Mike's 300 Double-D

[prop-frags]

How about a top down shot of our A. desalwii and it's resident acro crab:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terryl93/8538899125/" title="DSC_5820 by terryl93, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8386/8538899125_08d55419b8_b.jpg" width="1024" height="680" alt="DSC_5820"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terryl93/8538899267/" title="desalwii2 by terryl93, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8525/8538899267_bbf0ea3d18_b.jpg" width="1024" height="680" alt="desalwii2"></a>

 

[drummereef]

What the heck, that looks amazing!

 

[Newbie Aquarist]

What nice pickup. Love that acro.


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[prop-frags]

What the heck, that looks amazing!

What nice pickup. Love that acro.

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Thanks guys!

 

[prop-frags]

We had quite a scare Sunday when our little female C. earlei went missing. After searching the tank, overflow and filter sock in the sump with no sign of her, we were really upset and just knew she was toast.

Flash forward 4 hours later and Mike comes in from the garage and says he has some "good news"... Little Miss Houdini is alive and tooling around the 150g sump vat (sump #2). Our drain line is plumbed to allow us to bypass either sump for maintenance purposes. We keep a filter sock on our shallow acrylic sump (sump #1) where the majority of water dumps and allow a trickle of water from the drain to flow into sump #2. How she managed to avoid the first drain outlet to sump #1 is a mystery and thankfully, she stayed away from the return inlet after she landed in the stock vat. We dropped some NLS pellets into the bottom of a Dip and Pour container, waited 3 or 4 minutes for her to swim inside and then moved her back to the display.

Our overflow box is covered with an acrylic top, but she is small and somehow slipped between the teeth before taking the joy ride down to the sump. She is no worse for wear after the adventure and, thankfully, she wasn't gone long enough for her tank mates to pay any attention when we put her back in the display.

I tried to snag some pics of both of the Earl's, but neither were being very cooperative, LOL. I did manage to get this one of the male:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terryl93/8549891423/" title="DSC_5926 by terryl93, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8109/8549891423_0ef8e5bd1a_b.jpg" width="1024" height="680" alt="DSC_5926"></a>

-Terry

 

[Reef Happy]

Very nice coral pics Mike.

 

[maddmaxx]

lol...i can picture looking for the fish, finding it, and be like how the heck did u make it here...ive been that guy before...

 

[launchnukes]

Hey Mike & Terry,

It's been a while but I'm glad to see the corals and fish look as good as ever. Great pics!

 

[kinlayan]

Everything looks amazing and glad you rescued the Earlei well done !

 

[Sander_Bos]

How about a top down shot of our A. desalwii and it's resident acro crab:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terryl93/8538899125/" title="DSC_5820 by terryl93, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8386/8538899125_08d55419b8_b.jpg" width="1024" height="680" alt="DSC_5820"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terryl93/8538899267/" title="desalwii2 by terryl93, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8525/8538899267_bbf0ea3d18_b.jpg" width="1024" height="680" alt="desalwii2"></a>

I also had that acro crab! Do you know it's latin name?

ps. He has a large house :fun2:

 

[d3hree]

Hi Mike/Terry
Did the magazine show up?

 

[ipaul]

WOW the acros so good, very beautiful

 

[OKDOHK]

I also had that acro crab! Do you know it's latin name?

ps. He has a large house :fun2:

Not sure if i should chime in. But i believe the crab is Trapezia cymodoce.

http://www.poppe-images.com/?t=17&photoid=924106

Chucks addiction mislabeled it Tetralia cymodoce but it is the same crab.
http://www.chucksaddiction.com/coral_crabs-6.html

 

[Tim Duncan]

Looking great, like always......I am always jealous when I see Mike and Terry's tank

 

[coralreefdoc]

Beautiful, excellently conditioned A. desalwii, guys ...

Outstanding piece !

All the best,

 

[Sander_Bos]

Not sure if i should chime in. But i believe the crab is Trapezia cymodoce.

http://www.poppe-images.com/?t=17&photoid=924106

Chucks addiction mislabeled it Tetralia cymodoce but it is the same crab.
http://www.chucksaddiction.com/coral_crabs-6.html

Thanks! It's a beautiful little crab :thumbsup:

 

[prop-frags]

Very nice coral pics Mike.

Thanks Doug - good to hear from you! Terry is getting pretty good with the camera Love your new setup - that aquascape is fantastic!

lol...i can picture looking for the fish, finding it, and be like how the heck did u make it here...ive been that guy before...

Hah! Yes, when I saw the fish in the vat I thought exactly that "how in the WORLD?..."

Hey Mike & Terry,
It's been a while but I'm glad to see the corals and fish look as good as ever. Great pics!

No kidding, LN - good to see you getting a tank up and running again, and good to hear that your new job is working out! We'll be watching the 75 build with interest.

Everything looks amazing and glad you rescued the Earlei well done !

Thank you Kinlayan - it's always a pleasure to hear from you - how's your system going?

WOW the acros so good, very beautiful

Beautiful, excellently conditioned A. desalwii, guys ... Outstanding piece ! All the best,

Thanks to you both for the kind words! We're starting to see the acros settle in finally. We have never had much luck with desalwii, but it's one of our favorites, so we keep trying. This particular piece looks like it might actually make it for a while, so we're cautiously optimistic.

Hi Mike/Terry
Did the magazine show up?

Matt, it did come it. Thanks for the good packaging, that envelope took a beating on the way over the pond We can't thank you enough for buying us a copy and mailing it. The article turned out very well! Richard is doing a fine job on that magazine - it's very well done... You guys are fortunate to have such a high quality publication right there in your back yard.

Looking great, like always......I am always jealous when I see Mike and Terry's tank

Tim, that's nice of you to say - really appreciate it. But we're always working at this thing and seeing what else needs doing! Labor of love I guess you can say.

 

[prop-frags]

Thought we'd share some fish pics...

Finally managed to snag a couple of decent shots of our C. earlei's:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terryl93/8639689308/" title="DSC_8029 by terryl93, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8106/8639689308_45f09e65b9_b.jpg" width="1024" height="680" alt="DSC_8029"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terryl93/8639689502/" title="DSC_8231 by terryl93, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8530/8639689502_3f06516852_b.jpg" width="1024" height="680" alt="DSC_8231"></a>

Eightline Flasher (P. octotaenia)
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terryl93/8598589418/" title="p_octotaenia by terryl93, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8389/8598589418_4ab0be7e66_b.jpg" width="1024" height="600" alt="p_octotaenia"></a>

M. kuiteri
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terryl93/8597423723/" title="kuiteri_1 by terryl93, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8531/8597423723_a1f8d4b992_b.jpg" width="1024" height="680" alt="kuiteri_1"></a>

 

[jt48]

Amazing tank, great shots. Is that georgian that i see in one of the pics?

 

[Newbie Aquarist]

Those are some nice wrasses. Especially the M. kuiteri