Coming up on 10 years...

[Mrx7899]

Sweet tank

 

[Larry L]

Nice! What's the bright pink at the far left? Do you have a closeup of that?

 

[Curtie44]

Nice! What's the bright pink at the far left? Do you have a closeup of that?

It's a red Monti Cap...

 

[Curtie44]

Here's a FTS from back in 2011...

 

[Larry L]

It's a red Monti Cap...

Looks nice, mine always look kinda oranger and not as vibrant.

 

[Cflip]

A few more...

What is the 4 photo from the bottom? Send me a frag- lol nice tank

 

[Cflip]

A few more...

From this set of photos

 

[Curtie44]

Here's a piece I miss....but it just got too big for the tank

This one too

Yup, that's a 6" scale on the right

 

[david p.]

wow, amazing... 10 years.. i hope i can get there !
what is the best and worst thing that happened to your display over that period ?

 

[Curtie44]

wow, amazing... 10 years.. i hope i can get there !
what is the best and worst thing that happened to your display over that period ?

That's easy...flat worms. Not the acro eating kind, the mostly harmless ones. It was back in 2009 and I treated my tank with Flatworm Exit not realizing just how bad it was infested. I pretty much lost EVERYTHING. I almost threw in the towel after that.

Nothing but death in there ;Vomit

 

[vertigo01]

Gorgeous.!! A real inspiration.

 

[Curtie44]

The best thing was building the fish room in the basement. It allowed me to move all my filtration, sump, top off, calcium reactor, the STINK, all down to the basement. Best thing EVER!!
From this:

to this

 

[Curtie44]

Here's one of my all time favorite photos

 

[Curtie44]

From this set of photos

Rastas...Pic taken under heavy blues

 

[Curtie44]

Looks nice, mine always look kinda oranger and not as vibrant.

I bought that piece at MACNA 2 years ago?....whenever it was in D.C. It is a grafted Monti, red and green. The red grows way faster than the green and just overtook it. Now all you see is red.

 

[Maritimer]

Been through some ups & some abysmal downs . . . but you sir, came out on top!

That is absolutely stankin' gorgeous.

Is that the same sailfin tang down through the years?

~Bruce

 

[david p.]

That's easy...flat worms. Not the acro eating kind, the mostly harmless ones. It was back in 2009 and I treated my tank with Flatworm Exit not realizing just how bad it was infested. I pretty much lost EVERYTHING. I almost threw in the towel after that.

Nothing but death in there ;Vomit

sad to see that... what about the best thing ???

 

[Curtie44]

sad to see that... what about the best thing ???

The best thing was the basement fishroom a couple posts up...I would HIGHLY recommend that to anyone that has the means. Adding all that water volume (100G Rubbermaid stock tank) makes a world of difference.

 

[Curtie44]

Been through some ups & some abysmal downs . . . but you sir, came out on top!

That is absolutely stankin' gorgeous.

Is that the same sailfin tang down through the years?

~Bruce

Yes indeed!! That is Piggy, the VERY FIRST fish I ever bought wayyyyy back in 2007. Rescued him from Petco and he's been the boss of the tank ever since

Piggy circa 2007

 

[Curtie44]

My Mia's Pot of Gold when I bought it at MACNA in 2009 Atlantic City..

And here she is now