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01-14-2008, 07:58 PM
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Keeper of the Reef
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Northern Indiana
Posts: 2,825
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Then and now 9 months old! (lots of pics, not dial up friendly)
Wow it's been 9 months since I started the hobby. Thanks to everyone who helped and gave advice.
My tank started out BB with PC lighting, pro clear skimmer and a bio ball wet/dry.
Now after 9 months:
500W MH lighting
30g sump
NW-200 skimmer
SSB (for looks)
I started adding SPS about 5-6 months ago, The folowing pics are mostly growth pics. It's amazing to see how things have changed. I moved most of the softies into a new tank and am going SPS dom.
The following pics are mostly from member frags. I noted who I got them from below. THANKS EVERYONE!!!
FTS then and now:
Monti Cap roughly 4 months growth (1-900-reef) (it's still just as orange just a bad pic)
Birds nest 4 month growth (Grallster)
Acro 4 month growth... (it's right in the center) (1-900-reef, snaped off this for free when we did some trading. IT turned slightly pink with blue polyps)
and now...
Other misc pics...
This Purple Digi (Digitalias)was as big as the frag behind it 4 months ago, Next to it a Tri color (A. Valida)(Grallster)
Last pic... Green/pink rim Monti Cap (Bklynmet), Chalice (lfs), and Blue Tort frag (Grallster) (got the Monti in trade, it was about the size of a quarter 4-5 months ago now 2.5" across)
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They call me Chris  I'm obsessed with fuzzy sticks 
125g SPS tank 200g total volume: E.T.S.S. 600: Dart w/ OM 4-Way CLS: 3x 250W XM10K:
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01-14-2008, 08:39 PM
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^on dbl secret probation
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Mishawaka, Indiana
Posts: 364
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Looking great Chris 
Brett
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120 gal. mixed reef, 175 14K MH, 380 watts VHO, Snapper return pump, OM S-Squirt, 40 Gal. sump. MR1 Skimmer
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01-14-2008, 10:23 PM
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Shark
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 3,195
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nice
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400 Gallon Mixed Reef
refugium with sump 
& Now 75 Reef at work
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01-15-2008, 01:09 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 26,393
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Very Nice!
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01-15-2008, 10:19 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Bristol, IN
Posts: 285
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That's nice growth for just 5-6 months!
I think we both got Purple Digi the same day. Mine didn't do much for a while, & is just now really starting to take off. It seems to want to encrust more than branch out.
Hard to believe you're only 9 months into the hobby.
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Todd  29 gal. mixed reef, 150w Phoenix 14k HQI, 20 long sump/fuge.
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01-15-2008, 10:42 AM
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Ski Bum
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Indiana
Posts: 993
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Great growth pics!
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01-15-2008, 01:29 PM
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Keeper of the Reef
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Northern Indiana
Posts: 2,825
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Well I was into FO for years before going reef...
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They call me Chris I'm obsessed with fuzzy sticks
125g SPS tank 200g total volume: E.T.S.S. 600: Dart w/ OM 4-Way CLS: 3x 250W XM10K:
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01-15-2008, 02:02 PM
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Shark bait
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Elkhart, IN
Posts: 1,074
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great to see our frags growing in other tanks
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01-15-2008, 02:33 PM
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Keeper of the Reef
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Northern Indiana
Posts: 2,825
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bklynmet
great to see our frags growing in other tanks
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Yeah the monti you gave me started out a bit slow. Now it is really taking off!  It's hard to see growth on a quarter sized frag but once it starts to get some size you really notice on a monthly alsmost weekly basis (for Montis at least)
I cant wait to see it in another year. There are a few moew corals I want to add. Specifically a Bali Green Slimer and maybe another 5-10 SPS Stags
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They call me Chris I'm obsessed with fuzzy sticks
125g SPS tank 200g total volume: E.T.S.S. 600: Dart w/ OM 4-Way CLS: 3x 250W XM10K:
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01-15-2008, 03:16 PM
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softie crazy
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: south bend, indiana
Posts: 422
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01-15-2008, 03:44 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Goshen, IN
Posts: 164
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Looks great!! Hows your other tank after the crash?
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01-15-2008, 04:18 PM
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Keeper of the Reef
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Northern Indiana
Posts: 2,825
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Most of the stuff came back lost all the Xenia, a few zoas, brown stars and my purple colt. The tank look slike crap now. I have not cleanes the glass or the sand bed since the crash. I don't want to disturb anything more than nescessary. Will probally do some maintance this weekend.
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They call me Chris I'm obsessed with fuzzy sticks
125g SPS tank 200g total volume: E.T.S.S. 600: Dart w/ OM 4-Way CLS: 3x 250W XM10K:
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