Is there anybody else out there that has or had a Misfit Island inside your reef tank? A section that maybe you planned or maybe you didnt plan but it kind of took off in its own. An after thought of a place in your tank. A place where you leave a frag of whatever until you figurer out what u should do with it, that one last piece or the accidental cleaning in tank now u have a broken frag on your hands and nonwhere to put it . A place where you just kind of left a frag or two and now you have a Misifit Island in your tank you can't stop looking at because nature just took its course and made its own amazing micro reef. This is what keeps me in this hobby the pure beauty of nature just doing its thing. Heres my Misfit Island to share Aptasia and Algae included.
Misfit Island!
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Talo’s Reef
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What cool narrative
Guttersnipe
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This is a really cool thread. I would love to see more examples.
I would love to see if others have something similar going on in there tank.
Guttersnipe
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I’m going to set one up. This is really cool. I just have to think of what to put on it.
Unskilled Reefer
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Great idea for a thread! I don’t have a misfit island yet but I have a few pieces that could be relocated on one.
My filefish tank started with a rogue Kenya tree, small rock with a palythoa and few mushrooms, and one small teal palythoa colony. Just threw everything in as they were pieces from the main dt that had broken off the main rock. It has turned into my favorite tank. I love just watching it do its own thing.
That's awesome!My filefish tank started with a rogue Kenya tree, small rock with a palythoa and few mushrooms, and one small teal palythoa colony. Just threw everything in as they were pieces from the main dt that had broken off the main rock. It has turned into my favorite tank. I love just watching it do its own thing.
IM 10g.
Started with a few small zoas and 2 small frags of white and silver pulsing xenia.
A year later the tank was overrun. This is about the size of a soccer ball.
Now a refuge for anything not compatible in the main, though xenia is king.
No skimmer, just ATO, floss filtration, occasional manual dosing (alk and Ca) maybe once every 2 weeks, last water change about 6 mos ago.
Has 3 sexy shrimp, 1 pom-pom crab, 1 emerald crab, 2 bumblebee snails, numerous micro-ceriths, astrinas, and thousands of pods visible at any time.
Hypnotizing to watch.
Thinking of expanding it into a 40g to see what happens.
Wow! That's is really cool. I seen a huge colony in a tank once. So cool to watch pulsing.
IM 10g.
Started with a few small zoas and 2 small frags of white and silver pulsing xenia.
A year later the tank was overrun. This is about the size of a soccer ball.
Now a refuge for anything not compatible in the main, though xenia is king.
No skimmer, just ATO, floss filtration, occasional manual dosing (alk and Ca) maybe once every 2 weeks, last water change about 6 mos ago.
Has 3 sexy shrimp, 1 pom-pom crab, 1 emerald crab, 2 bumblebee snails, numerous micro-ceriths, astrinas, and thousands of pods visible at any time.
Hypnotizing to watch.
Thinking of expanding it into a 40g to see what happens.
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Beautiful
IM 10g.
Started with a few small zoas and 2 small frags of white and silver pulsing xenia.
A year later the tank was overrun. This is about the size of a soccer ball.
Now a refuge for anything not compatible in the main, though xenia is king.
No skimmer, just ATO, floss filtration, occasional manual dosing (alk and Ca) maybe once every 2 weeks, last water change about 6 mos ago.
Has 3 sexy shrimp, 1 pom-pom crab, 1 emerald crab, 2 bumblebee snails, numerous micro-ceriths, astrinas, and thousands of pods visible at any time.
Hypnotizing to watch.
Thinking of expanding it into a 40g to see what happens.
