Budget doesn't exist in this hobby: Brian's 45g Build

[Etaloche]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

Looking good Brian. Glad those new lights are working out well for you so far. Very thorough description for your "monthly" update. Enjoyed it as always. Cheers. Its 3:36 am and I'm finally done with editing papers for the night. Talk to you soon, I'm sure.

Anthony

A night owl like me eh. I'm very glad you lent me those lights because I doubt that any of my sps frags would've survived under the lights I had before. These new lights are like China boxes on steroids though. Here's the retrofit boards that I was talking about when I was over. Could be a worthwhile investment for you in the future. Could even be interesting to see if you changed just one of your lights to these and see if there's growth difference or if I'm just having placebo effect.

https://sbreeflights.com/sbox-upgrad...pcb-board.html

[The Guy]

Hey Brian your tank looks awesome so far bud, the coco worm looks happy too.

[Etaloche]

Originally Posted by The Guy

Hey Brian your tank looks awesome so far bud, the coco worm looks happy too.

Thanks Laurie, it's definitely been a beautiful addition to my tank. The plate coral also came from your tank because Anthony told me he picked it up from you

[The Guy]

Originally Posted by Etaloche

Thanks Laurie, it's definitely been a beautiful addition to my tank. The plate coral also came from your tank because Anthony told me he picked it up from you

Ya I thought it looked familiar.

[albert_dao]

Tank's too small bro... :P

[Etaloche]

Originally Posted by albert_dao

Tank's too small bro... :P

Tell me about it... Think I've maxed out my livestock already?

[Etaloche]

Was sold a faulty PC4 module a while back and had some troubles contacting the seller for a bit, but finally got a hold of him and got it all worked out. Instead of a $50 refund I opted to grab this scoly for $20 more.
I've always wanted a scoly but the expensive price deterred me from getting one. $70 is the best price I'm ever going to get for a scoly this size so I couldn't pass up the offer.

The long transit and dip stressed it quite a bit and it lost a bit of color


3 days later and couple feedings did it wonders but colors are still faded a bit. Hoping that more of the orange takes over and it will be a stunning piece of coral! I'm very excited about this purchase


Right after that Anthony invited me over to see of his new corals and fish he got for a great price (what a showoff! )
I love going over to his place and always seeing something new despite his famous last words "I can't add any more to my tanks"

He handed me this candy cane which wasn't doing too well in his tank in hopes that a new environment could bring some life back to it


It was looking a lot better the morning after so I have high hopes for it. If it can recover it will be an awesome addition to my tank as I don't have anything nearly as big as this yet.


Couple of days later it's still showing good signs of recovery. I'll be working hard to bring this one back to good health!


And by working hard I mean staring at it for hours on end


Anthony also shared some frags of the big zoa colonies he picked up

I don't remember the name of this one...


Fire and ice, someone give me some good tips on how to take better photos please. These photos are just dang awful

[coolhandgoose]

Nice scoly. Hope it colours up for you.
Lots of algae going on there
Candy canes are the one coral that's bullet proof in my tank so I'm sure it will come back around nicely for you.