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[divecj5]

Oh yeah, look forward to the POTD when you get back to it :)

 

[MarvinsReef]

Awesome Marvin. Looks like you've had some awesome growth over the 5 or so months you had it. I think large colonies of micros and acans look so awesome. Hope you plan on letting it grow out for a bit.

Great pics as always.

yup.. I'll be growing that guy until it encrusts the whole plug... I'm glad it worked out good growing it on that plug.. the Purple to the left, I'll be doing the same thing.. :)

 

[MarvinsReef]

Oh yeah, look forward to the POTD when you get back to it :)

yeah, I just re-aquascaped last night.. man, it took me a while for having such a tiny tank.. I think 5 hours and I'm not even done placing the corals yet.. I need to find some other piece of LR to make it look more nature.. ;)

got lots of tidying up to do still before resuming the POTD...

 

[THE BEAUT]

Can't waite to see the new layout

 

[MarvinsReef]

Can't waite to see the new layout

:D :D :D

I hope you guys will like it.. coz I do.. LoLz..

 

[burn]

First off your tank is absolutely amazing. I enjoy following this thread to the utmost. Do you use a skimmer or just weekly water changes?

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

AWESOME Marv as usual. I look forward to more eye candy an your new layout.:D

 

[MarvinsReef]

First off your tank is absolutely amazing. I enjoy following this thread to the utmost. Do you use a skimmer or just weekly water changes?

Thank you very much.. :)

nope, no skimmer.. ;)

I use to do a 10%-15% waterchange every 7-10 days when the tank was fairly new but I've gone from 15%-20% water change every 3-4 weeks, depending on the schedule.. I've gotten a little busy at work lately but will slow down in the next month so I can focus again on the tank..

I do plan on getting the ASM mini skimmer in the next week or two.. :)

I also plan on getting 24w x 2 T-5 actinic supplementation in the next month to help with coloration..

 

[MarvinsReef]

AWESOME Marv as usual. I look forward to more eye candy an your new layout.:D

yeah.. there's lots of work to do as I'm planning of filling the whole rockwork with zoas.. :D :D :D

it'll be a year old project..

 

[MarvinsReef]

new aquascaping coming along... I'll have a teaser shot soon.. ;)

 

[fishes2889]

still waitin' for that shot Marv....;)

 

[MarvinsReef]

still waitin' for that shot Marv....;)

gimme another couple of days to get more things organized.. and I'll get the teaser up.. ;)

 

[Enraged]

Have you notice any chance in growth since you started to do less water changes?

just read every page of this thread and all i can say is dang.

man after my own heart zoas, micros, duncans, and chalice ya cant go wrong.
when ever you get a chance could you take a new photo of those "wine" zoas they look a lot like the zoas i purchased as "dark sparkles" from page 7

 

[MarvinsReef]

Have you notice any chance in growth since you started to do less water changes?

just read every page of this thread and all i can say is dang.

man after my own heart zoas, micros, duncans, and chalice ya cant go wrong.
when ever you get a chance could you take a new photo of those "wine" zoas they look a lot like the zoas i purchased as "dark sparkles" from page 7

Thanks... :)

I started doing water changes every 3 weeks not too long ago so it's too soon to tell if that will cause the zoas to increase in growth.. I do believe in maintaining your water quality thru water changes.. if I can, I'd still like to do my water changes atleast every 2 weeks (15%-20%)... but I've had a pretty hectic schedule lately and find myself too tired to do water changes..

I think my philosophy in keeping these zoas has changed also.. it's been a really really really slow process narrowing down my favorites and with the new aquascaping, I was forced to do it.. so I'm very glad about that... :)

here's my most current pic of the Red Wines... I did break up this main colony since it was growing on a branch rock... Red Wines like to spread themselves when they are budding and the rock didn't seem very friendly on their growth since some of them started stretching.. I'm left with multiple 6-8 polyps frags that I plan on watching grow into their glory days again of about 25+ polyps each! that will be a site to see.. :)

 

[MarvinsReef]

here's a couple more pics of them..

here's a frag that went out a month or two ago.. :)

 

[Enraged]

yea that does look like mine kind of

 

[MarvinsReef]

yea that does look like mine kind of

is this pic from your tank? kinda hard to tell the real color...

 

[Enraged]

nah that is from the site i bought it from.
my camera or myself which ever just can not take coral photos worth a dang.
but they look pretty much just like yours.
i will try to get a decent photo but i am not very gifted

 

[MarvinsReef]

nah that is from the site i bought it from.
my camera or myself which ever just can not take coral photos worth a dang.
but they look pretty much just like yours.
i will try to get a decent photo but i am not very gifted

you can do it.. :)

looking forward to seeing a pic.. you mind posting it on the zoas discussion or eye candy so everyone else can comment if they're the same as Red Wines.. :)

 

[Enraged]

most definitely