urbanrat84
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Wow, what a collection! And you seem to know your names too. I have a macro I am not sure what it is. I'll have to find the pic I took and PM it to you.
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phobos2deimos
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Nice! That's gonna look good when it grows in!
Thanks! I definitely like nerding out about names - it's a challenge, and quite honestly way above my head too. IIRC there are something like 45000 species of reds (maybe it was specifically Gracilaria?) and you need a microscope to even get close sometimes! Shoot me a pic (or post up a thread here for the people smarter than me!)
phobos2deimos
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Got a new lens (Tamron 18-200) today, hoping this can be my 'one and only' for travel and general use. I really hate switching lenses.
All taken with the new lens, some from the comfort of my couch!
We added the perfect leopard wrasse last week. I know it's a major gamble, but she surprisingly didn't hide the first day, and has been active and social nonstop since then. Hunting regularly and eats mysis/minimysis/cyclops so far. I've been feeding about three cubes of cyclops a week to try to keep her and my mandarin happy together, especially with my recent podpocalypse. Gonna add a new culture of pods this weekend.
This guy never comes out!
The Portieria has gotten a lot redder since it arrived, loving it. The gorg, on the other hand...
The Palm Caulerpa (C. Paspaloides) has acclimated and taken off nicely. I thought it was gonna be a goner for a while.
And the world's stupidest RBTA continues to hold the title.
All taken with the new lens, some from the comfort of my couch!
We added the perfect leopard wrasse last week. I know it's a major gamble, but she surprisingly didn't hide the first day, and has been active and social nonstop since then. Hunting regularly and eats mysis/minimysis/cyclops so far. I've been feeding about three cubes of cyclops a week to try to keep her and my mandarin happy together, especially with my recent podpocalypse. Gonna add a new culture of pods this weekend.
This guy never comes out!
The Portieria has gotten a lot redder since it arrived, loving it. The gorg, on the other hand...
The Palm Caulerpa (C. Paspaloides) has acclimated and taken off nicely. I thought it was gonna be a goner for a while.
And the world's stupidest RBTA continues to hold the title.
phobos2deimos
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Oh found a few more pics:
Portieria sp. (looks like a cool gorg):
Some sort of Gracilaria, halfway between G. Hayi and Fauchea sp.:
Golden Plume Gorg (my first gorg... we'll see!);
Nice bright red ricordia:
Solar Fairy Wrasse my wife picked out a few weeks agoweekend, currently in QT:
And did some much needed pruning!
Portieria sp. (looks like a cool gorg):
Some sort of Gracilaria, halfway between G. Hayi and Fauchea sp.:
Golden Plume Gorg (my first gorg... we'll see!);
Nice bright red ricordia:
Solar Fairy Wrasse my wife picked out a few weeks agoweekend, currently in QT:
And did some much needed pruning!
FinzAquatics
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Wow. That's a trim.
Did it all come from your main tank or from a sump?
Did it all come from your main tank or from a sump?
phobos2deimos
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All from the display, Mammillaris, Hayi, and Parvisipora, about a month or two worth of growth. My fuge is mostly frags right now, growing out so I can move it up to the display.
saltwater sam
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What do you do with all the prunage? Take it to the LFS?
phobos2deimos
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I usually post it up for sale or for free locally, or any of the forums, or eBay, depending on mood and how much time I've got to meet people. (And how much money I blew on my tank that month!)
phobos2deimos
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I have high hopes, despite the (relatively low!) $200 pricetag. My primary lens has been the 35 prime, and it's been wonderful but just doesn't get the shot sometimes. I tried a Sigma 70-300 but I wasn't very happy with it (and really didn't know what I wanted). So far I'm loving the range of the 18-200!
phobos2deimos
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Krista that's awesome! I might have to get in touch with you after a while to buy a piece back from you, I was messing around in my sump and knocked my tiny piece loose and it got lost! :eek2:
phobos2deimos
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Got some new stuff on the way so will be rescaping a bit sometime this week. *Until then, a shot I really like:
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phobos2deimos
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Fixed:
Thanks. I'll pay the same price you paid me of course! :rollface:
phobos2deimos
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Thanks Craig! PMed ya.
phobos2deimos
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A little change to the scape, moved the Cladophora over to a lower light area and opened up the middle. Don't mind the dirty doors, that's what happens when you rebuild carburetors when you're reefing!
The Red Branch (Scinaia huismanii or Ahnfeltiopsis?) is finally hitting its growth spurt!
Hypnea Pannosa. Also have Blue Octhodes in my sump (lights off right now) - the Octhodes is bluer (even grown without blue lighting) and is a bit thicker in structure. They are extremely similar though.
The Red Branch (Scinaia huismanii or Ahnfeltiopsis?) is finally hitting its growth spurt!
Hypnea Pannosa. Also have Blue Octhodes in my sump (lights off right now) - the Octhodes is bluer (even grown without blue lighting) and is a bit thicker in structure. They are extremely similar though.
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