The Jedi Temple

[masterswimmer]

That clam looks awesome!! I'm quite sure the pic doesn't come close to capturing the true beauty. Nice score.

Russ

 

[ZANYMASTER]

Nice Tank my Padawan:scratchchLol.
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[ZephNYC]

That is crazy!!!
How big is the clam???

I dont want to hijack this thread.....but its about 25"

 

[ZephNYC]

Everything is looking great! Tanks off to a great start. WHen you're ready for Anthias let me know as I can quarantine them for you. I actually have an entire 125 quarantine tank sitting empty. I plan on getting a big batch one of these days, but im not in a hurry.

 

[jedimaster1138]

Hijack, smi-jack, Bertha needs to be spoken of

PS - i watched those videos about the MMDC. Insane!

 

[jedimaster1138]

Everything is looking great! Tanks off to a great start. WHen you're ready for Anthias let me know as I can quarantine them for you. I actually have an entire 125 quarantine tank sitting empty. I plan on getting a big batch one of these days, but im not in a hurry.

I might just take you up on that. I'd like to QT myself, but I think if I set up another tank for that I'll get murdered by the lady I DEFINITELY want to QT the yellow tang (though i'm holding off a while for that)... i suppose I should be a good boy and QT the Anthias too. We'll have to talk. I want to replace my royal gramma soon. I miss his funky color.

 

[kenconnect]

Congrats on ur upgrade.. Wish you all the best buddy.. Keep those pics coming

 

[jedimaster1138]

Thanks all.

PS - broken picture links fixed. That's what I get for re-organizing my photobucket

@Kenconnect - that open brain I bought off you last fall? It's LOVING the new tank. It grows to the size of a softball during the day. Insane! :thrash:

 

[DSNYshellback]

Sweet looking set up!! Best of luck to ya!

 

[masterswimmer]

We're all waiting for the next pic update!

Russ

 

[jedimaster1138]

Here's a couple pictures. Sorry for the lack of updates. Planning a wedding, dealing with a family drama and keeping up with the tank are making for a crazy jedi.

I've been dealing with a brownish green hairy algae bloom. I'm chalking it up to new tank syndrome and taking my GFO reactor offline. They correlate EXACTLY. So I've turned the reactor back on, this time with Seachem Phosguard though...I've heard from the clam experts - aka Zeph - that Phosguard is much nicer to clams. Also seen a lot of stories about GFO murdering big maximas...so...yeah.

Been collecting a lot of SPS lately. Diver's Den, Cherry Corals, Unique Corals, Manhattan Aquariums, Dr. Mac/Pacfic East ... I need to make a list. Also a few Acan Lords and yes...clams!

 

[jedimaster1138]

Here's some more pictures. I'm starting to learn a little more about the Canon T4i... These are all taken near the end of the night under dim-ish light.

Just got this frag from Cherry Corals last week. Haven't mounted it yet. Forest Fire Digitata. I had one a while back, but it didn't live.

This is my Dr. Mac Maxima after about... 6 weeks or so is it Zeph?

Miami Hurricane, I believe a legit Tyree piece. This is about a year old. It started as just the rectangle nub in the center with 3 or 4 eyes. Now it's about as big around as a baseball. New baby royal gramma in the background.

Thanks to Javier for selling me this last year

 

[jedimaster1138]

May the 4th be with you photo dump!

 

[stoneriff]

That is crazy!!!
How big is the clam???

That is the biggest clam I have ever seen in a home tank. HOLY COW!!!
I've only seen bigger ones when I went snorkeling in Tahiti.

 

[Pseudo]

Really nice tank. I like the aquascape. How do you like the Canon T4i? I am looking for a new camera.

 

[Atsoi88]

How are the chalices doing under the Maxspect razors?

 

[jedimaster1138]

That is the biggest clam I have ever seen in a home tank. HOLY COW!!!
I've only seen bigger ones when I went snorkeling in Tahiti.

If you mean Zephy's big Gigas... I think Bertha clocks in at nearly 3 feet now. She's so big a couple clownfish live IN HER. Yeah. That big.

How are the chalices doing under the Maxspect razors?

I've had the Miami Hurricane for over a year and it's always done well. Growth has continued under the new lights, it might have actually accelerated a bit, but that could just be the sand not being on it as much.

The other chalices are new, so it's hard to tell.

Everyone has good color though, that's for sure.

Really nice tank. I like the aquascape. How do you like the Canon T4i? I am looking for a new camera.

Thanks. I agonized over the scape for about a month.

The T4i is pretty cool. I know next to nothing about photography so I'm trying to learn. It doesn't help that aquarium photography is kinda hard. The pictures above are my first attempt shooting raw mode and then basically just tweaking the white balance and that's it.

In the hands of someone who knows what they are doing, the T4i would be awesome. As it is, it's easy to take gorgeous auto-mode pictures. Also the touch screen LCD is pretty freaking cool.

 

[jedimaster1138]

Been neglecting posting for a while, I was busy getting married. LOL

Here's a picture dump. Lots of changes lately, some good, a few not good, but that's not too surprising. The best news is that I *think* I've murdered off the brown slime algae, finally. Fingers staying crossed.

My clownfish host in my pink palythoas now. It's rather entertaining...especially when a turbo snail decides to walk over the palys. Mama clownfish gets VERY upset.

Glass was dirty when I took some of these, sorry!

Coral shot

Diamond Watchman Goby on one of the rare occasions he's not digging.

2 of my anthias. These are Dispar from Indonesia.

More coming later, I have to process some raw files.

 

[CancerverO]

Looking really good bro ..

Congrats on your marriage again !

 

[thirty6]

Tank and pics look great, congrats too