Welcome to East Texas Aquarium Keepers.
Please feel free to Register

Join the forum, it's quick and easy

Welcome to East Texas Aquarium Keepers.
Please feel free to Register
Would you like to react to this message? Create an account in a few clicks or log in to continue.
Latest topics
» Good place to get Limestone rocks?
by sheridan Thu 25 Jul 2019, 1:02 pm

» Looking for Apex AWM module
by BBolen Wed 13 Mar 2019, 12:39 pm

» Selling my Red Sea Max 130D
by TWBriz Tue 05 Jul 2016, 12:54 pm

» Collectors sps frag pack
by blueseatex Thu 30 Jun 2016, 12:01 pm

» Selling a couple of tanks
by Danny21 Tue 21 Jun 2016, 4:50 pm

» Reef Breakdown Sale
by David012081 Sun 17 Apr 2016, 9:33 pm

» Reef tank breakdown sale.
by ritter678 Wed 13 Jan 2016, 10:29 pm

» Converting 90 gallon reef tank to freshwater sale
by oifwarvet Sat 09 Jan 2016, 8:58 pm

» mp10Wes,Storm controller, oxidator
by blueseatex Wed 09 Dec 2015, 11:29 pm

» FREE starry blenny. Very healthy.
by jakebetts0501 Sun 08 Nov 2015, 2:17 am

» Help with lighting.
by oifwarvet Fri 06 Nov 2015, 8:55 am

» equipment bonanza
by Carabelli Mon 02 Nov 2015, 12:32 pm

» Need to Sell all livestock and LR
by grawlfang Sat 24 Oct 2015, 2:45 pm

» Fish tank and equipment for sale!
by anthonydsims34 Tue 13 Oct 2015, 2:29 pm

» North Texas Reef Fanatics October Coral Frag Swap
by markmesquite Fri 28 Aug 2015, 11:53 am

Sponsors
frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Screen-capture-1
Like/Tweet/+1
Keywords

ORDER  2014  2011  DUAL  gallon  2012  


It's true. More frags coming my way!

+2
Yeti
matt_longview
6 posters

 :: Frags

Go down

frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Empty It's true. More frags coming my way!

Post by matt_longview Sun 27 Mar 2011, 12:42 am

Getting some frags in from www.thecoralshop.com for redesigning their website. I'm going to wait until things heal from fragging, then they'll come my way!

Here comes the eye candy.
Derasa Clam ~3.5in
frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Screen18

Ultra Blue Maxima Clam
frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Screen13

Single eye frag from this QuadraMelon Chalice Colony
frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Screen14

Single eye frag from this Ultra Gold Chalice Colony
frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Screen15

This Ultra Gold Torch Coral
frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Screen16

This Flame Thrower Maxi-Mini Anemone
frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Screen17

Whoo hoo! I'm really pumped about these corals. So... the plan now is to move my 29g into my 37g tall bowfront by June of this year. I'll definitely need the space and I need this light to be over a deeper tank because I've got too much par at the bottom of my 18" tank for some of these.

If you guys want anything from his site let me know. Shipping is covered.
matt_longview
matt_longview
.
.

Posts : 2388
Points : 7502
Reputation : 0
Join date : 2011-01-18
Age : 38
Location : Longview TX

Back to top Go down

frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Empty Re: It's true. More frags coming my way!

Post by Yeti Sun 27 Mar 2011, 12:54 am

Looking at those beauties, I here by declare that non are permitted to be submitted in any Pic of the Month competition, especially the Clams. Never knew clams were so stunning!
Yeti
Yeti
.
.

Posts : 1030
Points : 5924
Reputation : 0
Join date : 2011-02-02
Age : 64
Location : Tyler

Back to top Go down

frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Empty Re: It's true. More frags coming my way!

Post by Win Sun 27 Mar 2011, 2:02 am

wonder if the "flame thrower" nem's name comes from its sting?? Very Happy
Win
Win
.
.

Posts : 674
Points : 5596
Reputation : 50
Join date : 2011-01-15
Age : 41
Location : Longview

Back to top Go down

frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Empty Re: It's true. More frags coming my way!

Post by matt_longview Sun 27 Mar 2011, 8:29 am

My wife asked me if I would get this pink one instead of the flamethrower...
frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Screen19

Hmmm... any thoughts? I suppose that bright of a pink color would be pretty difficult to get into a tank.
matt_longview
matt_longview
.
.

Posts : 2388
Points : 7502
Reputation : 0
Join date : 2011-01-18
Age : 38
Location : Longview TX

Back to top Go down

frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Empty Re: It's true. More frags coming my way!

Post by Bryan Sun 27 Mar 2011, 12:21 pm

you better get both, the flame thrower is one I havent seen before so get it before its gone. The pink is what makes the wife happy, and if she feels she has an interest to what is in the tank then it becomes easier to justify expensive add ons to her later on.


words of experience


hope that helps
Bryan
Bryan
.
.

Posts : 564
Points : 5455
Reputation : 0
Join date : 2011-01-22
Age : 41
Location : DFW

Back to top Go down

frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Empty Re: It's true. More frags coming my way!

Post by matt_longview Sun 27 Mar 2011, 4:50 pm

Difficult compromise... we're getting the flame thrower, but I said Jenny could name our fish. She named the two clown fish after the Eclipse characters Edward and Bella. Oh NO!!! lol.

I have to admit. I started the naming process this week. I picked up a little green goby and I named him Sam. It just fit perfectly... and I'm a big Lord of the Rings fan. :-)
matt_longview
matt_longview
.
.

Posts : 2388
Points : 7502
Reputation : 0
Join date : 2011-01-18
Age : 38
Location : Longview TX

Back to top Go down

frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Empty Re: It's true. More frags coming my way!

Post by Bryan Sun 27 Mar 2011, 5:18 pm

WHAT ?



No Bilbo Baggins ????

Shocked
Bryan
Bryan
.
.

Posts : 564
Points : 5455
Reputation : 0
Join date : 2011-01-22
Age : 41
Location : DFW

Back to top Go down

frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Empty Re: It's true. More frags coming my way!

Post by matt_longview Sun 27 Mar 2011, 5:32 pm

Bilbo? That would be way down my list of names. How about aragon, legolus, gimli, gandolf!!

I would fill up a 220with lid of the rings names before I got to bilbo... Lol
matt_longview
matt_longview
.
.

Posts : 2388
Points : 7502
Reputation : 0
Join date : 2011-01-18
Age : 38
Location : Longview TX

Back to top Go down

frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Empty Re: It's true. More frags coming my way!

Post by Bryan Sun 27 Mar 2011, 5:51 pm

LOL, its the only name i could remember.


any if those would be better than anything from twilight.

Hope my wife isnt reading this
Bryan
Bryan
.
.

Posts : 564
Points : 5455
Reputation : 0
Join date : 2011-01-22
Age : 41
Location : DFW

Back to top Go down

frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Empty Re: It's true. More frags coming my way!

Post by ritter678 Sun 27 Mar 2011, 5:56 pm

matt_longview wrote:She named the two clown fish after the Eclipse characters Edward and Bella. Oh NO!!! lol.


scratch
ritter678
ritter678
.
.

Posts : 1716
Points : 6905
Reputation : 40
Join date : 2011-01-14
Age : 47
Location : Marshall, TX

Back to top Go down

frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Empty Re: It's true. More frags coming my way!

Post by matt_longview Mon 28 Mar 2011, 12:59 am

He said he had another Derasa that I could pick from. Man am I glad I checked into it. I've never seen a color pattern like this on a Derasa Clam. I'm getting this one instead of the one above. :-)
frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Sweetd10
matt_longview
matt_longview
.
.

Posts : 2388
Points : 7502
Reputation : 0
Join date : 2011-01-18
Age : 38
Location : Longview TX

Back to top Go down

frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Empty Re: It's true. More frags coming my way!

Post by matt_longview Thu 31 Mar 2011, 3:30 pm

Mike sent me some pics of a few new things he didn't have on the site and I ended up taking this Wellsophyllia (which is actually called a Trachyphyllia to be technical) AKA, Open Brain Coral, instead of the chalice frags. I don't find myself being impatient very often... but this time I had to go for the item that looked awesome NOW rather than 9 months from now with the chalices. I wasn't sure they would do well in intense lighting either, and I read the wellso's adapt much better.

Anywho... here's the pic, and I may get them tomorrow! Approx 3" across.
frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Screen21
matt_longview
matt_longview
.
.

Posts : 2388
Points : 7502
Reputation : 0
Join date : 2011-01-18
Age : 38
Location : Longview TX

Back to top Go down

frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Empty Re: It's true. More frags coming my way!

Post by ritter678 Thu 31 Mar 2011, 4:25 pm

matt_longview wrote:
frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Screen21

Well too late...I just went to the site and bought it.
ritter678
ritter678
.
.

Posts : 1716
Points : 6905
Reputation : 40
Join date : 2011-01-14
Age : 47
Location : Marshall, TX

Back to top Go down

frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Empty Re: It's true. More frags coming my way!

Post by matt_longview Thu 31 Mar 2011, 5:07 pm

Sweet. I'm going to have him ship mine with yours! (he has more than 1) ;-)
matt_longview
matt_longview
.
.

Posts : 2388
Points : 7502
Reputation : 0
Join date : 2011-01-18
Age : 38
Location : Longview TX

Back to top Go down

frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Empty Re: It's true. More frags coming my way!

Post by ritter678 Thu 31 Mar 2011, 5:29 pm

That is a nice one. I've been looking for a small red one. I tried 2 from Petco and neither one made it more than a week. I think it will do fine under your leds. They can pretty much take any light when healthy. They eat like PIGS!
ritter678
ritter678
.
.

Posts : 1716
Points : 6905
Reputation : 40
Join date : 2011-01-14
Age : 47
Location : Marshall, TX

Back to top Go down

frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Empty Re: It's true. More frags coming my way!

Post by matt_longview Thu 31 Mar 2011, 5:32 pm

I'm going to pick up some krill before it gets here. Apparently they like the larger food more than the mysis/brine size. I thought it was very nice as well! I'm hoping everything does well. :-)
matt_longview
matt_longview
.
.

Posts : 2388
Points : 7502
Reputation : 0
Join date : 2011-01-18
Age : 38
Location : Longview TX

Back to top Go down

frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Empty Re: It's true. More frags coming my way!

Post by ritter678 Thu 31 Mar 2011, 5:43 pm

Bad thing about krill is it floats, (at least the frozen cube kind does), and you can't really target feed corals with it. I have to use mysis and cyclopeeze. I don't know about those larger pieces of frozen krill, I never used them.
ritter678
ritter678
.
.

Posts : 1716
Points : 6905
Reputation : 40
Join date : 2011-01-14
Age : 47
Location : Marshall, TX

Back to top Go down

frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Empty Re: It's true. More frags coming my way!

Post by matt_longview Thu 31 Mar 2011, 5:57 pm

That's good to know. I'll do a touch more research before buying the krill. Obviously I don't want to target feed something on my sand bed with food that floats! lol. If you have anymore info or articles about them let me know. I've read what I can find...
matt_longview
matt_longview
.
.

Posts : 2388
Points : 7502
Reputation : 0
Join date : 2011-01-18
Age : 38
Location : Longview TX

Back to top Go down

frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Empty Re: It's true. More frags coming my way!

Post by Bryan Thu 31 Mar 2011, 7:02 pm

the single pieces of krill will float only if they are still frozen. once thawed they will sink. One thing to keep in mind is many coral can not digest the thin shell that is on the krill. I use it to feed my torch and frogspawn as well as my tube nem. i thaw them, de-shell them and then feed away. mushrooms like it too
Bryan
Bryan
.
.

Posts : 564
Points : 5455
Reputation : 0
Join date : 2011-01-22
Age : 41
Location : DFW

Back to top Go down

frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Empty Re: It's true. More frags coming my way!

Post by DonnieP Thu 31 Mar 2011, 10:28 pm

I always fed mine regular shrimp like you buy to boil! I would cut a piece the size I thought it would eat and feed it. You can buy it from any of the stores and you can but it by the pound and freeze, it works great for all corals like this. This is what I feed my serpant star and peppermints to, they love it. Just put it on a feeding stick and touch it to the tentacles.
DonnieP
DonnieP
.
.

Posts : 981
Points : 5917
Reputation : 0
Join date : 2011-01-14
Age : 72
Location : Marshall Tx

Back to top Go down

frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Empty Re: It's true. More frags coming my way!

Post by matt_longview Thu 31 Mar 2011, 10:37 pm

I do that as well donnie. Next time I make up a batch of my fish food (I thaw out entire packages of stuff, run it all through a net, rinse it several times, mix a bunch of stuff in with it and re-freeze it) I'll cut up the raw shrimp as well. I have been giving them to just the brittle star and my coral banded shrimp, but this larger LPS stuff could take pieces of it as well. My maxi-mini carpet will take those no problem also. :-)

Also... it looks like my shipment will come in Wednesday morning... so ship out Tuesday night. If anyone is wanting anything from him, let me know as I'm already paying shipping. Surely some of ya'll are wanting some of these maxi-mini's right?! lol.
matt_longview
matt_longview
.
.

Posts : 2388
Points : 7502
Reputation : 0
Join date : 2011-01-18
Age : 38
Location : Longview TX

Back to top Go down

frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Empty Re: It's true. More frags coming my way!

Post by matt_longview Thu 07 Apr 2011, 2:14 pm

Newest update... decided against the blue maxima in favor of a monti (might not even be a monti... those are deep ridges!)... purple and green base with orange polyps, similar to a reverse sunset, but with purple! :-) I dig it.

frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Screen22

Also picking up a few more things on Saturday.

Garf Bonsai Acro
Pink Millepora
Lord of the Rings Zoa (if available, if not, likely a rainbow paly... or something lol)
matt_longview
matt_longview
.
.

Posts : 2388
Points : 7502
Reputation : 0
Join date : 2011-01-18
Age : 38
Location : Longview TX

Back to top Go down

frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Empty Re: It's true. More frags coming my way!

Post by ritter678 Thu 07 Apr 2011, 3:15 pm

Looks like a Rainbow Monti! It's nice!
ritter678
ritter678
.
.

Posts : 1716
Points : 6905
Reputation : 40
Join date : 2011-01-14
Age : 47
Location : Marshall, TX

Back to top Go down

frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Empty Re: It's true. More frags coming my way!

Post by matt_longview Thu 07 Apr 2011, 3:30 pm

Yeah definitely might turn into it... we'll have to see if the polyps lighten up. I actually mentioned to him that it looked like it might be the rainbow. I hope so... because I like the rainbow a lot! :-)

EDIT: I just looked at some pics and man you're right. I was thinking the rainbow was primarily yellow polyps, but some of them are all orange. Very cool! :-D
matt_longview
matt_longview
.
.

Posts : 2388
Points : 7502
Reputation : 0
Join date : 2011-01-18
Age : 38
Location : Longview TX

Back to top Go down

frags - It's true.  More frags coming my way! Empty Re: It's true. More frags coming my way!

Post by Sponsored content


Sponsored content


Back to top Go down

Back to top

- Similar topics

 :: Frags

 
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum