dpoltsdsu Posted April 4, 2018 Author Share Posted April 4, 2018 The Tomini Tang has been great. Gets along great with everybody and it has some great color! 1 Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted April 5, 2018 Author Share Posted April 5, 2018 Top view of a big patch of soft corals and Maxima clam 1 Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted April 6, 2018 Author Share Posted April 6, 2018 Yesterday while aquascaping a bit, I came up with an interesting concept for the reef. All of my corals are from the coral triangle area in the Pacific Ocean or from the Caribbean, so I thought it would be interesting to make two islands, one with only corals inverts from the Pacific, and the other island with only livestock from the Caribbean. I am currently separating everything out so I can place them in their new locations. 1 Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted April 6, 2018 Author Share Posted April 6, 2018 One structure will be primarily used to showcase a variety of Soft Corals, Large Polyp Stony Corals, Clams and Small Polyp Stony Coral from the Pacific Ocean while the other structure will be used to showcase livestock from the Caribbean. That structure will be be home to Gorgonians, Ricordea, and Rock Flower Anemone's. 1 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 That’s a neat idea! I can’t wait to see it. 1 Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted April 6, 2018 Author Share Posted April 6, 2018 I was able to get the aquascape situated and i'm pretty happy with the result. I went with a big structure on the left for the Pacific side and a smaller structure on the right to allow the Gorgonians to grow taller. Here are a couple of quick pictures I took of the setup. Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 Got my first Rock Flower Anemone for the Caribbean side. Its a bluish-white in the middle with pink tentacles. I fed it some mysis and it ate them very quickly and seems to be doing well so far! 5 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 The tank is looking great and I love the RFA. 1 Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted April 13, 2018 Author Share Posted April 13, 2018 The resident Falco Hawkfish enjoying the cave on the Caribbean side of the reef 3 Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 The Florida Ricordea garden starting to take shape on the Caribbean side! 1 Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 Had another big Cheato harvest today. It's been growing very quickly down there as I have been feeding the Gorgonians a lot of Reef Roids 1 Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share Posted April 19, 2018 Took a quick video of the reef this morning! Pretty pleased with how everything is progressing Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted April 30, 2018 Author Share Posted April 30, 2018 Fortunate enough to get the chance to visit the Cook Islands this week. Planning on doing quite a bit of snorkeling and diving while I'm there. I'll post some pictures of what I see! 1 Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 Some pretty fantastic snorkeling already. Some of the reefs right off the beach are actually in surprisingly good shape. Plenty of healthy colonies. The coral diversity is also been better than expected. I have seen colonies of Acropora, Lobophyllia, Acanthastrea, Stylopora, Poccilopora, huge Lobe corals, and even some leather corals. There are beautiful Butterflyfish everywhere. Here is a couple pictures from the first day of snorkeling. Photo 1 Auriga Butterflyfish Photo 2 Longnose and Racoon Butterflyfish Photo 3 Saddle Butterflyfish 1 2 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Great pictures!! I’ve gotta say, I’m jealous that you get to do that! Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted May 10, 2018 Author Share Posted May 10, 2018 Some pictures of some corals you may recognize in and around the lagoon in Rarotonga! 1 2 Quote Link to comment
1891Bro Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 On 3/20/2018 at 12:14 PM, Christopher Marks said: So beautiful @dpoltsdsu! Does the xenia ever bother your gorgonians as it spreads? Yup. Pretty sure June is gonna need a TOTM. Jus’ sayin’. 3 1 Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted May 10, 2018 Author Share Posted May 10, 2018 Got home from vacation this morning and the reef is looking great! My roommate is a reef keeper so I am lucky to have a tank sitter that is in the hobby as well. I made one last change to the scape and now I feel like it's at a place where it can really grow in and start to give me that "coral forest" look that I like. I didn't love the look of the Caribbean side the more that I looked at it, so what I did was connect the rock work and make the bottom right of the tank the Caribbean area and I am now going to fill in the rest with other corals from the Pacific. I am still leaving a large area specifically for Caribbean livestock. Here's a cool picture I just took from the right side of the tank with some natural sunlight in the reef. Really liking the colors of the tank right now! 2 1 Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted May 10, 2018 Author Share Posted May 10, 2018 Top down shot of the reef as of 5/10/18 5 2 Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted May 15, 2018 Author Share Posted May 15, 2018 Picked up a small and skinny Target Mandarin from a lfs today. I want to fatten it up and try and give it a better quality of life. After about an hour in the reef, it is eating Nutramar OVA and newly hatched Brine Shrimp so that is already a good sign! 2 Quote Link to comment
Red_Blenny Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 On 4/6/2018 at 1:09 PM, dpoltsdsu said: That green fuzzy coral to the left, is that a branching GSP or a gorgonian? Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted May 20, 2018 Author Share Posted May 20, 2018 On 5/14/2018 at 8:17 PM, Red_Blenny said: That green fuzzy coral to the left, is that a branching GSP or a gorgonian? It was sold to me as a branching GSP but I believe it's actually a species of Briarium. I've had it for about 5 years and it is a fantastic coral. 1 Quote Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted May 20, 2018 Author Share Posted May 20, 2018 The Target Mandarin that I rescued is becoming much more active and has been eating quite a bit. Hopefully the fish is beginning to recover. I've been feeding Nutramar and newly hatched Brine Shrimp 3-4 times a day 1 Quote Link to comment
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