Lion's Coral Den! Rics, Zoas, Palys!, Ric and Zoa/Paly lover!

Got them from a LFS, he said they're one of Doni's. Look up Doni's Reef, home of the snowcassos. He pretty much is a regular perc except for the helmet + chinstrap on him. Eats out of my hands and likes to circle around me when my hand is in the tank.

Im familiar with Doni's stuff, but I wouldnt say those are "just a perc" they look closer to grade B snowcassos. The white zones spread far too close, and of course the crown, are dead giveaways.

Post those pics up over in the clown forum and you should get a lot of feedback. Again, great pair!

And clown behavior is typically always cool like that, hence why so many people love them! Ive always been able to scoop them up in my hand if I want to. Even when I've been on reefs the wild species I have encountered were the same. Cool fish!
 
Im familiar with Doni's stuff, but I wouldnt say those are "just a perc" they look closer to grade B snowcassos. The white zones spread far too close, and of course the crown, are dead giveaways.

Post those pics up over in the clown forum and you should get a lot of feedback. Again, great pair!

And clown behavior is typically always cool like that, hence why so many people love them! Ive always been able to scoop them up in my hand if I want to. Even when I've been on reefs the wild species I have encountered were the same. Cool fish!

Hmm, I didn't mean to say he was a regular clown. He's by far my favorite clownfish and fish!
 
Alrighty, another update. Going to try splitting my rarest, and most favorite, ricordea. Solid yellow. Yeah. All yellow. Using the good old fashion rubber band trick! This guy just split from the 2 1/2" polyp so I decided since I had a backup I might as well since this one had two mouths. This method has worked for me before and is best used when the polyp you're about to split is large enough that when they split both polyps are still good sized.

Here it is in the front of the tank just so you can see the rubberband:
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Going to let it chill in the Ricordea islands next to his clone. Should take about 3-4 days.
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While I'm at it, decided to take more pictures. Who doesn't like pictures? ;)

King Midas mini colony:
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Funny story on these. They were in another tank (400 gallons) and started off as about 4 polyps. I decided to focus more on my nano and decided to find rock rubble and found these guys under some rock, all tiny and closed up. Revived and was happy to see it was the King Midas. :)

Sunny D's:
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Got the two polyps you see here when I traded my panorama pro's. It sprouted two babies but a large asterina starfish munched on them... Now I get rid of those stars whenever I see them. The babies have grown back though and are looking good (you can see a little one in the back)!

Rasta's:
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Man, I don't understand why these guys are still expensive. I also got these in my panorama pro trade as 2 polyps but in the 2-3 month span they sprouted 3 babies already with a little nub which I believe is a fourth! A local reefer told me his grow like fire as well. Can't wait to get them covering the plug, then the rock. Can you spot Puppy playing hide and seek?
 
looking good, keep the pics comin in

Alrighty, cuz you asked. :spin3:

I noticed that my Armor of Gods were growing when I compared them to the polyp count I first got them so I went to check on them and yup... They started growing on the rock. This is a morph I would like to control based upon their growth rate so I moved it from its spot and glued another bigger plug under it to give it some more room. I also moved them up from the mid area they were originally and moved them to the near top since they weren't getting the intense almost solid orange coloration I was seeing with other reefer's morphs. They seem to be happy and don't stretch as much.

The result:
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While I was at it, took pics of the other corals.

Magicians:
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Grown 3-4 polyps in about 1-2 months since first purchased in LFS. Not bad! Def a fav. Much better than the regular red palys.

Nightcrawlers:
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Purchased from a local reefer at a great price. Grown 2-3 polyps since then. Also a fav. I was stoked when I got these as he gave me way more than I thought I was getting for the price.

Devil's Armor:
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They may be on the lower end of the zoas, but MAN do I love them! The colors pop and the black circle markings are sick. Got them as part of the trade for my panorama pro's and initially didn't want them since most people see them as one of the junkier zoas. Glad I got them anyways since they ended up coloring up in my tank! Surprised that they grow slow though... Got them the same time as the rastas, sunny d's, and armor of gods, and they only managed to plop up a baby polyp. Funny.

Ricordea Island/Yasha Pair Home:
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Been collecting as many different rics that catch my attention. Favs are the Orange Sherbet with aqua rim on the right (massive guy... about 2 quarters big!) and the neon orange in the center. It's got dark blue centers that "splash" onto the orange, making it look like splattered paint. You can see it trying to split. Been working for about 5 days now. Go go go!
 
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Watching the tank and noticed that both of the yasha's are out together! Can you guys see them? Sorry for the bad pics, they like to hang behind the rock now.

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The female was added first and has been in the tank for about a month - month + half. That's why she's brave enough to venture further from the burrow.

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Big boy hiding in the shadows. Woman, fetch me some amphipods!

And their ever reclusive worker,

Pistol Pete the Randalli Pistol Shrimp:
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A big happy family... So far. Fingers crossing that the sexing method works. So far, so good...
 
They're and great looking, but man are they a pain to acclimate. I lost my first two because the shrimp would always block the hole for about two weeks and block the pvc tunnel I made them (in one of my older scapes). This would starve the yashas to a twig... They never were a brave species. That shrimp killed at least 3 yashas... Finally took the pvc out, rescaped the tank and just let all hell loose by letting him (Pistol Pete) do whatever the hell he wanted. Let me just say that it's MUCH better for them to do their thing naturally. The next yasha (and at that point I decided if this one died yashas just weren't cut for me) was a biiiig girl so she acclimated well and was eating mysis from day 1. Added a boy yasha, but he rather small so he wasn't strong enough to last the initial week living in the den and starved. Gave up on trying to pair them and was satisfied that I at least had one yasha healthy. Two months later (last Fri) stopped by my LFS to meet for a trade and found this big boy all fat. Decided what the hell... Must be chance. And now here they are. I don't think he would have kade it if it weren't for the girl. Gives him confidence to peep out and eat. The home is already made as well. It's still far too early to know if he'll become acclimated to the tank. Yashas are one of those fish that need to be kicking *** already if you want a better survival rate in your tank. Brave ones have tons of personality. Still miss one of my older ones... Would even swim around the tank while my hand was in there or during feeding time (I spot feed to minimize waste).
 
Alrighty, just got sent an email from inTank saying my order is to be shipped tomorrow! I've been reusing my filter pad since my last water change. That's a no no! We'll see if their filter pad is any better than my current cheapo one. Also can't wait to see that massive glue they offer arrive...

Woke up this morning to this:
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Three frags fell over. This seems to be a daily routine. Those snails keep knocking my frags over! I don't want to glue my frags down either because I need to move them once in a while. Wish the snails would just stay on the glass...

Also found an asterina clinging onto my Sunny D.. AGAIN. GRR. Promptly removed. No tasting the power of the sun is allowed in my tank!

THE MURDERER:
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Update on the rubberband method:

Still looking good. Doesn't even seem phased by it, which is a good thing since it's not stressed out. I might try a thinner rubber band though because I think the one I used it too thick... I'll give it 3-4 days first before doing anything else to it.
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Also added a merleti or blastomussa. I can't really tell the difference. It's purple ring with neon green center. Wasn't doing well in the other tank, so brought it into this one to try and bring variety into my tank. Then again... It's just another polyp.. Haha...ha... *sigh*

Upclose:
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Going to be chlling in the sandbed to get used to the kessil
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Since I was confident enough to frag zoas, I thought it might as well be a good time to frag these gold cloves that hitched onto the king midas frag. I don't want them to overrun the zoas and I definitely don't want them overrunning my tank. So... ta-da! Frag #2! Looking good and open!

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Speaking of frags, the pink and gold galaxies are looking great. Putting them higher up and closer to the light brought out some color in the paler looking polyps. Hoping to be able to trade them for some goodies! Let me know Bay Area Reefers!

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Another frag update:

Blondie is looking good. Opened all the way now. I got it the day after it was fragged so to see it open and well makes me really happy and relieved.

My fav coral atm:
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AOGs:
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In this picture you can see some black areas of the AOGs. These areas that are more black were further away from the light or were in the shade. The difference is very obvious. Polyp extension is shortened and we'll see if being closer to the light will bring that radiant metallic orange I was looking for in these guys...

Also, if you didn't notice my neon green ric wasn't doing too hot the past couple of days. But it's looking much puffier(?) and happy today. Just thought I'd share since he's one of my bright pieces.

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Looking great!! I want all of your coral :beer:. I can't wait to see the growth!!! Keep the pics coming!
 
Looking great!! I want all of your coral :beer:. I can't wait to see the growth!!! Keep the pics coming!

Thanks for the compliment! Lots of things are going to happen near the end of this week. Lots and lots of pics will be taken for sure. Good thing I have a 32gb class 10 micro sd in my phone. :spin3:
 
I hope i have all your zoa and rics .. you make me jealous .. lol !!! :(

Hey lilopop, thanks for looking at my thread! Check out coralmorphologic. I can't say enough good things about them. They have a special right now: 12 rics for $99! That's excluding the freebies they always throw in. Not bad huh? :) let me know if you have any questions where I get my rics!
 
Hey lilopop, thanks for looking at my thread! Check out coralmorphologic. I can't say enough good things about them. They have a special right now: 12 rics for $99! That's excluding the freebies they always throw in. Not bad huh? :) let me know if you have any questions where I get my rics!

Thx for your info bud, but the problem is, i live in Indonesia .. :headwally:
 
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