Oldude's Little Reef on the Prairie

[Oldude]

FTS from today

FTS from today

Since things get moved around from time to time and some even grow I thought I would share a fresh FTS.

 

[Oldude]

yep - camera still trumps an iphone for picture quality.

yep - camera still trumps an iphone for picture quality.

 

[vair]

Saw Oldudes tank today and picked up some frags, ok lots of frags 20+
Looks good in pictures and better in real life, amazing actually. Rammed full of corals with incredible colours and a great selection of fat healthy fish. Thanks for the tour, frags and inspiration you are truly a Cora lMaster Greg.

 

[vair]

Here is a list of some of the ones I bought:
CM Nasuta - red polyps with bluish growth tips
Hydnophora - toxic green
Reef Raft Red Dragon - a very delicate thin branch variety
Secale - tri-color
Rainbow Monti - bright & beautiful
Yellow Millepora - frags from CM wild mother colony
CM yellow tip red dragon (AKA Pacman dragon)
Loripes - very limited edition
CM Strawberry Fields Acro Florida - green with red tips
Red Prostrata - red corallites with contrasting polyps
Electric Orange Montipora Samarensis - name says it all - very bright
Sunset Monti - orange with green polyps
Acropora Microphthalma - gorgeous light blue stag with dark blue/purple tips
Acropora Tutuilensis -a stunning mauve/purple tabling acro
Acropora Lovelli - great colored stag - is it baby blue or teal? tough to tell

 

[venomcc]

Great update! look at those colors

 

[Oldude]

vair - Saw Oldudes tank today and picked up some frags, ok lots of frags 20+
Looks good in pictures and better in real life, amazing actually. Rammed full of corals with incredible colours and a great selection of fat healthy fish. Thanks for the tour, frags and inspiration you are truly a Coral Master Greg.

Thanks Dave it was great meeting you! Your daughter was very patient & well behaved. Glad you enjoyed the tour.:spin3:

venomcc - Great update! look at those colors

Thank you & thanks for stopping by the thread for a look.

 

[Oldude]

I just picked up the Fauna Marin - "color elements" which is trace elements over & above those I am "balling" with. I will update if I see a noticable difference.

 

[Oldude]

These following shots are all of corals in which the colony was lost and I was able to save a small nub and nurse it along. This first pic is a nub I have been working on for almost 3 years.:hammer: Now it looks like it's ready to take off with lots of growth tips.

 

[Oldude]

misc randoms

misc randoms

 

[Oldude]

I took this shot from the rear of the tank and like the affect it gave as an interesting splash of color with the A. gomezi in blue in front of it.
even though the granulosa is out of focus but I guess that stands to reason since I was shooting the gomezi.

 

[Newbie Aquarist]

Man those are some big beautiful nubs.

 

[Oldude]

Man those are some big beautiful nubs.

Thanks Wayne I am glad I was able to save them.

 

[aquaph8]

Great stuff Greg, you always inspire me! I bought the color elements too but haven't touched it thus far, just sitting on a shelf so far. Let me know what you think

 

[Brother D]

Stunning.

 

[Oldude]

Great stuff Greg, you always inspire me! I bought the color elements too but haven't touched it thus far, just sitting on a shelf so far. Let me know what you think

Thank you kindly.
I will keep you posted on the color elements dosing results. So far too early to tell.

 

[Oldude]

Stunning.

Thank you, glad you like what's in my glass box.

 

[Mayo85]

Stunning tank mate

 

[Oldude]

Stunning tank mate

Thanks

 

[Oldude]

sump crab

 

[vair]

Evil looking little beast! I'm sure he's hunting down every piece of garbage he can find.