just couldn't leave it alone could I
 

I have a beautiful blue arco I've had for about 4 years now. It survived my tank crash after my move thanks to Willow. and it is a much sought after frag. But lately it has really been a pain. The epoxy I used to fix it to the rock almost a year ago suddenly disintegrated. now this coral is nearly 11 inches tall and extends 8 -9 inches across. So with the wave action of my tank it has become impossible to fix it to a rock.
Well tonight I'm screwing around with it on my own (Tom R were are you) and the ENTIRE LEFT SIDE OF MY TANK COME CRASHING DOWN
Well I have at least 7 corals that are bigger than 12inches across so it took some great effort from my wife and I (Thanks Babe) but as the panic subsided and the swearing became in sync with the CO2 count on my CA reactor I realized that this just might be a good thing. The tank, I think, looks good. Maybe. Ya. and you know what. The frag tank is full.;)

J

Your tank fell apart?? 370 gal on the floor. My God man!!!!

No just the rock work on the left side came tumbleing down on top of everything below. No water left the glass box

Whew. Hope everything survives the rockslide event. Post pics tomorrow of the new aquascaping. It was gorgeous before. Can't wait to see what it looks like now.

Anthony

tumbling down
 

Lucky for you that there is a sand bed! Seen that done that!

$$$ you could turn lemons into lemonade and have a "frag blowout sale" J. lemme know and i'll come on by!! :wink: $$$ seriously though, sorry to hear about that kinda thing...makes a sane man crazy don't it!?

Oh man I bet your heart went instantly to your throat:exclaim:
On the other hand you now have lots of frags............see post in lounge re: shipping and how much it is appreciated:mrgreen:

heh i have this problem too. I call it the "oh I'll just adjust this a little" syndrome. I *know* what is going to happen yet I just can't resist. I call it spending "quality time" with the tank :wink:

PS. Did you say frags? :razz:

Hmm... any good frags of yours I don't already have :mrgreen: My wife says I'm a natural for this hobby. I'm always breaking off frags.

I'll be looking for frag contributions pretty soon. Nitrate is still a bit higher than I would like for the addition of SPS...but soon...

So, set aside a few hundred for me!!

How about turning lemons into Mike's Hard Lemonade and we'll have a real party!

http://xcc.xanga.com/d6d81546290312398005/m2297790.jpg

I'm going to actually grow some of the frags out a bit and see how the frag tank with the T5s hold the SPS colour. So ther isn't too many I want to let go right away

But if you check the frags.org tag below you can see some of my frags


J

Well I found a casualty I didn't expect. My pour leopard wrasse. Must have been stressed to death last night.

RIP:
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...09Medium-2.jpg

Oh...I'm sorry to hear about that.

I feel your pain.........been there-done that. I need to learn to leave things in tank alone too. My next tank will have very sturdy rockwork and not like the "house of cards" I have now. On the bright side you get to make a little money and set things up a little better than they were.:wink:

Sorry about your wrasse and corals :sad:

Just did this myself last nite - just had to move something just a little...... good entertainment for the family to watch , as long as its kept PG or family rated which isn't always the case :bad-word:

So here are some updated pics. it's the Left side that fell apart. Still have some fidleing to do

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...DSCF0002-2.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...DSCF0003-3.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...DSCF0004-3.jpg

THAT FELL APART??!!
OH my what did it look like before?:crazyeye:

Thanks Canabbis, here is the back side

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...m/DSCF0010.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...m/DSCF0008.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...m/DSCF0006.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...DSCF0004-4.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...DSCF0003-4.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...DSCF0001-4.jpg

Ha..ha...yes, it still looks pretty good to me too!

Sorry to hear about your wrasse Jason, he was a beauty. :neutral:

The tank is sure looking great though, rockslide or no :mrgreen:

Sorry to hear about the wrasse passing away. It was one of the more beautifull and uncommon around town. The tank does still look tremendous though.

Hi Jason

Was that my wrasse?

How is it your tank looks better than mine even after a land side.

I know I am not the first to say, I have room in my tank to store some of your frags.

Tom R

No Tom I still have your Wrasse nudge nudge

Thanks it appears I've created some room from more frags

J