Red Monti Pics

[iseeweed]

Just snapping some pics. tonight. I bought this red monti frag on 7-15-08 from my local LFS for $20. It is growing really fast and I am very happy with the view from the top!

 

[Ben1]

Those are some nice fast growing corals. I like when people get other color caps and grow them together. You have some nice growth from yours, grats.

 

[Sea Turtle]

I am shocked at how fast those grew!! 8O That is some nice coral. It will be huge in no time!!

 

[kevindub]

I want a scrolling coral now

 

[patrice]

Nice coral! I really need to give it a try!!!

 

[Ben1]

How about a FTS iseeweed, looks like you have a nice big milli in there too.

 

[iseeweed]

Hey Ben, I will get a FTS shot this weekend. I finally have a little time to play with my tank! Just got married and lots of work crap going on.

 

[Ben1]

Grats on the marraige! I hear ya about lots of work crap going on...busy season for me too.

 

[iseeweed]

Here are some FTS. I took the pics tonight with an old Nikon L11. Unfortunately my good camera got swamped on my honeymoon(left it in my swimtrunk pocket-oops, too much rum punch)

 

[Ben1]

Looks nice, its really coming together well for ya, I remember your build in the wall thread now. Have you thought about painting the back of the tank black or deep blue or something?

 

[iseeweed]

Thanks Ben. I am going to cover the back someway. I was thinking a blue piece of posterboard or something. I want it to be easily removable so I can have visibility of the back of the tank. I tried blue window tint, but it really didn't work out. Any ideas??

 

[Anonymous]

schweet FTS! I like the way it looks iseeweed.

 

[iseeweed]

Thanks Lawdawg!

 

[Ben1]

I dont know what other backings you can use. Most of the time salt drips behind them and then it takes away from the look. In TRA vol 3 they show some tanks with internalplastic sheeting that provides a solid background color, hides power cables, and can be simply pulled out and wiped down when algea builds up on it. I dont know how well that really works never actually trying it myself. I perfer just to paint mine since I cant get behind mine to work on anyhow.

 

[Sea Turtle]

Very nice. How old it that tank if you don't mind me asking?

 

[iseeweed]

Very nice. How old it that tank if you don't mind me asking?

I started the tank on 5-15-08. The first picture was taken in July with just a couple of fish. The second(August) is when I first added coral. The third is a few days ago.

 

[Sea Turtle]

Very nice!! You know, I really like the plastic cutting board look. It makes the tank look so clean and neat. My friend did the same thing to his tank when he set it up. I was also thinking of doing it but went with the deep sand bed theory wich I am a little sceptical on.

Anyway, nice job.

 

[iseeweed]

Very nice!! You know, I really like the plastic cutting board look. It makes the tank look so clean and neat. My friend did the same thing to his tank when he set it up. I was also thinking of doing it but went with the deep sand bed theory wich I am a little sceptical on.

Anyway, nice job.

The only problem with the bare bottom is up close, is looks like crap. Lots of tube worms and stuff. A Friend of mine used black starboard, and it was covered with coraline almost instantly.
I guess if you have enought plate corals and such to cover the whole bottom, it would look pretty good.

 

[Sea Turtle]

Oh, never knew that. It still looks good from far away though. Will Zoanthids grow on it like a carpet? That might be really cool.