Chaloupa's 5.5g Primary Colors tank build

[Chaloupa]

I've had several rock falls at the "bridge" area....so tank is a bit sad looking today...but next month will be back to looking good. The red mushrooms have taken off...I have 3 now....2 bigger and 1 small....everything else is growing well.....

Jan 15/09 FTS (I will be replacing this picture...battery was dying, and I just realized the date...OOPS)

[Chaloupa]

FTS for January......as you can see by the pictures...it's still not the same as last month due to rock falls...but now it's a bit of a game. Anyhow, not many updates as I have not added anything and I lost the Wicked Frags Double Red Zoa I put in. It never really opened up and thrived in the tank.....



Here's a pic of the Madman Zoa's and as you can see the blue polyps are popping up EVERYWHERE!

[Scythanith]

Those small cloves will look real nice in time! Just hope they don't over run your other corals. you should yank the Valonia off the rock in the second picture. In my experience it gets under the zoanthid polyps and irritates them.

[Chaloupa]

I don't care if the blue cloves take over a bit...I love the look of them! And yeah, I was too lazy to pull off the bubble algae before the pic...sort of forgot what day it was..... but I will before the next pic!

[noirsphynx]

Looks great! Those madman zoa's are awesome and I love the way the yellow polyps "pop" in your tank.

[Lance]

I can't believe how good those yellow polyps look in your tank. Sorta like making a flower arrangement out of dandelions: common weed but very pretty in the right place. Tank looks good!

[Chaloupa]

Thanks!!!! (sorry just had to use one!)

[traco]

Sarah, a tiny tank but very nice!

* and where is everyone finding the smilies?

[BlueAbyss]

Omg I love those yellow polyps. Too bad about your rocks falling, that always sucks. Looks awesome though! Your colours are great!

[Chaloupa]

So I'm reading along on how everyone's tank is doing, and WOW there are some AMAZING tanks! My little tank really does not compare...but that's ok...so anyway, back to the story...I'm reading all the tank posts and seeing the pics....and not even thinking about the fact that I too have to post a pic...til just now, when I realized it's 10pm and I don't have my pic in...OOPS...nothing has changed...did lose 2 Zoa frags; one last month and this month I lost the yellow dominated one...it fell in behind a rock, didn't notice and then it was pretty unhappy, with a nasty starfish on it....so I dipped it and lost all but 2 polyps. Oh well...such is life. I wish now I had done things a bit differently but .....hindsight is 20/20 right?! So here is the March 15 update...no change in budget as I have bought nothing.....