Lion's Solana Den

[buddythelion]

New crazy rainbow shroom... Dayuuuuuuummm!!! Thanks Aquascapers.

 

[zibba]

Awesome new pictures! Really like the kryptonite chalice.

 

[Sahin]

Very nice! That mushroom looks CRAZY! I love how well your Red Planet is doing. It looks like its holding on to the green colour as well. Any idea how much PAR its getting?

 

[Nuocmam]

So you were the one. Can we get a top down pic of that baby?

 

[buddythelion]

Awesome new pictures! Really like the kryptonite chalice.

It's my fav!

Very nice! That mushroom looks CRAZY! I love how well your Red Planet is doing. It looks like its holding on to the green colour as well. Any idea how much PAR its getting?

Nope... no idea. About 12" away from my Kessil 350 though.

So you were the one. Can we get a top down pic of that baby?

I ended up with the second one. Already glued down. I'll try to get one later.

 

[KoleTang]

Looking great! How's the acan cliff going? (what went wrong with it before?)

I don't think you have a lemondrop. But it is definitely a nice anemone!

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[buddythelion]

Looking great! How's the acan cliff going? (what went wrong with it before?)

I don't think you have a lemondrop. But it is definitely a nice anemone!

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UGGGHHH. Why'd you have to show me old links... I want!!!

And yeah, I think it's a sunburst. Search for the lemon continues! Acan cliff got scrapped because of too much flow. Well, I didn't learn my lesson. Still too much flow. I lost two pieces. So my pieces are at the shop (tunes) to recover. Not really sure what kind of coral would like medium flow but partially shaded.

 

[buddythelion]

Just an update on some of my sticks. Been about 2 months on these pieces:

Pro Corals Rainbow:

Before:

Now:

Rosko's Blue:

Before:

Now:

PZ Blue Tenuis:

Before:

Now:

Pink Lemonade:

Before:

Now:

Aquatic Collection Unknown Tort:

Before:

Now (A really great blue color! I love it )

I had this milli for about 2 months now. Started to encrust on the glue and I wasn't 100% sure I wanted it to grow there so I popped it off and gave it a little sock to encrust on so I can pop it off easily and relocated later. It's almost a violet-purple color with green/blueish polyps. This piece gets insane PE!

Photogenic Red Planet:

Watermelon Collection. Neptune's Kryptonite (left), Neptune's Purple Dinosaur (Bottom), and Tyree Red Watermelon (Right)

And a frag of Utter Monsters I took for a reefer. Was too pretty not to share!

 

[nova65ss]

Nice stuff! I forget you still using the kessil?

 

[buddythelion]

Nice stuff! I forget you still using the kessil?

Yup! Kessil 350 Narrow.

 

[Sahin]

Very nice! Keep up the good work! :thumb:

 

[buddythelion]

Very nice! Keep up the good work! :thumb:

Thanks!

I have a ledge where there was low light but medium flow. I didn't really know what to put there but I think a favia might enjoy those conditions. Picked up one of Neptune's rainbow favia, we'll see how it does. Glad I finally have a place to keep this piece, I've been eyeing it since it first came in and saw the potential. It's just gorgeous now!

 

[buddythelion]

Here's a list of the corals I have in the tank atm:

SPS:
Potential bubblegum rainbow milli (Diablo Corals)
Fuzzy Purple Milli w/ Blue PE (Aquatic Collection)
Black Magic Milli (BigJohnWoody)
Red/Maroon Milli (Neptunes)
Orange Sunrise Milli (Aquatic Collection)
SC Orange Stick (PsiDriven)
RR CJ Pinky (PsiDriven)
Oregon Tort (PsiDriven)
Sapphire Milli (Watchguy123)
The Wizard (looks like the oblivious) (ReefRaft)
Banana Shortcake (WTFi)
Pink w/ Blue Tip Prostrata (Aquatic Collection)
Lime Deepwater (Kungfujoe)
PZ Purple Dragon Eyes (Planet Zoa)
Tyree Mr. Pacman (PsiDriven)
Blue Dragon (Neptunes)
Red deepwater w/ white/blue polyps (kungfujoe)
Reef Ready Grape Juice (Cassklar)
CC Grape Lemonade (Cherry Corals)
PZ Blue Tenuis (Planet Zoa)
Pink Lemonade (Planet Zoa and BigJohnWoody)
Grand Daddy Pimpin (Just a frag, but reminds me of the tyree ponape) (Neptunes)
Blueberry Shortcake (Woo's Aqautics)
Idk acro. Prob will get rid of soon. Purple with green corralites (Aquatic Collection)
DC Wet Dreams Table (Diablo Corals)
Wild Blue Tort (Aquatic Collection)
PC Rainbow (Cherry Corals)
RMF Biohazard (Cherry Corals)
Strawberry Shortcake (Diablo Corals)
Rosko's Blue (kungfujoe)
Red Planet (Sustainable Reefs [Miss your shop Will!])
Red Dragon (Reefer's Cove)
Starburst Monti Cap (Big John Woody and Wav0718)
Sour Apple Monti Cap (Neptune Aquatics)
Hope to be awesome white base with red coralites acro (Baja Reefs)

Chalices:
Neptune's Kryptonite (kungfujoe)
Neptune's Purple Dinosaur (Neptune Aquatics)
Tyree Red Watermelon (cassklar)
Azkaban Red Convict (Woo's Aquatics)
DC Super cool Melon (Diablo Corals)
Potential Melon (Aquatic Collection)
Supposedly Strawberry Watermlon (Aquatic Collection)

Favias:
CC Darth Maul (Cherry Corals)
Neptune's Rainbow Favia (Neptune Aquatics)

Misc. LPS:
Super Cherry Lobo (Aquatic Collection)
Insane Inferno Plate (Aquatic Collection)

Mushrooms:
Red Devil (Joe Knows Reef)
Rainbow St. Thomas (Aquascapers)
Aquacultured St. Thomas (Found at a local koi shop)
Candlelight (Cherry Corals)
Utter Chaos Mushroom morph (Mstansberry)
Baby potential red shroom w. blue speckling and orange rim (Aquatic Collection)
Potential secret mushroom

Zoas:
PZ Paralyzers (Planet Zoa)
Apocalypse (Me!)
PZ Pandemoniums (Jerwin)
CC Blue Supernova (Jerwin)
Delight's Pink Rainbow (Slojmn)
TDF Purple Orchid (Rlman41299)
Blondies (Rlman41299, originally from fastrd400)
RC Bloodshots (Reefer's Cove)
Rastas (Dear lord... this one was from when I just started this collecting side over 2 years ago. 408Reefer)
Utter Monsters (Ninjapotamus)
Tropical Martini (Me!)
Purple Hornets (Rlman41299)
Tyree Rainbow (Reefer's Cove)
Tigers Blood (Me!)
DC Full Metal Burst (Diablo Corals)
Vampires (Planet Zoa)
Spear of Triam (Me!)
PZ PRometheans (Planet Zoa)
God of Wars (Leicalux)
Blue Lagoons (Planet Zoa)
Speckled Fire and Ice (Planet Zoa)
Kamehameha (Me!)
Super Saiyans (408Reefer)
Black Hole Suns (Reefer's Cove)
KH Sunburst (Scoly)
Rainbow Pennies (Rlman41299)

And that's all... in my little 25 gallon tank. These are just the pieces actually glued down or placed into my display. Excluding the pieces on the frag racks and frag tank. Once I make some back up frags of some morph they will be glued down as well.

 

[buddythelion]

New shroomies for the tank.

Crimson Tide:

ASD Darwin Shroom

Side view of that crazy electric pattern:

 

[Corals]

Your tank looks great, have a quick question for u? What color is your kessil 350?

 

[buddythelion]

Your tank looks great, have a quick question for u? What color is your kessil 350?

Hmm... I used to run at 100% each channel but I've been playing around and seeing how 80% blue and 20% white does. I always did like the look of the ocean blue on the kessil 150.

Update on the Kryptonite! It's my favorite melon hands down. :xd:

ReefTek Starburst Cap is taking off at crazy speeds...

 

[Stomp]

Great thread!

 

[Nuocmam]

Update on the Kryptonite! It's my favorite melon hands down. :xd:

Wow! I still need to acquire this piece. Looks like the pink creeps nicely into the rim and eyes? Or is it orange in the green eyes?

 

[buddythelion]

Great thread!

Thanks!

Wow! I still need to acquire this piece. Looks like the pink creeps nicely into the rim and eyes? Or is it orange in the green eyes?

Hmm... Lights are off. I'll have to 2x check but I think it's pink. I got a buddy with a piece he's trying to sell... nice size with lots of eyes too. He does kung fu sometimes.

 

[ladyreefer1983]

Here's another update guys. I usually hit up one of my LFS once a month, but life's been busy so I didn't get to swing by last month since they're a bit further away. I woke up and had a sudden urge/gut feeling I should swing by so I did.


They had the craziest discosoma, I wanted it really bad but he said no, it's for growout. I get to have the next one they bring in for sure though, so I'm down. No pics, I completely forgot to get one and it will be awhile until I return.


Anyways, onto the goodies. This is them getting prepped for a quick Bayer dip.:


Hoki with green coralites:

Yellow (Tenuis?):

After the dip, into the tank and getting nice and happy.


I adore this Hoki, I love the green coralites and that nice shade of blue it gets. It's really hard to get the colors right. Unfortunately, I mounted it to show the shaded side of the piece to be on the surface, so enjoy the brown sides. LOL.

Picture to show the coloration and green coralites:

Yellow Tenuis (Idk, I just wanted it sideways vs standing):

I like the yellow polyps it has:

I also got a last minute red polyp cap. The mother was a nice light green with really red polyps. Too bad mine doesn't look that great yet. I had no idea where to place it in the tank, so for now it's glued onto the backside of the wall.

Random Pictures:


Aussie SPS, still one of my fav acros in the tank for its great growth:

Green Dragon:

Red Planet (If you've seen pictures of it before... you would have thought it was dead. Glad that I decided to keep trying with it, as it's definitely coming back):

G Hornets:

Red Devil Shroom:

love your tank and corals!!!!...really nice red devil! is that 2 red devils or double mouth?