Hemmdog’s 90gal Seaciety and 40gal Vale of Shadows

PanchoG · Sep 17, 2019

Very nice additions, the wrasse pic is very good.

Hemmdog · Sep 17, 2019

PanchoG said:
Very nice additions, the wrasse pic is very good.

Thank you sir!

Bleigh · Sep 17, 2019

Super pretty. Both were great choice! I’ll take frags of anything you want to sure too.

12gallonsofhex · Sep 17, 2019

I lost track of your build thread. Good to see your corals looking so good after that PG+E outtage. Love the picture of that wrasse flared up.

Hemmdog · Sep 17, 2019

12gallonsofhex said:
I lost track of your build thread. Good to see your corals looking so good after that PG+E outtage. Love the picture of that wrasse flared up.

Thanks man! Yea things seemed to bounce back pretty quick from that, I was lucky. Lost a lot of fish but the coral was resilient. Things are doing better than ever now, I’m loving my 90 lately.

Bleigh · Sep 17, 2019

Sad story but also a silver lining. Glad they’re all doing well and you’re getting to enjoy it. The downs make the ups more exciting.

Hemmdog · Sep 17, 2019

Bleigh said:
Super pretty. Both were great choice! I’ll take frags of anything you want to sure too.

Lol, when I send your jackolantern I plan to fill the box to the brim with misc. frags. ;Happy

Bleigh · Sep 17, 2019

Hemmdog said:
Lol, when I send your jackolantern I plan to fill the box to the brim with misc. frags. ;Happy

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12gallonsofhex · Sep 17, 2019

Hemmdog said:
Thanks man! Yea things seemed to bounce back pretty quick from that, I was lucky. Lost a lot of fish but the coral was resilient. Things are doing better than ever now, I’m loving my 90 lately.

Thats awesome! Its looking great.
I was thinking about your tank on Saturday when i drove by your town on the way back from the coral farmers market.

Hemmdog · Sep 17, 2019

12gallonsofhex said:
Thats awesome! Its looking great.
I was thinking about your tank on Saturday when i drove by your town on the way back from the coral farmers market.

Ah we should of coordinated! I would of gave you free frags!

najer · Sep 18, 2019

The only pics I get of my purple filamented are photobombs, fidgety little things!

Hemmdog · Sep 18, 2019

najer said:
The only pics I get of my purple filamented are photobombs, fidgety little things!

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Very! Haha.
Your pic looks like an Ad for a Public Aquarium! Good lord! Well done. That is so full of life, amazing.

najer · Sep 18, 2019

Hemmdog said:
Very! Haha.
Your pic looks like an Ad for a Public Aquarium! Good lord! Well done. That is so full of life, amazing.

Thanks for your generous and kind words, I like it!

Hemmdog · Sep 19, 2019

My scoly is still getting a little bigger everyday

Katrina71 · Sep 19, 2019

Hemmdog said:
My scoly is still getting a little bigger everyday
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If you had to pick one scoly, trachy, or lobo, what would you pick? Why?

Hemmdog · Sep 19, 2019

Katrina71 said:
If you had to pick one scoly, trachy, or lobo, what would you pick? Why?

Good question! If the tank was really big I would go trachy willsoni, they get so big and the rainbow ones are such a center piece coral. Scolys are great in smaller tanks or a smaller spot that you want to fill but are less colorful for the price compared to trachys. Lobos I’d stay away from just because they can and will devour nearby corals, I have one but I keep it very far from everything, so far that I can’t even see it to enjoy it lol. If you have a big tank lobos are fine because you can give it a lot of distance, otherwise it’s kind of risky. I also prefer the feeding response scolys and trachys have, they are great at eating food, feeding lobos takes a little more finesse Ime.
So I’d pick scoly, most versatile to tank size, not a serious danger to nearby corals, doesn’t grow super fast or get that big, fun to feed if you’re into that sort of thing; only downside is price.

Katrina71 · Sep 19, 2019

Hemmdog said:
Good question! If the tank was really big I would go trachy willsoni, they get so big and the rainbow ones are such a center piece coral. Scolys are great in smaller tanks or a smaller spot that you want to fill but are less colorful for the price compared to trachys. Lobos I’d stay away from just because they can and will devour nearby corals, I have one but I keep it very far from everything, so far that I can’t even see it to enjoy it lol. If you have a big tank lobos are fine because you can give it a lot of distance, otherwise it’s kind of risky. I also prefer the feeding response scolys and trachys have, they are great at eating food, feeding lobos takes a little more finesse Ime.
So I’d pick scoly, most versatile to tank size, not a serious danger to nearby corals, doesn’t grow super fast or get that big, fun to feed if you’re into that sort of thing; only downside is price.

Thank you. With the expo coming up, I may run across one at a good price.