Nice Chalice

First off, it's been a while... I have been pretty busy lately and finally was able to take some decent shots of my corals... I think I have enough to sustain post at least once a week for the next few months... so, to start off, here's a very very nice chalice I came across from Paradise Corals... I'm quite excited to be able to pick this up... I have seen a few similar ones from different vendors and fellow reefers and I've always wanted to include this morph in my collection... I was gonna purchase a frag but why do that if you can get a mini colony... it did cost a little bit more but it was worth it... anyway, here it is...

Golden Rhomboid fairy wrasse...

New addition to the crew as of 07-10-09... an awesome Male Golden Rhomboid fairy wrasse...

110g Full Tank Shot (06-23-09)

A New Beginning...

Well, here we are... I finally succumb to a much needed tank upgrade... I purchased a system from a local reefer on 06-14-09... I have been thinking about the tank upgrade for more than a year... I'm glad I finally did... Pls join me on this journey...

- Tank Specs -
Tank: 110g Tank (48" x 24" x 22") with custom made stand and canopy; 34g sump in the stand
Lighting: (6) 48" T5 Retros... middle 4 bulbs are overdriven w/ IceCap Ballast; 2 outside bulbs are normal output
Skimmer: MSX 200
Pump/Powerhead: Mag 9.5 for return & Vortech MP40 (from 28g JBJ)
Controller: Reef Keeper Elite
Top Off: Tunze Osmolator (from 28g JBJ)
Birthday: 06-14-09

Fish List: to be determined... but the tank will be Fairy Wrasse dominated...
Coral List: favorite 25 z's & p's, chalices... it'll be a mixed reef tank but z's & p's dominated...

Full Tank Shot as of 05-10-09

Here's the most current full tank shot of my tank... I'm leaving it for two weeks on Monday... I'm sure I'll miss viewing the tank daily... I hope everything goes well... I have some projects to do when I get back...

FragFarmer Red Watermelon Chalice

just another awesome Watermelon chalice morph... I'm hoping to have decent colonies of these chalices in 6-12 months... stay tuned!!!

Original Mummy Eye Chalice

The Original Mummy Eye Chalice was my only chalice for a long time... I received my very first frag from whodah at exoticfrags.us... I was fortunate enough to receive a frag way before it was released to the public... unfortunately, when I moved to our house in Nov 2007, I lost my original frag/mini colony... on July 2008, I was able to acquire another frag, also with lineaged to whodah so I know it's the original one... it has been growing nicely ever since... a friend came by to do the first frag session in Feb 2009... this was one of the most expensive frag sessions ever, when I say expensive, I mean my losses... never put freshly cut chalice on med-high flow & med-high light... that is a recipe for disaster in my experience... we made about 8-9 frags and 5-6 frags were dead in 1-2 weeks... we managed to save a few frags and the main colony is starting to grow again so at least that's good news... anyway, the picture above is on her glory days, just a few days before going under the blade...