kien's 150g Room Divider Mixed Reef & Stuff

[kien]

aside: I just finished watching the new "V". Wow, I think I'm in love! And the show's not bad either.

[kien]

Okay, now that the boring stuff is out of the way..

Over the past couple of months I've picked up some frags, colonies, watched some frags grow out to colonies, some frags do absolutely nothing and witnessed a coral go through an identity crisis.

Okay, so let's start with the old..

Here's a Christmas Millepora that I got from Fooser back in August. The first picture is dated August 29th 2009. The second one was taken yesterday (i think).

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Here's a blue polyp Acropora (forget where I got it from). First pic taken on August 29th. Second one taken yesterday.

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A bunch of other frags and colonies are growing pretty good too but watching the frags grow out like this is the most obvious and rewarding.

[kien]

Here are some new frags and colonies.

Bird of Many Colours.


Chalice


Blastomusa


Acropora sp.


Granulosa ?


Acropora sp.


another Granulosa ?


Acropora sp.

[kien]

fun shot of purple Goniopota hosting a clown.



A new addition:


Hanging out in the pits of hell


Zoo Garden


A shot across the reef from underwater!

[kien]

Oh I'm not done yet! Watch out, I'm just getting started here!

How about some tank shots?

South Face:


East Face:


North Face:


Some close ups:

[kien]

Okay, now the fun part. So I was bored yesterday and decided to try some top down shots. It occurred to me that my top is open and I had space in between the top of the open canopy and the light fixture to sneak in and look at the tank from the top down (without having to remove anything). It was quite a cool perspective! These are all taken with an Olympus underwater camera. I wasn't sure how these would turn out but I have to say I was shocked when I saw the pictures. I know there was a thread about this (viewing corals top down and how amazing they look) that Lobsterboy posted a little while back. Again, wow, they really do look amazing from the top down.

[kien]

[kien]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

That LED thing is KIT! Have you set it up yet? How does the sunrise/sunset look?

Oh yes, I like it, I like it a lot :-) Actually, the red sunrise and sunset isn't a big deal (to me). What's really cool is the white lightening LEDs!

Originally Posted by lastlight

That View2 is one sweet piece of hardware! Christmas came early eh? I was going to get the stand-alone doser with 3 pumps later on too. Curious as to why you need only 2...

Yes, love the ViewII! I can see it from the kitchen while making dinner or what have you. Although, I don't *really* need it since the profilux emails me vital stats to my iPhone very 3 hours

As mentioned, I'm really only dosing Alk and Calc. I suppose eventually I might dose Mag via the doser but I don't think I deplete enough to ?? Not sure yet, still playing around with it.

Originally Posted by robert

What's "V"?

The "re-imagined" TV series. Do a google, you'll find it :-) The only thing better than aliens invading are HOT aliens invading!

[fooser]

This is a blue polyp austera you also picked up from fooser :P

This mille is looking great! I am glad you picked it up!

Hmm.. That one looks like the one you picked up from me too!

Looks like you got yourself a ton of nice looking pieces added to your collection too. I think it's almost time for me to come to your place next time! So....when's the clipper coming out?:P

[robert]

What's "V"?

Originally Posted by kien

aside: I just finished watching the new "V". Wow, I think I'm in love! And the show's not bad either.