A Splash of Color - My SPS Peninsula Reef

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Incredible pieces. That mille is insane!
 
I know snakes eat frogs so i'm thinking i might need to chuck a 6ft sea snake in the display for a while to clean up the frogs. Just need to convince Kevin to go catch me one.........



The key to success is my double black coffee dip that the frags all go through Marty :beer:


The piece was stuck on the back of the last island i made so i never got to see it unless i went around to the wiring bramble bush side of the display. I used my trusty chisel to pry it loose.

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Snipped a lot of the old putty off with the rusty bonsai branch cutters.

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Used the dremel to make a concave base on the frag as it was going on a curved surface rock face, also sliced cuts in the base for the glue to grab better.

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1/3 black 5 min putty and 2/3 white slow cure putty gives me a fast curing pale grey putty once mixed.

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Putty is mixed and ready to go so i squirted super glue gel on the base before placing the putty blob on it.

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Put the putty onto the glue covered base and then put more super glue gel on the bottom of the putty ready to stick it onto the rock.

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Used one of my pipe props to rest the acro on while the glue and putty set rock hard. It's fine to remove after 5 mins as the acro is well and truly locked into place by then.

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Thanks Biggles very interesting report :wavehand:, is it tunze's bicomponent glue the green- white one?
 
Biggles, I have read many people have luck getting copperbands to eat live black worms. Give em a try, your other fish will probably love them too. My blenny goes nuts for them.
 
Black worms are good but you may not be able together them there unfortunately. You will probably need to make a decision on the yellow tang. I had the same situation and they never stop bullying the copperbands and will stress them to death eventually.
 
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That is one beautiful coral!

Glad to see that I'm not the only one with a rusty coral kit, mine looks very similar to yours, complete with rusty cutters lol :)
 
Hey Andrew, I'm not sure if this is asked before. Can I check with you what's your secret to stick acros so close together? Any rule of thumbs you can share with me? Much appreciate
 
Sweet looking tank. I actually love the look of little islands all around, reminds me of diving in a shallow reef. I'm trying to figure out how to aquascape my new tank, and I like this look. Great job
 
I know snakes eat frogs so i'm thinking i might need to chuck a 6ft sea snake in the display for a while to clean up the frogs. Just need to convince Kevin to go catch me one.........



The key to success is my double black coffee dip that the frags all go through Marty :beer:


The piece was stuck on the back of the last island i made so i never got to see it unless i went around to the wiring bramble bush side of the display. I used my trusty chisel to pry it loose.

1_zps8ep1ouf4.jpg~original


Snipped a lot of the old putty off with the rusty bonsai branch cutters.

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Used the dremel to make a concave base on the frag as it was going on a curved surface rock face, also sliced cuts in the base for the glue to grab better.

3_zpsbqjxuood.jpg~original


1/3 black 5 min putty and 2/3 white slow cure putty gives me a fast curing pale grey putty once mixed.

4_zpsyzuhevdl.jpg~original


Putty is mixed and ready to go so i squirted super glue gel on the base before placing the putty blob on it.

5_zpswvi5nokn.jpg~original


Put the putty onto the glue covered base and then put more super glue gel on the bottom of the putty ready to stick it onto the rock.

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Used one of my pipe props to rest the acro on while the glue and putty set rock hard. It's fine to remove after 5 mins as the acro is well and truly locked into place by then.

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Wow....That is very very cool....Like Cinderella story....
 
Sahin, Andrew has been very quiet. I suspect some major sneakiness going on. He either has been in talks with Dave, from Deer Park Aquarium. Or The Easter Acroroo stopped by his house.

Marty
 
Sahin, Andrew has been very quiet. I suspect some major sneakiness going on. He either has been in talks with Dave, from Deer Park Aquarium. Or The Easter Acroroo stopped by his house.

Marty

I suspect Biggles....I mean Andrew is coral shopping. Or just playing with his super duper new tank, which /i am sure we are all jealous of :spin3:
 
I suspect Biggles....I mean Andrew is coral shopping. Or just playing with his super duper new tank, which /i am sure we are all jealous of :spin3:

Andrew is coral shipping? More inside news, please.....

I am still waiting a big shipment from HK to Taiwan, maybe he know something!?
 
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