My sps journey

[sam.veilleux30]

Looking fantastic man!! Love the scape progress too!

Thanks, it's getting there...
Just have to let the corals grow now!

I only did two treatment of melafix, there was no signs of the bugs after the second one.
The bonsaï really made a come back.

Some changes in the fish population lately, the two blue hippo coudln't stand each other so i trade one for a small scopas.
And i bought a anthias from a fellow reefer, the small thing took a beating.
edit: the anthias died the same week.
if i decide to add them again i will sell the clowns before, it was them who killed the little fish.

I added the rock shown earlier without proper cure (it was out of the water since 2018) and now i have 25 ppm of nitrates...
The video was taken last month.
ps, there's a surprise at 1:20!

 

[sam.veilleux30]

a few pics of the corals taken this week.
i modified few of my colonies to get a more balanced look.

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

STUNNING!!!! So glad to see this update! I love these photos!!

 

[sam.veilleux30]

STUNNING!!!! So glad to see this update! I love these photos!!

Thanks, the acros are holding up!

 

[sam.veilleux30]

Few pics of the fishs

 

[sam.veilleux30]

Fun story...
Do you recall the simpsons episode when they have a lot of greyhound pups and Homer is desperate to get rid of them only to find out at the end that they bring a lot of money to their new owner?

btw it's the one with the "see my vest" song (season 6 episode 20, i did my research for this post)

Well... i have a coral you see, or i should say i had a coral since 2016 that was sold back then as a leptoseris but turn out to be a psammocora.
It's coloration was mainly orange with hints of green/gold/brown, really nice under blue light but barely visible (except the green) under day light.

So long story short, i sold it to a guy who know the owner of reef raft canada and it became a "named" piece.
He was fair enough to mention that i should keep a frag before the transaction and afterward told me about the rr thing.
No hard feelings, i had the price i wanted and i know i could not have created the same hype by myself.

It just put the whole naming thing in perspective...
And made me feel a little bit like Homer in this episode!

 

[sam.veilleux30]

The coral in my tank

and the rr post

 

[sam.veilleux30]

The coral back in 2016

 

[Wrangy]

Amazing how things like that happen, I've been the source of a few of those things here in Aus but it always ends up nasty here so I've become a recluse with my corals these days. I only share with friends and people I like now haha

 

[sam.veilleux30]

Amazing how things like that happen, I've been the source of a few of those things here in Aus but it always ends up nasty here so I've become a recluse with my corals these days. I only share with friends and people I like now haha

Ends up nasty?
How so?

 

[sam.veilleux30]

A few pics taken with the polyp-lab clip under blues
In real life the colors are less flash

 

[sam.veilleux30]

And...
Long nose butterfly second attemp
So far thing are going good for him (like not being harassed)
I got him saturday and he's still not eating the given food (lrs)
Might try mysis tomorrow

 

[Wrangy]

Ends up nasty?
How so?

Australian reefers can be shockers. I've been threaten to have my tank shut down and destroyed because someone "knows a guy" in our fisheries dept, multiple copy-cats with not the right coral trying to make a quick buck off my name/s, insult throwing and people going out of their way to specifically undercut me when I was selling things too. Nowadays I stay pretty quite here in Aus and only really interact with people I know or get along with, it's just too much heartache for me to try and deal with people any more haha. Anything I have to sell, I "sell" to my lfs and he sells them and I have no part of interacting with people hahaha

 

[sam.veilleux30]

Australian reefers can be shockers. I've been threaten to have my tank shut down and destroyed because someone "knows a guy" in our fisheries dept, multiple copy-cats with not the right coral trying to make a quick buck off my name/s, insult throwing and people going out of their way to specifically undercut me when I was selling things too. Nowadays I stay pretty quite here in Aus and only really interact with people I know or get along with, it's just too much heartache for me to try and deal with people any more haha. Anything I have to sell, I "sell" to my lfs and he sells them and I have no part of interacting with people hahaha

It's not easy to live in a convict colony!
Your fellow reefers must have some past trauma deep in their genes to explain such a conduct!
They dont deserve your hard grown corals.

 

[sam.veilleux30]

The little guy, still not eating (lrs, mysis), chasing pods all day
The emperor is starting to be agressive toward him...
Might try an oyster tomorrow

 

[Wrangy]

He's looking really good!!

 

[sam.veilleux30]

He's looking really good!!

Started to eat today!
Tried clams without success, he went for those
Might try cyclops tomorrow

 

[sam.veilleux30]

Good news!
The long nose is now eating lrs, started the following day of the previous post.

Unreal coloration (less flash in real)
Iphone 11 with the polyp-lab lens

 

[sam.veilleux30]

A few updates on the corals

 

[sam.veilleux30]

New frags coming soon!