The Garden -- Rakies shallow SPS cube

[WallyB]

Nice Photos.

That Bleeding Apple is Amazing, but the Wilsoni is out of this World!!

Also the SPS encrusting right onto the Acrylic Tray. You either left it there for ages, or that is some impressive Encrusting Speed.

 

[Rakie]

Nice Photos.

That Bleeding Apple is Amazing, but the Wilsoni is out of this World!!

Also the SPS encrusting right onto the Acrylic Tray. You either left it there for ages, or that is some impressive Encrusting Speed.

Both! lol. A lot of them encrust all over my permanent frag racks.

This bad boy ate up 1/3 of the rack before I plucked him off and let the rack dry out.. Was kind of intense! Should have gotten a pic before I removed him -- this was a month or more before he was pulled off the rack

 

[Janci]

Ha, those non coral zoas would get a nice display in my zoa garden.

That Wilsoni in the right top of the Jersey Bounce is yummy... it is close to symmetric. I like symmetric.

Do you also PAR-blast the frag tank as you do in the display?

 

[Rakie]

Ha, those non coral zoas would get a nice display in my zoa garden.

That Wilsoni in the right top of the Jersey Bounce is yummy... it is close to symmetric. I like symmetric.

Do you also PAR-blast the frag tank as you do in the display?

I've got two wilsoni, the big one and a tiny one!

Yes, my Radion is at 100% intensity, using the WWC program. I figured it's a good chance to A/B test their setting vs my setting. I'm also using the diffuser, which means I'm losing 15% par.

 

[Rakie]

That Wilsoni in the right top of the Jersey Bounce is yummy... it is close to symmetric. I like symmetric.

I've got two wilsoni, I'm not entirely sure if that second little one is the same as the big one or not. May be different, can't tell.

 

[Rakie]

Couple bad phone pics. Horrendous bubble algae (slowly dying). When my sps recover from their dino scars I'll get some good SPS pics.

Or maybe I'll get some pics of them looking bad to document their progress.cjust gotta get the camera out..

 

[fabutahoun]

This is an amazing collection of corals !!

 

[Rakie]

This is an amazing collection of corals !!

Thank you!

Just need all my nicer SPS to completely recover so I can bother getting a few good pictures of them. They're a little pale/chalky colored, a few slightly bleached, one recovering from RTN, etc etc.

That's what I get for dosing meds to kill some bubble algae.. Too bad it wasn't GHA, my trochus love that stuff

 

[Rakie]

Alright... I'll try a dang emerald crab and make sure to feed it. I will cry if he eats my little gobies though!

 

[tripdad]

Stick with a female, less likely to cause trouble.

 

[Rakie]

Stick with a female, less likely to cause trouble.

Good to know!

So a friend of mine who has been generous with me walked away with 20-25 frags, pieces of all my nicest stuff. The bank needed a bank... So he's got a whole bunch of ultra high end stuff, and has always been eager to share in return. He brought me a huge Hugo's rainbow stag too so the collection keeps growing.

Corals are looking better by the day. They will recover completely in time, not sure how long it will take but the road to recovery is visible.

Here's hoping in a month it all settles down.

 

[NY_Caveman]

Um, you win the bubble algae competition. I will stop complaining about mine now.

 

[WallyB]

Alright... I'll try a dang emerald crab and make sure to feed it. I will cry if he eats my little gobies though!

If your Emerald Eats Bubble Algae, you don't have to worry about Gobies till he is finished cleaning your tank.
I've had Emeralds many times, and never lost a fish from them.
My Fish prefer to jump out and kill themselves, Die from Starvation, or get sucked into Pump propellers.

And I can't see how a SLOW Emerald can Catch a Small Goby. They are lighting fast.

 

[Rakie]

Um, you win the bubble algae competition. I will stop complaining about mine now.

Yeah it can always be worse lol. it is slowly dying off (SLOWLY)..

And I can't see how a SLOW Emerald can Catch a Small Goby. They are lighting fast.

They aren't fast when they're sleeping! But yeah, it's probably not a huge issue, I'm just the paranoid sort.

 

[Rakie]

The frag pack I gave my buddy

 

[Fudsey]

The frag pack I gave my buddy

Dang, can I be your buddy?????

 

[NY_Caveman]

Dang, can I be your buddy?????

LOL!!! I think I woke my wife up laughing.

 

[Janci]

LOL!!! I think I woke my wife up laughing.

Even my wife told me to be Rakie's buddy.... and she is not even in the coral game.

 

[Janci]

The frag pack I gave my buddy

This must be worth the upgrade to a DSRL camera!!!

 

[Rakie]

This must be worth the upgrade to a DSRL camera!!!

This pic was taken in his tank haha. But yeah, there are some serious gems in there... The top 4 frags are as valuable as my car is. Which is why I needed a good reliable bank.