downhill_biker Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 Icefire Echinata Purple Plasma Red Planet Pink Lemonade Robusta LE Sunset Milli Rusty Milli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhill_biker Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 Rose City Milli Blue Milli Upscales Sarmentosa Yellow Tort Cali Tort Blue Tort Buckleberry Cap Chip's Fuzzy Acro ??? ??? Rainbow Stylo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhill_biker Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 Meteor Shower Cyphastrea Tyree War Coral Reverse Prism Favia Nuk Green Candycane Rainbow Acan ??? ORA Spongodes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Awesome stuff Curtis. Gonna have to trade ya something or a frag of that prism favia! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhill_biker Posted October 29, 2009 Author Share Posted October 29, 2009 Awesome stuff Curtis. Gonna have to trade ya something or a frag of that prism favia! I know you definitely have something that I want. You always do. I could use some more of your sweet zoas, but right now that coral is a frag itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Very nice looking stuff Curtis!! Keep up the good work and keep the pics acoming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilmca Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Great corals and pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhill_biker Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 Thanks guys. I will continue to update pics as things grow in. I will probably do new FTS before Christmas. We are going out of the country for 3 weeks over Christmas, and I will be doing a before and after over the 3 week break. As fast as things are growing, I'm sure the change will be dramatic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhill_biker Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share Posted November 8, 2009 Today was the WMAS sponsored Mountain West Reef Fest, and it was a blast. I didn't initially intend to go, couldn't really afford it and I knew what kind of stuff was going to be there. I knew there was going to be some sweet stuff and it was going to be too tempting. Well I got tempted, big time! But before I get to that I would like to say that the event was amazing! There were great booths representing many of the great big name products that we all use on a daily basis. I enjoyed talking with them, listening to the presentations and looking at all the coral. This event was a hit! Now, what I got tempted with, Dave from Reef Kingdom had some amazing stuff and once I saw it I couldn't let it pass. Now I have to sell a bunch of coral to pay my rent...lol. Bought 2 amazing trachy's, honestly these are so insane. For those that saw them at the actual show, you can vouch, they are probably brighter in person than they are in the pictures. I am completely blown away by these corals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhill_biker Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share Posted November 8, 2009 Did anyone hear about the Mountain West Reef Fest? It was a pretty big deal and thought maybe some of you heard about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Algae Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 The Tracys are sweet!! Need to find something to trade for the Meteor Shower Cyphastrea and the pink lemonade (after they get fraggable)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Did anyone hear about the Mountain West Reef Fest? It was a pretty big deal and thought maybe some of you heard about it. Yeah I heard about it! But just a few days before the event...... from someone in Washington you went. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhill_biker Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share Posted November 8, 2009 The Tracys are sweet!! Need to find something to trade for the Meteor Shower Cyphastrea and the pink lemonade (after they get fraggable)! I have frags of the pink lemonade, about 5 of them! Not sure about the cyphastrea yet, you're going to have to convince me to frag it...entice me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhill_biker Posted November 9, 2009 Author Share Posted November 9, 2009 Alright I got some new full tank shots last night and thought I would share. I really like taking pics at night because you get a whole lot less glare. Frags are still small but they are growing steadily. It will be a while before they actually look like corals instead of my tank looking like a frag tank. And I got another pic of the new Trachyphillia. Come on all you lurkers let me know what you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Looking good!!! I love the depth on that tank, it looks freaking huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Very nice tank! I agree about the depth. It makes it look huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePremiumAquarium Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Looking good Curtis! I love the new Trachy. The rockwork looks nice and will allow for alot of nice swim room even when your corals grow out quite a bit. I think you should get a couple of nice colonies to start to get rid of that frag tank look. Of course it is always cool to say that you grew everything in your tank from small fragments! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhill_biker Posted November 10, 2009 Author Share Posted November 10, 2009 Thanks guys. Miles I think you need to build a deep tank, its the new trend... Matt, glad you came out of the woodworks. I love the depth of this tank and will never own a tank that is less deep. I am really thinking that I would like something even deeper, maybe something similar to garrett's 5x5 eventually. Maybe I will do a 72 x 72 x 36...who knows. Garrett, thanks. The rockwork does give the fish lots of room to swim, and also allows for the flow to move through the tank without much restriction. I actually like having all frags, and will just let them grow. I want them to choose their own path of growth based on the conditions, so that they look natural. I have seen many tanks where you have coral changing directions of growth based on the tank, and to me it looks weird. I like watching it grow from frags, but also want it to look mature, right now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new school Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 your aquarium is lookin very nice..... seen it on r.c. as well. (whistle) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epicenter Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Great job on the rock work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Hats off to you. This is awesome tank biker. Did you move to utah? Why Utah? What are the dimentions of your tank????how deep? I really like the aquascape. Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkBirkett Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 cool build I just seen your tank build and it's a killer system. I didn't know that Jason's little store sold tanks in Salt Lake City. Sweet set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhill_biker Posted January 29, 2010 Author Share Posted January 29, 2010 Sorry everyone for being gone so long and not updating. I took a trip to Egypt and am just getting back into the swing of things and decided to do an update on my tanks. Thankfully everything survived during my trip and I was very happy to see all of the growth after being gone. (You really notice it when you aren't looking at them every day) I am getting more and more frags and some things are growing in nicely. Some corals might have been placed too close together and are starting to kill each other off. Here are some FTS pics. I still cant get the color right, the blue seems to wash out all of the corals' color and I cant seem to fix it with my white balance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhill_biker Posted January 29, 2010 Author Share Posted January 29, 2010 new school: thanks. epicenter: thanks. i get lots of comments on the rock work. it took some time to get exactly how i wanted it, but now that its done, i think it adds to the "art" and really is the building blocks for something great. Jay: I moved to Utah so that my fiance, Cora, can go to grad school. She is at the University of Utah for physical therapy. We probably wont stay here, but probably wont be back to Oregon either. The next step will most likely be Sandpoint, Idaho; which is where we are from originally. MarkBirkett: Thanks. I actually got the tank from Jason before I moved and I brought it with me in the U-Haul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhill_biker Posted January 29, 2010 Author Share Posted January 29, 2010 Here are a couple pics of some coral as well. The acan is definitely my favorite! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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