bgouges aussie SPS journey

[Wrangy]

I mean... I suppose the tank looks alright... if you squint really hard and cross your eyes! :lolspin:


The tank has just exploded with colour mate! :blown: It's just looking AMAZING! I'm going to have to get some Rasta's off you one day though lol what a colony that is! :inlove:

 

[bgouges]

the bit hungover comment had me laughing because im in the
very nice corals man, looks like living in Australia has it perks

Haha yeh ive seen better days!

Good on ya! I think I'll have invest in a ningaloo or two. I have a pair of tiny scribble angels from your neck of the woods, wonder how that would work out with a loo or two :facepalm:

Yeh i dont thibk theyld be a problem, i was a bit heistant with my wrasses like the lennardis and choati with the clams but their all good. I do like the scribbleds

Wow, Brock, stunning tank!!
Following.
Love the abrotanoides and the fire truck... to name a few..
Really nice healthy corals!

Cheers mate! Yeh the abrontanoides is one of my favourites aswell! Have a few different colour morphs of it aswell so i like watching the morphs progress and the firetruck is one of my favourite pieces in my tank.

That bubble nem is amazing. Beautiful tank.

I mean... I suppose the tank looks alright... if you squint really hard and cross your eyes! :lolspin:


The tank has just exploded with colour mate! :blown: It's just looking AMAZING! I'm going to have to get some Rasta's off you one day though lol what a colony that is! :inlove:

Haha cheers dom! Waiting on you to get your lennardi! Absolutley love those fish i actually have a few frags of Them growing out atm around 10-15 polyps each ild happily hand them over for exculsive rights to deer parks acro madness!!!! Beleive it or not i grew that colony from a single polyp when ausreef released them back around a year and a half ago

 

[markl17]

Sick looking clams!


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How often do you change water or the reactor does it all

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[Wrangy]

Haha cheers dom! Waiting on you to get your lennardi! Absolutley love those fish i actually have a few frags of Them growing out atm around 10-15 polyps each ild happily hand them over for exculsive rights to deer parks acro madness!!!! Beleive it or not i grew that colony from a single polyp when ausreef released them back around a year and a half ago

You have no idea how excited I'm getting for my lennardi to come in! lol Another fish I've been waiting quite some time for!! I'm hopefully getting a borderline juvi so I can really watch it colour up!
I had my rasta's growing super well then with the move and everything I melted the b@stards lol your's have grown amazingly though, they just look stunning!

 

[bgouges]

Good on ya! I think I'll have invest in a ningaloo or two. I have a pair of tiny scribble angels from your neck of the woods, wonder how that would work out with a loo or two :facepalm:

Pic of the ningaloos, bit hard to get them with the exposure as their directly front row of my tank

How often do you change water or the reactor does it all

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Hey mate, i usually drain the frag tank and change that water weekly, the frag tank holds just under 200l, however ive been a bit lazy the last couple months

You have no idea how excited I'm getting for my lennardi to come in! lol Another fish I've been waiting quite some time for!! I'm hopefully getting a borderline juvi so I can really watch it colour up!
I had my rasta's growing super well then with the move and everything I melted the b@stards lol your's have grown amazingly though, they just look stunning!

Ah man that sucks, rastas always seem to be the first to go

 

[seachange]

Is it possible to get a group shot of all the clams? [emoji51]


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[bgouges]

Is it possible to get a group shot of all the clams? [emoji51]


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They are such a pain to photograph atm as they have recently decided to attached themselves to each other! plz excuse the dreaded bubble algae!

 

[seachange]

They are such a pain to photograph atm as they have recently decided to attached themselves to each other! plz excuse the dreaded bubble algae!

Thanks so much and happy new year! Don't mind that bubble algae one bit. I have it in my tank as well haha. It is the first time I see ningaloos. We get the usual derasa,crocea,maxima here. Ningaloos look like they can give the other clams run for their money.




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[bgouges]

Thanks so much and happy new year! Don't mind that bubble algae one bit. I have it in my tank as well haha. It is the first time I see ningaloos. We get the usual derasa,crocea,maxima here. Ningaloos look like they can give the other clams run for their money.




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Happy new to you too!
Yeh they come in plenty of shades of purple with gold and blue tips. Some can look quite amazing, bit hard to compete with the unreel colours displayed by the croceas maximas etc. squamosa's are another relatively common clam over here, may look to add one and another nice maxima to the collection

 

[bgouges]

Just finish a uni assignment so got around to taking some better clam pics!

Enjoy

 

[reefmutt]

So nice! I love clams. Yours are super nice.
They have become very expensive around here in the past few years.

 

[slavetonet]

Clams envy is real!

 

[ryanrid]

So nice! I love clams. Yours are super nice.
They have become very expensive around here in the past few years.

what do you consider expensive for a clam? these would cost between $250-500 in Aus....

 

[reefmutt]

Yes. That!

 

[bgouges]

So nice! I love clams. Yours are super nice.
They have become very expensive around here in the past few years.

Thanks mate! I do have a soft spot for the clams!

Clams envy is real!

Cheers kev

what do you consider expensive for a clam? these would cost between $250-500 in Aus....

Yes. That!

Yeh they were between $250-300 for the croceas and maximas

 

[bgouges]

Hmm typing from my phone i keep stuffing the quotes up! Haha my appologies

 

[Wrangy]

I think someone said it was time for some new pics Brok lol Don't be shy with that bloody glorious tank of yours!!
How are the fish going? What's your list looking like at the moment mate

 

[dohc97]

very nice reef, what is your bulb combo if you dont mind?

 

[bgouges]

I think someone said it was time for some new pics Brok lol Don't be shy with that bloody glorious tank of yours!!
How are the fish going? What's your list looking like at the moment mate

haha gday dom! sorry mate been away for work so havent been able to fulfill your request until now! fish list is a bit diminished at the moment as a few very very silly (lets say laziness on my behalf) resulted in some dramas.

First case of laziness.... my overflow cage on my frag tank wasnt up to scratch. The overflow comb had a few teeth but was pretty non existant. this resulted in my lennardis going for a bit of a waterfall run down to the overflow box... no dramas i figured so i would just fish them out. One day i get a call saying my frag tank was overflowing... thinking my missus was just over-reacting and some water was leaking from somwhere i cruised home. The tank had been overflowing but i couldnt figure out why.... turns out BOTH lennardi swam up my plumbing and had got stuck! (as they bury pretty often i was unsure in they were in the sand or what not). Long story short they made their way to the skimmer before i could figure out what was happening..... one died on scene, they other lasted and was eating for another week or so before karking it.

Second misshap, ordered three pitcilus anthias that got delayed in shipping by two days :O they arrived alive but broke out with all sorts of stress and ended up passing also.... sooooooo current fish list is rather depleted but off the top of my head:

Majestic angel
yellow tail tamarin
Choati wrasse
2 x cleaner wrasse = one jumped in to the overflow, so i went and brought another one, they he jumped back!
3 x dispar
6 x golden cardianls
Yellow eyed kole
Convict tang
Yellow foxface

very nice reef, what is your bulb combo if you dont mind?

Thanks mate!

Back
Blue plue
Blue plus
Purple plus
Coral plus
Coral plus
Blue plus
Blue plus
Coral plus
front

and now for some photos

 

[bgouges]

Smooth skin blue

New echi

Red planetty thing

New promising frag thats sulking from my dipping

Stupid stag in the way

Some flubber for Dom

Red robusta thats wasted at the back of my tank