downhill_biker's 200g Marineland Deep Dimension Starphire

[downhill_biker]

I just wanted to update with some pics of a few of my corals. This is by no means all of them, but I didn't want to take up 20 pages of pics...lol. I will update more later. Full tank shots dont show any of these corals, because they are all frags and look tiny in a 200g reef!

Undata

Purple Polyp Monti

Superman

Setosa

Sunset

Purple Haze

 

[downhill_biker]

Icefire Echinata

Purple Plasma

Red Planet

Pink Lemonade

Robusta

LE Sunset Milli

Rusty Milli

 

[downhill_biker]

Rose City Milli

Blue Milli

Upscales Sarmentosa

Yellow Tort

Cali Tort

Blue Tort

Buckleberry Cap

Chip's Fuzzy Acro

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Rainbow Stylo

 

[ReeferRob]

Very very nice. Great selection.

 

[downhill_biker]

Meteor Shower Cyphastrea

Tyree War Coral

Reverse Prism Favia

Nuk Green Candycane

Rainbow Acan

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ORA Spongodes

 

[downhill_biker]

Very very nice. Great selection.

Thanks Rob.

 

[Reeferdood]

Very nice system ya got there!

 

[downhill_biker]

Very nice system ya got there!

Thanks. I am trying hard, and soon the coral will start to grow substantially and it will begin to look like a reef instead of an empty tank with tiny colored sticks in it.

 

[Reeferdood]

LOL!
Mine was there once! Just remember, when it takes off you will be shocked at how quickly things grow & fill that empty tank up!

 

[Emoney]

Super cool pics!

 

[downhill_biker]

LOL!
Mine was there once! Just remember, when it takes off you will be shocked at how quickly things grow & fill that empty tank up!

Things are already taking off like crazy. I think my red planet has added about 4-5 branches. The robusta used to be about 1/4" and now it is 2x1" branches. All of the coral is encrusting like crazy. It is going to seriously fill the tank up quick.

 

[downhill_biker]

Super cool pics!

Thanks. :moneygrubber:<--Emoney...haha

 

[rng_pw]

very nice coral collection. nice pics also. Really like the cali tort.

 

[downhill_biker]

very nice coral collection. nice pics also. Really like the cali tort.

Thanks. Ya the Cali Tort has been getting more and more green with brighter blue tips. It was this way when I bought it, but recently it was just blue. I am glad it is coloring up.

 

[Brad Syphus]

I've got to come over and see your setup sometime Curtis. You have some sweet coral.

 

[downhill_biker]

I've got to come over and see your setup sometime Curtis. You have some sweet coral.

Likewise. I need to see yours too. Just send me a PM with a time and we will do a mini reef tour. I am free pretty much all day every day.

 

[downhill_biker]

Today was the WMAS sponsored Mountain West Reef Fest, and it was a blast. I didn't initially intend to go, couldn't really afford it and I knew what kind of stuff was going to be there. I knew there was going to be some sweet stuff and it was going to be too tempting.

Well I got tempted, big time! But before I get to that I would like to say that the event was amazing! There were great booths representing many of the great big name products that we all use on a daily basis. I enjoyed talking with them, listening to the presentations and looking at all the coral. This event was a hit!

Now, what I got tempted with, Dave from Reef Kingdom had some amazing stuff and once I saw it I couldn't let it pass. Now I have to sell a bunch of coral to pay my rent...lol. Bought 2 amazing trachy's, honestly these are so insane. For those that saw them at the actual show, you can vouch, they are probably brighter in person than they are in the pictures. I am completely blown away by these corals.

 

[downhill_biker]

Alright I got some new full tank shots last night and thought I would share. I really like taking pics at night because you get a whole lot less glare. Frags are still small but they are growing steadily. It will be a while before they actually look like corals instead of my tank looking like a frag tank.

And I got another pic of the new Trachyphillia. Come on all you lurkers let me know what you think.

 

[gilmour01]

i love the aquascaping. once the corals grow in, its really going to look spectacular.

 

[downhill_biker]

Thanks gilmour01, how long do you think it will take before the corals grow in? I have really only had a frag tank before, or at least a tank that i fragged out of constantly so the corals never got real big...lol.