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Reef Discussion => Hobby Related Photo's => Topic started by: apelaston on October 06, 2008, 15:17:02

Title: pics at 6 months....
Post by: apelaston on October 06, 2008, 15:17:02: Electric Crocea Clam...for sale 25.00 (scared of another flame angel attack)
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GSP and Leather $5.00 each
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Orange MontiCap Frag $5.00
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Frogspawn from ohio Reefer
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Lemonade Zoos and my free acan with unknown name (came on a rock of zoos from Gerbers...)
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Orange Zoos--really cool color that glows under actinic from Yinyang
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New Black Clown Pair looking oh so cute & living peacefully with my percula clown pair.
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FTS
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And this is what I had 6 months ago...
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I can't wait to see what the next 6 months have in store for me now that I have the fish that I want stocked...now it is just time to watch everything grow and mature in my tank....and of course add more lol.
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Post by: Secondgen on October 06, 2008, 16:55:43: Great lookin tank! What kinda equipment you runnin?
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Post by: apelaston on October 06, 2008, 17:12:07: Hhmmm equipment. . now brace urself for this list. . . aquaclear 30,50, and 70 powerhead 70 has a hydor wavemaker on it. . filtration is done by 12 gal waterchanges every monday and an aqueon 55 hob filter w a ball of cheato added inbtween the dual carbon filters. . . cant get nesimpler but i dont understand how 2 plumb a sump or fuge so i took my skimmer out. . i want 2 get a sump *fuge goin w my 29 gal that i have here some day so i can get my skimmer back out and some more water 2 help w my quality. . . any takers on beer n a plumming party? i dose my tank daily w a cap of liquid calcium n feed coral frenzy and dts when i have it. i target feed my coral bout every few weeks but i am goin 2 start doing that weekly.
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Post by: Secondgen on October 06, 2008, 17:29:03: Very nice! How do your coral like the coral frenzy?
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Post by: apelaston on October 06, 2008, 17:37:19: Things open up better w thd coral frenzy than marine snow but i think the dts gets me more growth n color. . .even from my fish.
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Post by: Secondgen on October 06, 2008, 17:51:40: Does Petland sell DTs?
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Post by: apelaston on October 06, 2008, 18:03:17: Not that i know and right now they r n a pinch n piqua i no so i dont know when they will.
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Post by: NORTHDIXIEREEF on October 06, 2008, 22:45:53: IS THAT THE CLAM YOU GOT FROM ME ? IF SO I WILL BUY IT BACK.

IT IS FOR THE SAME PERSON THAT WANTED WHEN YOU BOUGHT IT.

I STOCK DT'S AND CORAL FRENZY PLUS REEF BUGS WHICH I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MANY OF MY CUSTOMER IS ALOT BETTER THAN CORAL FRENZY.

YOUR TANK IS LOOKIN REAL GOOD. CAN'T WAIT UNTIL 1 YEAR PICS.
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Post by: apelaston on October 07, 2008, 01:28:12: Yea its the same clam. i love it but i told u bout the attack from my angel on it so now that the mantel has grown back and it is opening up again i keep worrying bout another issue w the flame. . . i would hate 2 have it pickd 2 death. u have a coral order n this week dodd?
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Post by: NORTHDIXIEREEF on October 07, 2008, 01:34:32: SHOULD HAVE FISH IN ON WEND & FRI. LOOKIN FOR SOMETHING ?
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Post by: apelaston on October 07, 2008, 01:45:35: I cant add nemore fish unless its a small hippo n i catch my chromis n damsel. . .i am fish maxed. . . n u know me i am always looking. . . i will just see u wednesday. . . i need calcium n dts. ...
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Post by: NORTHDIXIEREEF on October 07, 2008, 01:49:23: LOOK BACK UNDER CORAL PRO POWER BUY IN PAID MEMBER AREA
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Post by: apelaston on October 07, 2008, 02:20:17: I have a few more changes left n my io bag so i will make my mind up soon. i do need something w more calc 2 help support all my calc. needs of my lps and who doesnt like pretty purple n pink rocks 2 haha
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Post by: apelaston on October 25, 2008, 09:02:39: i am upgrading my lights this weekend from 4x65w pc lighting to 4x96w pc lighting so i am hopefully going to notice some color and growth changes in the next month or so. . . . am also adding a few pieces of sps to add some solidity to the look of my tank. . . it is going to continue to be mostly lps and softys though cause i love that movement they bring to the display. . . i will post pictures 1 month from when i put them on my tank to see if the difference is noticable. *crosses fingers*
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Post by: gthorpe2 on November 03, 2008, 14:53:26: I'll take the clam, if it's still for sale
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Post by: quicksilver on November 03, 2008, 15:05:58: noooo I am 2 late I want the clam if he is small. gthope I will have 2 trade you for him what do you want!!!
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Post by: apelaston on November 03, 2008, 17:15:56: quicksilver that clam is long gone...dodd sold him to someone named alex i think for me..sorry...

anyways some new pictures of some fragswap items and a few i picked up along the way...my camera skews the colors for some reason on a lot of them but you get the idea..
I picked up quite a few more pieces but couldn't get the photos to upload...will do it again at a later date..
BirdsNest from Reef'D Up

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Cat's Paw from Slandis and Venus Fly Trap Paly's from Ebay
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Cat's Paw from Reef'd Up
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Gorgonian from Swap
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Ric from NDR
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Acan Frags from Swap
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Candy Canes from Verper
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Post by: lazylivin on November 03, 2008, 21:49:27: That Gorgonian is sweet. Is the Ric blue or purple?
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Post by: apelaston on November 03, 2008, 21:54:07: Yea i like the purple gorgonian. great color. the ric is bright pink w a purple outer ring and purple mouth. had eyeballed it bout a month at dodds b4 i got it....still waiting on my all blue to show up in dodds shop and him to charge me double since he knows i want 1 so bad haha
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Post by: apelaston on November 03, 2008, 21:55:42: I lost the birdsnest tonight. . it came undone from its rubble and blew away. . . cant find it yet. :-(
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Post by: quicksilver on November 05, 2008, 10:47:03: got to glue that bad boy back to its rock. birds nest are so cool looking ;D
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Post by: Midwest Express on November 05, 2008, 11:38:44: I had the same thing with my xenia I got from Lazy... I ended up finding it a few days later attached to the back of a rock. Thankfully it was a small rock it attached to so I was able to move it so that I can actually see it.
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Post by: apelaston on November 05, 2008, 13:07:31: Birdsnest was never found again. . just rubble and glue residue. . . . . i will get another one soon. all my other sps peices are doing really well so i am going to get some nicer frags at the next swap or from ndr
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Post by: apelaston on November 23, 2008, 01:50:44: I have baby snails!! looking like nass. at this point but i am not sure yet. WOOHOO
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Post by: reefer3737 on November 24, 2008, 22:42:27: DOES THIS LOOK GOOD IN MY TANK APELASTON??? >:D >:D
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Post by: lazylivin on December 03, 2008, 23:56:53: Amy asked me to upload this picture of her Blueberry Gorgonian

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Post by: apelaston on December 04, 2008, 00:00:37: Thx had to push reefers pic further down the page. . thread hijacker haha.
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Post by: JoeAyers on December 04, 2008, 09:48:43: What are you feeding that blueberry? I assume you are heavily target feeding? They have very low survival rates so I hope you have a good plan in place.
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Post by: reefer3737 on December 04, 2008, 17:09:14: that looks great what are feeding
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Post by: apelaston on December 04, 2008, 18:50:03: I target feed daily w dts, coral frenzy and phyto feast. i rotate them. also i rotate 6 types of food (frozen only) i have it in high flow to help keep it free of algea which i read will grow on it. it took 3 days to open up but now stays bout 90 percent open at all times. only time will tell if i am going to be able to keep it alive.
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Post by: scott wilson on December 05, 2008, 09:45:10: I would watch out with two clown pairs in the tank. When they reach sexual maturity they will get very territorial over the other pair.
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Post by: apelaston on December 05, 2008, 10:29:14: I got that taken care of it didnt take long for them to get mean. i now have one percula and the black occelaris.
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Post by: apelaston on December 08, 2008, 19:45:01: K i got my mhs tonight and put them on for 30 min w o my canopy. WOW! i am seeing stars from it and i swear i saw dori wearing my oakleys. . . no seriously they look AWESOME i get my canopy tomorow or the next day and currently have 3 screens down to acclimate the coral. YIPPEEE. THANK U DODD WHAT A GREAT BDAY PRESENT!
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Post by: cloran on December 08, 2008, 20:24:50: Is the monti still avalible? Where you at? Consider shipping
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Post by: apelaston on December 08, 2008, 20:28:51: No i dont ship and only have some bambam knockoffs for sale right now
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Post by: lazylivin on December 08, 2008, 20:38:29: Quote from: apelaston on December 08, 2008, 20:28:51
No i dont ship and only have some bambam knockoffs for sale right now

I don't think they are knock offs. Here is a link to them, same as we have. There are just a few different morphs of them. http://www.zoaid.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=144
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Post by: apelaston on December 08, 2008, 22:21:46: Hmmmmm. . interesting. thx.
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Post by: apelaston on December 14, 2008, 15:48:39: picked up my canopy from lazys house. great job on it. many thanks. got a sneak peak at his tanks and WOW. awesome corals and placements. the frag tank he made up is PERFECT.
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Post by: apelaston on December 19, 2008, 14:45:58: armor of god palys from verper starting to color up under my new lights
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full tank shot of my 55 gal
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black clown still playing in the anthelia....
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plate coral
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sea whip partially open this morning..
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palys for sale 1.50 per polyp...has one stripe and white dot on every polyp..very neat
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Post by: JoeAyers on December 19, 2008, 14:47:52: Quote from: apelaston on December 04, 2008, 18:50:03
I target feed daily w dts, coral frenzy and phyto feast. i rotate them. also i rotate 6 types of food (frozen only) i have it in high flow to help keep it free of algea which i read will grow on it. it took 3 days to open up but now stays bout 90 percent open at all times. only time will tell if i am going to be able to keep it alive.

Sounds good. I hope it makes it. They are awesome.
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Post by: lazylivin on December 19, 2008, 18:11:14: WOW those new lights sure are nice and bright, looks like things are starting to color up nicely. That clown cracks me up in the anthelia.
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Post by: apelaston on December 19, 2008, 18:27:50: 48" 28w T5 actinic 420nm bulb in a current fixture
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eagle eyes from mdcoblentz
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canopy painted that lazy built me. THANK YOU!
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Post by: apelaston on December 19, 2008, 19:13:07: just for you lazy
My fish thought finding nemo was something we were supposed to do, not a movie title..
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Post by: cloran on December 19, 2008, 19:50:52: Hows keeping your sea fan going? I'm trying track one down myself.
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Post by: UD Flyer on December 19, 2008, 22:15:56: Quote from: apelaston on December 19, 2008, 19:13:07
just for you lazy
My fish thought finding nemo was something we were supposed to do, not a movie title..

Thats too funny. not one clown but both, what the odds of that?

I really like the layout and the open, clean look you have.
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Post by: apelaston on December 19, 2008, 22:30:33: It was 4 clowns in it when they were juveniles and then those 2 fell in love ....
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Post by: lazylivin on December 19, 2008, 22:31:29: Quote from: apelaston on December 19, 2008, 22:30:33
It was 4 clowns in it when they were juveniles and then those 2 fell in love ....

:puke
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Post by: apelaston on December 19, 2008, 22:34:53: My jailbird and her man lol. . .it is odd cuz i had 2 black and 2 orange. .
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Post by: jake on January 08, 2009, 19:41:13: has that xenia started to color up some more? Seems like mine is coloring on the outside of the polyps and the stalks are getting more.