Friday, June 6, 2008

Fragfest 2008!

A frag is a fragment of a coral.. so a tinsy piece of a coral that is WAY cheaper than buying a large piece and one that will hopefully grow into a large coral. Last night the WMAS had their fragfest and got 4 new pieces! Here's some tank shots.


First up are my 4th try at Zoanthids... we'll see.... the tank is zoa jinxed!



Here's an Acropora frag, it should have a purplish blue flesh when it opens.



Cool shot of my Green Star Rock and the Xenia behind it, with a light upgrade from 10,000K to 14,000K my tank is much bluer and the colors are a lot more vibrant.


My digita's are doing great!


The star coral frag wasn't doing too hot so I moved it more into the shade, they don't like a lot of light so we'll see if that helps.


Hercules and the Little Mermaid kept getting in the way way of my coral shots! Camera hogs.


My frogspawn is doing really well, it has sprouted 2 new heads recently.


The monti cap is also growing, if you recall, it started out as a stark white blob on a rock and has grown into a gorgeous rust colored monti and the cup has started to grow out of the rock.


Frag #3 from fragfest was a torch coral, I can't wait until it extends it's polyps, it'll be gorgeous and I heard a rumor that some clowns will host a torch if no anemone is available.


The last frag I got was a Pink Peony Pocillipora, aka a Bird's Nest. I got 3 small pieces of it and they are scattered throughout the tank, I'll see which spot is better for them.



Full tank shot with the new canopy that I built. It's not perfect but if you scroll down you'll see what I started with and I think it's an improvement. The best part is I now have full access to the tank under the canopy... with the old canopy I couldn't get to anything without having to completely remove it.

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