D2mini's Part II has landed!

[d2mini]

:bounce1:

 

[helix149]

More amazing pics soon please we are all waiting to drool over your new babies

 

[d2mini]

Omg!!!!

So much stuff!!!


I'm freakin out, man!!! :eek2: :crazy1: :bounce3:

 

[littlefish09]

we want pictures

 

[d2mini]

Ok, here is just SOME of what showed up along with the rock! :eek2:
What kind of fish is that? He hopped along the rocks and then found a hole.
Working on more pics of stuff out of the bags, in the tank...

 

[d2mini]

Ok here's the last of the pics for now.
A tour around the tank from the left, along the front, to the right.
I really need to re-think rock stacking/placement, but for now I just had to get it all in there!!!
Ignore the monti frag, that's from my old tank.

 

[d2mini]

 

[reefak]

Oh my...awesome. I haven't even got part one and I already can't wait for part two. You scored. Beautiful.

 

[noahm]

Awesome stuff. The fish is a tiger goby. It will likely jump if you don't have a cover. This angle has the makings of a killer scape.

 

[liverock]

Tiger

Tiger

Hiya

Looking good!

the fish is a tiger Gobi....some ID info is here

http://www.tampabaysaltwater.com/thepackage/organisms.html

Keep us posted!

Richard TBS:spin3::spin3::spin3:

 

[Mangodude]

Did you order "the package" or just the rock? That is an AMAZING amount of extras!! I bough a used tank that came with live rock but now I want to buy more! Saddly, I'm out room. I'm trying to upgrade so I may be buying from you soon Richard.

How's the blenny doing?

 

[reefak]

Did you squirt the rocks with hot water to get a look at the hitchhikers?

 

[liverock]

Did you squirt the rocks with hot water to get a look at the hitchhikers?

Not the best idea.....stresses out the rock...especially after a trip to Anchorage Alaska!

Richard TBS:spin3::spin3::spin3::spin3:

 

[d2mini]

Did you squirt the rocks with hot water to get a look at the hitchhikers?

Nope. Straight into the tank! :thumbsup:

But one of them i wanted to make smaller just now, so i took it out for a sec and one good hit with a sledgehammer busted it in half. Guess what was hiding in the split? A mantis! :fun2:

 

[reefak]

OK Richard, I promise not to squirt with hot water. That is how he said he got some of the critters out of his first batch. I guess I'll just stick with traps.:thumbsup:

I love the purple gorgonians.

 

[Mangodude]

I LOVE Those purple gorgonians!! Richard, would you sell one of them seperately?

What type of starfish is the orange one? is it reef safe?

You got a crazy good package! :dance:

 

[liverock]

I LOVE Those purple gorgonians!! Richard, would you sell one of them seperately?

What type of starfish is the orange one? is it reef safe?

You got a crazy good package! :dance:

Yup...got the gorgonians.....look on the price page..

http://www.tampabaysaltwater.com/ordering/pricelist.html

and that florescent star?....used to be many here....but the red tide we had 5 years ago wiped them out....that is only the second one I have seen in years......awesome critter....


Richard TBS:rollface::rollface::rollface:

 

[d2mini]

Ammonia was closer to .5 this morning but this afternoon looked like it may have been moving closer to 1.0 again so just did another 25g water change.

Richard, thanks for the reply email this morning.
I trimmed a couple of the effected tips off the yellow tree sponge. We'll see how it does.

 

[d2mini]

Here's a few more pics... did some re-arranging of rock, with 2 non-symmetrical pillars allowing flow from the vortechs in between. Aquascaping a walk around cube is HARD!!! LOL!

 

[noahm]

Looks awesome. That is exactly the look I was hoping you would create. Here's a suggestion that I think would be the icing on the cake. Take one of those photosynthetic gorgs (non-purple. They are indestructible) and epoxy it to a smallish flattish rock. Place that in the most open corner, slightly away from the corner. Bury it in the sand so it looks like a single tree/island. It will create a very cool 3-D look and balance the offset columns perfectly. Man I love that tank footprint!