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Latest FTS 28/05/2015

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19/03/2015

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24/02/2015

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06/10/14

 

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After cycle had finished.

 

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So I finally thought better late than never to start a thread on my tank, has been up and running for a while now (around 8 months) but never got around to starting a thread to share anything, and thank everyone for the awesome advice I’ve received :)

I initially new knowing about salt water when setting up originally. Tank was intended for use as a freshwater I am sure, but after a long chat with some very helpful staff at LFS, and the long time spent researching info on here, I decided to give it a go and see if I would be able to run a successful marine set up out of it. Pretty happy with the results so far.


Currently running an 18 gallon tank with no skimmer or sump.

 

15% water changes per week. Dosing Brightwell Calc 5ml, Alk 5ml, Potas 3ml and Mag 3ml per day

 

Corals and fish are fed a blend of frozen foods. Squid, Mysis, Marine Mix, Lobster eggs and Reef Roids.

Lighting

2 x 24” T5 HO, Geisemann AquaPink and Geisemann Actinic Blue
3 x 3W Strips, white/actinic combination

Flow

  • Stock return 800lph
  • 1 x AquaOne Wave Maker

Filtration:

  • Filter Floss, Purigen, ChemiPure Elite

Scape:

  • 7 kg Aragonite sand
  • 12kg of Queensland Reef Rock

All live stock is sourced from within Australia.

Fish:

  • 2 x Captive Bred Black and White Oscellaris Clowns

CUC:

  • Tuxedo Urchin
  • 6” Brittle Star
  • Red Fromia Indica
  • Peppermint Shrimp
  • Pistol Shrimp
  • 2 x Nassarius Snails

LPS:

  • Pulsing Xenia Colony
  • Meat Coral
  • Pink Frogspawn
  • Green Frogspawn
  • Green and Pink Hammer
  • Lobophyllia
  • Trachyphyllia
  • Long Tentacle Plate
  • Green Goniopora
  • Pink Goniopora
  • Unknown Chalice
  • Assorted Zoas

SPS Frags

  • Green Plating Monti
  • Red Plating Monti
  • Blue Millepora
  • Purple Acro
  • 2 x Green Birdsnest
  • 2 Unknown
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Little photo dump of some pieces in display. Will upload a few more once I'm home.

Xenia Colony

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Long Tentacle Plate

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Zoas

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Meat Coral

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Chalice

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Beautiful tank! Nice looking LR and corals! What is that purple/pink coral on the right in the back? Sorry I'm a noob.

 

Thank you very much. That one is a pink frogspawn.

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This was the first attempt at fragging zoas, growth isn't as fast as I'd like but patience is the key right??

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Trachy! Everyone always says it looks like a UFO :lol:

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Best hitchhikers ever! Scutus snails. Lost one for unknown reasons, but these things are a lawnmower for algae.

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Clowns and their meat coral. Ugliest thing to use as a host... Lol.

 

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Looks awsome, nice and clean. Also lol looks like the amphipods are camera shy, I only ever see mine at night or when I move the algae around lol. Keep up the good work at the ZOA's and other corals, love the meat coral, name fits well. Patience is key with any stony coral.

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Also lol looks like the amphipods are camera shy, I only ever see mine at night or when I move the algae around lol.

 

Will try and get a picture of the mass of them that run around the sand when lights are back on, wish I never saw them lol

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Need some help finding out what this little thing is. I believe it came in from a zoa frag. It has no skeleton. I've had a few people suggest Kenya tree, however, it is a completely singular polyp that isn't actually attached to anything. It moves around the rock work by inflating it's body and letting the current carry it, and doesn't settle anywhere, just sits for the day while lights are on then is in a different spot the next morning. I can feed it pieces of meat around the size of a tic tac which it happily accepts, so I was a bit confused as to an ID.

 

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And this is a side view.

 

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Nice! I like your taste in coral. Your tank makes me want to get some goniopora.

Thank you! They're one of my favourite, have you seen the red gonis?? Amazing. Wish my LFS would get one in already :P

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And the latest addition. Red Fromia Star. Acclimated him for 1 hour using drip acclimation, and he's been cruising around the tank removing algae film since. Has yet to discover that there is live rock in the tank, and was on the back wall for most of yesterday (back has never been cleaned and has a permanent algae film that gets eaten constantly).

 

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Plenty of food for our 5 legged friend, he's probably so occupied with the slime there he couldn't possibly imagine any better place

Have you seen the stomach yet?

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Plenty of food for our 5 legged friend, he's probably so occupied with the slime there he couldn't possibly imagine any better place

Have you seen the stomach yet?

Either that or he's afraid of the amphipod invasion going on in my tank. They've discovered the buffet wall at the back too :(

 

If by stomach you mean a blob squished against the glass that came from it's centre, then yes. Was wondering what that was!

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So much Xenia people!! Came home from being away for a couple days and my 4 heads of Xenia now is 7 with another branch looking like it's about to split, not to mention all of the ones growing at the base.. Quarantine tank already has 3 large heads from the main colony.. The Xenia invasion has started.. Please, anyone local, take them!!

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So much Xenia people!! Came home from being away for a couple days and my 4 heads of Xenia now is 7 with another branch looking like it's about to split, not to mention all of the ones growing at the base.. Quarantine tank already has 3 large heads from the main colony.. The Xenia invasion has started.. Please, anyone local, take them!!

lol he likes the tank, I wish my aiptasia grew that quick lol
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What's the kittens name?

Cute cat he is :)

 

Her name is Jett, so naughty but so cute at the same time.

 

Nice, sweet tank! Can't find anything to complain with, looks super cool....wold you be open to a few well-intended suggestions?

 

Thanks :) All suggestions are very much welcome!! To be honest, apart from the info on this site I had no idea what I was doing with this tank so go for it haha.

 

Great tank, I enjoyed the picture of the clowns hosting in the meat coral. I would be happy if mine would host in anything.

 

I feel your pain! Took these little guys months to settle on the meat, hopefully you'll also just wake up one day and bam.. They're happy in a new coral! :)

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Thanks :) All suggestions are very much welcome!! To be honest, apart from the info on this site I had no idea what I was doing with this tank so go for it haha.

 

If you want any, I have a few. Just ideas to make the tank shine out even more.

 

1. I am assuming the big pink thing in the top back right is a Euphyllia coral (I think it's a frogspawn). If it is, I would highly recommend moving your other frogspawn (in the top left) right next to the pink one. While frogspawn is aggressive, it won't sting itself to death, so that would probably free up some prime real estate in the upper left region of the tank, which probably gets lots of light and flow. Maybe even place an SPS there, who knows....also, lower flow helps reduce the tendency of Euphyllia to get the sweeper tentacles which it uses to attack neighboring corals. And I have a feeling the Euphyllia cluster would look super cool.

 

2. Maybe GSP or encrusting sponge to sort of carpet the empty spots of the rockwork?

 

3. Maybe get a little clown goby or a neon goby pair? Idunno, liven it up a little?

 

Just my suggestions now, otherwise I think everything looks excellent. I look forward to seeing this tank progress!

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If you want any, I have a few. Just ideas to make the tank shine out even more.

 

1. I am assuming the big pink thing in the top back right is a Euphyllia coral (I think it's a frogspawn). If it is, I would highly recommend moving your other frogspawn (in the top left) right next to the pink one. While frogspawn is aggressive, it won't sting itself to death, so that would probably free up some prime real estate in the upper left region of the tank, which probably gets lots of light and flow. Maybe even place an SPS there, who knows....also, lower flow helps reduce the tendency of Euphyllia to get the sweeper tentacles which it uses to attack neighboring corals. And I have a feeling the Euphyllia cluster would look super cool.

 

2. Maybe GSP or encrusting sponge to sort of carpet the empty spots of the rockwork?

 

3. Maybe get a little clown goby or a neon goby pair? Idunno, liven it up a little?

 

Just my suggestions now, otherwise I think everything looks excellent. I look forward to seeing this tank progress!

 

1 - Sure is a frogspawn. I've considered placing them together before but was warned it would end in disaster due to one being wall and one being branching. LFS has some really nice full grown SPS colonies for only like $40 - $50 so that could definitely be an option.

 

2 - Definitely need something for the rock work! I would ideally like to avoid GSP though, I love the carpet look but can't be bothered dealing with it overgrowing the spaces when the time comes. I've already got the Xenia for that lol. What do you reckon about covering the space with zoas? I'm growing a few frags out in a separate tank ATM and have been thinking either trade them at LFS or put into display?

 

3 - Have actually been waiting for my LFS to get a goby that I like, found a pistol shrimp hitchhiker a few weeks back and he looks like he needs a friend!

 

Thanks for the suggestions :) I like the sound of a Euphyllia cluster especially, just don't want any of them killing each other.

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