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| Now I’m sure many of you are saying, “Well cool, but where are the pictures?” I don’t have any pictures. Not any worth posting anyway. You see, the wholesalers seriously frown on any photography inside their facilities and I have to respect that. And while I could have taken some shots inside the retail places, it would have clearly slowed us down so I opted not to do it this time. What I DID do is gather up a few unusual frags and small colonies and had them shipped back home a couple days after I arrived. Those, of course, I DID photograph so check them out in the ‘sps’ and ‘lps’ sections. |
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April
'04:
 We
spent this month laying in the frags
I'd brought back from SoCal with me.
Also, apparently stung by my assessment
of LA's advantage when it comes to
having rare and unusual corals, The
House of Fins here in Greenwich has
really stepped up its efforts in getting
reall 'cherry' stuff. Kudos to Jason
(the manager) for that. The problem
is that I'm just about out of room
for new things no matter where they
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of Fins is still coming through,
acquiring quite a few rarities
including an Echinopora Mammiformis
(see 'sps') and completely
running me out of room. Also, this
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were finally put on line. Wow,
what a difference!!! I'd
say I'm easily at 15X turnover
now; not much I know when compared
to smaller systems with closed
loops, streamers, and the like,
but considering I didn't
change any major plumbing to accommodate
them, these pumps have had quite
an impact. And the sump seems to
be handling it! Of course, now
the filter socks MUST be changed
every two days and they must be
literally tied to their pipes of
else they get blown off, but that's
the hobby: There's no such
thing as changing just one component.
As far as the tank and its inhabitants are concerned, this month I have marked the official end of my ‘rtn’ problems and having to replace livestock because of it (well, I hope so anyway). In other words, it is my plan to add NOTHING (with the exception of one small Steve Tyree LE frag I’m expecting in Sept.) more in the way of corals or fish to the tank for as long as my resolve holds out. I plan to relax and just let the many frags and new colonies grow out without any further tinkering from me. I also resolve to just sit, observe, and enjoy the tank while this is going on and to keep a thorough photographic log. Hopefully, in a years time or less, I’ll be back to having that ‘mature’ reef look that I had before all the trouble began. Then I can frag like heck and start the whole process over again.
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