D2mini's Part II has landed!

d2mini · 01/22/2010, 02:44 PM

helix149 · 01/22/2010, 07:07 PM

More amazing pics soon please we are all waiting to drool over your new babies

d2mini · 01/22/2010, 09:07 PM

Omg!!!!

So much stuff!!!

I'm freakin out, man!!!

littlefish09 · 01/22/2010, 10:05 PM

we want pictures

d2mini · 01/22/2010, 10:26 PM

Ok, here is just SOME of what showed up along with the rock!

What kind of fish is that? He hopped along the rocks and then found a hole.
Working on more pics of stuff out of the bags, in the tank...

d2mini · 01/22/2010, 10:58 PM

Ok here's the last of the pics for now.
A tour around the tank from the left, along the front, to the right.
I really need to re-think rock stacking/placement, but for now I just had to get it all in there!!!
Ignore the monti frag, that's from my old tank.

d2mini · 01/22/2010, 11:00 PM

reefak · 01/22/2010, 11:14 PM

Oh my...awesome. I haven't even got part one and I already can't wait for part two. You scored. Beautiful.

noahm · 01/22/2010, 11:18 PM

Awesome stuff. The fish is a tiger goby. It will likely jump if you don't have a cover. This angle has the makings of a killer scape.

liverock · 01/23/2010, 06:43 AM

Hiya

Looking good!

the fish is a tiger Gobi....some ID info is here

http://www.tampabaysaltwater.com/the...organisms.html

Keep us posted!

Richard TBS

Mangodude · 01/23/2010, 10:48 AM

Did you order "the package" or just the rock? That is an AMAZING amount of extras!! I bough a used tank that came with live rock but now I want to buy more! Saddly, I'm out room. I'm trying to upgrade so I may be buying from you soon Richard.

How's the blenny doing?

reefak · 01/23/2010, 01:37 PM

Did you squirt the rocks with hot water to get a look at the hitchhikers?

liverock · 01/23/2010, 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reefak

Did you squirt the rocks with hot water to get a look at the hitchhikers?

Not the best idea.....stresses out the rock...especially after a trip to Anchorage Alaska!

Richard TBS

d2mini · 01/23/2010, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reefak

Did you squirt the rocks with hot water to get a look at the hitchhikers?

Nope. Straight into the tank!

But one of them i wanted to make smaller just now, so i took it out for a sec and one good hit with a sledgehammer busted it in half. Guess what was hiding in the split? A mantis!

reefak · 01/23/2010, 09:16 PM

OK Richard, I promise not to squirt with hot water. That is how he said he got some of the critters out of his first batch. I guess I'll just stick with traps.

I love the purple gorgonians.

Mangodude · 01/24/2010, 07:15 AM

I LOVE Those purple gorgonians!! Richard, would you sell one of them seperately?

What type of starfish is the orange one? is it reef safe?

You got a crazy good package!

liverock · 01/24/2010, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mangodude

I LOVE Those purple gorgonians!! Richard, would you sell one of them seperately?

What type of starfish is the orange one? is it reef safe?

You got a crazy good package!

Yup...got the gorgonians.....look on the price page..

http://www.tampabaysaltwater.com/ord...pricelist.html

and that florescent star?....used to be many here....but the red tide we had 5 years ago wiped them out....that is only the second one I have seen in years......awesome critter....

Richard TBS

d2mini · 01/24/2010, 04:54 PM

Ammonia was closer to .5 this morning but this afternoon looked like it may have been moving closer to 1.0 again so just did another 25g water change.

Richard, thanks for the reply email this morning.
I trimmed a couple of the effected tips off the yellow tree sponge. We'll see how it does.

d2mini · 01/25/2010, 08:09 AM

Here's a few more pics... did some re-arranging of rock, with 2 non-symmetrical pillars allowing flow from the vortechs in between. Aquascaping a walk around cube is HARD!!! LOL!

noahm · 01/25/2010, 09:45 AM

Looks awesome. That is exactly the look I was hoping you would create. Here's a suggestion that I think would be the icing on the cake. Take one of those photosynthetic gorgs (non-purple. They are indestructible) and epoxy it to a smallish flattish rock. Place that in the most open corner, slightly away from the corner. Bury it in the sand so it looks like a single tree/island. It will create a very cool 3-D look and balance the offset columns perfectly. Man I love that tank footprint!

d2mini · 01/25/2010, 12:43 PM

Thanks for the tip!
I'll see if I have a spot for it.

noahm · 01/25/2010, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by d2mini

Thanks for the tip!
I'll see if I have a spot for it.

I was a landscape designer/contractor for several years. Don't feel like I am telling you what to do. I just really like what you have going with the two offset islands and thought it would look really cool.

Madratter · 01/25/2010, 05:50 PM

Sweet! Love my little Tiger Goby which is in my tank in the den upstairs. He is constantly flitting around. My tank in the family room has no fish and there is a very discernible difference in terms of amphipods, copepods, mysis shrimp, etc. He keeps them fairly cleaned out whereas the tank in the family room has plenty. BTW, they need very little food. I feed mine basically nothing other than what he finds on his own or the scraps left over from feeding the starfish, etc. And that happens only once a week and not much then. And no, he doesn't look starved at all.

d2mini · 01/26/2010, 09:41 PM

Here's my first ever tank VIDEO!

This lets you see the rock layout better than I can capture in pics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MEmSqpYxFo

liverock · 01/27/2010, 08:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by d2mini

Here's my first ever tank VIDEO!

This lets you see the rock layout better than I can capture in pics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MEmSqpYxFo

Neat!

one suggestion.....the plants....need to be planted...so the root-ball is covered in sand......like a regular plant....everything looks real happy!

sea ya
Richard TBS

01/22/2010, 02:44 PM	#1
d2mini Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 10,344	D2mini's Part II has landed! __________________ -dennis Elos Diamond 120xl \| Elos Stand \| Radion G4 Pros \| GHL Profilux Controller \| LifeReef Skimmer \| LifeReef Sump Photos taken with a Nikon D750 or Leica M.

01/22/2010, 09:07 PM	#3
d2mini Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 10,344	Omg!!!! So much stuff!!! I'm freakin out, man!!! __________________ -dennis Elos Diamond 120xl \| Elos Stand \| Radion G4 Pros \| GHL Profilux Controller \| LifeReef Skimmer \| LifeReef Sump Photos taken with a Nikon D750 or Leica M.

01/22/2010, 10:26 PM	#5
d2mini Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 10,344	Ok, here is just SOME of what showed up along with the rock! What kind of fish is that? He hopped along the rocks and then found a hole. Working on more pics of stuff out of the bags, in the tank... __________________ -dennis Elos Diamond 120xl \| Elos Stand \| Radion G4 Pros \| GHL Profilux Controller \| LifeReef Skimmer \| LifeReef Sump Photos taken with a Nikon D750 or Leica M.

01/22/2010, 10:58 PM	#6
d2mini Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 10,344	Ok here's the last of the pics for now. A tour around the tank from the left, along the front, to the right. I really need to re-think rock stacking/placement, but for now I just had to get it all in there!!! Ignore the monti frag, that's from my old tank. __________________ -dennis Elos Diamond 120xl \| Elos Stand \| Radion G4 Pros \| GHL Profilux Controller \| LifeReef Skimmer \| LifeReef Sump Photos taken with a Nikon D750 or Leica M.

01/22/2010, 11:00 PM	#7
d2mini Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 10,344	__________________ -dennis Elos Diamond 120xl \| Elos Stand \| Radion G4 Pros \| GHL Profilux Controller \| LifeReef Skimmer \| LifeReef Sump Photos taken with a Nikon D750 or Leica M.

01/22/2010, 07:07 PM	#2
helix149 Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: straw plains tn Posts: 47	More amazing pics soon please we are all waiting to drool over your new babies

01/22/2010, 10:05 PM	#4
littlefish09 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: methuen, ma Posts: 55	we want pictures

01/22/2010, 11:14 PM	#8
reefak Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Wasilla, Alaska Posts: 46	Oh my...awesome. I haven't even got part one and I already can't wait for part two. You scored. Beautiful.

01/22/2010, 11:18 PM	#9
noahm Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 2,736	Awesome stuff. The fish is a tiger goby. It will likely jump if you don't have a cover. This angle has the makings of a killer scape.

01/23/2010, 06:43 AM	#10
liverock RC Sponsor Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Tampa Posts: 3,836	Tiger Hiya Looking good! the fish is a tiger Gobi....some ID info is here http://www.tampabaysaltwater.com/the...organisms.html Keep us posted! Richard TBS

01/23/2010, 10:48 AM	#11
Mangodude The Clown Tang Keeper! Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Fort Collins CO Posts: 1,962	Did you order "the package" or just the rock? That is an AMAZING amount of extras!! I bough a used tank that came with live rock but now I want to buy more! Saddly, I'm out room. I'm trying to upgrade so I may be buying from you soon Richard. How's the blenny doing?

01/23/2010, 01:37 PM	#12
reefak Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Wasilla, Alaska Posts: 46	Did you squirt the rocks with hot water to get a look at the hitchhikers?

01/23/2010, 09:16 PM	#15
reefak Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Wasilla, Alaska Posts: 46	OK Richard, I promise not to squirt with hot water. That is how he said he got some of the critters out of his first batch. I guess I'll just stick with traps. I love the purple gorgonians.

01/24/2010, 07:15 AM	#16
Mangodude The Clown Tang Keeper! Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Fort Collins CO Posts: 1,962	I LOVE Those purple gorgonians!! Richard, would you sell one of them seperately? What type of starfish is the orange one? is it reef safe? You got a crazy good package!

01/24/2010, 04:54 PM	#18
d2mini Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 10,344	Ammonia was closer to .5 this morning but this afternoon looked like it may have been moving closer to 1.0 again so just did another 25g water change. Richard, thanks for the reply email this morning. I trimmed a couple of the effected tips off the yellow tree sponge. We'll see how it does. __________________ -dennis Elos Diamond 120xl \| Elos Stand \| Radion G4 Pros \| GHL Profilux Controller \| LifeReef Skimmer \| LifeReef Sump Photos taken with a Nikon D750 or Leica M.

01/25/2010, 08:09 AM	#19
d2mini Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 10,344	Here's a few more pics... did some re-arranging of rock, with 2 non-symmetrical pillars allowing flow from the vortechs in between. Aquascaping a walk around cube is HARD!!! LOL! __________________ -dennis Elos Diamond 120xl \| Elos Stand \| Radion G4 Pros \| GHL Profilux Controller \| LifeReef Skimmer \| LifeReef Sump Photos taken with a Nikon D750 or Leica M.

01/25/2010, 09:45 AM	#20
noahm Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 2,736	Looks awesome. That is exactly the look I was hoping you would create. Here's a suggestion that I think would be the icing on the cake. Take one of those photosynthetic gorgs (non-purple. They are indestructible) and epoxy it to a smallish flattish rock. Place that in the most open corner, slightly away from the corner. Bury it in the sand so it looks like a single tree/island. It will create a very cool 3-D look and balance the offset columns perfectly. Man I love that tank footprint!

01/25/2010, 12:43 PM	#21
d2mini Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 10,344	Thanks for the tip! I'll see if I have a spot for it. __________________ -dennis Elos Diamond 120xl \| Elos Stand \| Radion G4 Pros \| GHL Profilux Controller \| LifeReef Skimmer \| LifeReef Sump Photos taken with a Nikon D750 or Leica M.

01/25/2010, 05:50 PM	#23
Madratter Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 223	Sweet! Love my little Tiger Goby which is in my tank in the den upstairs. He is constantly flitting around. My tank in the family room has no fish and there is a very discernible difference in terms of amphipods, copepods, mysis shrimp, etc. He keeps them fairly cleaned out whereas the tank in the family room has plenty. BTW, they need very little food. I feed mine basically nothing other than what he finds on his own or the scraps left over from feeding the starfish, etc. And that happens only once a week and not much then. And no, he doesn't look starved at all.

01/26/2010, 09:41 PM	#24
d2mini Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 10,344	Here's my first ever tank VIDEO! This lets you see the rock layout better than I can capture in pics. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MEmSqpYxFo __________________ -dennis Elos Diamond 120xl \| Elos Stand \| Radion G4 Pros \| GHL Profilux Controller \| LifeReef Skimmer \| LifeReef Sump Photos taken with a Nikon D750 or Leica M.