Cubed & Squared

[Fishy 1]

Can i ask if you have a favorite acro Bello, i mean out of the ones you've actually shown us so far........ how is your SSC going, the little sulky one you had months back mate.
Kevin hacked my RC account again last night i think, i can't put my finger on it but something seems different. :hmm2:

Biggles asking bello if he has a favorite acro is like asking if you have a favorite child............of course he has one he just won't tell the other ones

 

[sahin]

Can i ask if you have a favorite acro Bello, i mean out of the ones you've actually shown us so far........ how is your SSC going, the little sulky one you had months back mate.
Kevin hacked my RC account again last night i think, i can't put my finger on it but something seems different. :hmm2:

Bello, commence operation Acropora LE. I wouldnt disclose your fav acro...I think Biggles is just trying to obtain valuable intelligence...remember this is tank wars. :strooper: He will only then get his kangaroo to fish out a better acro from the GBR.

 

[Fishy 1]

Bello, commence operation Acropora LE. I wouldnt disclose your fav acro...I think Biggles is just trying to obtain valuable intelligence...remember this is tank wars. :strooper: He will only then get his kangaroo to fish out a better acro from the GBR.

Hahahaha lol, yes this is war :lol:
But bello I think Biggles is trying to get the info out of you so he can get the coral that you love and make you jealous ( bellos favorite coral will most likely be green and Biggles dislikes green corals ) so this will be interesting to say the least to see what happens next :nailbiter:

 

[biggles]

Bello, commence operation Acropora LE. I wouldnt disclose your fav acro...I think Biggles is just trying to obtain valuable intelligence...remember this is tank wars. :strooper: He will only then get his kangaroo to fish out a better acro from the GBR.

Listen Sahin i don't think Bello is gonna fall for your mr acro nice guy routine mate........ we all know just how dirty you are at reef wars so let's not kid ourselves ok.
At least Bello has an excuse being an SPS idiot savant......... you're just evil Sahin whilst i fight on the side of good (radium) :strooper:

 

[sahin]

Listen Sahin i don't think Bello is gonna fall for your mr acro nice guy routine mate........ we all know just how dirty you are at reef wars so let's not kid ourselves ok.
At least Bello has an excuse being an SPS idiot savant......... you're just evil Sahin whilst i fight on the side of good (radium) :strooper:

Hah! Radiums is cheating. And you know it Biggles...stick a Radium over a poopy acro tank and they'll colour up in days...:lol2: Dont think that I dont know the REAL secret to your success...Your dance routine in front of the tank every night is just a ploy to shake us off.

How about you swap your lights for Bello's LED (Light Emitting Decolouriser) contraption...:eek2:

 

[Bello]

Hahahaha lol and I'm sure he is. I think he's got a secret tank full of green acros that he's too protective to show us

Look like world war three is gonna start sooner than I thought everyone get your popcorn and your favorite chair ready, I think we are in for a awesome showdown

I'm pretty certain he's got a stash of them green ones somewhere. Biggles may be quiet lately, but he's just plotting his next attack

I've already lost mate...I mean Biggles has them Kangaroos fishing out SSC's from the GBR and Sneaky Bello has Kevin stealing Acros from some Coral warehouse somewhere; I've no chance against these Acro Fiends.

Hahahahaha, you're a liar Sahin, the biggest sneak amongst us all . I've got pretty much all acros covered in one pic or the other, but you my friend.... Hmmmmmmmm

That's ok mate, if you can't beat them just join us all and watch the fireworks I'm predicting a spectacular show

It'll be spectacular alright, but also the slowest show ever, given that the acros are gonna take years to grow. You're gonna need about 2.34542 tons of popcorn, precisely

Hmmm... well. I was going to have an awesome photo to share here. But it's not working out right now and I have limited time to mess about while on my lunch break. LOL

Stupid Lynux work systems and their ability to block my access to download and upload an image file! I can assure all involved, Biggles reef has nothing to do with our work and I am not leaking anything confidential!!!!! ... end rant...

But just imagine what it would look like if Kevin turned on Biggles and was somehow bribed to "leak" a photo of Biggles secret all radioactive green reef "which we all don't know he keeps."

Quit the suspense Troub, and show us!!! . We need to see this (since we obviously don't have lives, I realize )

I can't see many brown ugly pieces bello so you better ID them buddy.

Thanks for the info!

p.s
Can't stop laughing with the other comments

I'm hiding the brown ones, Mike. Nobody wants to see them . Hell, I don't wanna see them either. Glad you're finding this funny, that's the whole point of our nonsense

Anyways, since I'd like to have a pic every post, I tried to copy Sahin's over the water line photo and this is the UNEDITED result,

https://flic.kr/p/nc4vUj

 

[Bello]

Stunning displays.

Thanks TRK for the kind words. Glad you enjoyed the pics. Still a lot of work to be done, and hopefully we'll have a better result

Can i ask if you have a favorite acro Bello, i mean out of the ones you've actually shown us so far........ how is your SSC going, the little sulky one you had months back mate.
Kevin hacked my RC account again last night i think, i can't put my finger on it but something seems different.

Uh-Oh Biggles, somethings seriously wrong, it seems that Kevin has messed up your Avvy, and thrown his Mug in there, you'd better be careful of that one, biggles, you'd better

Bello, commence operation Acropora LE. I wouldnt disclose your fav acro...I think Biggles is just trying to obtain valuable intelligence...remember this is tank wars. He will only then get his kangaroo to fish out a better acro from the GBR.

I've heard some alarming reports that biggles took Kevin surfing the other day. Upon scanning the reef below, he threw Kevin overboard.....acro hunting!!! We're in trouble

Hahahaha lol, yes this is war.
But bello I think Biggles is trying to get the info out of you so he can get the coral that you love and make you jealous ( bellos favorite coral will most likely be green and Biggles dislikes green corals. so this will be interesting to say the least to see what happens next

Good guess fishy unfortunately, my favourite coral as you'll see in the pic below isn't quite green. It's my favourite because I bent over backwards to get the damned thing, and it's rewarded me by being a tough guy through all my nonsense.

However, if I were given a tank, with a blue background, white sand, and was told I could keep only one acro.....It would be a green staghorn acro, pure aesthetics

Listen Sahin i don't think Bello is gonna fall for your mr acro nice guy routine mate........ we all know just how dirty you are at reef wars so let's not kid ourselves ok.
At least Bello has an excuse being an SPS idiot savant......... you're just evil Sahin whilst i fight on the side of good (radium)

Hah! Radiums is cheating. And you know it Biggles...stick a Radium over a poopy acro tank and they'll colour up in days...:. Don't think that I dont know the REAL secret to your success...Your dance routine in front of the tank every night is just a ploy to shake us off.

How about you swap your lights for Bello's LED (Light Emitting Decolouriser) contraption...

Uh-Oh, looks like I'm screwed here. Nevertheless, I'll fight and pledge my eternal fielty to the DiscoKings :lol:, in their war against all things T5 and Radium

And a moment of seriousness , my eternal favourite acro,
https://flic.kr/p/ntgWr7

It took a beating during the AEFW dips and some lighting experiments, and lost some color. Fortunately, there was still some growth, and in the name of all things LED, I'll be modifying my led's again (for the 45.5th time), to make a cheap/similar version of the recent led configs posted in Advanced Aquarist.

BTW biggles, my SSC also turned poo during the dips, but has since regained most of its color and PE. I now see a blue encrusting base, that's normal right?

 

[Fishy 1]

Hahahahahahaha bello yes it would be the slowest show ever but I think there might be some photo stealing going on just quietly to make it more interesting and don't worry I can eat that much popcorn easy but I'll start overflowing from my couch and how did Sahin know that Biggles dances in front of his tank (Biggles is a pole dancer in the nightclubs Kevin tells me) so I think the corals do well because Biggles threatens them with pole dancing if they don't grow and colour up lol.

 

[sahin]

Bello, I give you much credit for getting this piece coloured up. Its looking super!

 

[biggles]

Geez i love that acro Bello, the fact it's in your tank sh*ts me no end.......... do you have a frag off it somewhere else - you do don't you mate.... :angryfire:

 

[Fishy 1]

Geez i love that acro Bello, the fact it's in your tank sh*ts me no end.......... do you have a frag off it somewhere else - you do don't you mate.... :angryfire:

Don't let him get in your head Biggles, he's just trying to get the edge on you. Now go and get a even better frag Biggles:thumbup:.
OK now it bellos turn for my support.

 

[Fishy 1]

Hey bello how about so pics to show Biggles and Sahin that your in the war and the one to beat:thumbup:
OK Biggles turn for my support

 

[glaukos]

Anyways, since I'd like to have a pic every post, I tried to copy Sahin's over the water line photo and this is the UNEDITED result,

https://flic.kr/p/nc4vUj

That is a beautiful pic bello!:inlove:
Not only the colors look great but i love the blue submarine's back that was passing by!

 

[reefmutt]

Man, I'd fly to Australia and beat back the koalas just to get a frag of that last acro you posted, bello..
Beautiful!
The fact that it already looks that good after the aefw episode is a testament your skills!
Nice job.

 

[Fishy 1]

Man, I'd fly to Australia and beat back the koalas just to get a frag of that last acro you posted, bello..
Beautiful!
The fact that it already looks that good after the aefw episode is a testament your skills!
Nice job.

Reefmutt there's one thing about bello that is great and that is he's very humble about his skills, he'll just said nah nah I don't much skill and all that sort of stuff. But bello its time to accept the facts and that is your skills are amazing and don't you dare say otherwise

 

[Bello]

Bello, I give you much credit for getting this piece coloured up. Its looking super!

Geez i love that acro Bello, the fact it's in your tank sh*ts me no end.......... do you have a frag off it somewhere else - you do don't you mate....

Man, I'd fly to Australia and beat back the koalas just to get a frag of that last acro you posted, bello..
Beautiful!
The fact that it already looks that good after the aefw episode is a testament your skills!
Nice job.

Thanks Sahin, Matt and Biggles . It is undoubtedly my favourite piece. Unfortunately, it took a bit of a beating colorwise during the AEFW dips, I've update my progression shots of the coral, so you can see where it was and where I'm at, right now.

https://flic.kr/p/nwxoib
https://flic.kr/p/nwxoff
https://flic.kr/p/nwvX22

There's been a little growth, seems to be a rather slow grower, but I really need to get that yellow back all over the coral

Don't let him get in your head Biggles, he's just trying to get the edge on you. Now go and get a even better frag Biggles.
OK now it bellos turn for my support.

I'm COUNTING biggles to blow me away with some crazy acros

That is a beautiful pic bello!
Not only the colors look great but i love the blue submarine's back that was passing by!

Hahahaha, blue submarine . He's really too big for the tank, but he won't be going anywhere now, not after all these years

 

[Fishy 1]

See he's still not accepting that his skills are envious come on bello just accept the reality that your amazing at reef keeping
If Biggles blows you away just blow him away:thumbup:

 

[Fail_sh3d]

Thanks Sahin, Matt and Biggles . It is undoubtedly my favourite piece. Unfortunately, it took a bit of a beating colorwise during the AEFW dips, I've update my progression shots of the coral, so you can see where it was and where I'm at, right now.

https://flic.kr/p/nwxoib
https://flic.kr/p/nwxoff
https://flic.kr/p/nwvX22

There's been a little growth, seems to be a rather slow grower, but I really need to get that yellow back all over the coral



I'm COUNTING biggles to blow me away with some crazy acros



Hahahaha, blue submarine . He's really too big for the tank, but he won't be going anywhere now, not after all these years

Bello, things are looking good even with the dips. That coral is a stunner, even if it's a little off color right now.

Glad things are on the up and up.

 

[troubadour11]

Quit the suspense Troub, and show us!!! . We need to see this (since we obviously don't have lives, I realize )

Unfortunately, due to work. I haven't been around my home computer much with free time. So I still haven't gotten to this. Plus... I'm still waiting on my Kryptonite Green Radiation suit. Kevin was having it specially tailored to my measurements because just handling this picture he snuck me of Biggles secret green garden can kill you from exposure. :smokin:

It will have to wait for now... :uzi:

Lots of cool updates though Bello. I'm loving the comparrison shots. I'll have to set up a few of mine like that over time as well. Once I get enough choice pieces that start to establish anyway... Keep it up though, the recovery looks well underway and things are going to sparkly and colorful sooner rather then later :thumbsup:

 

[biggles]

Those growth shots of that cool acro are awesome mate, the bottom left shot looks to be about the best pigment display, was that before the filthy little ARFW showed up Bello.
Since i'm going to show pics of my upcoming radical rock scape change as i do it i think the least you could do this weekend is take a few close top downs of some acros for us buddy

How are the tanks looking overall to your eye in regards to finding the sweet spot with your nutrient balance mate, do you have a big snail population.