Samhain's 90 Gallon Reef

[Samhain]

Skimmer is glued, siliconed, up, and running without leakage! Thank you so much for your help. The one part that was broken was a simple plumbing part that I picked up at Lowe's, and super glue/silicone fixed up the rest!

 

[Samhain]

New devilish coral starting light acclimation. It's already starting to puff up a little! Weeee!

And a pretty snail

 

[fastrd400]

Skimmer is glued, siliconed, up, and running without leakage! Thank you so much for your help. The one part that was broken was a simple plumbing part that I picked up at Lowe's, and super glue/silicone fixed up the rest!

Good deal. Glad I could help you guys out.

 

[beeguiles]

Looks like play-doh Haha very nice

 

[Samhain]

It does kinda look like play doh. A little. I can't wait until it's all open and happy!

 

[FishyReef]

So sad. :( I was notified by LA that they accidentally took too many orders for the Lemonpeel Mimic Tang, so I won't be getting one tomorrow. However, true to LA's exemplary customer service, they are keeping the order open for two weeks. If, during those two weeks, they receive more tangs, They will notify me and send one out with no extra shipping charges. If, at the end of those two weeks, they still haven't received more tangs, I have the option to extend the order another week, or choose something else with free shipping. If I choose to extend the order another week and they STILL haven't gotten the tangs in, then they will just have me choose something else with free shipping. And until whatever the item is ships, they aren't charging me for that either. So for now, I'm just going to be getting the Devil's Hand Leather.. And I will definitely be keeping the order open for the full three weeks if necessary (unless they get in the white tail bristletooth, of course!). And if I don't get my tang, then I'm sure I'll be able to find something else in the incredible LA repertoire to bring home with free shipping......

Aww, that's a bummer :( I hope they get one in or else you get something else really cool with free shipping. In the mean time, nice pick up on the leather! Can't wait to see it puffed out fully!

 

[Samhain]

So my husband comes home, and his first comment is, "Wow! What is that? It looks like it has a hard on!" My son calls it a flower..........

 

[beeguiles]

Lmao! That's great

 

[Samhain]

Well, the leather seems to be doing well. It's all puffed up and doing a stress shed, but the polyps are occasionally popping out. I hope that's a good sign......

 

[Samhain]

Took the little guy to visit the Georgia Aquarium today. I was in awe of the beautiful reef tanks they have, especially the gigantic one. It was amazing to see the schools of tangs swimming around, as well as some of the beautiful fish that I've been admiring on LA, knowing I can't keep them in my tank. I could have sat in front of that tank all day, and tomorrow, and the day after that. Bryan got a kick out of watching all the fish swimming around, and he really liked watching the belugas playing. I am totally inspired. I only wish they would have had more coral in that gigantic reef. But I suppose with all the coral-eaters in that tank they could only have so many..........Funny enough, I was almost like a guide there in the reef exhibit. I was naming and describing all the fish for my son, looked up, and realized I had an audience of about 10 other people hanging on my every word. When they realized I noticed them, the little kids in the group started asking me questions about the fish in the exhibit. That was kind of neat!

 

[little_fish]

that is awesome! I ended up doing the same thing when I visited with my dad

 

[Samhain]

ReefGeeks HOOOOOOOOOOO!

 

[beeguiles]

That's awesome!

 

[AdeptMrSniffles]

I was at the Georgia Aquarium last Sunday for my BDay. If it doesn't get more reef geek than that then let me know what is! I loved their reef section but I was blown away with the "ocean voyager" side. HOLY MANTA RAY! Soooooo cool! I can't wait go take my unborn child their.

 

[Samhain]

Here's an updated shot of the leather. Firefish photobomb!

 

[chichimom79]

That is so cool you taught the kids at the aquarium! :D Tank looks great!

 

[Samhain]

Just a bit of a photo update on my tank. Still can't get a decent pic of my Midas. He's a quick little bugger!

FTS

PTS

And my poor attempts to capture Neo on pixel....

 

[beeguiles]

I love neo!

 

[Samhain]

Just a few newer pics for today.

Xenia deciding to move off the frag. It's been looking great in its new location, and I've been seeing some growth too. So I guess it's happy where it is and is deciding to expand its horizons! (sorry for the hazy pics. camera is being stupid and I think I need to clean its lens)

Gracillaria and corraline growth in the tank. I hope that any future tangs I may add enjoy this little treat! It's cropping up here and there throughout the tank.

Neo hiding in his bolt hole

Happy zoas expanding their horizons too.

 

[lilmatty5dimes]

Wow your tank is coming alone great. The zoas are beautiful.