I wish
@Ibn was still around. He took professional pics during previous tank tours. I looked at all the photos I took with my iphone and these are the best I could come up with. All the tanks were absolutely beautiful.
@treylane lovely mixed reef. The variety and size of leather corals were very impressive but the pictures were blurry and the colors from my photos did not show well. You have to see them for yourself. Here is a pic of her gonioporas: hot pink with yellow eyes, gold yellow, and green. I cant wait to see them fill out this area. I'll be spying her leathers in the frag swap. I hope I find a couple!
@wfong The 120g SPS dominated tank was full of old growth large colonies of different acropora, birdsnest, montipora, stylophora, cyphastrea. The reef structure was created by dead coral skeletons over the last decade providing lots of pockets for flow to move through the tank as well as safe spots for small invertebrates to populate this tank. Very impressive.
@bluprntguy I love the rockscape of this 30 gallon rimless tank. I couldn't capture the rock shelf because of glare from windows. I like how the zoas were growing on the rock; I did not see a single frag plug here. Philip breds his own brine shrimp and feeds his mandarin daily using this
hatchery dish. It's so simple; I think it's worth the time to do this for your mandarin. I also used his
Icecap Macro lens attachment which really helped to show the true colors of the tank. I will recommend the BOD to purchase a few of these for members to borrow similar to the PAR meter.
@Corallus This is the anemone tank. If there is reef rock, I couldn't see any since it's fully covered by softies and anemones. I really want a piece of that centerpiece blue plating sponge.
@Corallus Main Mixed reef tank. Rolf's ability to grow clams is something else. That 4 year old derasa showed blue, green, purple, teal, and gold colors. The yuma and ricordea mushrooms are growing together harmoniously. Lots of zoas, chalices, euphyllia.
We also visited
@Coral reefer but the lights were too blue to capture the right colors from my phone. Mike always has amazing deals for supporting members on his frags. Rolf and I both picked up the same chalice with red, teal, and purple splashes with yellow eyes. Cant wait to get this grown out.
Wilfred and Ellen provided potato poppers with bacon, sour cream, cheese (I think I ate four of these lol); blue berry muffins; cheese; chips; drinks.
Pot luck consisted of Popeyes Fried Chicken and multiple appetizers, dessert, and drinks. Thanks everyone for their hospitality, showing their tanks, and joining the tour.
I had a great time seeing everyone's tank and look forward to the next tank tour.