Mark's 180 Starfire upgrade

[P.Kelly]

How are the blotched anthias behaving? I've read mixed reviews on their community orientation.

 

[mpoletti]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13946303#post13946303 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reeferpnoy
Nice Anthias Mark.. I love mine and I think Anthias are so pretty and good schooling fish . I have 6 and thinking to get 3 lyretail myself..

Thanks Steve, Anthias are some of my favorite fish. I have the 2 borbonius, 6 lyretails, 2 bartletts, and a leftover dispar.

 

[mpoletti]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13946523#post13946523 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by petes97
How are the blotched anthias behaving? I've read mixed reviews on their community orientation.

They are fine for now. I got a couple of the smaller ones. I have also heard that when the larger ones are introduced, it could cause some problems.

 

[mpoletti]

I've got a couple new frags lately so I fianally decided to document them'

 

[eagleONE]

Christmas came early for you huh.... Very nice.

I only recognize the 4th one- Superman chalice? What are the others?

 

[mpoletti]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13981234#post13981234 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by eagleONE
Christmas came early for you huh.... Very nice.

Its always christmas with the right frame of mind

 

[mpoletti]

I don't really post this one much, but over the last couple of months I have noticed that the "grafted" blue is just appearing out of nowhere in the green branches. For so long, people have always believed that when getting a frag of the grafted simplex that you would need to get a frag with both colors, I am not so sure anymore. It has been a painfully slow grower for me though. Its looking pretty good these days so I'm not complaining

 

[Ian]

did the superman have a rough trip? The skeleton looks like its sticking through the flesh in a few places...

 

[mpoletti]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13981345#post13981345 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ian
did the superman have a rough trip? The skeleton looks like its sticking through the flesh in a few places...

It's fine; Its been through a couple dips and taken off the original plug, inspected and reglued down. Alot of the chalices that have those "skelatal fingers" look like that after I put them through the ringer. Besides, I am not the most gentle person with my corals. I have learned that most of them can take a lot more that I use to believe they could.

 

[mpoletti]

I also took these last night real quick before the lights went off
Old school aspera

Pumkin Patch/Miami Hurricane

True robokaki

 

[P.Kelly]

Mark, stunning as always!!! I couldn't help but notice the glow through your window when I picked up the stock tank. Thank you again, by the way! I'm hoping to get it unloaded over the Christmas holiday. You're a life saver. Missed you last night, and you missed Santa (aka Mike D.)

 

[SaraB]

Great looking new frags ... I'm jealous!

 

[jtarmitage]

Dang buddy, you've picked up some nice new goodies!!! I think we'll need to talk in about 9-12 months.

 

[clownnrnd]

the robokaki looks cool the way it looks like it is melting off the rock.

If I was to buy some ventralis or carberryi how many should I buy? Are ventralis really hard to keep?

Have you listed your water specs somewhere Mark?


Chad

 

[PnoyReefeR]

Me likey this

 

[mpoletti]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13983759#post13983759 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SaraB
Great looking new frags ... I'm jealous!

Thanks Sara. Get that tank up and running

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13983381#post13983381 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by petes97
Mark, stunning as always!!! I couldn't help but notice the glow through your window when I picked up the stock tank. Thank you again, by the way! I'm hoping to get it unloaded over the Christmas holiday. You're a life saver. Missed you last night, and you missed Santa (aka Mike D.)

Thanks Pete, but those meetings are just a little too much for me.

 

[mpoletti]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13984783#post13984783 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by clownnrnd
the robokaki looks cool the way it looks like it is melting off the rock.

If I was to buy some ventralis or carberryi how many should I buy? Are ventralis really hard to keep?

Have you listed your water specs somewhere Mark?

Chad,

The ventralis' are one fish that I will probably never try just because they have such a poor survial rate in captivity. There are always exceptions to the rules, and even though they are so beautiful, I do not know if I ever would have the gaul to try them. I am not saying that I might not buy them on a whim, but they are one of those fish that probably should stay in the ocean.

Water specs? What would you like to know?

 

[mpoletti]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13984483#post13984483 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jtarmitage
Dang buddy, you've picked up some nice new goodies!!! I think we'll need to talk in about 9-12 months.

Thanks Jeremy, I am sure that there might be a few more to choose from by then

 

[mpoletti]

Here are a couple other pictures from last night

 

[jtarmitage]

Is that last one the one you got from Atlantis that day?