Great thread Michael! I really enjoyed reading it, and you definately have skills with the camera.
A few questions:
1) On thread 11-12-2010 04:00 PM, the top picture has a picture of a blue fish with a red face that is beautiful. What is the name of this fish?
2) How did you get your purple and red monti to grow like that? I assume you start with one and add the other?
3) You started your rock with a couple big piles, and changed it to more of a wall. What was the thinking there? Were you trying to fit more corals?
Thank you, very much!
1. Red Headed Solon Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus solorensis)
2. I had a HUGE colony of the Orange Monitpora cap. When I got rid of it, I kept a small frag and placed it, along with a small frag of the Idaho Grape Moni, near one another, actually hoping to grow them together. Scrolling or Plating Montipora are usually pretty well behaved, when it comes to growing similar pieces, together.
3. Originally, I wanted 3 areas of rocks. It just never looked right. Whenever newer hobbyists ask me about aqua-scaping, I tell them not to worry about getting it "right" the first try, because they'll end up rearranging it 5 or 6 times, until they end up with something they like, anyway...lol. I'm a prime example of that method. It's hard to tell, from pictures, but your rock work actually has several caves or tunnels, that are fairly large, to allow fish to swim through the rock work and give fish their own "territories," while still giving us plenty of area to attach corals.