Mike and Terry's 300g Reef

Mike&Terry · Oct 17, 2014

Well, it's that time of year again...

We have scheduled our Reef Party for November 1st and are starting to get really excited about it. For those that don't know us, this is an annual event where we also include a raffle and canned food drive for our local food bank (raffle tickets for canned goods in a nutshell).

Last year, with the help of reefing friends from our local club, Richmond Reefers, as well as, MAMAS, WAMAS and Reef2Reef we were able to collect nearly 700lbs of food donations. This year we have upped the ante and set a new goal of 1,000lbs - WOOT!

Here are just a few of the awesome prizes for this year's raffle:

25g Marineland Reef Ready Cube with glass top
(6) 50g bags of AquaCraft BioSea Salt Mix ($150 value) Donated by AquaCraft
(20) I'm A Reefer T-Shirts (various sizes) 10 Tee's ($200 value) Donated by Carolina Aquatics
(1) Tunze 6055 NanoStream pump
(1) LiveAquaria $50 Gift Certificate Donated by LiveAquaria
(1) 60lbs of Pukani Dry Rock ($203 Value) Donated by Bulk Reef Supply
(15) Reef Geek Ladies Tee's (various sizes)

We'll be posting up some pics of prizes in the next few days, so STAY TUNED! :bigsmile:

Mike&Terry · Oct 20, 2014

A few of the raffle items

Eienna · Oct 20, 2014

Why must you be in VA? XD

Mike&Terry · Oct 21, 2014

Eienna said:
Why must you be in VA? XD

You need to move to the east coast... :smile:

Mike&Terry · Oct 21, 2014

We had some more raffle items come in this morning:

Please excuse the crappy iPhone pic. We'll get some better pics once everything comes in.

falconerr · Oct 22, 2014

Got any nori sheets in that pile?

Mike&Terry · Oct 22, 2014

falconerr said:
Got any nori sheets in that pile?

Yes we do! Need some?

falconerr · Oct 22, 2014

Always seems I can never keep enough. Lol

falconerr · Oct 23, 2014

Was good seeing you today. Tank looks amazing as usual.

Electrobes · Oct 23, 2014

Hey Guys! So a couple things.. It's been two months, we need another video update and what are your feelings towards the upcoming Maxspect Gyre Generator?

Fish76 · Oct 23, 2014

So I just read thru the entire thread and just have to say wow :hail:! Just curious, how's the scrubber working out for you? I'm looking at the Surf2.....

Mike&Terry · Oct 25, 2014

falconerr said:
Was good seeing you today. Tank looks amazing as usual.

It was GREAT seeing you and THANK YOU for the $100 dollar donation for our canned food drive!

:rockon::cheer2::high5::whoo:

Mike&Terry · Oct 25, 2014

Electrobes said:
Hey Guys! So a couple things.. It's been two months, we need another video update and what are your feelings towards the upcoming Maxspect Gyre Generator?

We saw the Gyre Generator in action at MACNA and were super-impressed! We probably won't have time for video until after our Reef Party next weekend, but we do have some updated pics to post up today.

Fish76 said:
So I just read thru the entire thread and just have to say wow :hail:! Just curious, how's the scrubber working out for you? I'm looking at the Surf2.....

Thank You! We still have nightmares about that day and there were times when we seriously thought about giving up, but then we'd look at our Desjardini who had been dependant on us for so many years and we knew we had to keep up the fight. We also know that we could not have done it without the amazing support of our family, friends and local reef club.

As for the scrubber, we LOVE it! We feed more than ours is designed to handle, so while it doesn't replace the rest of our arsenal against Po4, we have noticed it is taking a longer period of time for GFO to become exhausted. We'll take that!

Mike&Terry · Oct 25, 2014

Snapped a few coral pics with my iPhone last night:

prsnlty · Oct 26, 2014

I always enjoy seeing your beautiful corals, thanks for sharing!

Oldude · Oct 26, 2014

As usual, great looking stuff.

iReef86 · Oct 26, 2014

1649... I want a frag of that one! What's it called?

Mike&Terry · Oct 26, 2014

prsnlty said:
I always enjoy seeing your beautiful corals, thanks for sharing!

Thank You, Jackie!

Oldude said:
As usual, great looking stuff.

Greg, your tank is an inspiration to us and we appreciate the kind words! A few of our large colonies took some bad hits in the spring between our kalk reactor pump failing and a VERY bad fish choice (C. flavissima). We're just glad that things have settled down and the corals are growing back in.

iReef86 said:
1649... I want a frag of that one! What's it called?

That is an A. subulata. We purchased a frag from Harry's Frags back in 2012 and it has grown into a gorgeous table. My pics do not do it justice.

Oldude · Oct 26, 2014

Mike&Terry said:
Greg, your tank is an inspiration to us and we appreciate the kind words! A few of our large colonies took some bad hits in the spring between our kalk reactor pump failing and a VERY bad fish choice (C. flavissima). We're just glad that things have settled down and the corals are growing back in.

Thank you for your kind words! I feel your pain I lost several large colonies last spring as well.
I have often thought about getting one of those "lemon peel" angels over the years but have been able to resist the temptation - You just never know what will happen because fish are so hit & miss. For example I have a coral beauty I've had for 10 years and it is a model citizen but I hear horror stories about them all the time. I have had other angels, pyramid butterflies & even regal tangs that were fine for a few years and then turned rogue - you just never know.