Oh YEAH! Let the fun begin....

[jtarmitage]

Well, I got to witness the spawning of a red mithrax crab this evening. I saw it climbing on one of my acros, and just doing circles around it. Then I noticed the pouch on it's lower abdomen and thought how much it looked like the abdominal fins of a pregnant shrimp. So, I decided to whip out the iPhone and get a video of it's odd behavior, just in time to witness the fry being ejected. He continued to let them free for at least a half an hour. You can see them all swimming around like crazed little pods... My Leopard wrasse and Mandarin should be well fed tomorrow Sorry for the lighting. Just had the LED's on and grabbed a small flashlight...

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[tfp]

what progress man! i need to hit you up for a few frags when the time is right

 

[guc32]

Looking good. Hope my tank will look nearly as good down the line. Great job.

 

[mpoletti]

what progress man! i need to hit you up for a few frags when the time is right

Me too :beer:

 

[jtarmitage]

what progress man! i need to hit you up for a few frags when the time is right

Thanks Tim. I think I owe you more than a few Just let me know if/when/what...

Looking good. Hope my tank will look nearly as good down the line. Great job.

Thanks, it's getting there. Now I just need to let things fill in...

Me too :beer:

Hah!!! I still need to hit you up for a couple of pieces to round it out:deadhorse:

 

[Justin74]

That's crazy awesome! To me, spawning events are like little badges of honor, nice work!:thumbsup:

-Justin

 

[mpoletti]

Hah!!! I still need to hit you up for a couple of pieces to round it out:deadhorse:

I have some zoas and monties :headwally:

 

[Brian Prestwood]

I'm looking forward to seeing your setup on the 11th.

 

[jtarmitage]

1 of 3 new swimmers in the tank 1 of them is currently buried in the sand, and the other is far too dark to see under the LED light...So, you only get 1 picture It's too bad pictures just don't portray what you actually see under a blue LED light worth a darn...

 

[jtarmitage]

A few pictures of the fish

My new belted wrasse, scooping up sand and distributing it around the tank for me...

Hey, who's that handsome fellow looking back at me...

 

[Justin74]

exciting stuff right there! :celeb3:

-Justin

 

[westreef]

You have a very nice collection of fish and the pics were very well taken. Love it!:beer:

 

[mikid]

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nice pictures there jeremy...and thanks for having us over on sunday...nice setup!:beer:

 

[jtarmitage]

exciting stuff right there! :celeb3:
-Justin

:beer:

You have a very nice collection of fish and the pics were very well taken. Love it!:beer:

Thanks. They came out fairly well for a change...

nice pictures there jeremy...and thanks for having us over on sunday...nice setup!:beer:

Thanks Mike. Nice to see you yesterday.

 

[jtarmitage]

Well, a little progress to report. Finally started working on skinning the stand. As oak is $$$$, I bought a used headboard and bed rails from the Salvation Army for less than $20, tore them down and ended up with this:

Liberal use of a planer and sander and I ended up with this:

Face framing mounted for a test fit:

Staining the parts:

Still gonna add another couple of coats of stain to darken it up some more, and add a layer of poly. Now I just need to build out 5 large doors, and then move on to re-doing the canopy....I think my hands are still vibrating from the sander.:headwally:

 

[Backinthegame]

Jeremy you've got mad skills Bro! Looking good!

 

[FishGuy5]

Looks great, Jeremy!!

 

[westreef]

I didn't know you are that handy!!!:thumbsup:

 

[HV1990]

Jeremy>Bob Villa imo

 

[jtarmitage]

Thanks for the compliments. Still honing my skills

Looking over my photobucket account brings back memories. I want to find another one of these:

I also got the final coats of stain and poly on the face frames for the stand. Pics in a bit...