Picked up some new goodies today!

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so this morning i put my hip out...couldnt walk or anything. i got it put back into place, then decided, "hey, i want to go to the reef store!".

i only wanted to get a small algae scraper and some new pellets...well...that failed.

i was going to go to another LFS to check the price on the 50 gallon breeder tank that im going to get. this place is lousy though, the staff are surly and their livestock are usually in pretty bad shape, so i dont like to give them my business unless absolutely necessary. i was quoted 116$ from the "other" store. so i go to my favourite LFS. while im picking up some live phytoplankton from the back fridge, i ask the head honcho, "hey man, do you have any 50 gallon breeder tanks?

"ummm...yeah. i think i saw one upstairs. yup we have one."

"nice...how much?"

"umm...$118."

"well sh*t...pack her up for me!!"

it's an AGA 50G breeder (36" x 18" x 18"). VERY nice tank IMO. much better quality than the one i was going to pay 116$ for at the other store.

so i went and looked in the fish and coral section. i saw some nice small pieces of moon coral...i know it's aggressive and stuff, but ive wanted some for a while. so i bought some ($30). beautiful colours. i already have a great place for it, but right now it is chilling on the bottom of my tank well away from anything else.

so as im leaving i ask one of the guys about the larger tunze skimmers (i have the nano). he says, "man, for a bigger tank like the one you just got, i wouldnt recommend them. they are fantastic for smaller tanks, but not so much for bigger ones. then he checks and says, "nice. i have one euro-reef left. i have one RS80 and one RS100." i was going to just go for the smaller one, but decided to take a step up and possibly save having to buy ANOTHER skimmer if i ever get a bigger tank. it ended up 4$ more expensive than the tunze, but the tunze is only rated up to a max of 100G (but most likely under a very light load!), while the RS100 seems to be more effective.

so there i was...buying both a new tank AND new skimmer in one go. im psyched, but at the same time i dont like spending that much money at once. (i guess saltwater has started to change my spending habits.lol)

now it's time for pics!!







New Moon Coral. as you can see there is 2.5-4" of space around it.lol




Pics of a couple of things i didnt take pics of last time. new green palys and bluey/grey palys



no picture update is complete with out at least one fish pic. in this case, my clownfish yawning.


i noticed one other thing today. my clown has started hosting the frogspawn! she/he/it continually swims around the base of it, hides under it, and shimmies through the top. pretty cool IMO. it took it long enough to do!lol