Rich's San Francisco Build

jporter17 · Sep 1, 2013

Awesome pictures and corals!

RichieT · Sep 1, 2013

Clearwater said:
What a great collection you have put back together. You have a true gem there. Keep up the great work. Btw your scape looks amazing. Can't wait to see this tank mature. Hit me up if you are ever in ventura county. South of ya

Thanks. Ive been babysitting it and making sure I only put things I like in there. I'm really going for the classics vs the new and unproven. Plus it doesn't hurt that LFS is pretty good.

skinz78 · Sep 1, 2013

Looking good Rich! How bout a FTS?

RichieT · Sep 1, 2013

skinz78 said:
Looking good Rich! How bout a FTS?

I'll get a few wider shots on Monday. The zoa garden is complete. Just needs a few more months to grow

Scoly · Sep 1, 2013

Glad to see things are going so good for ya! Top notch collection you have going on there!

skinz78 · Sep 1, 2013

LOL I didn't know a Zoa garden could ever be complete!

RichieT · Sep 1, 2013

skinz78 said:
LOL I didn't know a Zoa garden could ever be complete!

I only have so much rock work so I had to choose wisely. Slow growers. Great colors. Non melters. The only thing I still want is the PZ version of the hallucination. All the ones I've seen in the bay are dull in comparison.

Nuocmam · Sep 1, 2013

RichieT said:
I only have so much rock work so I had to choose wisely. Slow growers. Great colors. Non melters. The only thing I still want is the PZ version of the hallucination. All the ones I've seen in the bay are dull in comparison.

So there are different strains of Hallucination. Mine came from a buddy down south. Now I must collect more to find the brightest. I give up.

slojmn · Sep 2, 2013

Rich, the tank is looking awesome. That PZ goo shroom is awesome!! put me on the list for it. Your nem is GORGEOUS!!!

Scribe · Sep 3, 2013

Great looking tank, and amazing pictures. Following along to see how this tank grows. Great job.

RichieT · Sep 3, 2013

slojmn said:
Rich, the tank is looking awesome. That PZ goo shroom is awesome!! put me on the list for it. Your nem is GORGEOUS!!!

Thanks Alicia. The corals I got from you were the first in the tank. All looking good except for the stupid jawbreakers. Not sure why I can't keep them happy

brandon85 · Sep 4, 2013

Lookin good Rich!

RichieT · Sep 17, 2013

brandon85 said:
Lookin good Rich!

Thanks man. And here is a new picture.

Picked up this bad boy a few weeks ago. Probably one of my favorite pictures to date. I love the shadows on the shroom.

Actinics:

Whites:

psidriven · Sep 17, 2013

Man, jawbreakers look the great under white or actinics. Have to put it on my list. Great tank and scape. Keep it up.

austx · Sep 21, 2013

It's hard not to drool everytime I look through this thread. Love the rock work man, I'll tag along and ask for the fts as well haha.

RichieT · Sep 21, 2013

bchap said:
It's hard not to drool everytime I look through this thread. Love the rock work man, I'll tag along and ask for the fts as well haha.

The full tank looks blah because the sps is still so tiny.

secretreefer · Sep 21, 2013

Awesome bro! Tank is looking awesome and I just love that center rock structure. definite cool and when the sps grows in that will look even cooler.

RichieT · Sep 25, 2013

secretreefer said:
Awesome bro! Tank is looking awesome and I just love that center rock structure. definite cool and when the sps grows in that will look even cooler.

Thanks man. I'll be putting a list together for some of your zoas soon.

On another note. Guess who just reserved a pair of Stigmata Blennies.

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