Rick Lalonde - 100g Reef and 50g Frag Tank

[xxmurrxx]

Looks killer.
Nice work putting the led's into an old fixture makes it looks a lot nicer than bare heatsinks hovering above a tank.

 

[sunnykita]

Great looking tank, I'm  :drool: so much talent amongst the members !

Those LEDs look great in there! And a good looking tank too ;D

 

[TORX]

Great looking tank, I'm  :drool: so much talent amongst the members !

Agreed, great twist in the DIY. A lot of great DIY's here that looks stock. Professional DIY artists on this site.

 

[jmonker]

Love your rock work!! stunning

 

[reeffreak]

the LED swap looks incredible, looks good man will have to check it out in person some time in the future.

 

[ricklalonde]

Took some top down pics of my tank tonight.

MRT Banana Acro

Cherry Corals Red Planet

Green and Blue Bottle-brush Acro I picked up from Dwayne (Flagswipe) a while back.

MRT Blue Palmers Millie

Garfs Bonsia

My little Strawberry Shortcake frag from the Lansing Swap

MRT Sunset Millie

MRT Raspberry Millie

Unknown Acro. I've had this guy forever and just started to grow for me. Super promising piece.

MRT Banana Acro, Cherry Corals Red Planet, MRT Deswalii Table, and a really cool Wild Acro unknown??

Digi's : Red, Forest Fire, Pink Smoothie, Teal, German Blue, Purple

 

[parksy]

very nice Rick looking good I like the Digi forest.

 

[chuckm]

Got the Monti Love in there at the end eh Rick?    Good for you looks sweet!

 

[phi delt reefer]

Phenomenal collection rick. U got some awesome polyp extension on that tabler!

 

[Darryl_V]

Wow...everything looks great Rick!

 

[ricklalonde]

Thanks guys. I'm pretty happy with this new set-up. I still need to get my bio-pellets online and fire up my doser. 

Wow...everything looks great Rick!

Darryl you should recognize most of these pieces  ;D

Got the Monti Love in there at the end eh Rick?    Good for you looks sweet!

You know it! I tried to get the whole digi collection in one pic but they turned out too blurry.

 

[ricklalonde]

Just an Update:

I picked up a few new fish for my display tank last week. A Linear Blenny and a Royal Gramma which I have yet to see since dropping him in 

Some New Coral - Pink Birdsnest, Purple and green acro, Blue and Green Cyphastrea, Orange Passion, Pink & Green Pocillopora, BS Hologram Monti, War Coral, MRT Red Dragon, BS Stelleta, Sour Apple Birdsnest, Yellow/Green Acro, Jroovers Tabling Blue Acro with Pink Tips, MRT Fire and Ice Millie.

I snapped a few pics of some things that were close to the front glass.

My gold open brain

Pink Sand Dollar Monti from darrly. One of my favorite pieces. 

Watermelon Chalice

My Cleaner Shrimp. I've had this guy for 3 or more years now. He's huge!!

My Atlantic Blue Tang. I took atleast 20 photos of him and this picture had the best focus lol. I dont know how you guys take such clear pictures of your fish.

 

[reeffreak]

That tang is absolutely amazing man , where did you pick him up. Everything's looking really good !!

 

[Camps23]

Impressive Rick !

 

[ricklalonde]

That tang is absolutely amazing man , where did you pick him up. Everything's looking really good !!

I got him from Al (DTI 1501) who got him from Derek (Bluewater). Paid $20 I think. When I got him, he was almost completely yellow.

Juvenile

Adult

 

[reeffreak]

Wow pretty neat looking fish, I don't think I have ever seen one of those before. I like the juvenile colors, it's a very impressive tang that's  for sure, and tank also 

 

[phi delt reefer]

You keep adding frags at that pace and you're gonna give teebones a run for his money!


Looks great rick.!

What's the full stock list of fish?

 

[ricklalonde]

You keep adding frags at that pace and you're gonna give teebones a run for his money!


Looks great rick.!

What's the full stock list of fish?

Here's a list of my current livestock.

Fish:
Atlantic Blue Tang, 2x Perc Clowns, Bi-colour Blenny, Hoeven's Wrasse, Sixline Wrasse, Linear Blenny, Royal Gramma (wish list... Kole Tang and possiblely a small school of Anthias or Chromis). 

Inverts:
Turbo Snails, Astrea Snails, Nassarius snails, Cleaner shrimp.

Corals:

SPS Montipora - Forest Fire Digi, German Blue Digi, Pink Smoothie Digi, Purple Smoothie Digi, Purple Digi, Superman Digi, Teal Digi, Green Purple Polyp Digi, Red Digitata, Grape Cap, Red Monti Cap, Lime Cap, Green Cap, Green w/Purple Rim Cap, Flower Petal Cap, Star Burst Cap, Solid Green Cap w/Yellow Polyps, Sunset Monti, Reverse Sunset Monti, Reverse Pokerstar, Superman Monti, BS Hologram Monti, Pokerstar Monti, Rainbow Monti, Lakers Monti, Purple Haze Monti, Chili Pepper Monti, True Undata, Pink Sand Dollar, Confusa, Orange Setosa, Orange and Purple Nadosa, Nauti Spiral, BS Stelleta

SPS Acropora - MRT Pink Lemonade, Blue and green Bottle Brush, Garfs Bonsai, Red Acro, MRT Red Convexa, CC Red Planet, MRT Limeaid, Bright Green Stag, Banana Acro, MRT Nothern Delight, Oregon Blue Tort, Mustard Acro, Granulosa, Purple/Blue Wild, Green/Yellow Wild, Yellow Carolinia, MRT Ultimate Bonsia, MRT Deswalii Table, MRT Buffalo Tort, Stawberry Shortcake, Mustard and Ketchup Acro, Red and Blue Acro, Purple and green acro, Orange Passion, MRT Red Dragon, Yellow/Green Acro, Jroovers Tabling Blue Acro with Pink Tips

SPS Milipora - MRT Super Pink, MRT Blue Palmers, MRT Sunset, Pink Green Base, Pink Blue Base, Blue and Green Millie, Purple, Pink and Purple, Raspberry Millie, RR Gold Stick, Bright Green Millie w/blue tips, MRT Fire and Ice Millie

SPS Pocilloporidae - Purple Stylo, Ponape Birdsnest, MRT Rainbow Stylo, Green Stylo, Pink Birdsnest, Sour Apple Birdsnest, Pink & Green Pocillopora

SPS Unkown - Youcanthaveit, Fireball Monti

LPS - Mummy Eye Chalice, Watermelon Chalice, Orange Open Brain, Meteor Shower Cyphastrea, Blue and Green Cyphastrea, Christmas Favia, Piece Favia, Green/Yellow Favia, Blue/Green Favia, Baby's Breath Favia, War Coral

 

[pulpfiction1]

lookin awesome rick!

 

[BIGSHOW]

WOW, what a list of corals.

Nice work Rick.