Chucktown 20H - SPS Dominant

[divecj5]

Appears I may be chatting with myself in here but thought I would post some new additions I picked up through a great trade.

Sorry that the quality isn't all that great and a little blue...working at home and for some reason my CS3 is acting up. Had to use Picasa instead.

Sunset

Red Bug Monti - the green hue is unbelievable

Hollywood Stunner Chalice

Randy's Pink Chalice

Undata- glad to finally have a piece of this

LPS Action

ORA Joe the Coral

Saweeettt Acans!!!

AND.....the obligatory FTS with all of the new goodies and some other things moved around

-Adam

 

[ahayes13]

wow everything is looking great. and youve got some nice new additions !
as far as icefire i think emmett said moderate lighting. i would just adjust it up slowly and let it have time to color up...

 

[Blackhawk Fan]

You got some beautiful new pieces. I'm really diggin the acans.

 

[RadReef]

Looks like a great start, I'm diggin' the aquascape and coral choice....

 

[eagleone]

I lovin' those acans! :wink:

 

[divecj5]

wow everything is looking great. and youve got some nice new additions !
as far as icefire i think emmett said moderate lighting. i would just adjust it up slowly and let it have time to color up...

Thanks for the compliment and the suggestion on the Icefire. I'm going to let it hang out in it's current height for a little while longer and see what the coloration does. I know that it is really happy with the flow it's getting but of course I'd love to get that rockin' bright blue color.

You got some beautiful new pieces. I'm really diggin the acans.

Thanks. I'm really happy with the new additions as well, especially the Acans. It's been years since I've had Acans and I think I'm going to be acquiring some more soon.

Looks like a great start, I'm diggin' the aquascape and coral choice....

It's coming along for sure. It's always tough trying to aquascape in these smaller tanks. The longer I reef, the more I go for the less is more approach. Less rock, more open space. The only problem is that with less rock, you have to be VERY selective in what corals you acquire. I'm slowly whittling down the ones that I'm not all that jazzed up about and getting the ones I've been looking for in there.

I lovin' those acans! :wink:

Me too I'm going to be feeding them like crazy hoping to get them to grow. Can't wait til they reach the mini colony size as I think that's the best size for Acans.

 

[ReeferRob]

Very nice tank I too like the aqua scape. Keep up the great work!

 

[ReeferRob]

Time to dust of that camera and get us some progression shots!!

 

[divecj5]

Been lazy and hadn't posted these....some new eye candy....

Picture Time

Here is the view from our couch in the living room

FNF Sunset Acan

Other FNF Acan

Aquascene Icefire Echinata (I think I put this guy in the worst spot for pics )

Top-down of my ORA Cali Tort

Full Top Down Shot (FTDS)

and the Green Pocci I've had for 3 years now

 

[divecj5]

Pearlberry and Caps

Red Planet

Vermiculata and Bonsai in upper left

Bonsai and Pink Lemonade

Entire Right Side Island

 

[ReeferRob]

Wow wow wow nice camera skills.
That poccilopora is nasty. Is it just me or it there little blue tips on the polyps?
One of these days your gonna have to frag me a piece!

 

[divecj5]

Wow wow wow nice camera skills.
That poccilopora is nasty. Is it just me or it there little blue tips on the polyps?
One of these days your gonna have to frag me a piece!

Thanks for the compliments...top down are definitely some of the best shots for reef tanks. Sometimes I'll just turn off all of my pumps and just stare down into the tank from above.

Whenever you want a frag of the Pocci just let me know. Until you mentioned it, I never noticed the slight blue hue to the polyps. Might have to take a closer look at it when I get home this afternoon

-Adam

 

[ahayes13]

nice great pictures too !

 

[divecj5]

nice great pictures too !

Thanks for stopping by and for the compliment. I've been very happy with how this tank has been going and turned out so far. I guess the 3rd tank is the charm

 

[tangov559]

Any update?

 

[skinz78]

Sweet looking tank for sure!

 

[divecj5]

Any update?

Sweet looking tank for sure!

Thanks guys. I actually ended up taking this tank down after it had been up and running for close to 2 years. Most of the SPS were sold to fund the new 17g Green Leaf Rimless that I have going now. I'll have to start a thread for this guy....here it is under an LED prototype.

-Adam

 

[skinz78]

right on, I'd love to see a build thread on it too!