Biggles, I know why you got gastro....... it's because you insulted my turds and hurt their turdy feelings
I get the Regals pretty cheap here, but getting feeding healthy Regals is another story...so it'll be a while
I know what you mean about not bothering with the current scape. Once you've mentally moved on.....you'd don't see the point of bothering..... I do hope you get it done well before Feb though
I don't even wanna say how much I've spent on coral/equipment in the last year....Remember that it's more expensive for me? Plus, I'm a bit anal in terms of setting up redundancy systems for the tank, so seriously....it's time to stop buying stuff and stock!!!
22 SSC frags? I can't get the ONE to behave!!!
So Feb?...that shouldn't stop you from posting progress reports of the new tank, just so we know that you're not slacking off or sitting on the pot all day
I hope you do manage to get a healthy Regal Bello, they really are drop dead gorgeous in real life.
Even when you do things on a tight budget this hobby is still bloody expensive mate lol. I think you need to devote 90% of funds towards acros from this point on buddy :thumbsup:
Yes i do indeed have 22 separate pieces of SSC stuck down now - the new one is doing great and has the classic lime yellow branches with pink corallites so i hit the SSC jackpot thanks to my SPS partner in crime Bryce. He dropped me in some baby turbo snails from his tank today - thanks again mate, they're all happily munching away.
The new tank will be sitting on a bare timber frame as all i really care about is the tank and what's in it so that will make things easier. The day i move the livestock over i'll just move the sump as well and fire everything back up. It will be a quick changeover having the new tank already in place and full of water to the correct specs etc. I don't expect anything to notice the move except for the fish and Potatohead who will all be lost in the new spacious digs lol
First off. I love this tank its awesome.
I have a question on your frag placement. Are you able to mount the plugs on rocks or are you gluing the corals straight on? I dont have any spots left for plugs in my tank so im trying to find the best way to place the corals.
Also i love the floating SSC frags. Ingenious. Ill be stealing that.
Hi mate, thanks for dropping in. I always cut the frags i want to stick down on the rocks away from the plugs. Having a Dremel makes it easy to slice through the plugs and discs to leave the encrusted top are intact and give myself a big head start on encrusting growth if i want.
Gluing things almost horizontally along the edges of your rocks lets you add more corals and you can easily glue frags to small rocks which you then glue to the main rocks to create small ledges etc where there was nothing previously.
I'd suggest you sit back and have a good look at your rock work and think about where it might be easy to attach a small outcrop or ledge, it only needs to be a few inches in size but the visual impact with the right growth pattern acro mounted on it can be stunning. Another option is sticking some acros onto a few spots on your montis if you have any, i bet i could find lots of good places to stick acro frags if i saw your tank mate
Those magnetic frag rocks are very easy to make yourself so i'm glad you're going to knock some up too :thumbsup:
Soooooo, that new purpley tipped table i cut up and put in 4 places is coloring up awesomely and one of the stag branches is right in the way of my viewing one of my new 'precious' from front on.........
I just used the PS auto color etc things so the pics are out color wise but you can see what i got up to and that's what matters.
The offending branch blocking the table you can see just underneath it in the pic.
Cut off with the bonsai branch cutters nice and cleanly. It's 1/2" thick so it went off with a bang when the cutters cut through. You need to be careful cutting solid stuff as quite often you don't realise how much force you're putting into closing the cutters and when it lets go your hand can move sharply and bash into another acro :deadhorse1:
Btw, you can see a light brown algae lightly covering the white putty where i attached that piece of table to the rock, that's exactly the signs i look for to know my water is in the nutrient 'sweet spot'. If new putty stays pristine and clean i know my feeding is below the level the tank can handle. Hope you follow what i'm saying.
I cut 1" off the branch length and cut its base to a 45 degree angle before super gluing it back onto the stump. The yellow lines show the angle change clearly.
Now i have my unobstructed view, thanks to the blue stag for being such a good sport about the whole thing and having PE tonight as if nothing happened
Did anyone notice the bleached white snail at the base of the red table - he was in the sump 2 days ago and covered in deep purple coralline, the radium nuked that in short order. He kinda stands out now lol.
