Shrimpchips' SPS nano

[shrimpchips]

Not much to update here, except that my tank is CROWDED!!!!

I have 3 frag racks going to accomodate all the things I've collected in the last few months in anticipation of a tank upgrade that I've had no time for since taking a new job in January.

Frag racky goodness:


Purple cap, pearlberry (lost colour), Red planet, Hawkins echinata, icefire echinata, chili peppers monti, Cali tort (?), purple polyp-purple tip speciosa, ponape bird's nest. mmm mmm goodness.

The reef continues to do well. Growth slowed down for a bit when I forgot to refill the Alk container for 2 weeks. Also, I've switched to Reef Crystals, and everything is the same as the other salt I was using. Besides that, nothing is really different, except that everything has grown in nicely compared to January.

FTS (sorry it's overexposed):


Bah. I just saw the picture big. I'll take a better picture tomorrow.

[Nebthet]

Wow.. you weren't kidding when you said it was getting crowded in there.
When you switch things over I can see sooo many accidental frags being made.
Your regular Xenia seems to have really taken off too.

[Chaloupa]

Absolutely stunning tank! Love the 2 Pearly Jawfish, and growth...good Gawd...it's beautiful

[bignose]

Wow thats a crowded tank! Have you had any problems with the corals so close together?

[lorenz0]

wow, i really like this tank. your giving me idea's i shouldn't be thinking about lol

[silentcivilian]

wow, i really like this tank. your giving me idea's i shouldn't be thinking about lol

We already know you were thinking it, it was just a matter of justifying it.

Beautiful tank, it makes alot of the fullest tanks here look empty. Yet your tank doesnt look overally chaotic, still has a system going where it looks as clean as somthing that full can be.

[shrimpchips]

Originally Posted by Nebthet

Wow.. you weren't kidding when you said it was getting crowded in there.
When you switch things over I can see sooo many accidental frags being made.
Your regular Xenia seems to have really taken off too.

Crowed for sure - but with the two side frag racks, the sense of depth it gives the tank makes it a lot less crowded than it actually really is.

Yeah, the pulsing xenia is taking over, but it's not jumping around so it gets to stay for the time being. When (really....when) I upgrade, I want to have a xenid 'island' which should look kind of cool.

Originally Posted by Chaloupa

Absolutely stunning tank! Love the 2 Pearly Jawfish, and growth...good Gawd...it's beautiful

Originally Posted by lorenz0

wow, i really like this tank. your giving me idea's i shouldn't be thinking about lol

Originally Posted by bignose

Wow thats a crowded tank! Have you had any problems with the corals so close together?

Thanks!

Yes, there have been some issues - I've learned the hard way what corals can touch without stinging and which can't. For the most part I've let things be, but when a favourite coral gets in peril I've had to move a few.

Originally Posted by silentcivilian

We already know you were thinking it, it was just a matter of justifying it.

Beautiful tank, it makes alot of the fullest tanks here look empty. Yet your tank doesnt look overally chaotic, still has a system going where it looks as clean as somthing that full can be.

Thanks It's very full - I can't wait to have a big tank to fill up!