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shananagans said:
Tank looks great. Would love to take a look sometime.
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Your always welcome, if you haven't spoted my house yet you will, LOL

prop-frags said:
Brett, we think it's time for some updated pics... :D

-Mike and Terry
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Soon, I promise. I gotta get some new ones of the new guys.

I have some sad news, I lost my Borb a couple days ago. This fish had issues from day one. I removed him twice and every time I thought I had it figured out he would lose some more fin or tail. I never saw any aggression from other fish either. I just could never figure out what was going on. He'll me missed.
 
aquaph8 said:
Forgive me John, I completely missed this post. I didn't realize how long its been since Ive checked this thread. Thanks for all the complements. My colonies have really taken off lately. The tank is full of frags still though, I cant wait till some of the small stuff starts to take off. Ive officially ran out of room for SPS to the point that I have some really nice stuff on my frag rack and I dont know what to do with it. Its so hard no to over crowd stuff, it seems there's never enough room, LOL. Im trying so hard not to add any rocks.

On a fish note, I evicted the labouti wrasse this morning. Hes decided to just swim around being a pest all day long and with the earlei and rhomboid in the acclimation box I just dont trust to release them with him acting like that. I might try another small one later when some of the others are a little bigger.
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Hey Bro, Not a problem... I haven't had any updates in a while... My tank has gone through a lot and although I feel that it is stabilizing now, there are a lot of things that I just don't like looking at anymore... To be continued on that.. As far as fish, the most amazing thing that I have taken note of is that I had to stop feeding frozen food once I noticed how high the PO4 was in my tank. I felt it would be certain death for my CBB since he only eats frozen when I feed, but could not get him out...... A couple of months later and he is fatter and larger than he's ever been.... The tank has bee clear of aptasia for a while now.. I guess he has his pod hunting down to a science... This has me absolutely stunned after trying so hard to keep these fish alive in the past! Again... great work on the tank.. You can run out of space quickly! I'm about to remove the things that I'm not so crazy about and give the corals that are doing really well, more room to grow out.. I'm actually tired of the clutter and caring less and less about LE this and LE that! I find myself much more interested now in the beauty of the tank tank and that the corals and fish that I do place in the system thrive!
 
Really love your tank. The corals have grown a lot since the last time I checked this thread. I love your dimensions and am really considering them for my dream tank.
 
jbanks said:
Hey Bro, Not a problem... I haven't had any updates in a while... My tank has gone through a lot and although I feel that it is stabilizing now, there are a lot of things that I just don't like looking at anymore... To be continued on that.. As far as fish, the most amazing thing that I have taken note of is that I had to stop feeding frozen food once I noticed how high the PO4 was in my tank. I felt it would be certain death for my CBB since he only eats frozen when I feed, but could not get him out...... A couple of months later and he is fatter and larger than he's ever been.... The tank has bee clear of aptasia for a while now.. I guess he has his pod hunting down to a science... This has me absolutely stunned after trying so hard to keep these fish alive in the past! Again... great work on the tank.. You can run out of space quickly! I'm about to remove the things that I'm not so crazy about and give the corals that are doing really well, more room to grow out.. I'm actually tired of the clutter and caring less and less about LE this and LE that! I find myself much more interested now in the beauty of the tank tank and that the corals and fish that I do place in the system thrive!
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Thanks Jon,Glad to hear things are stabilizing and thats great new about your Copperband (one of my favorite fish). Its hard to stop once you start stocking but Im sure Ill end up pulling some stuff in the future as things grow out too. Looking forward to some updates.
 
aandfsoccr04 said:
Really love your tank. The corals have grown a lot since the last time I checked this thread. I love your dimensions and am really considering them for my dream tank.
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Thank you. Sometimes I wish I would have gone six feet but as picky as I am about the back glass its so much easier to reach the center with only five. I absolutely love having 3' front to back, it makes for such a more natural feel.
 
Here in my June 2012 FTS

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and one more

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Thanks Jim, that second pics a little blurry, OOPs!!!

Please excuse the ugly DIY frag racks, its amazing what you have to do for a frag auction around here.
 
Fish are looking healthy and happy Brett!
Sad to see you had to give up the Labouti. I actually thought about contacting you about it if was still available. Something to fill the void of my evicted Nigricans I guess:sad1:
 
aquainas said:
Fish are looking healthy and happy Brett!
Sad to see you had to give up the Labouti. I actually thought about contacting you about it if was still available. Something to fill the void of my evicted Nigricans I guess:sad1:
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Thank you, I still have him if you want him. Ill give you a good deal since I know he would be going to a good home.
 
Everything is looking great. Glad to see the Earl's and Rhomboid made thier way into the display. Sorry to hear about the labouti, I have been lucky with mine so far, and hope it stays that way.

How are the new wrasses settling into the big tank?
 
Brett, so sorry to hear about your Borb... :(

I've gotta say your camera skills are getting better all the time! The tank is looking fantastic - corals growing in nicely and your fish all look nice and healthy. It's good to see the Earl's has settled into your DT and your PQ is awesome! We tried a couple of them many years ago without doing any research and failed miserably. It is great to see that yours is doing well. :D

-Mike
 
Hi Brett,
Superb fish pics!! Amazed at the the variety of fishes you have there. Really cool fish selection.
Must be such a treat watching these colorful guys darting about in ya reef :)
Your corals are growing out and filling in nicely.
 
Nice to see a butterfly so well established in a reef. There's a Muelleri on DD that I'm likely to snag on Monday morning...he's on sale, I don't know if you can call $220 a sale, but there is free shipping.

Our tank reminds me of your tank's little brother, time to catch up! Happy reefing.
 
Just sent ya a pm, I didn't realize you're only 1h 20m away! For some reason I though Tucson was 2.5hrs south of Chandler.
 
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