Mattiejay6 June 12, 2013 Share June 12, 2013 I really like your tank! Which dslr did you get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmatte June 12, 2013 Author Share June 12, 2013 Once everything grows out it'll be awesome! I'm trying to do the same thing with my zoas. Thanks! That's the plan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmatte June 12, 2013 Author Share June 12, 2013 You have some really nice looking corals! Makes me miss having zoas Thanks man! I love me some zoas. The only thing I dislike is the fact that if you want the collector stuff, you end up paying a fortune for a single polyp. I guess it makes up for it though when you turn your single $100 polyp into 10 and sell 9 of them for $100 each on R2R......then repeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmatte June 12, 2013 Author Share June 12, 2013 I really like your tank! Which dslr did you get? Thanks man, it's still very much a work in progress. I picked up a barely used Canon Rebel EOS XSi for $225. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime June 12, 2013 Share June 12, 2013 Thanks man! I love me some zoas. The only thing I dislike is the fact that if you want the collector stuff, you end up paying a fortune for a single polyp. I guess it makes up for it though when you turn your single $100 polyp into 10 and sell 9 of them for $100 each on R2R......then repeat. Or you consider fragging them and trading with others and break the cycle. I see it looks like you already have some rastas, but we should both be ready to try and cultivate at about the same time in a couple of months. I'm trying to place mine in spots that I can frag some polyps easily when the time comes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmatte June 12, 2013 Author Share June 12, 2013 Or you consider fragging them and trading with others and break the cycle. I see it looks like you already have some rastas, but we should both be ready to try and cultivate at about the same time in a couple of months. I'm trying to place mine in spots that I can frag some polyps easily when the time comes. Surprisingly, I need some Rastas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmatte June 13, 2013 Author Share June 13, 2013 No longer need Rastas..... I'm heading up to the New Jersey Reefers Club Frag Swap in Edison, NJ and I found a guy selling zoas at crazy cheap prices..... Already placed my pre-order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sachabballi reef June 13, 2013 Share June 13, 2013 No longer need Rastas..... I'm heading up to the New Jersey Reefers Club Frag Swap in Edison, NJ and I found a guy selling zoas at crazy cheap prices..... Already placed my pre-order. lol cheaper to pay shipping than gas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmatte June 13, 2013 Author Share June 13, 2013 Going to the show with someone, might as well do some shopping right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sachabballi reef June 13, 2013 Share June 13, 2013 im a woman....shopping is ALWAYS a good thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime June 14, 2013 Share June 14, 2013 You're just living the dream, bud. I think you got yours filled up quicker than mine! I'm holding out for all these frag swaps and sales and grand openings coming up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmatte June 22, 2013 Author Share June 22, 2013 Update time.......... So I went and paid Richard at ERC a visit and picked up some super sick stuff. I added: (2) More Rainbow Acan Frags (1) Black and White Ocellaris Clown (1) Blue Linckia Starfish (1) Rainbow Wellso (1) Rainbow Fungia Also, since last update I added some sweet zoas from the New jersey Reefers Club Summer Frag Swap in Edison, NJ. I got: Mindblowing Palys Rastas Red Hornets Tubbs Blues Here are the Rastas: Here are the Red Hornets: Mindblowing Palys Less blue on the Mindblowing: It's so hard to capture the true color of Rainbow Fungias..... but here's that bad boy: Nice pic of my Coral Beauty: This guy is IMPOSSIBLE to take a picture of...... And my new favorite piece: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sachabballi reef June 22, 2013 Share June 22, 2013 i need FTS...you have one of the best new tanks on here for sure...your patience has paid off amazingly....you had a plan and stuck to it.....good for you I love ERC...Richard hand selects those corals every single week and its hard to beat that....the pieces are insane....now I need to go take a drive....hmmmmm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmatte June 22, 2013 Author Share June 22, 2013 i need FTS...you have one of the best new tanks on here for sure...your patience has paid off amazingly....you had a plan and stuck to it.....good for you I love ERC...Richard hand selects those corals every single week and its hard to beat that....the pieces are insane....now I need to go take a drive....hmmmmm.... Thanks! I've been trying to take a new FTS but it's so hard with my lights. Once I figure out the settings on my camera I'll get a new one up. I honestly don't feel the need to bother looking for coral elsewhere as long as Richard keeps producing this sick stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattiejay6 June 22, 2013 Share June 22, 2013 where did you get your live rock from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmatte June 24, 2013 Author Share June 24, 2013 where did you get your live rock from? All rock was purchased from 3 different WAMAS members. My favorite piece, the corner rock that holds my zoas was purchased from Yauger but originally came from Marco Rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime June 24, 2013 Share June 24, 2013 All looking great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmatte July 2, 2013 Author Share July 2, 2013 So...... recently I have been noticing my display tank hanging out with a lady friend. I warned him of the dangers of moving into things too quickly, but I was ignored. So I came downstairs tonight and this is what I found: It seems he knocked his lady friend up and was left to take care of it himself....... What have I gotten myself into? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkiboy July 2, 2013 Share July 2, 2013 matt's got jokes, watch out now haha. you're going to have that thing filled in less than two months with all the awesome corals from ERC, i know it. just wait... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime July 2, 2013 Share July 2, 2013 Nice tank! What Marco said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimlin July 2, 2013 Share July 2, 2013 frag tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmatte July 2, 2013 Author Share July 2, 2013 frag tank? No, that's my Tang tank..... I'm thinking about trying to fit one of each tang species in there. Just Kidding. Yeah, that's going to be my frag tank. I don't want it to be a boring regular frag tank though. I'm thinking about making it similar to Neto's shallow tank, except that I'm going to keep it bare bottom. Maybe a little rock work over by the overflow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimlin July 2, 2013 Share July 2, 2013 No, that's my Tang tank..... I'm thinking about trying to fit one of each tang species in there. Just Kidding. Yeah, that's going to be my frag tank. I don't want it to be a boring regular frag tank though. I'm thinking about making it similar to Neto's shallow tank, except that I'm going to keep it bare bottom. Maybe a little rock work over by the overflow? bare bottom is nice. takes less than 5 minutes to vacuum the bottom of the tank so i can spend more time vacuuming the rock areas during water changes. are you going to silicone starboard to the bottom of the tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmatte July 2, 2013 Author Share July 2, 2013 bare bottom is nice. takes less than 5 minutes to vacuum the bottom of the tank so i can spend more time vacuuming the rock areas during water changes. are you going to silicone starboard to the bottom of the tank? I hadn't thought about it but now you've got me interested. I'm going to look into that now but I think I'd want to keep the bottom black for maximum contrast. Question, could I just buy a black plastic cutting board from a store that sells kitchen supplies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmatte July 10, 2013 Author Share July 10, 2013 Frag tank is plumbed, filled, and up and running. I added a decent sized piece of flat shelf rock in the tank and about 15 pounds of rock into the sump that I had lying around, along with a few pieces that I grabbed from Richard at ERC. I gave the rock a nice acid bath and rinsed it off real well then soaked in some RODI for a bit. I had a HOB filter running on my display the past few months which I was running GFO/Carbon in so I switched that over to the frag tank to seed the rock. Ordered an AquaticLife 115 skimmer last night and a new heater which should be in by the end of the week. Also should be getting my new d120 in a couple weeks. By the time the light comes in, the tank should be stable and ready to be stocked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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