MM Reef

[ScottyB]

little update. moving last weekend had me all kinds of worried about the tank. not only is it heavy as hell but everything is so sensitive. 5 hours later on a tuesday night i had everything moved, set back up, and working well enough that i didn't have to worry about the tank crashing. in the morning i found out the coral banded shrimp didn't make it. i was bummed, that guy was so cool. shrimp are like that though, real sensitive to water quality changes and especially temperature.

shortly thereafter i found out of a guy near me trying to get rid of a few things because he was moving. he had 2 peppermint shrimp that had to go due to them feeding on a very expensive coral of his, and let me tell you, just going to this guy's place was a new life experience, in a bad way. unbeknowst to me, this dude was in the freaking ghetto. i kept thinking how ridiculous my obituary would read, with me being shot while picking up free shrimp.

anyway he was cool and even hooked me up with some awesome coral fragments. they were all charity peices given to him freely by other reefers, so he thought he'd pass on the favor. i tried to offer him some money but after his constant refusing, i thanked him big time and went on my way (read: hauled ass to a big open road) and so far the corals are adjusting great.

so the new shrimps are Grits and Gravy (anyone remember that Chapelle skit? LOL)


green star polyps, which are growing like weeds now (background). the green stars were looking pretty sad when i first got them, but after just taking time to let them adjust and trying to be consistent with my water quality they really came back. new frag of zoanthids (foreground) that have this crazy radioactive-like glow. they're very hardy so i'm excited to think i'll be able to keep these alive and well.


small leather coral from earlier up top and a new frag of kenya tree coral. i had bad luck with one before but this guy has shown almost no ill effects so far.


small frag of pumping xenia in the front and a large leather coral in the back...had that guy for a while too. pumping xenia are wild, the flowery looking parts expand their fingers and contract, its like watching a heart beat. nobody knows why they work like that, but it's awesome to see.


another shot of the zoanthids, i just love that color.


hope you guys enjoyed another episode of scottyb's wild world! and yes, my dining room smells like a tide pool... :lol: