megability Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 (edited) I added a new tank-mate today, the ubiquitous Lawnmower Blenny - I will call him Homer... Edited July 24, 2011 by megability 1 Quote Link to comment
PrincessLiLi Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 looks real good..i plan on getting the media baskets too when i get some moeny...your coralline is beautiful...keep the layout... Quote Link to comment
megability Posted October 15, 2009 Author Share Posted October 15, 2009 (edited) I recently installed the ProPlus 4-stage RO/DI system from Spectrapure, along with the drinking water kit and faucet. The system looks good and seems to be working great so far... Edited July 24, 2011 by megability Quote Link to comment
fiddly_foo Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Nice tank and good start to something really nice I goto say like others I really like the rockwork. I think alot of people dont spend alot of time on it when it's the most important part of the tank everything revolves around the LR Your's came out nice. good luck and lookfoward to more pics Quote Link to comment
nvdiz Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 just saw your thread and im liking the tank keep it up! nice aquascape btw Quote Link to comment
megability Posted October 17, 2009 Author Share Posted October 17, 2009 (edited) I just got a new small tank-mate - a Green Clown Goby. He likes to lurk in the rock crevices, under and behind different corals and really doesn't do much all day, but that's just what they do so that's fine with me... Edited July 24, 2011 by megability Quote Link to comment
megability Posted October 17, 2009 Author Share Posted October 17, 2009 (edited) Another shot of Homer the Lawnmower Blenny... Edited July 24, 2011 by megability Quote Link to comment
megability Posted December 21, 2009 Author Share Posted December 21, 2009 (edited) Some updated pics... Pom-Pom Crab out for a stroll... Porcelain Crab chillin' in his anemone, which moved up towards the top of the tank... -soon after this picture, the Crab died, not really sure why, but lookin' for another now... -with him gone, the Sexy Shrimp have now taken up hosting the Anemone... Eagle Eye Zoanthids have about doubled, both sides of this rock, lookin' good... Got some Tub's Blue Zoanthids, hope they start filling in soon... Edited July 24, 2011 by megability Quote Link to comment
megability Posted December 21, 2009 Author Share Posted December 21, 2009 some new creatures, pictures to follow... Six-Line Wrasse (Pseudocheilinus hexataenia) Half-Barred Reef Goby (Priolepis semidoliata) - this little guy looks cool, like a mini lion fish, yellow with some darker bands down his front half, spends all of his time upside down hidin' in the crevices and then darts out for some food... Green Clove Polyps (Clavularia sp.) Zoanthids Montipora Coral (Montipora capricornis) Quote Link to comment
Supersizeme Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Very nice, I like the coloration of the LR, Nice set up ! Quote Link to comment
Cali-girl Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 lookin good Mega! I love the biocube, so I know it'll be a good tank for you keep posting your progress! Quote Link to comment
Ando Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Wow nice looking tank so far! Quote Link to comment
bluefunelement Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 love this photo! Porcelain Crab on his new home, a Rose Bubble Tip Anemone Quote Link to comment
Clavius85 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Wow, nice tank! Great pics too. Quote Link to comment
myatt Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 I have a BioCube 29, too....yours is beautiful. Great-looking inhabitants and incredible photos. Looking forward to watching your progress. Keep us posted! Quote Link to comment
megability Posted December 24, 2009 Author Share Posted December 24, 2009 (edited) Montipora capricornis - I put this little chunk atop a rock, high flow, medium light, and lots of room to start spreadin' out... More Green Clown Goby - I love this little guy, he's got 3 or 4 favorite perching spots, one nestled in between a break in the Green Dragon Eye Zoanthids, and another at the mouth of a cave... An across tank shot - you can see the Green Dragon Eye Zoanthids have really started spreadin' out, a lucky shot of the Six-Line Wrasse (he's fast) and you can also see the Toxic Waste Trumpet Coral has split several times, from 2 heads into almost 5 now... Orange Hitchhiker Zoanthids - these came on my live rock, barely recognizable, and have come back quite nice, you can even see some new ones growing down the side... Guacamole Palythoa - I got a small frag as a freebie, threw it in the back of the tank, and they have really grown out!... Edited July 24, 2011 by megability Quote Link to comment
weeber Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 those hitch hiker zoas are known as bam bams and are quite nice zoas that can cost up to 10 buck per polp. So that is a very sweet hitch hiker congrats. Quote Link to comment
clownfish14 Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 looking good keep up the good work Quote Link to comment
megability Posted December 25, 2009 Author Share Posted December 25, 2009 (edited) Half-Barred Reef Goby (Priolepis semidoliata) - this little guy looks cool, like a mini lion fish, yellow with some darker bands down his front half, spends all of his time upside down hidin' in the crevices and then darts out for some food... (these are not my pictures, I found them online, but look exactly like the fish I have) Edited July 24, 2011 by megability Quote Link to comment
clownfish14 Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 cool i want one of these they look awsome Quote Link to comment
megability Posted December 25, 2009 Author Share Posted December 25, 2009 (edited) ... the latest Full Tank Shot ... -> much bigger picture, 1800x1600 <- Clockwise from bottom center, 6-O'clock... - hair algae - 2 hitchhiker anemones, quite colorful actually, they are in ID forum if you want a better picture - Eagle Eye Zoanthids - Green Clown Goby in his cave, surveying the world... - a couple Green Bay Packer Zoanthids (far left) - Orange Hitchhiker Zoanthids (Bam Bams?) - Waiving Hand Anthelia - Montipora cap Coral - Skunk Cleaner Shrimp hangin' out in the shadows... - Green Horn Coral, started encrusting onto the rock now... - another hitchhiker anemone, tiny - Torch Coral - Frogspawn Coral - Tub's Blue Zoanthids - Scroll Coral - Rose Bubble Tip Anemone and 3 Sexy Shrimp hosting it... - Green Star Polyp Coral - Tomato Clown Fish - Torch Coral - Guacamole Palythoas in the back... - Six-Line Wrasse - Flowering Leaf Coral (more in the center) - Green Clove Polyps - Toxic Waste Trumpet Coral - Green Dragon Eye Zoanthids Edited July 24, 2011 by megability Quote Link to comment
megability Posted December 29, 2009 Author Share Posted December 29, 2009 (edited) Finally got a couple shots of my elusive Half-Barred Goby (Priolepis semidoliata I believe) who usually hides amongst the rockwork and crevices all day, but has actually been coming out a lot more lately - I see him almost every day now... Edited July 24, 2011 by megability 1 Quote Link to comment
megability Posted December 29, 2009 Author Share Posted December 29, 2009 (edited) A Full Tank Shot at "dusk", just actinics on... -> 1024 x 768 pixels <- Edited July 24, 2011 by megability Quote Link to comment
megability Posted December 29, 2009 Author Share Posted December 29, 2009 (edited) Pom-Pom Crab still goin' strong, even grew a leg back - notice the two different kinds of anemones he's found to cruise around with... Edited July 24, 2011 by megability Quote Link to comment
megability Posted December 29, 2009 Author Share Posted December 29, 2009 (edited) Tailspot Blenny (Ecsenius stigmatura) - my latest addition, what a cute and beautiful fish! (these pictures don't really do him justice, hopefully I'll get some better ones soon) It's only been 1 day, but he's already cruising around the tank for several minutes at a time before going back to his hole. He's eating algae off the rocks and glass, and eating cyclopeeze, and the stress-coloration white spots on his head have faded... I've learned a lot from the "Tailspot Blenny" thread here on Nano-Reef.com... Edited July 24, 2011 by megability Quote Link to comment
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