Dez' Tank Journal

Dez · #1 05-10-2010, 05:49 AM

Brett, definitely no upgrade for me (ever), so I'll have to live with what I have. It is kind of nice that I hardly ever have to put my hands in the tank now as it's settled in quite nicely and most of the corals are encrusted so I don't have corals falling over anymore. It sometimes pains me to see corals grow. I recently removed my blue tipped stag that I grew from a frag, I measured it when I took it out and it was 10". But it was tan with blue tips, so not colourful enough. I might have to do what John is doing in about a year - tear it all down and start from scratch just for a different look. Or I might just keep removing corals and let the choice pieces grow huge. Who knows, all I know now is that I'm enjoying the tank and my major expenses are done with. Man, starting out (even with a bunch of equipment to begin with) is so expensive.

lobsterboy · #2 05-10-2010, 06:03 AM

holy smokes Des, the tank really took off, the colors are looking awesome.

next time i up, i am making a trip to your place.

fishoholic · #3 05-10-2010, 12:24 PM

Looks great Dez, and if you're making some frags soon, send them my way

Leah · #4 05-10-2010, 01:25 PM

Wow Dez,

All I can say is it should be the next TOTM.

Gorgeous!!!!

Dez · #5 05-10-2010, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Leah

Wow Dez,

All I can say is it should be the next TOTM.

Gorgeous!!!!

Thanks Leah, I think it's far from TOTM, not quite mature enough for a TOTM. It's gotta grow another year yet and all the corals have to create that "forrest" look. Thanks for the props.

andestang · #6 05-10-2010, 06:22 PM

Absolutely splendid Dez ! As for trimming and/or removing that's a positive problem I would think

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Dez · #7 05-11-2010, 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by andestang

Absolutely splendid Dez ! As for trimming and/or removing that's a positive problem I would think

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Thanks Mike. It is a good problem, but if I had things my way, I'd rather let every coral I have grow huge, yet I'm limited to my little piece of ocean. Everyone should set up at least a 1000 gallon tank of the get go. My wife already gave me the "Des, you are never ever going to get another tank again" lecture even before I had time to ask about an upgrade. Oh well, we go away too much to have a large tank anyway.

Dez · #8 05-10-2010, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by fishoholic

Looks great Dez, and if you're making some frags soon, send them my way

Thanks Laurie, I always have frags available. If you're going on the tank tour then you'll be able to see what frags I have. Thanks for the nice comments.