265 gallon setup - Page 18

OCDP · #**171** 01-27-2007, 06:57 PM

Those are some nice acros .

untamed · #**172** 01-28-2007, 04:50 AM

I agree...those are some nice looking acros.

niloc16 · #**173** 01-28-2007, 05:20 AM

thanks for the compliments. i'm pretty stoked about having my first sps. i've been studying about them for months as i built the system and it is cool to finally have them in the system

niloc16 · #**174** 02-04-2007, 11:01 PM

i finally mounted my pocillipora ( i think that is what they are). they have almost doubled in color in the week and a half that i have had them home. the purple one was pretty rough when i brought it home. the only color was on the tips so it is pretty cool to see it recover

i got some new additions yesterday. really nice acros and i believe a porites if im wrong please let me know.

this piece is hard to tell by the picture but the polyps are fluorescent blue.

Ruth · #**175** 02-04-2007, 11:11 PM

WOW those are beauties Colin. Where did you pick them up from?

niloc16 · #**176** 02-04-2007, 11:51 PM

hidden reef got them in yesterday. i could not resist bringing them home

untamed · #**177** 02-05-2007, 12:04 AM

Three words...

Grow, Frag, Visit.

Brad

niloc16 · #**178** 02-05-2007, 12:14 AM

sounds good brad. i finally got a picture of my whipfin wrasse today. the second one i have had, the other got stuck in the overflow and then jumped and became a fish stick. i got this guy yesterday. these are jut a couple length shots. this is the view from coming down the hallway. as you can tell i've been bored today and playing with the camera. actually i've been recovering from my bday party last night, and i'm not feeling to great today

untamed · #**179** 02-05-2007, 12:44 AM

Nice looking at 84" of length. I'm trying to imagine what my 72"L will look like from the right side viewing panel. sigh...

niloc16 · #**180** 02-08-2007, 01:42 AM

so today i did my first attempt at cutting the acros from the base plug. i was bloody nervous thinking i was going to destroy these pieces. i dont know if people already know this, but i figure out today an easier way to removed the acros from the plugs. instead of cutting it off with shears, i used a flat head screwdriver and at the base of the acro i wedge the screwdriver in and wiggled it which popped the acro out of the plug. the cool part is you dont end up killing the base of the flesh because the skeleton that was in the plug can now be used to glue to the rock. it worked for these anyway. anyhow here is some pics of their new locations

these last 2 pics are of a piece i 'borrowed' from nicky at HR. she had this piece on hold in the tanks and after annoying her enough she agreed to sell it to me but on the basis that i HAVE to give her the first frag. thanks nicky