Diatome Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Finally, after all these years on the boards, a legitimate account of a tank. I still have an NC 12 but upgraded from a 37 tall, that I started in early 2005, to this 60 gallon. I added Florida live rock to fill it out. Kept the 37 as a QT and it now sits in the garage and I use it to mix my salt. if I am not careful it will return to the living area. I will fight the urge. The rock and some corals and all the fish are from Ocean Exotics in Gainesville FL. After a bumpy time they have new owners and I definitely trust their stock. Most of the corals are from Pacific East Aquaculture. The last two I purchased are from Liveaquaria. There are two Koralias (2 and 3) for water movement and Millenium 3000 HOB that is used as a fuge. 6 X 54 T5HO (Nova Extreme Pro). 1 actinic, 1 true actinic, 1 aquablue and 3 daylight bulbs. 1 Scopas Tang 1 Royal Gramma 1 Cinnamon Clown 1 Blue/Green Chromis 1 Lawnmower Blenny Several Brittle Stars Halameda - Halimeda scabra Red Titan Algae Flame Algae Codium Saw tooth Several Dwarf Ceriths 3 Florida Ceriths 10 Nassarius Snails 1 Top Hat 1 Golden Astrea 10 Hermits 2 Stomatellas 1 Peppermint Shrimp 2 Blue Ricordea Florida 4 Thorny Oysters Zoanthids – Yellow, Peach, Orange with Green skirts, Orange, peach with yellow skirts Palyothoa – Emerald, Nuclear Green, Cammiethoas, Pogi’ng Pana (fragged) 4 Snake Polyps 1 Scoly 1 bi color leather - Green 1 Leather Several Purple Mushrooms Feather Dusters Spaghetti Worms Red Tunicate Sea Pork – clear tunicate Sponges – White, red, orange, black and pink encrusting. Red and yellow ball. Sarcothelia – Purple From Dr Mac: 1 Stylocoeniella armata – Orange 1 Australian Acanthastrea lordhowensis 3 Zoas – Pink, green and orange, emerald 1 Green Slimer Staghorn 1 Tricolor Acropora 1 Blueberry Acorpora austera 2 Stylophora - Stylophora pistillata 2 Pocillopora- Pocillopora damicornis 1 Pink birds nest - Seriatopora hystrix 1 Green Montipora - Montipora capricornis 1 Aussie Duncanops 1 War Coral – Brown and Teal - fragged 1 Chalice – Green Teal 1 Green Eyed Favites From Liveaquaria: 1 Peach Fire Coral – Millepora sp - fragged 1 Acrhelia - acrhelia horrescens The first three fish have been with me since Spring 2005. The scopas was tiny when I picked it up. It controls all the other fish and makes sure they are in specific hiding places if danger (me) is detected. Only the clown will emerge to try and bite me between the fingers. Some rock work: I still haven;t cleaned off the bottom of the glass. LAZY. This was the original frag that grew into the paly's in the second photo. Still wish I could get more with two mouths. A few more shots: Link to comment
Diatome Posted November 25, 2008 Author Share Posted November 25, 2008 FTS After adding Merulina and a Spiny Cup. Right Side update. Closeup of the frag holder, with a sea squirt for company. There is even one frag attached in the back not seen. I need a frag rack. Center, with just actinics on. Still trying to figure out the colors on the war coral. Teal stayed but the darker colored areas are now purple with a pink center and the new growth is bright/fluorescent green. Slightly off left side pic. Link to comment
got2envy Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Woo nice tank! I like that size tank, is it an AGA ? what are the dimensions? Tank is awesome Thanks Maria Link to comment
Diatome Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 Thanks. It's a Heartland tank I got on sale. LOL 48" X 25" H X 12.5 " . I upgraded from a 37 to this. It's actually pretty good for my needs and I really enjoy the tank. I like to stack the rock up high to create caves so the height is good for me. It really only gives me issues on the depth. I would like to create a rock channel lengthwise but that's not happening given it is 12" on the inside. The Tallest point on the corals and rock is 18 inches so a shallower aquarium just didn't suite me. Link to comment
Diatome Posted February 26, 2009 Author Share Posted February 26, 2009 Morning light on acan. Hermits passing by heading to their cave. Link to comment
Diatome Posted April 20, 2009 Author Share Posted April 20, 2009 Well, the zoa rock has bene moved to the 12 my kids keep: The tank has now been altered with just a few pieces of live rock. The war coral is away from the sandbed now. More room on the left now. Plenty of arches, there are actually two behind the war coral. The top piece being the new home to my newer zoas and palys. Link to comment
Kylebeano Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 New scape is neat. Things should be growing out niceley and covering up. Any updated pictures? Link to comment
polok121 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 I love the setup! Quick question though, Are the T5s enough for the sps in that tank? I see you have the midlevel, is that working out well? Link to comment
Diatome Posted July 14, 2009 Author Share Posted July 14, 2009 Well, here is the update. I have been slowly removing corals to leave only the ones I really want to let grow out. The big leather is gone and a new piece of live rock in its place, so I could move some SPS to the left side of the tank. Hitchhiker on new live rock. FTS Left Side Center Right Side Link to comment
alex1237 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 I know I'm reviving an old thread here, but........ Is this tank still running? Are you still in Gainesville? You've got some nice stuff I'd be interested in buying/trading frags. PM me if you are still around. Link to comment
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