144G Half Circle Mixed Reef

[Carmen]

So I did indeed pick up some of the N/P Reducing Pellets from RC last week and tracked down another TLF reactor to use for now.
(And Tony I have read through 21 pages of your thread...may take me a few more days...)
I retested my nitrates today and they are still around 20.
Hooked up the reactor with a MJ1200 and giving it a go. Already noticing some clumping at the very top so I will likely have to remove some of the pellets tomorrow.


Also grabbed a Canary Wrasse since I have some pyramillid snails that I need dealt with and the last time I tried one they seemed to keep the pests in check.


Kevin treated me to a couple of Fire Shrimp...love the little guys. Thanks Kev! Couldn't get a good pic cuz they are in the back part of the rocks.


And thought I would snap a pic of my tiny little sps collection. Starting slow and easy but they are looking good so far!

[JDigital]

Very very nice..

[Delphinus]

Originally Posted by Carmen

(And Tony I have read through 21 pages of your thread...may take me a few more days...)

Says the girl on page 33 of her own thread

Everything is looking nice. BTW, you have wayyyy more SPS than I do. So you're now "one of them". Deny all you like. You have fuzzy sticks in your tank!!!!!!

[blueyota]

WoW lookin Good

[Carmen]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Says the girl on page 33 of her own thread

Everything is looking nice. BTW, you have wayyyy more SPS than I do. So you're now "one of them". Deny all you like. You have fuzzy sticks in your tank!!!!!!

And yet...you've read them all haven't you Tony...must be something more to mine than just pellets! JK...Your thread is jam packed full of very informative stuff...about pellets!

You know once you get a few fuzzy sticks...they kinda grow on ya! But...I don't think I'd be calling me "one of them" just yet!

Thanks Josh and Shawn!

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by Carmen

But...I don't think I'd be calling me "one of them" just yet!

Welcome to the Dark Side!

[Delphinus]

Hmm, let's see. Stage 1 ... "Denial." Check!

Congrats on sliding down that slippery slope.

PS. I have read every single page of your thread. In some cases more than once!

[Carmen]

Originally Posted by JDigital

Welcome to the Dark Side!

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Hmm, let's see. Stage 1 ... "Denial." Check!

Congrats on sliding down that slippery slope.

PS. I have read every single page of your thread. In some cases more than once!

Ya think??? Aw Come on, you all know I am still and always will be a sucker for the softies and LPS! (Assuming my new pellets don't kill off all my LPS Tony!!).........perhaps I am in denial....hmmm...

So I even have TONY hooked! Every page? More than once?

[Lance]

Carmen, the tank looks great! But beware the power of the fuzzy sticks!

It starts the same way for everyone: buy a few frags and lose a couple but the others don't die: they grow! They grow so fast compared to LPS you start to believe. I can grow SPS! Then the little frags grow into small colonies and you begin to wonder why they are considered tough to keep. The small colonies grow into beautiful large colonies and you start to think you are the "WUNDERBAR OF SPS".
Then it happens: You wake up one morning and one or more of your beautiful big colonies is bleaching out. You don't know why! There is no apparent reason for it. Next thing you know they're dead and you're humbled. This scenario plays over and over and over again. But can you give them up? NO! The fuzzy sticks have a mystic power about them. You buy more to replace the ones you lost and so on.....and so on......and so on.....................