VictoryBell Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Hey all, I'm Vicky, and this is the progression of my very first saltwater tank. As of this post, it is a little over 2 1/2 months old. Equipment : Tank: Innovative Marine Lagoon 25 Light: Current USA Orbit Marine IC LED Pump : Siccie 1.5 Powerhead: Vortech MP10 ATO : Tunze Osmolator Nano Filter Sock Livestock: Ocellaris Clownfish x 2 Tailspot Blenny (As of 4/28/2018) Banggai Cardinal Nassarius Snail x 2 Halloween Hermit Crab (Hence, the shells at the bottom...><) 2X Blue Legged Hermit Crab Turbo Snail (He keeps the tank so clean!) Tuxedo Urchin (As of 4/28/2018) Returned to LFS b/c he was eating corals. 2 X Skunk Cleaner Shrimp ( As of 5/14/2018) Tiger Conch Coral: Yellow Fiji Toadstool Neon Green Toadstool Purple Whip Gorgonian Red Mushroom Pulsing Xenia Clove Polyps Eaten/destroyed by Urchin (??) Green Star Polyps Bubble Coral Duncan Green Stylophora Blue Mushroom (as of 4/28/2018) Macro Algae: Red Dragons Breath Green Codium January, 2019 April, 2018 I know hermits are murdery but I really like this guy. So far he's very polite. The Hermit Crab loves to hang out under the yellow toadstool. 5 Quote Link to comment
ChristopherDido Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Love it! How do you like the light? Was thinking about that one when I do finally get a chance to upgrade down the road. Quote Link to comment
VictoryBell Posted April 20, 2018 Author Share Posted April 20, 2018 51 minutes ago, ChristopherDido said: Love it! How do you like the light? Was thinking about that one when I do finally get a chance to upgrade down the road. Thank you ^_^ The light is OK so far I have no complaints. (It's my first tank and first light so I don't have much to compare it to ) 1 Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 I think youre off to a great start. Your aquascape is perfect for that shape of tank. Great job Quote Link to comment
VictoryBell Posted April 20, 2018 Author Share Posted April 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Sharbuckle said: I think youre off to a great start. Your aquascape is perfect for that shape of tank. Great job Thank you! I spent a lot of time playing with the aquascape beforehand, it’s actually one of the reasons I chose this tank (wider and more room to play with the rock placement). Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Tank looks great. The lagoon is a really nice tank. You shouldn't have any issues with the light keeping softies or lps. Love the yellow Fiji leather- I'd love one. Quote Link to comment
VictoryBell Posted April 20, 2018 Author Share Posted April 20, 2018 10 hours ago, Clown79 said: Tank looks great. The lagoon is a really nice tank. You shouldn't have any issues with the light keeping softies or lps. Love the yellow Fiji leather- I'd love one. Thank you! Yeah , I don’t plan on keeping anything super difficult until I get a lot more experience. The Yellow Fiji is my favorite coral so far, it’s so bright and cheerful looking Quote Link to comment
VictoryBell Posted April 25, 2018 Author Share Posted April 25, 2018 My Halloween Hermit crab eyeing up the largest shell I put in the tank for him. Quote Link to comment
VictoryBell Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 Update: I whipped out the good camera to get some tank photos. Meet Blenson, the Tailspot Blenny. He's still very shy but has started actually hanging out on the rocks instead of hiding all the time. "Herman", my Halloween Hermit Crab. He's the most docile inhabitant of the tank (I was worried about getting a hermit since they have a rep. for being "murdery" ). He put up with the Nassarius snails crawling all over him one night when they were greedily trying to get at the mysis shrimp I fed the tank. (I also think I have copepods now given the white things in the picture, yay) I reached the hair alage stage in my tank and decided to try a tuxedo urchin. I haven't named him yet. He's obsessed with my clove polyps and keeps taking pieces of it to wear as a hat. >< In this photo, he's sleeping on top of my Turbo Snail. 1 Quote Link to comment
VictoryBell Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 I got the confidence to add a Cleaner Shrimp to my the tank. Not the greatest phone photo and my glass needs to be cleaned 😑 1 Quote Link to comment
VictoryBell Posted May 20, 2018 Author Share Posted May 20, 2018 Decided to do some macro photography tonight! I added this Sinularia a few days ago and it looks absolutely lovely. A better shot of my cleaner shrimp who is settling in nicely. (He desperately wants to clean the clowns but they want nothing to do with him.) I managed to get a shot of my shy tailspot blenny. 3 Quote Link to comment
VictoryBell Posted May 23, 2018 Author Share Posted May 23, 2018 I was taking photos the other day and got a very well timed shot of my blenny eating film algae off of the glass. 🙂 4 2 Quote Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Great photos. What do you use to take them? 1 Quote Link to comment
VictoryBell Posted May 23, 2018 Author Share Posted May 23, 2018 10 hours ago, Sharbuckle said: Great photos. What do you use to take them? Thank you! For photosI use my Canon Rebel T5i eos 700D with the canon macro lens ef-s 35mm. Or, if I'm lazy and don't feel like getting out my camera, I use my iphone. 1 Quote Link to comment
VictoryBell Posted July 12, 2018 Author Share Posted July 12, 2018 My tank is over 5 months old woot! I started a new job recently . Because I'm not home much during the day now, I'm not messing around in the tank too much and this seems to be a good thing. My cyano seems to be pretty much gone and I noticed growth on some of my corals! I did have to take my Tuxedo Urchin back to the LFS though. My theory is there wasn't enough algae in the tank for him and he started eating the corals due to hunger. I didn't want to see the poor thing slowly starve. I've also taken to trying to capture my animals personalities in my spare time when I paint. (I paint all day for a living and I'm trying to find interesting subjects to paint in my spare time for more practice.) Here's a nervous Banggai Cardinal. 🙂 annnnnd..... Full tank shot for July 2018. (The glass is a bit messy, I haven't had a chance to clean it this week. ><) ( I know, I have a lot of seashells. I added them for the Halloween Hermit Crab. I know which ones are his favorites now, so I'll be taking some out hehe. 3 Quote Link to comment
VictoryBell Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 I didn't realize I forgot update on the two newest editions! (I got busy with work and I guess I forgot.) I've had these two guys for about a month now. I added a conch! He's the weirdest looking little guy. Added a Banggai Cardinal as my final fish. Despite Cardinals being known for just "sitting there", he's got a lot of personality. He's just not as boisterous as the clownfish. 1 Quote Link to comment
Floundering_Around Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Thinking of getting a tailspot for my evo13. How have you liked yours so far? Quote Link to comment
VictoryBell Posted July 23, 2018 Author Share Posted July 23, 2018 He’s cute and has quite a personality. However, he’s territorial. He sometimes nips at the clownfish if they get too close to his little hole that he lives in. Never anything violent, he just warns them off. He’s never bothered coral or anything either. 1 Quote Link to comment
VictoryBell Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 January, 2019 Finally got around to taking some tank photos. It’s almost a year old now! 5 Quote Link to comment
DreC80 Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Very nice tank. Congrats 1 Quote Link to comment
VictoryBell Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 Thank you! 😃 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Wow Vicky, I am sorry that I haven't noticed your tank until now. It is really nice and you are doing a wonderful job with it, especially being a first tank. I really like like the figi leather too and I love blennies. They have a lot of personality packed in their small bodies. 1 Quote Link to comment
DaveFason Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Great tank. Love the leathers! Quote Link to comment
VictoryBell Posted January 30, 2019 Author Share Posted January 30, 2019 6 hours ago, vlangel said: Wow Vicky, I am sorry that I haven't noticed your tank until now. It is really nice and you are doing a wonderful job with it, especially being a first tank. I really like like the figi leather too and I love blennies. They have a lot of personality packed in their small bodies. Thank you! The fiji leather is my favorite so far; it's so yellow. I wasn't sure about the Blenny at first because he was so shy, but he's super social andeveryone's buddy now. Any time a friend comes over and sees the tank, he's their favorite fish. 5 hours ago, DaveFason said: Great tank. Love the leathers! Thank you! 1 Quote Link to comment
VictoryBell Posted February 21, 2019 Author Share Posted February 21, 2019 My tank is officially a year old as of last Tuesday! A few weeks ago, in celebration of this achievement, I treated myself and bought a long tentacle toadstool. I absolutely love it! (Though the Yellow Fiji Leather is still my favorite.) Quote Link to comment
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