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The Frag Farm Grows

Clinton — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:29:04 +0000

It’s been another busy month here at Coraltopia, we sold off some Meteor Shower Cyphaestra frags and setup some more zoa/paly frags for the next round! I thought it would be a good chance to give you guys a preview of the last month worth of growth if you haven’t caught it yet!

In other news, our we been posting pictures several times a week at our facebook page and the following is growing (find us at facebook.com/coraltopia/). You can also continue to get daily updates and shared industry knowledge by following us over at Twitter (@coraltopia)

Growth Shots – September 26, 2011


View at Picasa Lunar Eclipse Paly, Orange Crush Acan	View at Picasa Meteor Shower Cyphaestra	View at Picasa Green Sparkle Paly

Growth Shots – September 11, 2011


View at Picasa Cali Tort	View at Picasa Meteor Shower Cyphaestra	View at Picasa Misc Zoas/Palys

Growth Shots – August 14, 2011


View at Picasa TRPE, Green Sparkle Paly, Lunar Eclips Paly, misc. zoas	View at Picasa Lunar Eclipse Paly	View at Picasa Misc. Zoa

The Cycle is Over

Clinton — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 23:28:05 +0000

It’s been awhile (2 months to be precises) since I’ve added an update. However, the lack of entries is not unwarranted as I did a COMPLETELY new aquascape and added 60lbs of Fiji Pink sand! There are new images in the photos sections, a new video, and now that the cycle is finally over, a few frags have been “permanently” placed; life is starting to look good again!


View at Picasa Cali Tort	View at Picasa Hollywood Stunner Challice	View at Picasa Lunar Eclipse Paly
View at Picasa Meteor Show Cyphastrea	View at Picasa TRPE, Green Sparkle Paly, Lunar Eclips Paly, misc. zoas	View at Picasa Kryptonite Candy Cane

Cyano update and new DJ4 power center

Clinton — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:35:21 +0000

Looks like the cyano disaster is finally subsiding. After pushing a couple good doses of Boyd Chemiclean, and using the turkey baster liberally, the cyano is subsiding. I also made a minor adjustment to one of my Koralia 1 pumps to push more flow to the area.

I noticed during this debacle that my diamond goby is nowhere to be found …. coincidence? I think not. I’m guessing the death caused the spike and the cyano went on a rampage. At any rate, things are back in check now and I’m in the process of finding another goby. I’ve burned through 2 or 3 of the diamond backs. They last a year and change and then die off. Guess they just can’t handle the small tank sans refugium (which I’m planning to add as time and $$ allow in the near future). For the next sand sifter goby, I’m thinking about going with a 2 spot – thrive in smaller tanks and still churn up the sand pretty good. Check out the Two Spot Goby when you get a chance and let me know what you think, as I’ll most likely have to have on shipped.

I’m also upgrading to a dual DJ4 power center that I’m setting up inside my stand. The current DJ8 has been great, but it’s just laying behind my stand kicking off ambient light to the room. Time to upgrade and get things in house. If you or someone you know has a need for a used DJ8, I’m willing to trade for colorful frags in the West Los Angeles area.

iPhone 4.0 = more pics and vids on the way!

Clinton — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:30:11 +0000

I’ve been on a Twitter frenzy lately, mostly becuase (as the concept might dictate) micro-blogging is quicker and easier than full blown blogging (follow us @coraltopia). However, there have been several updates in the past weeks so I thought I would take a chance to reflect and share with any people who are silly enough to still be reading …

As you may have heard, I just picked up my new iPhone 4.0. This thing is pretty much amazing, and I can’t wait to start taking more pics and vids to get get posted on the site. I’ve been doing some cleaning in the past couple weeks, including adding some extra sponges for some mechanical filtration and taking the old school razor blade to the glass (which I do every couple months regardless). I’m going to try to post an update weekly for a bit and see how it goes … Hoping to have some more active growth shots as well as some more video as I start to add more pieces to the collection. This weekend I’m hoping to grab a little hammer coral from a guy down in Redondo Beach, look for pics next episode!

New growth shots

Clinton — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:21:10 +0000

The tank has been looking pretty dang good lately, so time for another round of growth shots. My raspberry prostrata is finally branching off, and I’ve got a handful of plugs of purple joker palys ready to hit the market.

Still looking to add a cleaner shrimp (the last one died some time ago) as well as a nice piece of hammer coral, in the hopes my clowns will host it. Kyle is in LA this weekend, we’ll see what he has to say about things …

Growth shots

Clinton — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:20:54 +0000

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More frags!

Clinton — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:13:43 +0000

Meant to post this update earlier, but better late than never right?! First off congrats to Kyle (everyone that knows him knows why) and also a huge thanks for swinging me some more frags!! Everything made the acclimation except the CA Tort (which was a teeny tiny frag).

New frags and fishes

Clinton — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:15:39 +0000

Picked up some great new frags over the weekend, and replaced a lost fish. Got a couple new varieties of digitata to go with the orange that Kyle set me up with a couple months back. Also added a great frag of Blue Polyp Acro and 2 frags of Green Chewbacca milli (one of which died almost immediately after the transplant).

Hoping to have some tank shots to go with these, these are actual pics of the mother colonies – great stuff!

New lights, fish + coral update

Clinton — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:04:35 +0000

Got the new 14k pheonix 150w bulb installed over the weekend. Didn’t really take any pics because it was so easy to take care of. I also got some of my frags cleaned up and gave them a Revive bath. Would have helped if I had read the directions a little more carefully (or would have had my second cup of coffee before started in …). Guess I wasn’t paying attention and used FRESH water to give my frags their bath … not things aren’t really looking that good (I think I might have lost the whole rack – time will tell).

In other news, SJ’s mom sponsored us a new fish!! We have a new Royal Gramma – that pretty much does nothing but hide in the rocks – these pics might be all you ever see of the little guy! I’ve also got my new Saphire skimmer coming in the mail – I’ll have pics up of the install as soon as it gets here (I’m hoping for tomorrow!)

Frags post cleaning

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Frags post cleaning

Clinton + Royal Gramma

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Clinton + Royal Gramma

Full Tank Shot

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Full Tank Shot

Easter surf, frag racks, and 6 packs

Clinton — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:56:24 +0000

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