[Yankee I Am]

Its coming together....Only a few angles to show a corner tank

[Reefland]

Looks good Russ! I like the aquascaping.

[Samper]

I love that aquascape. I did one for another gentleman in town very similar.

[Yankee I Am]

It was lucky on the aquascaping...first try was this..lots of caves and in and outs...I was like s******* that turned out cool....Thats about the only easy thing Ive done lol

thanks

[Poseidon]

That is nice! You sure did shoe horn a LOT into the space you have in the cabinet stand.

[Yankee I Am]

The custome made Fuge was the kicker...a 54 gallon corner stand doesnt leave much after a 10 gallon sump lol

[SouthBayPhoto]

Darn nice setup Russ. I like it.

I'm hoping to get lucky with my aquascaping like you did. Very nice. I'll have to get some pointers from you when I start mine.

Did you just take several rocks and stack them and glue them together or is it only like 2 huge rocks and you got lucky that they fit together? LOL

[Yankee I Am]

Theres about 8-10 rocks...no glue, no drilling..I find the close your eyes and put in water method works best lol...

j/k...I work very hard to keep water clean, topping off, fish happy...I really am new to all this (7/07) The one thing that does come easy for me is the aquascaping...Its weird, I can look at something and see how it all goes together. I have bonsai trees and training and pruning just come naturally...It's probably the only gift I have because getting nitrates to nil is not one of them lol

It really only tookabout 15 minutes to scape it...lucky for sure and No I didnt pick out my rock lol

[SouthBayPhoto]

So you're coming over when to aquascape my tank?

[Yankee I Am]

Havent been to Vegas in Years...Loved it when I visited...

[scubadude]

I agree w/every1 else...Sweet aquascaping job...I love the shot of the clown in the anenome too! Any chance you can get a close up of your larger candy cane coral? is it a different candy cane...heck is it even a candy cane

[SouthBayPhoto]

I reallllly need to get out and get a coral book (like the fish book I have), so when you guys say these names of the corals, I know what the heck you're talkin' about!

All I see in the pictures are some pretty cool colored corals that Yankee has....yup, that's about all I know at the moment.

[charlie]

Looking good for a 6 month old, and you did do a nice job with the 'scape!!!!

[scubadude]

Originally Posted by SouthBayPhoto

so when you guys say these names of the corals, I know what the heck you're talkin' about!

Caulastrea: Also Known as Trumpet, Cat's Eye or Candy Cane Coral

Are you confused enough now to make things even worse...you will see some corals called the same as a totally different coral. Clear high resolution pictures are the best. Try "corals" by Eric Borneman

Your candy cane is
2nd picture in the middle of the pic this appears to be smaller polyped candy cane

5th picture in the lower l. crnr (you can only see a little of it) of the pic this appears to be the larger polyped candy cane that I would like to see a close up picture of, its just to the left of what appears to be a bright red mushroom

[SouthBayPhoto]

Thanks Rocky, I appreciate the info.

It doesn't look anything like a candy cane to me, but then again, I just might be LOL

I'll have to look up the book you suggested.

[Yankee I Am]

Trumpets are in the middle...Candy Cane is to the right....I really appreciate the kind words...I thought my tank was pretty bland actually so I really do appreciate the comments REALLY!! lol

Trumpets


Candy Cane


Im REAL bad at the names also...