This is my new aquarium. It's a 50 gallon breeder.
36" T5 4-bulb fixture.
But two of 'em.

FTS


Left side


Right Side


Side shot


Hitch Hikers


Now what?

That is some beautiful looking rock, and I really like your aquascaping. I do find that big chunk of rock sticking out of the left formation a little jarring though.

Looking good, I'm looking forward to tracking your progress

Thanks for the kind words
I actually put that there on purpose. From this view it doesn't look good, but it's actually kind of a ledge. It'll make a good spot for a nice coral

it should be 18" tall if its a 50 breeder

Looks good, I just got a 60 gallon tank that I am still in the planning stages with.

Like the open sand areas allows for some flexibility in regards to LPS like scolymia's

eh, i used a book that's 7 inches long to find measurements, so they may be a little off. haha thanks though


thanks!
What's going in yours?
I also like my sand areas. I tried to have a lot of them

haha well goodluck with it! Is it plumbed for a sump at all?

No, i'm too scared to drill!

Ah you'll be fine you just need to use a template to keep it steady and go slow

I love the overhang... I've had something like that in mind for my 29g, and I'm glad to see I wasn't the only one thinking of it!

I think I'll go sumpless for now, but who knows. Maybe I'll add one someday. If I do, I'll have someone from my local club drill it.


thanks! I'm really happy with how it turned out.

Well so far, the turbo snail and the hitchhiker zoas are doing great.
I might try adding a few more corals/snails in.

Anyone have any idea on fish?

I like your rocks.

also, moved as per requested.

Thanks, and thanks!!



Update tomorrow, coral added.

i will be waiting for the photos!

Glad to see someones following!
Pics come when lights are on.
Couple hours

nice aquascaping. MOAR PITCHURZ. plz?

Lights are on. Waiting for coral to open

New Additions:
3 peppermint shrimp (that i haven't seen since the first night)
around 8 cerith snails
3 turbo's snails
1 nassarius snail

1 Bubble coral
1 duncan frag
a zoanthid frag

WOW.................That looks sweet

Thank you!

I'm kind of thinking about a copperband butterfly.
What do you guys think? Any issues with that?

I would only get a copperband if you have a serious problem with glass anemones. They are extremely hard to keep. If you insist on getting a butterfly, go with a black and white heniochus or an Auriga. Keep in mind that the can an might eat your corals.
I personally would get a large school of cardinals. I love those fish.

Yeah, after posting that, I kind of came to the conclusion that CB's seem to be more trouble than they're worth.
I like cardinals too, but I also want a 'centerpiece fish'

I just can't decide what.

It's been a while!
I've got a clown, a Coral Beauty, and a Dottiback. Everything eats mysis, and nothing nips my corals.

Pics

where'd u get the clown?

Kim Gross over here in Nampa. Was only like $9 or something like that, I think i'd like another.

sweet. i need to go see him and raid his tanks.

I love his prices. I have a colony of 25+ "true" red people eaters that I got for like $20. I'm fragging it up tonight. We'll have to trade coral once your tank is established.

I found a full colony of RPE for $25. I made 5 frags, and made it so they'll grow onto another plug. Makes easy fragging.


Ric Recovery


Cool sponge growth


I cut my duncans a month and a half ago. Some chips of skeleton fell in the sand, and I left it. Look what happened


Purple deaths and bambam look-alikes





Updated FTS

mine?








but no really, where'd you get those? Pretty nice.

ooo...i'll have to give you some live rock rubble sometime, cuz i hate coral plugs, and have you make me a frag of that.

That ric recovery trough is a good idea.

I'm not sure, I got them in a trade with someone around here. I'll frag them once they start growing outwards, we'll work out a trade or something.

Same applies


Thanks! I had four in there but just sold/traded them. I'm very excited for this orange morph, check out the blue along the edges. This has been cut for two weeks and is big enough to be cut in half or thirds again. The original ric is probably close to three inches across, it's big.

WOW you have some nice rock. I get crap here that looks like they left it in a dark, cold tank for about five months. and they ask $7 a pound for it!

Yeah, That's how it used to be for me, they were charging 6-7 dollars per pound, and the rock was crap. I found someone that runs a bussiness out of his garage though, and this is the rock he sells. It's only $3 per pound too!

Anyways, I've got an update, but i'm not telling you what it is until my lights come on tonight. Feel free to guess though.
I'm going to have to rehome my clown and my dottiback or else they'll get eaten.
My perpperments will likely die.
I can no longer reach my hand in the tank without knowing where everything is.
I need live food for a while.

Its a lion fish! Its a lionfish!!

yay!!

Dont get stung lol

I hope its a lionfish or I will look like a complete idiot


lol

Very close! They're in the same family, but this fish stays on/in the sand.

scorpian or stone fish?

It's a type of scorpion fish...

I give up!

LOL

PICHERZ???

I love my Sea Goblin.

just curious, i'm wondering what your ricordea recovery thing is about. thanks!

Hey Jake!
The reason behind that: I am too impatient to let my rics spread on their own. They seem to grow three inches before splitting, so I help them along. I take an adult, cut it into three pieces, and put them in the recovery. They go in there so I don't lose them. After a month, I cut each third in half. Then I let them all grow to adult size.

I need to see his flash.



Can you get him to display and get a pic of the back of his pectoral fins? It doesn't need to be a great shot. Just something like the pic below.



A goblin isn't a scorpionfish persa... it's a stingfish that backs a more powerful sting than your ordinary scorp.

GrandpaFeathers,

i'm Renee's (seahorsedreams) "other half", and i can tell you that your fish is most likely Inimicus caledonicus, AKA in the US as the "Chinese ghoul", "bearded ghoul", and "demon stinger". as Renee mentioned (i see she posted while i was typing this), it's a "sea goblin", and not what true stingfish afficionados call a "ghoul" (that name is reserved for genus Choridactylus).

in the wild, they max out at 9"-10" TL. IMHO, Inimicus are one of the "must have" fish for collectors of venomous fish. as you probably are finding out, they spend much of their time buried up to their eyes in the substrate, but IME, they will also spend some time out and about, especially once they know you're the "food god". according to Scott Michael, these fish are intolerant of conspecifics (unless you have a M-F pair), so it's best to keep only one goblin per tank.

just a warning: altho you'd have to try pretty darned hard to get stung by a goblin (you'd pretty much have to put your hand right on it), they are quite a bit more toxic than a lionfish (first aid is the same), and thus will hurt a lot more.

HTH

If you still grab those flash pictures because Frank Marini would like to see them.

Thanks for the help everyone. It's really hard to get him to flash, he just sits there. he doesn't really get scared. I saw him flash once at my coral beauty though, and it was the same mottled orange/brown color, but with really bright yellow dots. I'll go try some more to get a pic.

Everything scorpkeeper said seems right on, while describing its characteristics. I actually touched it with my feeding stick, and it barely shifted at all. Eventually it swam off, and i got a couple crappy photos, but they show a small portion of it. He'll actually follow the feeding stick around the aquarium if i keep it too far away. It seems active, and swims very lazily. It also burrows up to its eyes on occasion.
Pics uploading now.

Gone be following this thread very nice and very interesting

Check out his belly. I hope he enjoyed his $12.99 meal.