FarmerTy's 215-gallon SPS Tank

Jimbo662 · Aug 2, 2018

FarmerTy said:
First frag with the new clippers and plugs.

Not too shabby.

ooooh...do I see my name written on that????? ;Smuggrin

FarmerTy · Aug 2, 2018

Jimbo662 said:
ooooh...do I see my name written on that????? ;Smuggrin

This baby is taking a trip to N. Carolina next week! [emoji4]

bubbaque · Aug 2, 2018

FarmerTy said:
First frag with the new clippers and plugs.

Not too shabby.

What is that one?

FarmerTy · Aug 2, 2018

bubbaque said:
What is that one?

Unnamed one I've had for a year now.

bubbaque · Aug 2, 2018

That one is insane!

FarmerTy · Aug 2, 2018

bubbaque said:
That one is insane!

Its been burning my retinas for that whole year! Its sick!

FarmerTy · Aug 3, 2018

najer said:
How much would a grandis paly polyp be in the States, I love them but my lfs wants $30 a polyp, sounds expensive to me?

Jimbo662 said:
I need to come sell my colony over there! Mine has 30-40 heads. I think I paid like $20 for two heads.

$10/polyp is about right in our area of the States.

They are also the same polyps that put me in the ER for palytoxin poisoning, so I don't have them anymore. Wife's orders... And after how I felt, I was glad to comply.

BigJohnny · Aug 3, 2018

FarmerTy said:
$10/polyp is about right in our area of the States.

They are also the same polyps that put me in the ER for palytoxin poisoning, so I don't have them anymore. Wife's orders... And after how I felt, I was glad to comply.

Whoa, you got palytoxin poisoning? What happened?

I was about to tell that guy dont get too excited those are one of the most dangerous palys.

bubbaque · Aug 3, 2018

I didn't ever see you say you were poisoned

! That's pretty scary.

FarmerTy · Aug 3, 2018

BigJohnny said:
Whoa, you got palytoxin poisoning? What happened?

I was about to tell that guy dont get too excited those are one of the most dangerous palys.

bubbaque said:
I didn't ever see you say you were poisoned ! That's pretty scary.

Yeah, I think I posted a separate thread about it. Fragged some palys... Thought I'd use my new fancy coral saw... Basically sent the palytoxin into the air... Poisoned both me and my dog... He vomited profusely and shook the whole time... I couldn't regulate my temperature, felt pain throughout my body but specifically my joints, cramping, muscle twitches, nausea... It was not fun times.

He spent overnight at a vet for observation, I spent the night at the ER. $2200 later, I learned a valuable lesson and got the stink eye from my wife for a week after that. Deal was to continue reefing, had to remove anything that could kill me from the tank... So no zoas/palys of any kind... Which was easy for me as I had moved all zoas and palys to the sump already and just kept them to frag.

bubbaque · Aug 3, 2018

Wow you didn't even get sprayed in the eyes or nothing, all from just cutting and getting in the air. Sounds like it was pretty rough. When you went to the ER did you tell them what it was?

FarmerTy · Aug 3, 2018

bubbaque said:
Wow you didn't even get sprayed in the eyes or nothing, all from just cutting and getting in the air. Sounds like it was pretty rough. When you went to the ER did you tell them what it was?

Inhalation is one of the more direct routes of exposure... More than just dermal contact.

I told them exactly what it was and also brought them a printout of another known case in Alaska. [emoji23]

FarmerTy · Aug 5, 2018

A couple I posted in my blue/white pics thread that I never posted in my build thread.
CC Voodoo Magic (actinic)

Boom Corals Red Loripes (actinic)

ikolbaba06 · Aug 5, 2018

Went through this whole build. Good job!

FarmerTy · Aug 5, 2018

ikolbaba06 said:
Went through this whole build. Good job!

Thanks a ton! And... Oh my! That's quite the feat!

Ryan Friman · Aug 5, 2018

FarmerTy said:
A couple I posted in my blue/white pics thread that I never posted in my build thread.
CC Voodoo Magic (actinic)

Boom Corals Red Loripes (actinic)

I would love a frag of that voodoo majick. Such nice colors and polyp extension.

FarmerTy · Aug 5, 2018

Ryan Friman said:
I would love a frag of that voodoo majick. Such nice colors and polyp extension.

It was never on my radar as something to get but took a flyer on it at a frag swap and I'm glad I did. What an amazing piece under white and under blue lights. In today's market, it should really be a $200-$300 frag but luckily you can get it for a lot less!