JamesL

I really like the island looks!

I came into this thread thinking it was real. But I leave relieved it was not

I see that happen a lot when I change my water too. The strings are coming from little worms in the live rock trying to catch the junk in the water that was kicked up by the water change. For me, they come from these real small little hard tubes. Nothing to really worry about, just creatures trying to get something to eat

Hooray for another Southie! Welcome to the club!

Wow! Look at all those entries

Nice new additions.

That is some great growth in just a few months time.

We are going to be out of town that weekend for a family reunion I am sure it will be an awesome meeting.

Merged the multiple threads together.

Coldwater in Texas ... sounds too challenging to me

*whistles* Very nice! And I like the idea of having the clear back to see the refugium. So the refugium is more for pop production than pH balance in this tank?

I did the island tactic to keep my bubble tip from wandering all over the place. It also is working to keep GSP in check also.

Most of the pictures are over about a 6month time frame.

Welcome!

+1 to what Gabe said. Plus, when I had a yellow watchman, it would sift the sand somewhat looking for extra food. I would not put a jawfish in a bare bottom tank. Like crmike said, it is not it's natural environment, and will most likely be stressed out. Jawfish can be very picky creatures.

Looks good. I think the couple of holes you have are probably big enough for an angel and tang to swim through.

Wo.. that depth picture is awesome!

Normally this would be removed, as non-saltwater items are limited to Premium members. But I will leave it for now seeing as subsea provided some information on how to convert them to saltwater.

Oh boy, this should produce a lot of entries considering how prominent green is in the hobby

Yes, started that a few months ago. I got a big zoa explosion just from moving them from CF lights to MH.

Inspired by mdavis and others on this board, I thought I would start a thread for people to show off their best growth shots. This can give people new to the hobby an idea of how patience pays off in this hobby. It would be helpful to have the general dates associated with the pictrues to get an idea of time frames. I will start with a few. Candy Canes They started in my old 24g (April 2007): And now they are in my 75g, fragged into two separate colonies now (August 2009): Red Zoas Bought this small frag from RCA (January 2009): And they grew (June 2009): And grew (August 2009): Green Zoas Had gotten these a while back from another reefer cross country, but this was the frag that made it to the 75g (January 2009): Hard to get a shot of them due to their position, but they also exploded (August 2009): Will post some more in a future post.

Well, the smaller ones would actually bore holes into the rock eating stuff living inside. I am not really sure on the larger ones. Urchins are great at eating algae, but some tend to eat the top layer of rock also. Thanks It was a hectic weekend, but she made out like a bandit

Doh! Overkill is right. Don't know why I was thinking colt coral.

Urchins... they are cute until they start knowing frags over. Also, I believe the spiny type like that can be rock boring. Not saying this is all bad, just some things to think about.