Ryan's Reef

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

First pictures of new frags! 9/26/06






Last night FMAS had a monthly meeting and frag auction this month there was alot of nice stuff and this is the first time i've bought stuff in a live auction. I think i got some nice stuff all in all. I got 2 blue/teal loose mushrooms, they are split between my display and nano. I got about 8 pink/purple zoo's which are awesome under actinics, most are in my display but there is a 2 polyp frag in the nano as well. Another larger 25-30 polyp frag of mixed yellow and green zoo's is in my nano (i had to remove alot of macro growth from them but they are coming back nicely now). I also picked up some other zoo's about 17 of them they have orange skirts white centers and some green in them too. Ill get some pics of whats in the nano tonight or tomarrow. I also inluded a couple half tank shots you can see the seastack i contructed on the left side of the tank it goes up to within 3" of the surface allowing me more areas to grow coral and a ton more hiding spots since its made mostly of smaller bits of LR.
Best Regards
Ryan

Thursday, September 14, 2006

Blueprints for 55gl upgrade


I've been dreaming of my new upgrade so while sitting here bored at work i came up with this blueprint for a patch reef style setup in a square 55gl column tank.Let me know what you think of the design, the required lighting, and amount of flow i'd need. I doubt ill be getting into SPS stuff just LPS, softies, anenomes, gorgonias shrooms and stuff. this will probably not come to fruition until i move out of my current apt, becuase the floor isnt very sturdy where i live.

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

New Updated Tank Shots




Updated Tank Pics 9-12-06









These are updated tank pics, Including pictures of the new zoo colony before removal of a hitchiking anenome. Some other parts of my 30gl tank and 10gl nano tank are included.
Best Regards,
Ryan