Reef Journal V2 - Now with more water

[RMc]

Quick update on the meteor:

High Res: http://i.imgur.com/H7mesLw.jpg

 

[RMc]

 

[higorc]

Ur tank has come a long way man, very nicely set up and coral selection. Love that Hammer. Keep up the good work!

Higor

 

[RMc]

Well, this should probably be V3 now but I've moved apartments, and transfered to a 92G corner reef. It's been set up around 3 months now and things have begun to stabilize. There was a bit of bleaching (Accidently scorched the tank with LED's, and had some cycles shortly after setup.)

It's a bit more difficult to photograph this tank due to the curve, but every now and again one comes out.

Thanks for following.

 

[RMc]

And with just the blues:

 

[RMc]

Tough to shoot the back of the tank - but here's the nem (still getting comfortable on day 5...)
He's been quite the little nomad so he was named "Attila"

 

[RMc]

A new addition. Unidentified Lobophyllia from Dz

Also... Due to reckless abandon the anemone was lost :frown-new:
We went away for a weekend and I neglected to cover the powerheads. The anemone must have been shredded thoroughly as there were a few tiny pieces throughout the tank and no nem. Fortunately it seemed to have no ill effect on the inhabitants aside from some very slightly cloudy water for a day or two.

For now we're just going to focus on coral.

 

[higorc]

Sorry to hear that man. On the other hand, thank God nothing else happened!

Sent from my Galaxy S4

 

[RMc]

Some updates - no more tragedies. Whew.

Frags from the meet - it was great to finally put some faces to the names

One of 2 new anthias:

Bonnie:

Clyde:

And Miss Jaoquin:

 

[Flame Angel]

Thanks for sharing.

Like you said. Good to put faces to screen names.

Great! meeting you yesterday.

 

[RMc]

Some Rics:

A Hammer:

A meteor Shower colony (you can see the original frag plug in the middle):

A Millepora Frag beginning to reach (from higorc):

Some Baby frogspawn:

The old stock:

 

[RMc]

Mint Chocolate Chip:

Kedd's Reds:

AOG:

A rescue from petco - curious to see how this heals and opens up (day 1):

 

[RMc]

Some updates:

 

[HERPER]

How do you get free things from petco? just random passengers??

 

[RiverRat]

That looks beautiful!

 

[RMc]

How do you get free things from petco? just random passengers??

Spend a lot of time and $ there and talk to the fish guy . When I lived in Leominster I'd go to that petco all the time because they have an absolutely gorgeous fish section & tons of coral. I've yet to find any other store with nicer tanks and healthier stock. Since I was in there so often and occasionally brought fish from my freshwater tanks to donate, Pat (the fish guy) threw me a bone or two. They used to have a little tank with "accidental" frags for $5, so he'd toss me those for free sometime.

 

[SteveDola]

Gotta love when employees dont own the live stock and can give away stuff.

 

[BlackSmith]

Wow, those meteor coral pics just sold me. Nice tank.

 

[RMc]

Bonnie and Clyde

 

[jdeb101]

Nice tank! Love the cave look in the middle of your rockwork.