40 Breeder Mixed Reef (SPS and Polyp Focused)

ViktorVaughn · Jun 1, 2014

elimav said:
Looks good. Impressive growth for only 8 months

Thanks! Some pieces have grown pretty well.

Here are some new pieces I got during the Your Reef sale a while back and some other random shots.

ViktorVaughn · Jun 1, 2014

ViktorVaughn · Jun 27, 2014

I have gotten some awesome growth on the above pictured Tyree Space Monster Palythoa I received from the YourReef live sale back on May 21st. It came in with 3 polyps and is up to 12-14 now after only a little over 1 month in my tank. I had initially glued them onto a rock with 3 other varieties of Zoanthids but after seeing how awesome they look, I decided to take the other three frags off the rock today and let the Space monsters have the rock to themselves to cover. They have an awesome double skirt on them that is striped green and purple with a speckled pink and dark purple/blackish plate. I also bought some new Acropora's recently from one of my LFS that are starting to color up nicely and get some good polyp extension.

5/21/14 Space Monster

6/21/14

Double Skirt close up

After I removed all the other Zoanthids from the rock

Can't wait for these Rastas to spread out so I don't have to see the frag plug anymore. Usually I just remove the Zoanthids and glue them onto rocks which looks way better in my opinion, these however had very little to no rubble they were attatched to. Essentially just glued right onto the frag plug so I didn't want to risk damaging them. Just going to wait for them to cover the disc then snip the plug off and onto a rock it goes.

ViktorVaughn · Jun 27, 2014

Here are some shots of some of my Acropora, some are fairly new and still really small (under 1.5" or so).

New piece I just got a couple of weeks ago about 1.5" really nice red color with white polyps

I have had this for a while and I really like it, looks much better in person. Purchased super small, probably around .5" so it was growing painfully slow for a while. Growth seems to be finally picking up.

Another piece I have had for a while, which just sat stagnant for what seemed like quite a while. After looking at growth shots over the last month it appears to be kicking into overdrive on the growth front which is great because I love the color on this. Anyone have any ideas what it might be?

Really cool Millepora I got from the YourReef sale. Awesome colors on it and the polyps looks really cool getting blown around by my MP10's.

Think this might be an Acropora Tenuis? Just picked it up last weekend and it seems to be spreading that cool turquoise color you can see near the base throughout the rest of the deep blue of the piece. Also note my goofy Hermit in the background who evicted a Turbo snail for a new home, he is quite amusing to watch.

morgan175 · Sep 14, 2014

Did you give up. How is the tank?

ViktorVaughn · Sep 14, 2014

Nope, didn't give up, I have become way to addicted to this hobby for that, even if it can drive me semi-crazy at times. I currently have a bit of a cyanobacteria outbreak that popped up out of nowhere about 3 weeks ago. Tank just turned 1 year old at the beginning of the month and I have added quite a few new awesome SPS pieces and some Zoanthids that have been on my bucket list. I went to MACNA a few weeks ago, it was only about 20 minutes away from my house, and got a bunch of Zoanthids I have been wanting for a while but strayed away from due to their outrageous online prices. At last count I was up to 38 unique varieties of Zoanthids or Palythoas so my collection is getting really nice.

A few of the new SPS Pieces

Ice Fire Enchinata

Hawkins Blue Enchinata

Purple Bonsai

And here are a couple of my recent Zoanthid/Palythoa additions from MACNA and a LFS near me whose owner (Chris Capp) just had an awesome article written about him in the newest coral magazine.

All MACNA additions (Electric Oompa Loompa's, Bangarangs and Wallflowers)