kien's 150g Room Divider Mixed Reef & Stuff

[Rice Reef]

Kien, great pics again! Man, the coral growth are really taking off and by the way, thank you for sharing your FTS. I like that shot of the brown sps with the new growth! Shows that one can't always judge the book by its cover.
I am also a big fan of top down shots! The coloareas the corals are much more vibrant! Can your lights swing from side to side so that you can minimize the light reflection? Wonder if a polarizar will work? Anyways, keep up the good work and again thank you for sharing and inspiring everyone!

[michika]

Thanks for the FTS! I think they all look great.

I can't wait until my tank start maturing like yours. The colours just seem to pop all over your display.

[kien]

Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

DROOL as always!!!!!!!!!!! I love your tank from the FTS view. Really puts that amazing scape into perspective.

Thanks! I do like the full room FTS. It does put the tank into perspective as you said.

Originally Posted by Zoaelite

Is the Red Gonioporia in the bottom left the one I gave your way a year or so ago? If so HOLY SMOKES is it looking good (same with the rest of the tank)!

Yes and No. Yes, I still have the Red Goni that you gave me, probably closer to 3 years ago now. Time flies! It has been doing quite well, despite the abuse it has gotten over the years. No, it is not the red mass on the left, it is the red mass on the right The red mass on the left is my RBTA.

Originally Posted by Dez

Nice pics Kien. Now you just need to bring that poster board to Edmonton when you and Brett visit next month and take some FTSs for me. It's tough to take good FTSs with a 2 side viewable tank.

Thanks. And ya, I know you understand my FTS plight. Photographing room dividers is tough! #FirstWorldReefingProblems. Unfortunately I won't be able to make it to Edmonton with Brett in August Our plans have changed and I will now be suffering in a different way on that weekend that we were originally planning to be in Edmonton for the marathon.

Originally Posted by lastlight

if you can find something to hang the sheet on so it's not right up against the glass the wrinkles will be much less noticeable i think.

Actually, I did try that. I hung the backdrop on my backdrop hanger/rod and moved it away from the tank. All that did was render the background BLACK. Or Navy-Blue-Almost-Black.

Originally Posted by JDigital

Or learn how to use an Iron.... If your tiny hands can lift it.

That sounds like a lot of work.. And for the record, they make mini-irons. Trust me, I know..

Originally Posted by Rice Reef

Kien, great pics again! Man, the coral growth are really taking off and by the way, thank you for sharing your FTS. I like that shot of the brown sps with the new growth! Shows that one can't always judge the book by its cover.
I am also a big fan of top down shots! The coloareas the corals are much more vibrant! Can your lights swing from side to side so that you can minimize the light reflection? Wonder if a polarizar will work? Anyways, keep up the good work and again thank you for sharing and inspiring everyone!

Thanks! It definitely isn't all rainbows and Unicorns in my tank. I've got a few Brownaporas hanging out in my reef. Even a few colonies and frags teatering on the edge of life and death. But, as you said, you can't judge by just what you see on the outside. You have to give them a chance. I've even had colonies go completely bleached-white while still hanging onto their polyps! Then slowly regain colour. Never give up, never surrender! I usually call it quits on them if they start growing algae though.

The lights do slide from side to side but only so far as the width of the conopy since the lights sit right on the canopy.

[Trevor W]

Wow! Excellent photos and your tank is looking great! Do you have a current list of fish ? Sorry if I missed it in the thread some where.

[Marlin65]

looks great love your tank.

[kien]

Originally Posted by Marlin65

looks great love your tank.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Trevor W

Wow! Excellent photos and your tank is looking great! Do you have a current list of fish ? Sorry if I missed it in the thread some where.

Thanks! No worries, the thread is a bit long in the tooth :-)

Fish list:

Yellow Tang
Blue/Regal Tang
Purple Tang
Powder Blue Tang

Regal Angelfish
Flame Angelfish

Parrotfish
Melenarus Wrasse
Hawaiian flame Wrasse
Leopard Wrasse

Yellow Watchman goby
Mandarin Goby

Clownfish pair.
Four striped damselfish

Banded Pipefish

Purple pseudochromis

[JDigital]

Does the Regal Angel nip at anything? or perhaps the better question is, WHICH corals does your regal angel nip?.

[kien]

Originally Posted by JDigital

Does the Regal Angel nip at anything? or perhaps the better question is, WHICH corals does your regal angel nip?.

Both angels nip at just about everything LOL. They don't discriminate, but they do have their favs. Mostly they enjoy bothering the stags, which is OK because the stags (aside from a bit of retracted polyps) don't seem to mind. They don't seem to bother the more delicate corals like the deep waters, turakis, birdnests, etc. They also do not seem to care about my clams, or LPS or zoas. I think they have enough to pick at on the live rock that they don't go to town on everything else. I've had both angels for a while now and certainly have not noticed them bother any one particular coral to the point of death. I am going to conclude that when they pick at a coral, they aren't actually trying to pick off its polyps, but maybe some other organism on that coral. Maybe flatworms, copepods, or other such bugs. I don't really know though.

[lastlight]

you can't have angels with sps or bio pellets. forgot to send you the memo sorry.