FoD's SPS/NPS Wonderland - R.I.P.

Yeah, and to make it worse...my camera on my Samsung POS phone no longer works. BTW, the Ice Tort didn't make it.

 

Thanks! My leak wasn't all that bad. I've had a worse one, and seen MANY more that would make me quit. It cracked along the side, from the drilled out area, up. I assume it finally had enough stress to give way. It is a 10 gallon tank, so the glass is less than 3/16" thick. I lowered the new drilling location, and opened the ball valve more, to increase flow in the "pod farm", so hopefully the water will not build up and cause stress on the drilled pane again.

I am also hoping that since I have been dosing Vodka and now running pellets, that the removal of the DSB will not adversely affect my nutrients. Time will tell.

 

Unfortunately for me I always loose one or two when buy a group, I imagine this is quite common.

 

A few pics:

Strawberry Shortcake (Original from Unique Corals) - Greens and Pinks are MUCH MORE vibrant in person.
Day One in my tank


1 Month in


Oregon Tort


Greg Carrol's Ultimate Stag - Still changing colors/acclimating. I think I found the sweet spot, lighting-wise for it.


CAD Lights Conic Bio Pellet Reactor


Manifold I custom made, fitted to skimmer input, tube from pellet reactor output.

 

Love the stag, nice coloration.

The Strawberry sure has colored up nicely, I have never had one but have read they can be difficult.

 

Andy has a camera and a tank!

 

UPDATE - 3/10/13

Went to Raleigh this weekend to watch the New Jersey Devils play. While I was there, I stopped in at Reef Keepers Aquariums. They had a whole mess of GREAT pieces. I figured since the Devils lost (miserably I might add), my wife and I would console ourselves with some new tank additions. What we got:

Maricultured Mini-Colonies-
Acropora millepora - Red body, metallic green polyps - acro crab included
Acropora secale - GARF Bonsai colors with fat bodies branches
Acropora unknown - Spot on match for Jason Fox Blue Flame
Acropora spathulata - Yellow/Pink branches, BRIGHT
Acropora ??? - Bushy neon green body, green polyps, red tips
Acropora kimbeensis - Purple/Green Body, Red polyps - STUNNING

ALSO, last week my LFS was running a sale on SPS and I picked up these Maricultured Mini-Colonies:

Acropora loripes - Green body, purple/red tips, white polyps
Acropora abrotanoides - Green body, Red topped branches
Acropora ??? - Orange/Brown body, bright purple tips, tabling, white polyps @ tips
Montipora danae - Rainbow Monti
ORA Montipora Spongodes

I am going to hunt someone down with a DSLR and a Macro lens this week to take some pics for me. I also talked with the owner of Reef Keepers about acquiring some hard to get species of fish for me...he called his divers and suppliers while I was in the store. I might be getting some nice swimmers soon! ;D After that...I'm done spending money on this tank for a while. My tank budget has been expended and then some!

 

Acropora spathulata, Acropora abrotanoides nice, I like those pronounced coralite acropora types. Can't wait to see all of them but these I am especially interested in. You picked up a ton of corals recently, congrats, I would not be able to fit all those frags in my tank.

 

I will get crappy pics up in a couple of days. Hopefully someone can come and take some shots with a real camera soon. And yes, I have picked up a lot recently...trying to place everything so I get full color balance and everyone is as happy as they can be is going to be tough. Still have a few more on my list of Acro's/Monti's.

 

Cant wait to see BUNCH of pics, especially Spathulata!!