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[1979camaro]

err...no i don't...i can try to get one tonight....ive been adjusting some of the zoanthids and such recently

 

[1979camaro]

just for my special little buddy dbacksrat

 

[1979camaro]

back glass appears to need a cleaning...this weekend i suppose

 

[jammerz]

thats awesome!!! is it hard to keep your sand clean? or is it suppose to be like that. i use crushed coral so im not sure about sand

 

[1979camaro]

the "dirty" sand is actually algae growing from ambient lighting in the room on the very edge of the glass...if i stirred it up regularly it might go away...or not

the fuzzyness right above the sand is where i missed with the magnet cleaner

 

[dbacksrat]

WOW--that's pretty amazing--can't wait to see the end result (the point where its time to upgrade to a bigger tank)
just a question: what is the object on the left side of the tank? is it some sort of built in overflow? maybe a wavemaker?

 

[1979camaro]

overflow box

 

[S.Reef]

Very cool tank, looks a lot bigger then a 65 gallon.

 

[1979camaro]

or even a 55

 

[S.Reef]

yeah...or that.

 

[1979camaro]

traded in some zoanthids today (i had placed a few pieces of branch for them to grow onto) and got a bicolor blenny and some SPS frags. Not sure why I got SPS frags as the zoas and the blenny were about equal in value imo, but the LFS owner asked me if I wanted them so I said "umm...ok" and I took them. They are Montipora capricornis and Montipora digitata. The Monti. cap is that nice green with the pink frindge, the digi is brown with purple polyps...i imagine the Monti cap will go brown on me though under PCs. anyway, pics to follow over the weekend or maybe tommorow

edit: also got annoyed at the xenia and cut all that out except for one very small sprig (in case i like it again or something). I plan to attach 5 of the pieces to some rock and trade it back to the LFS if he will take it (he doesn't have any in stock right now)

 

[S.Reef]

Cool...i love trading stuff and getting cool stuff instead.

 

[1979camaro]

yep...its like free coral

 

[1979camaro]

this is a similar Monitpora digitata (mine is but a wee frag of course): http://www.coralreefecosystems.com/images/montipora_digitata.jpg

this is a similar Montipora capricornis (again, just a tiny frag): http://www.reeffarmers.com/rafael_purpleedge.JPG

 

[1979camaro]

Montipora Capricornis (close and actual size)

 

[1979camaro]

Montipora digitata (up close and far away)

the little base area you can see in this shot (above the putty) has actually grown in the last couple days since i mounted the frag

 

[aresgod]

cool beans

 

[1979camaro]

yah...the monti cap has lost a lot of its vibrance as you can probably tell in the pic but the digitata is doing fine and dandy like sour candy

 

[KahluaZzZ]

woa nice..got a luxurious Montipora Capricornis *thumbsups

 

[1979camaro]

Umbrella Leather

After the trade of some of the zoas and the xenia weeding I moved some stuff around so here is the umbrella leather in its new home...its happier there out of the strong current a little more