Novahobbies official 110g rebuild thread

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Pictures! This is the FINAL rock arrangement. Really.
Except for the rock with the rose coral.

These are with both LED fixturess on. It's not so obvious on film (thankfully!) but you can still sort of see how the left side of the FTS has a different color temperature than the right side. Michelle says it's only obvious to be because I'm a fish geek. She's probably right.

 
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@Siptang: No, you're probably looking at the Dispar. I have two Bartlett's Anthias, one Dispar Anthias, and 1 Blue Reef Chromis in this tank right now. There is a Mystery Wrasse and a Leopard Wrasse in QT tanks....the Mystery Wrasse will be added in a week or so, and the Leopard still has 3 weeks min of QT to go.
@ snakeblitz: Thanks! You know the first rock I was having trouble with....it was looking all out of place? Well I finally got it tucked down low where I wanted it so there was a bridge and cave between the two rock columns....but then I found ANOTHER nice holey flat rock that made another bridge/cave combo just a little higher up. So I have plenty of caves and dart holes for skittish fish, but I managed to keep that deep valley look I was shooting for. Now for the challenge - keeping that section of glass clean and free of coralline!
 
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Ahhh I see I see.
I was able to get everything minus the superman monti.
I was about to send you some sms but realized its late lol.
Any ways, see ya tomorrow bud.
 
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haha me too Rick. My wife will be home from work around the same time you guys get here.
I have everything in the frag rack ready to go buddy!
 
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cool you guys are hooking up. Always nice to meet people you been talking with but never seen. Hey nova, nice rock work. Is that a lot of little rocks glued down? What glue did you use and do you like the results? I tried using silicone once, didn't like the look and it didn't last.
 
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It was nice to meet you and your wife Rick.
I hope to come by you soon as well. Enjoy the frags and thanks for coming by. it was my pleasure having you folks. :)
Sorry that i was a bad host and that I was just babbling about fish and corals and didn't offer you guys anythig to drink. Whew
.. I even bought drinks for you today too. :/
 
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@ Mr. Limpid: Thanks for the compliment on the rockwork! It's not as hard to do as it seems, but the columns are made of smallish rock that is foamed onto a PVC frame. I use bare PVC, cut and built to shape, then I "glue" the rock using expanding pond foam. It forms a strong bond, is light, but the rocks are easily ripped off if I really needed to remove one. I modified the technique called "live framing" and used the foam instead of lots of little PVC plugs. You can check the fist page, posts 5-11 for a more detailed description.
@Sip: The pleasure was all mine! I had a great time meeting you, and you are NOT a "lousy host," LOL!! Michelle and I had a wonderful time, and I'm completely in AWE of your tank! We should definitely hang out, and hell, maybe it's worth the drive to go to the reef club meetings down your way. Like I said....not a whole lot of aquarium action in the Boca/Deerfield area. You are welcome to my place anytime, come on by and we'll have some dinner.
To those who haven't seen Richard's tank....he has a truly stunning 72g bowfront. The vibrancy and life in that tank is really outstanding. Pictures can't do it justice...you just have to see it for yourself!

So I came back with 5 frags: A nice size Pocillopora frag, a red monti cap, a small superman monti, a purple monti cap (which of course fell to the back of the tank, I need to fish it out!) and a beautiful little birdsnest frag. They're all settled now, but the pics I managed to get...well, they suck. I need to try using a REAL camera, because the neon greens of the Poci and the Birdsnest don't show up at all.
Hey Sip, was it me or did the superman look a little bleached? You think I should keep that low until it colors up again?? These LEDs do tend to punch down pretty well. Right now I have it midway, but it's not facing completely up.
EDIT: Just fished the purple monti out. The downside of having such a large tank is pretty clear...it's a complete PIA to fish out anything that falls to the bottom rear. But I didn't want to risk waiting, even while I was writing this post.
 
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BTW....babbling about fish and corals.....isn't that your idea of a good evening? It certainly was mine....
And now that Michelle has seen your tank, she wants MORE fish than my (apparenly) measly 11-fish stock list. I Blame You.
 
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Lmbo, yea dinner sounds like a plan and maybe if you drive down to me, we can go to the meeting together.
Also its not a supeman monti but its season 's greetings monti. Its greyish green with red polyps that plates. Superman is blue and red polyps and its coming soon. :)
Also the middle should be more then ok. You can blast it if you want. My friend was blastinging at 500 par lol. It was acclimating to my weak lights. Give it couple of weeka and you will see. :)
Btw, more fish the merrier right? Lol. You know you don't mind it hahaha.
Send me your list of fish and I can see what I can do for you. :)
 
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To heck with a Corona on the beach (well, I'd take that too, but....)
I got my LandShark, some Buffett on the iPod, and my Spot in front of the tank.
 
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Siptang http:///t/391428/novahobbies-official-110g-rebuild-thread/580#post_3495366
Lol, awesome. What did you see?
Picked up a nice Hydnophora frag, a yellow Ricordea, and a good size piece of Pipe Organ for the horse tank. They had a VERY nice Sprung stunner (about 3 inches diameter) that almost came home with me, but I figured I should let the tank settle a bit.
Geez. If you had ANY idea how bad my spelling was right now, you'd laugh. Can't type to save my life. Need another beer.
 
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There are....no words. I can't begin to describe the kerfarking mood I'm in. There, I just made up a word. Let me define it.
My Leopard Wrasse just died. I mean, JUST died. Killed herself. She was fine this morning, swimming around, happy as a fish in water. Which is good, since that's a pretty apt description. This evening, same story. Swimming back and forth, pacing the 20g tank in her usual lazy arcs. She had a funny way of swimming, it was like gliding under water. She would swoop in these up and down parabolas, finning every once in a while, but generally letting the current support her.
Now, when I first got her, I knew that she was a jumper. And in fact, she would often splash against the top of the tank in the evenings and mornings when the light went on/off. I had the tank covered -- half with netting, and half with a piece of clear plexi. Hang on to that for a minute.
Anyway. Fish seemed fine. I was in the den earlier tonight, futzing around on the big computer. I left to clean out the car (going to Sea World tomorrow, BTW...). When I came back in, I walked into the den....and heard a loud splash/crack. Went to look at the tank. And found a very dead fish, with a very broken back. Which she had JUST broken. Apparently she got it in her head to leap out of the tank, hit the hard plexi side, and...well, it didn't work out well for her. And no....I'm afraid there was no hope of "just stunned" or anything like that. She was gone, completely broken back and a good sized lesion where she had hit....and no breathing. I let her stay in the tank for a couple minutes, but I already knew.
FRAK. Flower, come take my title away. No fish whisperer here.
 
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Here are some coral pictures I took tonight. Trying to take my mind off of the wrasse (officially I'm mad at the fish right now......dumba$$ idiot!) AND....you know what's worse? I just got an email from one of my fish stores...they got a Potter's Angel in stock tonight and they have a Leopard Wrasse (don't know if it's male or female).....but since I'm going out of town, bet ya dollars to doughnuts that neither will be there on Monday. Ergh. Yes, I'm venting. ;-) ANYWAY........
Birdsnest frag:

Pocillopora frag:

One of my Frogspawns:

The nice little Hydnophora I got today:

Purple Monti:

Red Monti:

Full Monti:

And the start of the Ricordea garden:

I want to say a BIG thank-you to Richard (Siptang) for the Montis, the Poci, the Birdsnest, and the couple things that might be coming in a week. These frags are GREAT!!
 
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