Gabba's Reef Thread

Your tank is looking very good. Whatever you are doing sure appears to be right for your corals and fish.

Thanks for all the beautiful pictures.
Rick

 

Thanks!

I have to say that most of my recent success has been from WM ecobak pellets, my Geo 618 calcium reactor, and my 6 bulb T5 fixture with all ATI bulbs... I don't know what I'd do without any of them.

More to come...

 

the polyps on this Acro Granulosa only come out at night:

Frogspawn:

The Stylophora is filling out nicely:

Captain Sensible is getting fat (lemon peel angel).
Also, you can see two of my encrusting monti's, the rainbow on left and supernatural on right:

Finally, my LT plate coral:

 

who doesn't like cleaner shrimp?

Chili Pepper Monti

Another wide shot:

There's the pink fairy wrasse again (also another shot of the monti's):

I got this B&W clown from a friend recently, he was shutting down his tank and he needed a new home. It has paired up with my Perc clown and they're good buddies...





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Must be kind of nice to see the fish/corals again.

Way cool Granulosa, I have never seen one with such PE at night, it must be very happy.

Tank looks good.

 

Tank looks great, congrats

 

Thanks!!

Yes, it is nice to see them again, Coralline... 8)

Honestly, it's kind of cool to see the huge difference in growth... My wife says I won't let it get that way again... she obviously doesn't understand the levels of my procrastination. ;D lol.

Seriously though, I'm more exited about the hobby more than ever... I went to a local frag swap recently and picked up some cool stuff that I'd never seen before... I'll post pics of these soon.

I'm addicted to SPS. I don't know how folks do it that have tons of different corals... I've yet to figure this part out.

 

Trial and error.

 

Very True. I have a pocillopora that has grown to 3-4" and I just don't care for it... it's a nice piece, but I'd rather have something cooler looking... thankfully I sold it to a local reefer who is picking it up this weekend... which means more room and more money for more interesting frags! ;D

I want a wild reef look... so I'm thinking that when I get a lot of stuff I like, I'm going to let it all grow together... is that how some folks do it, and will it look ok this way? I'm thinking I'll have to start trimming pieces back at some point... lol, I never thought I'd use that sentence when talking about SPS... I guess that means I have arrived! 8)

 

LOL, I just got rid of my Pocillopora for the same reason.

If you let it go wild some will intertwine nicely others will fight. You may have to adjust locations of corals but I think letting them grow together is the way to go.

Planning and study go into the equation for those will a large number of corals also.