Rich's San Francisco Build

[Tahoe61]

Ahh sigh, that Jawbreaker is stunning. Do you know if they are slow growers as in spreading?

 

[RichieT]

I think I see a spot Rich, you might be able to squeeze in another frag:tongue:

That why I had to sell a zoa pack today to free up some room. And so I could afford one of those big boy zoas that everyone is talking about.

Stigmata blennies are too cool! Let me know when you frag 'em

I still cannot believe how well the two pieces line up from the front, looks like only one piece of rock in there! Yeah, I did that on purpose...

I've been waiting for the right fish to come along to throw in this tank. I woke up and saw Nicewrasse's post and thought, yep this is the right fish. Can't wait for them to come out of QT. Definitely a killer looking fish.

As far as the rockscape, you did an OK job for an Amateur. lol. Kidding of course. At this point the rock work is still the star of the show. Give me a few more months though and my zoa garden and shroom wall will be complete.

Ahh sigh, that Jawbreaker is stunning. Do you know if they are slow growers as in spreading?

Thanks. It all depends on the Jawbreaker. Kmaintl has posted some really good information on how the Jawbreaker grows and propagates itself. It appears that the closer to the original mother you go the slower they pop babies. The subsequent offspring appear to release babies far more frequently. The trick is to get the mother shroom to move towards something without becoming too unhappy. As the shroom moves across the frag plug or rockscape it tends to lay down babies along the way.

 

[Nuocmam]

Looking good man! Hope that Superman frag is doing well for you.

 

[RichieT]

Super excited. Came home today and my Colorado Sunburst anemone split into 4. It was getting huge at about 10 inches partially expanded. Now it's more manageable in a 50 gal tank.



I've also been hiding these bad boys away.
True blue dots on a blue base with a serious golden rim

My bounce shroom has also been dropping babies. Check out this little guy

 

[kschweer]

Congrats on the split!

 

[RichieT]

Congrats on the split!

Thanks. What's crazy is that is instantaneously changed color during the split. It used to all look like the bottom right part

 

[kschweer]

That is pretty strange. Beautiful nem by the way. I saw one in person for the first time at macna and was blown away.

 

[MoeManTheSnowMan]

I'm dig'n the shroom collection!

Where did you get your bounce shroom from?

 

[Tahoe61]

Beautiful stuff, thank you for the detailed response on my previous post.

 

[RichieT]

The dust has settled and I have 3 healthy Sunburst Nems. Please no more PMs. I'm not selling them. If I do I will post them in the FS thread.

The Darwin Shroom - I don't know how to describe how awesome this shroom is in person. The green is lime grean and that streak is forrest green. I couldn't capture it perfect on the camera.

Actinics:

Whites:


These acans are freaking hot. bright neon pink with a crazy bright yellow ring.


And finally a comparison shot of watermelons -
From right to left we have
WWC Sunrise ----- JF My Miami ----- JF Crazy Fox

 

[reefingnoob]

Awesome tank. All of this growing with kessil a360?

50g cadlights artisan cube with Vertex Illumina LED

 

[flowflezy]

Great looking tank

 

[RichieT]

Awesome tank. All of this growing with kessil a360?

50g cadlights artisan cube with Vertex Illumina LED

Yep. All with a single A360w.

 

[Sahin]

Wow, what an awesome collection of corals. I'm an SPS guy, but dude, you have a nice collection and the photos are awesome! :tongue:

 

[RichieT]

Wow, what an awesome collection of corals. I'm an SPS guy, but dude, you have a nice collection and the photos are awesome! :tongue:

Thanks. Eventually I'll make the move into a more mixed reef. The zoas and shrooms that have been coming in lately are just too hard to resist.


With that being said. Time for an update.

The XTC Shroom. This thing is truly insane in pattern and color. Baby blue is killer on any coral


WWC Twizzlers


WWC Pink Kraks (not mine, just holding for a friend)


Yellow/Pink Acans - I didn't like acans much until these.


PZ Vampire PE - Still one of my favorites and I finally am getting the white ring back which makes these things better than the rest


PZ Grafted Shroom - Not as bright orange as the jawbreaker but that green part is neon green. The color also transfers to the babies which is cool


And last but not least my favorite chalice which grows way too slow. Just keeps getting better

WWC Sunrise

 

[Nuocmam]

Man your pic of the XTC shroom is making me want one.

 

[RichieT]

Man your pic of the XTC shroom is making me want one.

Better in person. I couldn't get the lighting right

 

[buddythelion]

You gonna count the bumps?

 

[Nuocmam]

Why would do that? As it grows won't there be more?

 

[3Twinklets]

Awesome Rich! What kind of fish did you get?