sir are a Master Reefer!...Never have I seen such beauty in a reef aquarium. I can only hope to have a reef tank like that someday. Thank you for sharing your talent.

Absolutely outstanding Greg ! Whats this one called, love the contrast.


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Here's one I have from you. Two years old
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Thank you for your generous compliment :biggrin:

It's a variety of acropora nasuta

Outstanding!!
Glad to see it's doing well for you - Purple Passion Digitata

Thanks - it's a really tricky coral to photograph and show it's true colors. It is the CM green dragon.

Thanks much!

Here's a couple of different angles looking across the reef from the fish room viewing pane.

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Got polyp extension????
 

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Yesterday I took my large green polyp toadstool out of the display and put into the 130 gal in the fish room so I could make way for an XL elegance. The clowns quickly adapted from living in the toadstool to moving into their new home but what I found interesting is one of my neon cleaner gobies has taken up a spot in it as well. I had no idea they also liked to host with corals.

WOW! That's gorilla hairy. looks awesome Greg, What's your secret?

Thanks very much - I think it is mostly genetics but I also dose Fauna Marin Color Elements which boosts a lot of trace elements which I think makes a difference.

The clowns have now kicked the goby out of the catalaphyllia :neutral:

It looks like these two have finally decided that they can be neighbours.
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These pieces below are finally starting to come into their own
 

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A recent almost FTS shot - missing almost a foot on the LH side and a little off the right. But I'm sure you'll get the idea -

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Envy

Straight Gorgie!!

That happens to me when I see other peoples tanks too. The "grass is always greener"

I am at a loss - I have no idea what that means. :lol:

Oh man. How is this not a totm. Absolutely amazing.

When I retire to Victoria in a few months and get my tank up and running, you will definitely be hearing from me:biggrin:

Thanks very much. I already a had my turn at TOTM back in 2007? with my old 130 gal.

I'll look forward to hearing from you. Congrats on your upcoming retirement!! :biggrin:

Well it's been just over a year since I bought some Reef Raft frags. Of the 3 pieces only the "Banana Split" frag made it so I thought I would share a then & now picture sequence of that piece. As you can see I am having difficulty with it holding the yellow and the "red polyps" are "on strike" (must be a union coral):razz:. It is a painfully slow grower as well but that said I think it should have some potential if it can ever get its act together. I have had frags that took a couple of years before they took off so I am keeping my fingers crossed and will just keep nursing this along.
Feb 2014
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Mar 7 2015
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Fast grower and interesting growth form
 

I think this piece is pretty sweet although it's been pretty slow to color up but it should be a beauty when it figures things out.

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Very nice!...love it:biggrin:

Here's another side view from a different angle
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Thanks

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Oh boy Greg I sure would like to know what your secret is.:lol:

If he tells you his secrets then everyone would be coral masters....:mrgreen: just kidding.