my new baby... AKA The Café

[rmorris_14]

Not the best. I keep trying. Just now. Lights are getting ready for sleep mode. She's snagged a bit of food.

It’s still love him/her so much!!!

 

[Goaway]

It’s still love him/her so much!!!

The yellow isn't fading to blue. Somewhere she was turning blue,
I went threw my build looking at photos.

Back when I got her.

She was bluish... she can no longer revert to male. The transititon is taking place. I don't think it stops when it starts. But, I'm just guessing.

 

[Projects with Sam]

ORD Aquatics has a black ribbon eel. its stunning

 

[1ocean]

oh just sitting here reading and thinking of tomorrow and coffee and more sanding...

 

[fishguy242]

 

[najer]

Watching.

 

[Projects with Sam]

snailapaloza!

 

[Goaway]

 

[Projects with Sam]

what a great array of life!

 

[najer]

The first thing I promised the tank when I got some money was a friend for my clown, new fish above and they were wiggling together like newly weds after a couple of minutes. :

 

[Nate Chalk]

HES BACK! that steve o pora looking like it needs a hair cut soon.

 

[Nate Chalk]

@fishguy242 came back so I cleaned glass, did a little water change and snapped some progress pics. Mostly across based out waiting for new sticks to start growing off of them.

New fish next week I think. Going to call.

Took full tank, half, fourths, sixths for @Mibu , I'll get better macro shots on the real camera sometime.

Mangrove leaves look much better with chaeto grow now @Eagle_Steve

Gsp is growing way too fast and those monti caps geesh

 

[F i s h y]

@fishguy242 came back so I cleaned glass, did a little water change and snapped some progress pics. Mostly across based out waiting for new sticks to start growing off of them.

New fish next week I think. Going to call.

Took full tank, half, fourths, sixths for @Mibu , I'll get better macro shots on the real camera sometime.

Mangrove leaves look much better with chaeto grow now @Eagle_Steve

Gsp is growing way too fast and those monti caps geesh

I like your sticks

 

[Nate Chalk]

I like your sticks

Good thing, because like 80% you have in your display as well

They are all looking realllll nice the only weird thing going on in the tank is the center of a goni just melted out. Couldve dropped some kalkwasser paste on it on accident happened same time as the torch.

Steve o pora has a stripe texture under my lights I didnt notice before

 

[Scratch08]

I like your sticks

That’s what she said

 

[danieyella]

Holy panic shoppers today.

Tis the season.

 

[1ocean]

Man if only I had the space to keep both tanks going right now

i understand, thats why after this back of the house addition, we are thinking of adding onto the front of the garage, move the garage area forward and then close in the back area of the old garage and make a 10x20 fish room for a 600 gallon...which would be the reef set up and have the 300 for all the cool fish you really cant keep in a reef tank, butterflies, angels etc...

 

[danieyella]

i understand, thats why after this back of the house addition, we are thinking of adding onto the front of the garage, move the garage area forward and then close in the back area of the old garage and make a 10x20 fish room for a 600 gallon...which would be the reef set up and have the 300 for all the cool fish you really cant keep in a reef tank, butterflies, angels etc...

Yeah, I'm in the middle of moving everything from my bigger tank into the cube (pretty much exactly half size) and selling off everything that won't be making the moves. We have a new house in the works currently. I figure the smaller tank is going to be easier to transport at the time (plus it's easier to sell off livestock during a break down). Once the bigger tank is empty we'll store it until we move then set them both back up at the new house. Still no space for a 600 or a 300 though lol - I think this 114ish is big enough for me.

 

[1ocean]

ah coffee time here...then a hours of sanding some areas and then the fun of cleaning up to prime the walls. Glad i removed all the old wood flooring. Bare concrete is easy to clean..oh, been chatting with some who is tearing down 2 large tanks, and selling a everything. We are going today to look at a few fish, several royal gramas and some black storm clowns are for sure what we want. There are a few tangs but we really have to pass on them, since we have 6 in the 300 and I really do not want to upset the group. They all get along . Perhaps when the 600 is up, and I move them all to it, add a few more. He has some relly nice sps, and lps but someone bought everything...So I guess next time..going to cut my old 140 gallon, 6feet long tank in half to make two frag tanks and then go buy tear downs. Have a few things in the works to get 1 Ocean LLC off the ground and start sales. Plan is private fish locators, frags and the main thing acrylic products. Been working on prototypes for 5 gallon containers for stuff like ato, kalk or what ever someone wants to put in them. I have a huge cnc table system. Now looking at a big table machine that allows you to bend acrylic at specific angles. This would be huge, less glue seams...since I built most of my stuff for the 300, people here who have seen it have gotten me clients.. Still slow. Built a sump and now doing a 180 gallon fresh tank with a sump. Also have to refinish the used acrylic tank they bought ...ah coffee ready...

 

[danieyella]

In the process of selling off remaining livestock. Why are some people in this hobby *so* obnoxious.

Guy reaches out yesterday asks how much I want for each of the fish. I tell him the only fish that has not been claimed is the melanarus wrasse, make an offer. He has asked me four times since then how much I'm selling the tangs for. That's none of your business dude, they're not available, do you want the wrasse or not? 4 times now.