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10-22-2003, 09:12 PM
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King Squid
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Apple Valley, MN and Houston, TX
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New Acropora from NorthStarCorals
Was at Bill's Monday night and got some nice new acro's. This one has spectacular colors under full lighting. Growth rings are pink out of water and baby blue under lighting. The polyps are already extended fully.
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10-22-2003, 09:14 PM
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King Squid
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Apple Valley, MN and Houston, TX
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Next one. Not real sure on the ID of this one. The polyps are a yellow color and the body is a green/tan. Me and David Grigor split this piece. It was rather large to start with. The acro is almost like an encrusting montipora but it does shoot stalks off.
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10-22-2003, 09:16 PM
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King Squid
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Apple Valley, MN and Houston, TX
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Another one. This one has great potential for awesome colors also. Blue and purple are the main colors.
Now if I can just work on my Photoshop skills to get the colors to match what I see with my eye.
Greg
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10-22-2003, 09:19 PM
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King Squid
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Apple Valley, MN and Houston, TX
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Bill is starting to import acro's directly from Bali. If this first shipment is an indication of what is to come...the whole club will be 100% SPS soon. He had some gorgeous Bali deepwater acro's that he wouldn't let me or David touch. He claims he needs more acros for his tank..hehe  He has some of the more exotic ones also. A. Carolinea, A. Jacquelinea, A Surhanasoi. Hopefully spelled those correctly.
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10-22-2003, 09:41 PM
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Schmidt happens!
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Minneapolis, MN
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MONEY! (and for you old timers-TEX-that means cool, not just currency)
Try as you may Tex-but a camera is never gonna do these critters justice! Nice choices BTW!
tg
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10-22-2003, 09:55 PM
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Keeper of the stick
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Farmington
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Greg - refresh my memory although we just talked about this. You have 2x400wt. What are the k's of each bulb? Are you running any VHO in addition to your MH?
Beautiful pieces BTW!
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10-22-2003, 10:30 PM
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King Squid
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Apple Valley, MN and Houston, TX
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Yes, I have 2 400 watter's (1 XM 20K and 1 Ushio 10K) over my 58G with 2 95W Vho's. The pics above were taken with only the XM and the VHO's on. I want to very slowly acclimate the corals to the new light.
Greg
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10-22-2003, 10:51 PM
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Land Shark
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: USA
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Wow, those look awesome. Man, I have to get my 220 up and running.
By any chance, do you have my mag 3 sittin' at yer place? Can't seem to find it.
Derek
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10-22-2003, 10:55 PM
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King Squid
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Derek,
Mag 3 is being used by Bob (JG24) on his reactor if I remember correctly...
BTW, Ben's looking older already..
Greg
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10-22-2003, 11:08 PM
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Land Shark
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: USA
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Quote:
Originally posted by geshields
BTW, Ben's looking older already..
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He told me he's going to retire next month.:P He's also looking for playmates! 
Did the mag3 fix Bob's Ca reactor?
Again, nice lookin' corals...
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10-23-2003, 06:57 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Hastings, MN
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They look beautiful even in the pictures!
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10-23-2003, 08:58 AM
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Lost Soul
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: New Port Richey, FL
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Greg, first one is A humilis, second one A horrida, third A echinata. They look great!
27 more + 12 T croceas coming on Monday! 
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10-23-2003, 02:48 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: was Woodbury, now Cottage Grove, MN
Posts: 140
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Bill....when you get the new stuff in (or even the existing) pick out several pieces of your own choice for my tank and I will make the trip up and buy. These will be the first SPS going back in the 90g. Looking forward to getting some pieces started again. Tank is awfully naked at the moment.
JJ
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10-24-2003, 07:57 AM
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Lost Soul
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: New Port Richey, FL
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Hi JJ when can you make it up? I'll set aside a few for you, how many do you want?
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10-24-2003, 08:27 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: was Woodbury, now Cottage Grove, MN
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Hey Bill....3 ta 4 for a start. I'll try for Monday or Tuesday, need to make a few calls to confirm first. Thanks.....
JJ
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