I received a box of rocks today.
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Great photos at dons brian, you got some sweet angles. Theres so much to try and photo in dons reef. Cheers boys.
sfin52
So many pedestrians so little time
I love the grande palyA couple back of the tank top down close ups
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Beautiful pictures, but in the last one 2 blokes (thats men under UK translation!) are in the way I can’t see the tank!! LolThe kids and I spent the afternoon with @Crabby48 today. Don and I have had a few adventures together, but this was the first time I got to see his amazing tank in person.
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Yup that’s the stuff I love we talked about. Forgot what coral it is already.A couple back of the tank top down close ups
Nice catch. Didn’t you ID it originally?
I had a few beers to end the weekend and both of you blokes made me laugh. Great end to the weekend
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LOL, Cespitularia. Needs a cool short name.
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I did but I still love mine detatched and floated away
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I should have brought you some. Totally blew it. The little sprout would have been perfect. Bummed because I was trying to think of something to bring you too. It was in the back and I didn’t think of him.
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I’ll save it for ya! There are a couple of new buds forming too. Feeling like this thing might race the anemones to take over the tank.
Just simply = wow!.Just stick to glueing animals to rocks ;Hilarious
Speaking of which, I owe you all a Zoa update. I have a long post in my head and lots of pictures. It has just been a very busy week. Did I mention I am sick of politics? I guess honestly there has not been a time I wasn’t.
I will just leave this here for now.
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Zoa Time
I mounted these last week, but thought I would still document it here. For those of you who may have heard me rambling on about it here or offline, you will now get the whole story.
First I needed to prepare myself to work deep in the tank and handle Zoas. That means shed some clothes, wear glasses and mask and of course, calf birthing gloves. I realized my clear glasses and face shield were at the old house, so I had to improvise. Safety first!
Next, I set up my work station and threw some towels and yoga mats down to protect the hardwood. I had a few tubes of super glue gel, bone cutters and a butter knife to remove the plugs, a bucket of tank water to hold the frag rack and a small tub of tank water to place each rock in while glueing frags
I sat down all set to go and you will notice I forgot the bone cutters and knife. LOL! I had all the frags arranged and separated into two groups for the two small shelf rocks I was using. Everything was perfectly planned so that I would know which was which if they closed up. The plan was the larger specimens on one rock and the smaller ones on the other. Then arranged by colors.
Well, halfway though the first rock, I knocked the frag rack and a few fell loose. LOL again. I thought I got them right, but you will see the two large Palys on the first rock we’re meant for the other rock. Oh well. I may move them one day.
In the end it went well. There were a could of plugs I could not fully remove, but I got most of them.
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I mounted these last week, but thought I would still document it here. For those of you who may have heard me rambling on about it here or offline, you will now get the whole story.
First I needed to prepare myself to work deep in the tank and handle Zoas. That means shed some clothes, wear glasses and mask and of course, calf birthing gloves. I realized my clear glasses and face shield were at the old house, so I had to improvise. Safety first!
Next, I set up my work station and threw some towels and yoga mats down to protect the hardwood. I had a few tubes of super glue gel, bone cutters and a butter knife to remove the plugs, a bucket of tank water to hold the frag rack and a small tub of tank water to place each rock in while glueing frags
I sat down all set to go and you will notice I forgot the bone cutters and knife. LOL! I had all the frags arranged and separated into two groups for the two small shelf rocks I was using. Everything was perfectly planned so that I would know which was which if they closed up. The plan was the larger specimens on one rock and the smaller ones on the other. Then arranged by colors.
Well, halfway though the first rock, I knocked the frag rack and a few fell loose. LOL again. I thought I got them right, but you will see the two large Palys on the first rock we’re meant for the other rock. Oh well. I may move them one day.
In the end it went well. There were a could of plugs I could not fully remove, but I got most of them.
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In current events, the clone anemone was showing off his foot today. He has still been twisting and contorting a bit, but no splits yet.
I also got a nice picture of the mushroom opened up large today. Typically he spends his time all twisted up too.
I also got a nice picture of the mushroom opened up large today. Typically he spends his time all twisted up too.
sfin52
So many pedestrians so little time
Very nice. I do the same thing as you do when spliting zoa. Don't have a face shield and never considered face mask. Just close mouth tight like I was back in grade school and a girl tried to kiss me. No girl cooties.
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LOL! I never went through that phase. I have been kissing them back since first grade.
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Nice work sirZoa Time
I mounted these last week, but thought I would still document it here. For those of you who may have heard me rambling on about it here or offline, you will now get the whole story.
First I needed to prepare myself to work deep in the tank and handle Zoas. That means shed some clothes, wear glasses and mask and of course, calf birthing gloves. I realized my clear glasses and face shield were at the old house, so I had to improvise. Safety first!
Next, I set up my work station and threw some towels and yoga mats down to protect the hardwood. I had a few tubes of super glue gel, bone cutters and a butter knife to remove the plugs, a bucket of tank water to hold the frag rack and a small tub of tank water to place each rock in while glueing frags
I sat down all set to go and you will notice I forgot the bone cutters and knife. LOL! I had all the frags arranged and separated into two groups for the two small shelf rocks I was using. Everything was perfectly planned so that I would know which was which if they closed up. The plan was the larger specimens on one rock and the smaller ones on the other. Then arranged by colors.
Well, halfway though the first rock, I knocked the frag rack and a few fell loose. LOL again. I thought I got them right, but you will see the two large Palys on the first rock we’re meant for the other rock. Oh well. I may move them one day.
In the end it went well. There were a could of plugs I could not fully remove, but I got most of them.
Under whites
Under blues
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