Pix of my tank

[masterswimmer]

Ok, just a few to wet your whistle:

Green Monti Digitata:

Red Blastos:

Favia with massive amounts of sweepers out:

swimmer

 

[fishguttz]

:drool:

 

[herman]

The blastos are awesome dude!!!

 

[Reefer420]

i forget - what kind of lighting do you have over that again?

 

[DevIouS]

i forget - what kind of lighting do you have over that again?

T5's with individual parabolic reflectors!
You didn't know?
:teeth:






Ooooo Blastos!
Cool pics Russ. I knew you were holding out on the good stuff!

I didn't know that Favias had sweepers that extend that much:bigeyes:

 

[masterswimmer]

Thanks Herm.

T5's with individual parabolic reflectors!
You didn't know?
:teeth:

LMAO :lol2: My new PR guy Phil (and that's not a racial slur!!!)

Ooooo Blastos!
Cool pics Russ. I knew you were holding out on the good stuff!

I didn't know that Favias had sweepers that extend that much:bigeyes:

Thanks dude.
That favia has 10 times that many sweepers. It's hard to tell, but those sweepers are only extending from the left side. When the whole thing is extending them it looks like a swaying pin cushion :bigeyes2:

swimmer

 

[fishywoo]

Swimmer very nice eye candy. More pics please.

 

[DevIouS]

LMAO :lol2: My new PR guy Phil (and that's not a racial slur!!!)

I'm Puerto Rican?????

:teeth:

 

[Pseudo]

Umm dumbinican?? Geez did I spell that right ???

I just had too...

Kasei

 

[tonyyammine]

nice pics do u have a full shot of your tank?

 

[DevIouS]

Umm dumbinican?? Geez did I spell that right ???

I just had too...

Kasei

 

[DevIouS]

nice pics do u have a full shot of your tank?

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/tank-threads/10018-pix-my-tank.html

Time to update Russ!
& no more actinic shots...:tongue1:

 

[masterswimmer]

I'm Puerto Rican?????

:teeth:

Who said that? :bigeyes2:
Gotta cover all bases on a public forum! :grouphug:
Can't let anyone read into anything.

Oh, and thanks for the link to my actinic pix. Those are lit by T5's with INDIVIDUAL PARABOLIC REFLECTORS :lol2:

swimmer

 

[prattreef]

Very nice mixed reef Russ. How long has it been set up? Randy

 

[masterswimmer]

Very nice mixed reef Russ. How long has it been set up? Randy

Thank you very much Randy. This past March was two years.

Russ

 

[prattreef]

In another 2 years your Sarcophyton's can join mine in the Atalntis 20,000g. reef as matching underwater couches Randy

 

[masterswimmer]

In another 2 years your Sarcophyton's can join mine in the Atalntis 20,000g. reef as matching underwater couches Randy

LMAO.....It's already much too overpowering for my little 75. I wish there was a way to frag it while still in the tank. I figure I can easily get 75 frags from it. Problem is, it's attached to a rock that's on the very bottom of my aquascape. Not sure what I'm gonna do. It is a major headache already.

By the time two more years rolls around, Atlantis will need a 40,000g tank for BOTH of our sarco's. :lol2:

Russ

 

[masterswimmer]

Randy, I just noticed that link shows a pic of my sarcophyton from a few months ago. It is already pressing against the front glass. Has grown exponentially.

R

 

[prattreef]

I feel your pain. Joe Y. said he can literally lay down in mine now!!! I think you can slowly frag yours right in the tank, just make sure you run fresh carbon to deal with the toxins. RD

 

[masterswimmer]

I feel your pain. Joe Y. said he can literally lay down in mine now!!! I think you can slowly frag yours right in the tank, just make sure you run fresh carbon to deal with the toxins. RD

It's such a weird mixed emotion. We have success in the hobby, with the ability to provide an environment for a coral like this to totally thrive, and we treat it like an intruder! How is that right? :lol:

Anyway, on to the more important issue. I was under the impression that the 'right' way to frag a sarco like this is to put it upside down ('mushroom' down) on a cutting board or glass and use a very sharp razor or scalpel and run a circle around the top. In effect, making a large donut. Then slice the donut into little squares. Put all frags into a SEPARATE container with fresh tank water.

Fragging it in the tank in the above fashion seems radical and prone to huge amounts of toxins being released. Each of the two heads is now about 14" in diameter. Just too unruly.

What's your thoughts?

Thanks for the insight here. :hug:

Russ