noahm
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So about a week ago, I got back from putting in a few weeks of hard labor to help pay for tuition and also update my clean up crew. Things were getting a little bit of algae on them and snails were down to the bare minimum due to the fact that I invariably feed a 3" mantis with the slow and weak of my CUC.
I contacted Richard and told him my budget and basically told him I need some snails and hermits, and whatever critters might help tidy the place up. Well here it is a week later, and I have just spent the first half of the day doing some major remodeling in the 125. I had to increase the real estate to accommodate the bonus items. It really brought new life into the tank and every piece has found a nice home.
Aside from the hermits and snails, Richard sent a couple of new cukes, some small serpents that are perfect for the fuge, some really nice macros that also add great color and diversity to the fuge, and then gorgs, corals, and sponges galore. It has really renewed my desire to someday do a 3'x6' gorg forest caribbean biotype.
Anyway, thanks so much Richard. There is no way to call this update anything but far and above what I would have been able to expect from my budget. Here's a few pics for everyone.
Here's a couple of sweet Caribb corals. I was forced to actually mount my rics too so I could free up some sand bed, lol. They will grow in nicely there.
A nice red sea fan with two of the craziest clams I've ever seen grown onto it as well as a neat macro. They have a long pointy shell extension. Also, another sweet coral colony in the background about 4" across.
The two leftmost gorgs were already there, but the sponges and two left gorgonians are both part of the CUC lol.
Some new flower nems. I have several of these in the tank already, and love them. I can't wait to see how they color up. The tiny one on the left has a really neat yellow rim.
Here is a FTS. Sorry I am no good at camera settings, so It looks a bit bright. The fish are loving the new scenery. Going to have to cut back the halides for a couple of weeks so I don't wind up with any 'arctic' corals though.
Anyway, Enjoy!
I contacted Richard and told him my budget and basically told him I need some snails and hermits, and whatever critters might help tidy the place up. Well here it is a week later, and I have just spent the first half of the day doing some major remodeling in the 125. I had to increase the real estate to accommodate the bonus items. It really brought new life into the tank and every piece has found a nice home.
Aside from the hermits and snails, Richard sent a couple of new cukes, some small serpents that are perfect for the fuge, some really nice macros that also add great color and diversity to the fuge, and then gorgs, corals, and sponges galore. It has really renewed my desire to someday do a 3'x6' gorg forest caribbean biotype.
Anyway, thanks so much Richard. There is no way to call this update anything but far and above what I would have been able to expect from my budget. Here's a few pics for everyone.
Here's a couple of sweet Caribb corals. I was forced to actually mount my rics too so I could free up some sand bed, lol. They will grow in nicely there.
A nice red sea fan with two of the craziest clams I've ever seen grown onto it as well as a neat macro. They have a long pointy shell extension. Also, another sweet coral colony in the background about 4" across.
The two leftmost gorgs were already there, but the sponges and two left gorgonians are both part of the CUC lol.
Some new flower nems. I have several of these in the tank already, and love them. I can't wait to see how they color up. The tiny one on the left has a really neat yellow rim.
Here is a FTS. Sorry I am no good at camera settings, so It looks a bit bright. The fish are loving the new scenery. Going to have to cut back the halides for a couple of weeks so I don't wind up with any 'arctic' corals though.
Anyway, Enjoy!
