Those "striped" bubbles began showing up in the Vancouver market about 6 months ago. Before that, I had only seen solid whites and greens; although, Big Al's Coquitlam had a "ultra-rare blue" bubble for sale in the summer of 2003 which I missed out on. It had a slight blue tint (maybe a trick of lighting)
Anyway, it was a very nice looking tank Flatlander.
I guess the lesson seems to be to get it right & STOP! But it's Sooooooooo hard to STOP tinkering. I have to admit I'm always adding, removing & otherwise tinkering with my tanks & corals to get that final touch just right.
Thanks for posting these pictures old-timers
Anthony