The Stony Nano (image intense)

[Elena]

Some of my favorite Zoas/Palys

That orange and lilac one is gorgeous :drool:

Thanks for all the photos! I would really love a marine tank one day.

 

[Scooby5757]

Those are all super cool! I can't imagine adding something to my to-do list, but the colors on those would make me think twice about it.

 

[Eric Muehlbauer]

Here is a great source for clams.....he's just over in the next town from where I stay on LI.....went there, huge numbers of clams, all out in his garage under halides. Gets them from Vietnam. I asked if he has any CITES issues importing clams (aquacultured) from Vietnam...and he said there were no problems, but he couldn't import corals from there. On the other hand, he can import corals from Indonesia, but not clams....go Figure. take care, Eric
http://www.mjmaquaculture.com/

 

[Heather]

Oh, I forgot to say - the watermelon "slice"- what's up with that? Does it grow that way or is it, um, groomed to look like that? The resemblance is pretty uncanny!

 

[Jon in SW Ohio]

They grow in a "plate" form that slowly spreads out in all directions. The person that aquacultured it cut it up in pizza slice fashion instead of squares for whatever reason and that's what a $200 watermelon chalice slice looks like lol

 

[swamprad]

Jon, your tank is wonderful. It is so rich with so many different beautiful species. I am in the process of setting up a reef tank in my (unused) wet bar. Just what I need, another expensive hobby!

 

[goldenrose]

:clap:Thanks, I really enjoyed your update! :drool: Beautiful!
........if only more time & money!!!

 

[NYEric]

I am in the process of setting up a reef tank in my (unused) wet bar. Just what I need, another expensive hobby!

I don't know about your previous experiance w/ reef tanks but my advice is to not skimp on filters and cleaners UV, etc.

 

[NYEric]

Very cool stuff BTW. {Yikes, income intensive!!}

 

[cwt]

Its wonderful. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Charles

 

[smartie2000]

amazing tank and photos. I love those zoas.

 

[Jon in SW Ohio]

A little update on the road to recovery

There was a frag swap yesterday (read as coral orchid show lol) and so of course I couldn't come home empty handed.

The tank now

Replacement Sunset Monti

War Coral

Aussie Prism Favia

Aussie Reverse Prism Favia

And a horrible pic of an incredible coral, PPE Blasto

 

[gmdiaz]

OMG! Your corals are sooooo beautiful and varied!

I can see how you could go nuts 0about collecting and caring for these little jewels!

Thanks so much for posting the photos!

 

[Hera]

What an amazing collection you have. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Heather]

Looking better there, Jon, glad things are recovering!

 

[NYEric]

Good Luck.

 

[likespaphs]

groovy.
glad things are on their way back.
are there things you can do to keep this from happening again or does sh*t just happen sometimes?

 

[Jon in SW Ohio]

Another update, since last week I added a baby clownfish and a yellow tail damsel to add a little movement to the tank.

I keep messing with the white balance and other settings...but have yet to get an accurate picture color-wise.

The Clownfish, an A. occellaris as far as I know

Yellow Tail Damselfish

Australian Prism Favias

War Coral, Favites pentagona

 

[swamprad]

It's looking very, very good!

 

[Nutz4Paphs]

Im impressed man. That is a lot of work! Thanks for sharing your other 'green thumb' or is it 'wet thumb' talents. Awesome and very cool to look at.