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Old 08-03-2008, 02:25 PM   #1666 (permalink)
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Re: Witty's Monster 210 Experiment

no,,,its got stuff living on it, micro dusters here and there (THE MULTISTRIPE ANGEL LOVES THEM) coraline, shrooms and briarium. in other low light areas, its just base block~

yes, all the rescue fish are thriving. purple tang's HLLE is 85% better, just some scars left near tha head. the yellow tang's anal fin has grown back (slightly deformed) but no dorsal fin except nubbies where the dorsal spines were. (hes fat and happy).Z is totally healed and you cant see a scar on him. the emperator angel still has an enlarged eye on his right. but for a fish that was for all practical purposes at heavens door, hes enjoying life. my ethiopian skeleton of a rabbit fish is so fat and a pig, eats from my fingers. so,,,,,

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Old 08-03-2008, 03:12 PM   #1667 (permalink)
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Old 08-03-2008, 04:25 PM   #1668 (permalink)
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Old 08-03-2008, 06:34 PM   #1669 (permalink)
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Re: Witty's Monster 210 Experiment

Tank looks great Man! I'm wondering about the cinder blocks. Have they "evolved" as quickly as You thought they would? Any general comparison to any "base rock" You have used in the past? Thanks
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Old 08-03-2008, 06:39 PM   #1670 (permalink)
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to me its better than base rock....wide open caverns that larger fish can use without fear of land slides, and even the bottom lavers of base rock will be less "live" in the sense of larger life forms. its serving the purpose for which it was intended. the blue orange and bright green rics are growing directly on the CB's.
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Old 08-03-2008, 06:50 PM   #1671 (permalink)
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That's some Ric garden you have growing there Dave.
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Old 08-03-2008, 08:25 PM   #1672 (permalink)
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working on it,,,tank is only 3.5yrs old~
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Last edited by Witfull : 08-04-2008 at 10:18 AM. Reason: i cant type~spelling correction
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Old 08-03-2008, 08:29 PM   #1673 (permalink)
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Re: Witty's Monster 210 Experiment

Looking great Dave. Everything looks nice and healthy.
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Old 08-03-2008, 09:44 PM   #1674 (permalink)
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That was what I liked about the cinder block idea. I love caves and arches. There is so much growing on them now that you really can't tell what they started as.
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Old 08-03-2008, 11:05 PM   #1675 (permalink)
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Everything looks real nice Dave!
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Old 08-04-2008, 09:21 AM   #1676 (permalink)
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Wow! Looks great Bro
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Old 08-04-2008, 10:17 AM   #1677 (permalink)
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Re: Witty's Monster 210 Experiment

I would love to see a recent FTS! (I tried looking a little bit, I promise!)
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Old 08-04-2008, 10:23 AM   #1678 (permalink)
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Re: Witty's Monster 210 Experiment

scroll up 20 posts~

ok,,,,ill add it here for ya. taken on 8/2/08

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I couldn't agree more on your statement above. With 61 yrs in the hobby, the last 41 yrs in the saltwater end exclusively, I, too, can do things that others should NOT.
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Old 08-05-2008, 05:39 PM   #1679 (permalink)
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Re: Witty's Monster 210 Experiment

just cleaned the glass and did a waterchange and getting ready to frag, thought id continue talking about the blocks. as i said they are becoming populated. this is the exposed section on the right side of the tank.


and this is on the far left side.



and in the center left of the tank under the 3 anemones is another CB.



center right block as mentioned above has a ric garden growng directly on it



and finally behind my carpet anemone is the bottom of a CB, same block with the briarium growing on it (far left of tank.)

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Those shrooms are a cool color.
Where's my pic of Z?
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