High Tide Aquatics

Randy’s Flock o' Reef Tanks

Where did you get those magnets that clip into the egg crate? Pretty neat

DIY special. Had some leftover neodymium magnets. Tap plastics sells precut rings and flat disks. Sandwich together, a little WeldOn 4, a sprinkle of superglue here and voila!

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Life’s been a little hectic and tanks have mostly been on auto-pilot. I just turned on the lights after they’d been off, so all the goni’s are being shy.

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And a little bit of a photo dump for y’all. No growth progression pics today. ;)

Battlecorals Backdraft the Movie Acro
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SBB Bloodmoon
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Cornbred Maleficent
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Battlecorals Cricket Spine
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Candy Corals Blazing Rainbow
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TSA Bill Murray
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Reef Raft Red Wing
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Battlecorals Bohemian
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Test of patience. I got this Reef Raft Red Wing Mille sometime at the end of 2022, though the earliest picture I can find is from Jan 2023. It has taken forever to do much of anything, but it seems to have found its stride now. Let’s keep the trend up.

Jan 30, 2025
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November 26, 2024
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Aug 23, 2024
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July 16, 2024
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April 7, 2024
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Sept 12, 2023
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Feb 17, 2023
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Jan 20, 2023
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Test of patience. I got this Reef Raft Red Wing Mille sometime at the end of 2022, though the earliest picture I can find is from Jan 2023. It has taken forever to do much of anything, but it seems to have found its stride now. Let’s keep the trend up.

Jan 30, 2025
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November 26, 2024
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Aug 23, 2024
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July 16, 2024
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April 7, 2024
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Sept 12, 2023
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Feb 17, 2023
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Jan 20, 2023
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I looked at the pictures backwards and wondered why it turned into a watermelon chalice in the end, oops.
 
Slightly overgrown and forgotten? I kinda forgot (ignored) this frag on the rack. It’s grown up the glass as well as all over the rack. Good thing it doesn’t stick to glass to well and the rack still removable without damaging the colony. Now I gotta figure out what to do with it.

I think this is a Red Planet.

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I see a number of people got the a POTO Flamethrower from Thirstyreef in that group buy. (@derek_SR, @Krak256 & @Invictus) I got one from him last Jan 2024 and thought some might be interested in how it’s done over the last 13-14 months. It actually sat on a frag plug on the rack for a while (6-8ish months) before I put it on the rock structure, but it looks like it’s encrusting on the rock now.

Jan 30, 2024
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Feb 24, 2025
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I see a number of people got the a POTO Flamethrower from Thirstyreef in that group buy. (@derek_SR, @Krak256 & @Invictus) I got one from him last Jan 2024 and thought some might be interested in how it’s done over the last 13-14 months. It actually sat on a frag plug on the rack for a while (6-8ish months) before I put it on the rock structure, but it looks like it’s encrusting on the rock now.

Jan 30, 2024
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Feb 24, 2025
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A friendly reminder that everyone should look at their tank at night after the lights go out every so often. What you see can be different! I used to have my acros’ polyp extension (PE) all day on my old RedSea Reefer, but on this tank most of my acros only show their full PE after dark. Compare this to the daytime pic from the post above (#208).

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A friendly reminder that everyone should look at their tank at night after the lights go out every so often. What you see can be different! I used to have my acros’ polyp extension (PE) all day on my old RedSea Reefer, but on this tank most of my acros only show their full PE after dark. Compare this to the daytime pic from the post above (#208).

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Do you hit it with a flashlight or turn the lights on?
 
Rainbow Splice

Here's another acro that's been a test of my patience. I got this all green RRC Rainbow Splice back in October 2021 when yellow pieces that had any red streak was close to $1000, so I settled for a $200 all green piece. Here's how it's turned up since (including some "micro-fragging" here and there.

Oct 22, 2021
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July 21, 2022
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Dec 9, 2022 - a tiny bit of red makes an appearance after 14 months of getting an all green rainbow splice.
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Feb 1, 2023
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Mar 20, 2023
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Oct 20, 2023
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Jun 28, 2024
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Nov 24, 2024
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Mar 3, 2025 - the mini colony and frag I have as of now
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