Shrimpchips's 100g (Live!)

[Zoaelite]

Wow what a sleek looking tank, definitely following along on this one.

Not quite boner material yet, still in the hemi stage haha.

[shrimpchips]

Thanks Nebthet! I might keep a few things on the sand, but I've never been a fan of the cluttured sand look, so I'll keep it mostly on the rock. I've never had any acans (never really caught my eye), but I've seen some really crazy ones come into the local stores lately so I might get a colony or two for the edges of the rockwork. As for chalices? The only one I like is the watermelon chalice, so I might get a piece, but more likely than not. SPS all the way!

Yup, this is the arrangement I'll be keeping. Once I got something I liked, I just filled the sand around it.

[shrimpchips]

Aaaaaaaand what everyone's been waiting for....crappy pics!

Here's the awesome ricordea colony I picked up at BA last week - there's three distinct morphs on it:


Frags and colonies that made the transfer are looking well.
Duncan coral:


Montipora undata:


Montipora setosa:


The first pic is my ORA Red Planet frag under 2x24w T5HO:


Here's another in the tank (on the sandbed):

It's actually much more intense, but I'm having a hard time with the white balance on it.

I picked up two colonies at NAFB, this is one of them:


The other is an aqua/blue thich staghorn acro. Hopefully it grows as thick as the original branches it's growing out from.

Also, in QT right now I have three fish from Menagerie - a small sixline wrasse that I'll attempt to pair with my established sixline, a twinspot hogfish, and a beautiful purple tang.

Twinspot hogfish:




The purple tang came with some damage to a first spine, and a cause of HLLE starting up, but after a week it cleared up completely!


Sorry for the dark fish pics - I didn't change the WB.

No FTS yet - nothing's been arranged yet, so no FTS

[shrimpchips]

Some iPohne (overexposed) pics of the tank. Nothing is glued down, and a few frags are just scattered here and there.

Right side:


Left side:


FTS:

[lastlight]

Are those fury balls duncans? They look pretty sweet! Mine only have 5 heads but are growing fast.

[kien]

Looking great!

Brett sure likes fuzzy orbs..

[lastlight]

Originally Posted by kien

Looking great!

Brett sure likes fuzzy orbs..

I don't think you should even be at your desk right now Tiger. Tsk Tsk!

[shrimpchips]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Are those fury balls duncans? They look pretty sweet! Mine only have 5 heads but are growing fast.

Yeah - it started as maybe 6 or 7 heads 2 years ago. I fragged a few, but now it's one massive ball. They haven't branched at all.

Originally Posted by kien

Looking great!

Brett sure likes fuzzy orbs..

Thanks! Brett knows what he likes. And I gots big ones!

[TheDogFather]

Looks great Eric!



TDF

[shrimpchips]

Thanks TDF - I'll have to come by your place soon to see how your system is doing!