Dez' Tank Journal - Page 12

lastlight · #1 05-01-2013, 04:52 AM

i really love the nice big colonies and the negative space as well. it's nice to be able to see all the way through the tank!

Dez · #2 05-01-2013, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Sebae again

What size is that clam? Any top down pics of it ? Love the size of those corals!

It's probably about a foot. I got it when it was only about 4". I'm scared of top down pics now because 2 weeks ago my phone lost the battle with salt water.....but if you flip a few pages back in this thread, there is a top down pic of the clam taken quite a few months back. It is a bit blurry though.

Dez · #3 05-01-2013, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by waynemah

This tank is even more epic in person. It's astonishing to see the size of the colonies, clams and rose bubble tip. As Asylumdown says, "reef porn".

I'm sad to say that up close it is even less epic as I've had cyano in think tank for about 2 years. I gave up on the cyano after my last scuba dive trip to Cozumel and saw red cyano covering the bottom of the ocean floor but the corals still thriving. Lets just say I'm going for the "natural" look. Haha.

Dez · #4 07-11-2013, 12:56 AM

Just a pic of a frag I mounted on the glass a few years ago. This is Snappy's deep purple valida.

daplatapus · #5 07-11-2013, 02:52 AM

That looks cool. How'd you get it to stick to the glass?

craigwmiller · #6 07-11-2013, 03:13 AM

Very nice! I'm sooooo itchin' to get going on my build, and hopefully I will get growth so good

Dez · #7 07-11-2013, 04:36 AM

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Originally Posted by daplatapus

That looks cool. How'd you get it to stick to the glass?

I mounted the original frag onto a little magnet. So the magnet is still in there somewhere. After it had encrusted, I took the magnet off of the other side of the glass.

lastlight · #8 07-11-2013, 05:14 AM

I hope my greg valida looks as nice one day. So far not even close.

Dez · #9 07-11-2013, 05:20 AM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

I hope my greg valida looks as nice one day. So far not even close.

Mine looked like junk for the first 2 years. I didn't see how it was purple. Just the tips were purple. But then it slowly got more and more purple.

Dez · #10 08-19-2013, 11:14 PM

These 2 photos are a 4 year update I guess. I got water in the tank 4 years ago on August 16. The rose anemone split a few weeks back. That's about all for the update. Enjoy and thanks for looking.