A whole new dimension!!!

[Braves Fan]

Very nice, congrats to you on that nice new tank. I think it will be to small real quick with all of those frags on the frag rack.

 

[returnofsid]

Will get a new FTS picture posted soon. Waiting on end cap, so picture includes ALL lighting.

Strout, thank you. Unfortunately, I lost A LOT of those frags in the above mentioned Co2 disaster. Slowly rebuilding.

 

[returnofsid]

Not full tank shots, but a few recent pictures. Got a few frags from Dang and here they are.

Oregon Tort

Candle Delight Acropora

Aussie Jaquelina Acropora

Rommel's Rainbow

Becker Tort

Mystery Pink Acropora

Raspberry Lemonaide Acropora

 

[mfinn]

How did your zoanthid collection come out?

 

[returnofsid]

How did your zoanthid collection come out?

Zoanthids survived the CO2 problem. Unfortunately, they didn't survive a hitchhiker crab that we recently found. This guys HUGE. I still haven't caught it, but moved the remaining Zoanthids back to the 200. They were in the 40, while the 200 recovered. The crab was taking out a colony every 2 days!! Grrrr We still have quite a few, but not near what we did have.

Finally got around to taking a few full tank shots. As you can see, I need to scrape some coralline...lol. I've also gotta get some corals glued to rocks, so I can eliminate 1 or 2 frag racks.

Left Side

Center

Right Side

FTS

 

[mfinn]

Frag racks are very nice to have, but it can be such a relief to get them out of a display tank.

I've battled those **** crabs ever since I started keep zoanthids.
They will eat everything once they find out zoanthids can be a food source.
I usually end up using the small wide mouth baby food jar baited with a piece of shrimp weighted down in the bottom.
I usually propped the jar at a 45degree angle against a rock, near where I think it might be. Usually after catching every hermit first, the preditor crab usually goes in.

 

[returnofsid]

My plan is to tear down the 40, clean it up and re-aquascape. As I do that, I'll catch the bad crab and banish it to the sump of the 200.

Decided, while I had the camera out, I'd shoot a few more pics.

Through dirty glass...lol.

Bubble Coral Macro

 

[returnofsid]

Coral in need of Behavior Modification!!!

So, Angie just got home, and points out that our Bubble Coral is attacking an Acan. Earlier today, I took and posted a macro of our Bubble Coral. At the time, it was being a model citizen. Here what we just caught it doing:

When I reached in with the grabbers, to move the Acan, that tentacle stuck itself to the grabbers...lol. Grumpy Bubble Coral!!

 

[returnofsid]

Some Actinic pics:

Here's our HUGE Turbo Snail, Madison named Abby...lol. Abby has been with us for about 4 years, and was the first snail we ever purchased...lol. Abby has gone from our first tank, a 29, to our 46, 75 and now the 200DD.

Tamarind Tort

Bob Moore Stag

Orange M. cap colony

A few Acan frags

 

[returnofsid]

ORA Ice Tortuosa

Some new Zoanthids, that look suspiciously like Lunar Eclipses

 

[returnofsid]

Here we go.
Strawberry Shortcake Acropora
Received 2 frags today. Unfortunately, they aren't both mine...lol. Holding one for a friend, for a couple weeks. They've been in the tank for about 15 minutes.

Frag #1.

Frag #2.

 

[returnofsid]

Here's some updated shots of the 2 frags of Strawberry Shortcake Acro. They've now been in the tank right at 20 hours, 18 hours when these pics were taken.

I now have 2 T5 fixtures (6 bulb and 4 bulb) so I have an expanded "Dawn to Dusk" effect, with more Actinic options.

1st set of Actinics on.

All Actinics on.

All lights on.

 

[returnofsid]

Some new pics, I took this morning. SSC Acro is showing LOTS of polyp extension!

Bob Moore Blue Acropora loisetteae

Lights just came on, so this Torch isn't showing off it's full glory.

SSC Acropora nasuta

Nuclear Green Paly

 

[hawkfishman]

lookn good love the size of the tank

 

[returnofsid]

Shot a few actinics tonight. Please excuse the coralline, though it did make for a couple interesting pictures.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

I love the black clown pic!

 

[Alpha Aquaculture]

Great shots! Keep em coming :)

I like the torch!

 

[returnofsid]

Revhtree, I got lots of pics of the Occellaris, in that cuddling mood. Unfortunately, only the above picture, had a clear view past all the coralline...lol. In all the rest of the pics, a spot of coralline was partially blocking.

AlphaCorals, thanks!! The Torch was recently moved, from our 40 breeder. It's doing amazingly well, considering the recentness of the move.

 

[returnofsid]

Newest addition. Atlantic Blue Tang, Acanthurus coeruleus.

This is a beautiful and nice sized specimen, that we found at Barbie's today!! Our Tomini Tang didn't agree though. There was about an hour of aggression, tail slapping, with "scalpels" fully extended, on both fish. I attempted to get some pictures of the action, but unfortunately, most didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped.

 

[nayrgaijin]

AMAZING!
Man you have good taste.