Score!!!

A local hobbyist, tearing down his tank and moving, made me a very happy camper, the other day.

I went over to check out what he had available



asside from 2 basketball sized Green Slimers and a beautiful Milli, I was thrilled to see an Oregon Tort COLONY!! Unfortunately, in order to get it, I had to take the entire rock, which also included a giant green with purple rimmed Monti cap and a decent sized colony of ORA Miami Orchid, along with tons of Pom Pom Xenia and some Majano anemone...grrr.



What the heck, I already have Majano, in my 200, along with a Matted Filefish, who's been doing an amazing job, for the past 3 weeks, of eradicating the pesky Majanos. Besides, all the colonies came off the rock and were separated, prior to going in my tank.

In it's new home...



Hundreds of mini brittle stars were all over the rock, as I was removing the colonies, so those were an added bonus. The rock is now outside, sans the 3 SPS colonies. Majano and Pom Pom Xenia can rot away...lol. I'll let the rock completely die, then get it cycled to re-use. It's a beautifully shaped piece, at least 15 pounds.

Wow thats a beautiful tank. They must have been bummed they had to take it down. At least you got some nice stuff out of the deal.

That was a sweet looking tank.

Looks to me like you got a great deal!!

wow very nice!!!

what type of lighting did he have on that tank? i'm guessing not halides.

Nice score!!

Are you really going to just let the xenia die off? what are the chances of getting some of that from you? AMAZING corals you go t by the way, just love 'em.

Originally Posted by RCA

what type of lighting did he have on that tank? i'm guessing not halides.

He had 2X150MH with T5 supplement.

Originally Posted by ccollins618

Are you really going to just let the xenia die off? what are the chances of getting some of that from you? AMAZING corals you go t by the way, just love 'em.

Unfortunately, yes, the Xenia has been outside, drying out, along with the rock and majano anemone. I don't want any Xenia in any of my tanks, as it soon becomes a plague that's almost impossible to get rid of. I'd have attempted to give it all away, if I'd had a tank to put it in, temporarily. I may be going back for another coral or two. If so, I can possibly ship some Xenia to you. You'd need to cover shipping but the Xenia would be FREE! However, Xenia, especially Pom Pom Xenia, is notoriously a bad shipper.

well if it isn't going to ship very well I will just keep up my search for some around here that looks decent. Thanks though

Nice grab! looks like you had first shot at it! did you know him?

total score!! plus now I don't have to frag mine for you when it ever decides to actually grow mwahahahahaha

what?! ..............that's an amazing score mike!!! what did 'ya do with the monti cap?

The Monti cap was huge! Unfortunately, it had to be broken, as it was growing around the Oregon Tort, which was a bit more important to me. The Monti cap also had several Majanos growing on it. The large pieces of Monti cap that could be saved, were saved. Pieces that had too many Majanos to bother scraping off, were tossed. A lot of the bottom of the colony was dead, due to not getting light. All in all, I ended up with several large chunks of it. They're all in the 40 breeder. I think they'll stay in there. I'm considering most of the Monti caps out of the 200. They just grow too fast, taking up too much real estate...lol.

Great looking tank! I couldn't imagine tearing down a tank that looked like that!

Originally Posted by IanH

Great looking tank! I couldn't imagine tearing down a tank that looked like that!

I completely agree! On the other hand, I also couldn't imagine having to move it, across state. When we move, eventually, I'm REALLY dreading every part of moving our 200DD! Heck, the stand doesn't even fit through the doors. I had to build it in sections and bring the sections inside, to assemble them!