Haven't updated in awhile so here goes.
I wasn't really happy with the scape in the tank and was out of room to mount sps to, so I decided to make the change from the BRS reefsaver that I've had in the tank for since the tank was set up over to Tonga branch rock. The swap was done over the course of two rounds with the right side being done first, where approximately 40% of the rocks were. Once things had settled down a bit (once I saw coralline start to encrust the new Tonga), I did the entire left side.
Here's the new rockwork as of today. I still need to clean up the odd frags on the sandbed and then just let things grow in from there. I also need to get in and scrape the back walls on my next monthly scrub down.
Wild frag from one of the LFS. Grew into a decent looking mini so far.
Another LFS wild frag. This one is starting to look decent. It's got a pretty blue base with pink tips from what I see so far.
Wild millie. Pink axial tips and a rainbow of colors in the base polyps. Can't wait to see what happens to this one as it grows.
Went to the same LFS with a buddy and his wife awhile back. They were window shopping and were going back between a couple of frags and couldn't decide on whether they wanted them or not. I picked both of them up and growing them out. This one was picked up by his wife and has receded quite a bit after my alk issues earlier in the year. It's rebounding and it looks like it's on the mend.
Tierra del Fuego
Sunset monti. Requires very little light and actually sits right below one of the Tonga branches in the shade.
Orenji danae. Sits above some of the cluster of zoas (from left to right: RR banana boat, RR fruit loops, rastas, PPEs)
Garf bonsai. Decent grower and mini colony in size now.
Becker tort
One of the only deepwater in the tank.
This was sold to me by the same person that sold me the RR pink floyd. He didn't remember what it was at the time and gave me a great deal on it. He's since ID this one as the WT mother of pearl.
RR pink floyd. Got ugly when I was messing with nitrate dosing.
Nub of the POTO rise and shine.
ASD rainbow table
Pretty wicked wild piece that's colored up well. Also grows relatively quick. It competes with my Oregon torts as the centerpiece in the tank.
Speaking of Oregon tort. These two pieces were at one point one frag. I accidentally broke the tip off the one on the right near the center and reglued it back on. The snails knocked it off afterwards and I decided to glue that tip on a plug instead. That tip grew like steroids for some reason and became what you see on the left piece there. I'm sticking them next to each other so that they can fuse and regrow back into one larger piece.
ORA pearlberry. This one transitioned for me and has stayed this color for awhile now.
CRC purple cadillac. Purple with red polyps. One of my favorites even though it's such a slow grower.
TCK lightning bolt
PC rainbow
RR Canada orange passion
This frag being worked on by one of my ginormous turbos is none other than the homewrecker itself. Probably won't wreck any homes under my lighting haha.
Last but not least, one of the slower growers in the tank. Purple monster.
