d2mini's Epic Fantabulous New Reef Build

[d2mini]

haha, thanks! :)

 

[motorcyclereefer]

Now I want to play some Jimmy Buffet for some reason?.

 

[ErinCahir]

More pics.

Kthnxbi.

 

[d2mini]

PART II


Here we are jumping into TBS waters

As you can see it was pretty murky with not much visibility at all this day.
That's Richard maybe half way down.

Rick just a few feet from me.

Yours truly trying to take pictures and stay afloat at the same time. lol

About 30-45 mins later??? Richard was back up. Time to get back in the boat and pull up the haul.

Bag after bag of primo TBS rock!
You can already see how covered it is in tunicates and other life.

On the way back to the marina with our underwater treasure!
Note that everything is coming up and put directly into barrels of fresh ocean water that was just pumped in fresh!

This is real live sand people!!!... skimmed right off the ocean floor.

And here we are heading back into the marina.

To be continued....

 

[felixfish]

now that's dedication! And a bit of awesomeness!

 

[d2mini]

haha, thanks! It was a trip... in pretty much every meaning of the word. :)

 

[ErinCahir]

Super cool!!

 

[RockStacker]

That is awesome.
Do you need any sort of paperwork to collect live rocks off shore like that? or is it pretty much open season?

 

[FishyReef]

I'm guessing Tampa Bay Saltwater has all sorts of business and collecting permits.... but you can collect all the lionfish you want right now, no limits, no licenses needed!

 

[d2mini]

TBS leasing a portion of the gulf from the govt.
He put in all the rock he collects back out. It's all aquacultured so no damage to the reef.

 

[lilmatty5dimes]

Wow looks like you had a great time. And as always awesome pictures.

 

[RockStacker]

TBS leasing a portion of the gulf from the govt.
He put in all the rock he collects back out. It's all aquacultured so no damage to the reef.

I see. That is awesome.

 

[cvcdrk]

Great pics....so when are you getting your rock for your new tank? Any plans on aquascaping yet?

 

[Kelz88]

Awesome :D

 

[d2mini]

Great pics....so when are you getting your rock for your new tank? Any plans on aquascaping yet?

Already got it. :)
That was the point of the trip. It came back on the plane with me! :bounce:

 

[little_fish]

So cool! I want to do this someday!

 

[fastrd400]

Dude, I wanna be you just for one day!

Course, I get to pic the day.

 

[d2mini]

Dude, I wanna be you just for one day!

Course, I get to pic the day.

LOL, there ain't that many to choose from... but sometimes I get lucky. :D

 

[cvcdrk]

How come we don't have pics of the rock yet!? :-D

I imagine you must have it in the tank already.

 

[fastrd400]

LOL, there ain't that many to choose from... but sometimes I get lucky. :D

And that right there, is exactly the day I'd pick. :mrgreen: