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Be careful with the green hairy mushroom... me and a buddy of mine are both battling them off like the plague. I bought a rock that had 4 or 5, now I have 15 plus in 4 months. They grow like wild fire! If you have them on their own rock they look good and are very hardy... but be prepared for them to grow out. I'm going to try to get them out of my tank in a week or two (once my lye gets in). I'm going to cut them back and give away frags (a lot of people still love them) then lye the small pieces that I can't scrape off the rock. Wish me luck!

Those zoas are great though! I'm trying to get a pink zoa or paly into my tank... just to add another color. I may find the patience to wait for a pink goniopora though... love those things. :-)

Originally Posted by reefocd

Tank looks really good. I have those same zoa's and someone called them man-eaters?

These zoas were labeled "copper zoa" when I got them, and they don't look copper to me, nor do they look like man-eaters

Tank looks really good. I have those same zoa's and someone called them man-eaters?

Great to see you back on RA again. Looking forward to some pictures. Too bad about the space shuttle launch... I've never seen one in person either.

Originally Posted by dread240

My wife was definitely giggling at me and taking out the R when I said where I was going today, but I did at least come home with 12 new corals by pawning off some old equipment I wasn't using anymore anyways

I'm not lucky enough to have a frag swap sans the R. As a Battlestar Galactica fan, I sometimes think frack swap

My wife was definitely giggling at me and taking out the R when I said where I was going today, but I did at least come home with 12 new corals by pawning off some old equipment I wasn't using anymore anyways

Not to go off topic too bad, but am I the only one that seems to have trouble thinking or saying Frag Swap?

I either want to say Frag Swap (Swap as in Clap)
or
Frag Swap (Frag as in Frog)

I wish Middle Tennessee had something like that. Sounds like alot of fun!!

Originally Posted by Coventry

That sounds like so much fun! How did you hear of such?

I was on another forum that a few local reef keepers frequented, and they mentioned the swap. As it turns out the San Francisco Bay Area has a very large and active reefing community, so I'm now a member of the big club and look forward to their future activities

That sounds like so much fun! How did you hear of such?

I get my first frag fest tomorrow... this isn't the members swap but a fundraiser the club does for only members. Fragging out some colonies so we can pay cool people like melev to come hang out with us (still can't believe I missed that)

Awesome. Congrats on your new acquisitions. (Please be sure to categorize your blog entries.)

hehe. I understand that thought process. Pictures and posts are the best way to determine what's what.

The plate is acclimating fast. I gave it some frozen mysis last night and it gobbled it up. I tried a spot feeding for my hammer but so far nothing, although it seems pretty happy given all the little tentacles it's sprouting.

Thanks for the clarification Marc. I'm still getting used to the reefing mentality of "OMG IS THAT SAFE SHOULD I GET RID OF IT" while I'm locked in my biologist mentality of "OMG ANOTHER COOL WORM HOORAY!"

Those little filter feeders do no harm, as you pointed out. Here's an old picture I took of two in my sump. The purple are tiny bits of coralline growth.
http://www.melevsreef.com/id/spirorbid_worms.html

That's a very preety plate! I've been checking out the orange ones myself. ;-)

Indo Pacific Sea Farm <-- clickable link

What place are you guys talking about ordering from? I don't need but others may.

Originally Posted by Jessy

I'm thinking about getting an order from IPSF for my new tank. My buddy is giving me some fuge muck But I love variety and really want to build up the pod population before I put any fish in. What package did you order from them?

I ordered the Live Sand Activator Plus and the Sandbed Clams, and I like the animals a lot. In retrospect, I could have ordered more since he does run a good deal.

I went with IPSF and couldnt be happier. He has lots of little things in his sand and fuge kits.

I'm thinking about getting an order from IPSF for my new tank. My buddy is giving me some fuge muck But I love variety and really want to build up the pod population before I put any fish in. What package did you order from them?