Schminksbro's SPS Garden

[schminksbro]

Thanks very much Mike! Just let me know when you get set up.

congrats andy you deserve it, very cool tank bro, and very impressive growth! im sure your corals wont take long to bounce back from the move. fyi your one of the guys i hope to cherry pick a few frags from once i get to where i can start stocking again... prepare yourself lol

[hatfieldenator]

Beautiful tank! Your red millie is awesome! Definitely a well deserved TOTM!

[schminksbro]

Thanks very much! Things are a little drab after the move but so far so good.

Beautiful tank! Your red millie is awesome! Definitely a well deserved TOTM!

[Chelle's Ocean]

Beautiful.......................extremely colorful!
Question to you, (and who ever else may see this )
What's the secret to getting the caps to 'stay put' and grow sideways from the rock?
I have had a few attached, as well as a small one attached/glued to my overflow- the fish know them over, or the blenney 'rests' on it, and they eventually fall. What's the secret?
(I was using coral glue I picked up at LFS, but a fellow reefer told me to use crazyglue gel-says it works for him, his frags are incredibe and stay put)
Any ideas for me ?

[Chelle's Ocean]

oops! still have the BLUE GLOW contest on the brain, lol- above should be "the fish knock them over" - sorry!

[schminksbro]

Thanks,
I use super glue gel and put a lot on the broken edge of the cap. I then try to fit it into a little dip or crevice in the rock. Sometimes it helps to mash the glue around the edges so it grabs the pores in the rock. I always mount caps horizontally and the flow does the rest.

Beautiful.......................extremely colorful!
Question to you, (and who ever else may see this )
What's the secret to getting the caps to 'stay put' and grow sideways from the rock?
I have had a few attached, as well as a small one attached/glued to my overflow- the fish know them over, or the blenney 'rests' on it, and they eventually fall. What's the secret?
(I was using coral glue I picked up at LFS, but a fellow reefer told me to use crazyglue gel-says it works for him, his frags are incredibe and stay put)
Any ideas for me ?

[softiegirl]

ok, so it was tank of the month, now tank of the year? im confused by the wording but very happy for Andy!!!!!!!!!!!! I haven't seen this system in person but have seen some of his previous work and i suspect this is no less spectacular!!

[jimsflies]

ok, so it was tank of the month, now tank of the year? im confused by the wording but very happy for Andy!!!!!!!!!!!! I haven't seen this system in person but have seen some of his previous work and i suspect this is no less spectacular!!

That's correct. We had the members vote for their favorite Tank of the Month, which became Tank of the Year. Andy's was TOTM in July. Here is a link to the vote thread:

2010 Tank Of The Year!!! sponsored by Bashsea!

[MUCHO REEF]

WOW, I can't believe more people haven't weighed in with a personal congrats on this.

Just wanted to say, BRAVO, awesome job Bro. That orange cap is absolutely stunning, some crazy layering going on there. I'm sure it will be even more stunning within the year as it continues to grow.

Any tips for us future sps owners?

Again, congrats


Mucho

[binford4000]

congrats,awsome looking tank