And now, part 2...

[Elorian]

Picked up part 2 at about 11pm and spent the evening acclimating and aquascaping...until about a quarter to 5am... . I'm still recovering, but it was worth it.

People constantly rave about Richard's generosity and I was expecting a really nice assortment of things, but I was completely unprepared for what he sent- it blew me away. He even sent two really neat fish (a tiger goby I believe, and some type of cool blennie), but they have so far been a little camera shy.

Richard- thank you for the incredible work and generosity which you have shown- I will be enjoying this for years to come and will definitely be in touch when I set up future tanks.

And now without further adieu... the pictures:

The front of the tank:

The right side:

The left side:

A yellow ball sponge with an attached star coral:

A really interesting red sponge:

An orange fan-like sponge:

A star coral colony:

A neat little cup coral:

And finally, a beautiful corralimorph, tinged light pink and green (unfortunately, the pic does it no justice). I've never seen one like this before- any one know the species?

 

[liverock]

Excellent!

Excellent!

Most excellent job!

I think the most amazing thing is you pulled this off with an eight gallon tank.......not an easy thing to do with such a small tank...you will be a poster boy for nano tanks on my website!!

Richard TBS:rollface: :rollface: :rollface:

 

[liverock]

BTW

BTW

Green guy is a flower anemone from the Keys!

Richard TBS

 

[Elorian]

Thanks for the compliment! I'd be honored to be included on your website .

 

[liverock]

Live long and prosper!

Live long and prosper!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10991954#post10991954 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Elorian
Thanks for the compliment! I'd be honored to be included on your website .

Anybody who has the Enterprise as their logo....is ok in my book......

your tank is soon to be on the webpage!

sea ya
Richard TBS
Old Treckie

 

[JuzDuky]

Wow! That's a nice tank! I get my first shipment tomorrow and now after seeing your pics, I am REALLY getting excited! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Elorian]

Re: Live long and prosper!

Re: Live long and prosper!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10992559#post10992559 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by liverock
Anybody who has the Enterprise as their logo....is ok in my book......

your tank is soon to be on the webpage!

sea ya
Richard TBS
Old Treckie

I'm glad there are still a few of us around...

 

[Elorian]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10994686#post10994686 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JuzDuky
Wow! That's a nice tank! I get my first shipment tomorrow and now after seeing your pics, I am REALLY getting excited! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks! And...

To Reef Central!!



Be sure to post some pictures once everything has settled in!

 

[wintercool97]

Gorgeous!:eek1:

 

[tangafish]

your tank looks awesome! you did a great job arranging everything and looks like that was quite a chore with everything that richard sent you. i cant believe that is all in a 8 gallon tank, okay gonna have to get me a nano now..i am thinking about buying a 28 gallon one and of course will be stocking it with some more tbs. hopefully if i am a good little girl santa would give me all kind of goodies like you got. :rollface: :rollface:

 

[Elorian]

Thanks! I had a lot of fun arranging everything, but much of the credit goes to Richard for the incredible variety that he sent. I actually had to acclimate about a third of the critters in a 5 gallon bucket as the tank wouldn't hold all of the bags !

 

[bues0022]

Though my setup will be quite a bit larger than that (~60 gallons) That's exactly what I'm hoping my tank looks like after order.....(waiting is so hard!)

 

[KUDA]

Do you know what the name of that purple sea fan is?

 

[Elorian]

I believe its a purple whip gorgonian (don't know the latin binomial off the top of my head). After searching through my reference books and online I can't seem to pin it down- maybe Richard can shed some light on it?

 

[Origami2547]

Coooooool! And in only 8 gallons! Excellent job you've done there.

 

[Eldouble]

Im jealous... I got some nice stuff on my rocks, but nothing close to that!! Looks great.

 

[james3370]

came to this thread from the comments page on richard's page....from the pics, all i can say is WOW!!!!

you really make me hate my biocube 8 now LOL

this tank is the motivation/inspiration for me saving so i can get everything from richard when i finally do my bigger (60-90) tank in the next few months

any new pics??? ......since it is now about 1 year later