Presents for myself

[BL1]

So, I took my finals for language school on Monday, just found out the I passed and I get to move on now. So, in honor of my accomplishment, I decided to treat myself to a shopping spree at the LFS :^:. Well, after an hour there I left with a pair of clowns, ricordea frag, a rock of Alveopora, and three heads of hammer coral. They're drip acclimating now, so pics will be posted when they're in the tank.

 

[Smitty]

Congrats on the passing grade, and congrats on the new additions :)

 

[Bifferwine]

Yay we want to see! Hammers are great.

 

[wontonflip]

Yay....i love shopping sprees, even if it wasn't me ;)

 

[Melosu58]

Sounds like you really deserve it. Congrats.

 

[BL1]

Thanks guys, pics are uploading now, unfortunately the hammer and alveopora still haven't opened yet

 

[BL1]

Here's my clowns (the larger is a mocha ocellaris and the smaller is a regular ocellaris

I can't seem to get a really clear pic but, here's the hammer

The green ric is my new one

And here's the unopened alveopora (it's just starting to come out a little bit now, I'll have to update the pics later)

 

[yote]

Awesome additions Brian.
Now go pass another exam so you can get some more stuff.:D

 

[BL1]

Thanks Yote, those will probably be my last additions for 3 months or so, I'll be gone ALOT. But, when I get back it'll be a good reason for some more corals!
As it happens, I was checking out the corals and I found a new hitchhiker! A little tiny decorator crab

 

[AdeptMrSniffles]

Congrats!!! nice additions.

 

[Leslee]

Congrats on the new additions! Gotta love a celebration purchase!

 

[d2mini]

Wow, i love that big blue easter egg!

 

[BL1]

HAHA thanks Dennis, the polyps are finally starting to come out

 

[ggNoRe]

Congrats! Man, I love that alveopora can't wait to see it open up!

 

[BL1]

Here's some pics with everything opened up. The alveopora still hasn't opened all the way, could this be because there's too much flow on it? I've read that it's a low flow coral/

Here's the ric and hammer opened. The ric ended up being a really good sized one for only $10

Here's a shot of all the corals on the sand bed, I'm thinking about making a ric garden and a zoa garden just need to figure out where I want them

 

[BL1]

Thanks for all the nice comments everyone. As much as I love this hobby, being able to share everything with people/friends on this site just makes the hobby that much more fun and enjoyable to me :D

 

[yote]

Their gettin happy in there.:D

Cant wait to see those grow out.

 

[Bifferwine]

Those are beautiful looking! The alveopora may take a while to open up. They don't adjust quickly.

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

Awesome additions! :D

 

[dcantucson]

Very nice additions! Congratulations, you deserved them.