DNR88's Dennerle Scaper's 18.5g - The End..!

[DNR88]

4 hours ago, filefishfinatic said:

add some sand, i think it would make the tank look better and the peramaters will be more stable. 

Making the tank look better isn't much of a concern for me during this stage.

 

Without sand makes it much easier to clean out the dirt and dead material from the rock and that's the most important for me now. 😊

[DNR88]

A fresh new scape for this weekend! 😅

[DNR88]

It's different already and better I think. Tomorrow new picture.

[DNR88]

I couldn't get a good picture of the scape, so for now only one of the growth on the rock. 😃

 

The scape is superglued, so that's positive for the stability. I also added a small frag of Cluveria, just to see how that goes.

 

Edit: This one is good enough to share.

[DNR88]

Latest FTS.

[DNR88]

Hopefully a lot of zoa's and some mushrooms this weekend. 😀 Maybe a bit early, but I can't wait to get some corals and colour in the tank! 😋

[DNR88]

What I hope to get this weekend:

- Bounce mushroom 

- Buttons purpleblue/green

- Rhodactus green

- Watermelons zoas

- Superman mushrooms

- Purple mushrooms, 1 green with blue dots

- Toadstool Leather

- Yellow Fiji Leather

- Reverse Gorilla Nipples zoas

- Pink Diamond zoas

 

Hopefully it will be a nice weekend!

[DNR88]

What do I do with a small green nudibranch-ish critter? It's pretty cute, but is it also reefsafe?

[DNR88]

Seems to be a tiny Oxynoe/Caulerpa sea slug. 😊Here's a better picture.

[DNR88]

I got all the mushrooms and zoas I wanted and more. 😀

 

 

I've adjusted the flow so that the mushrooms also feel comfortable. Now it's time to let everything stabilize and grow in.

[DNR88]

Apparently I'm doing something right this time, because the mushrooms and zoas seem to be doing their best to show themselves at their best and biggest. 😁

 

Stability and previous experience now seem to be the key to success.

[ReefTaco]

I love me some mushrooms 🍄

 

Nice tank you have there. That green hairy mushroom can get quite large. I had one in my old tank that was the size of a quarter when I got it and grew out to a 6in disc, so give that baby some room  

[DNR88]

1 hour ago, Instant_taco said:

I love me some mushrooms 🍄

 

Nice tank you have there. That green hairy mushroom can get quite large. I had one in my old tank that was the size of a quarter when I got it and grew out to a 6in disc, so give that baby some room  

Mushrooms are one of my favourites.

 

I'll keep an eye on them, for now they seem to like their spot. Only the Superman mushrooms need to adjust to their new spot.

[DNR88]

I 're-dipped' most of the frags today, had the idea that not all zoas looked equally good.

 

I was also about to add a first fish (six-line wrasse) today, but managed to control myself. 🙃 First do a few (large) WC's in the next weeks and let it run in even more.

 

Update: Hopefully I'll get a green/purple Montipora Undata and Yoda Zoanthus tomorrow.

[DNR88]

Ordered an Acanstrea Lordhowensis fragpack as well. 😁

[Maas101]

Holy cow! that's not a frag pack, it's an invasion 🤣

[DNR88]

24 minutes ago, Maas101 said:

Holy cow! that's not a frag pack, it's an invasion 🤣

I don't get them all, only 5 frags! 😅

[DNR88]

Instant love for Acans! 🥰

[DNR88]

It's starting to look like something. The algae looks worse in the picture than it really is.

 

Maybe a first fish tomorrow. 

[Reefkid88]

Grwat job on the Acan's. They look very happy. Keep flow steady,keep them FULL and they will grow like crazy for you. 

[DNR88]

No (first) fish yet, couldn't get a six-line wrasse. Maybe I wait a little longer and get some sand in first. So I can get a wrasse which need a sandbed.

 

Got a neon-green Caulastrea in the mean time. 😁

[DNR88]

I'm still amazed at how well the tank is doing and how happy the corals seem to be. I don't even miss the fact that there's no fish, invertebrates and sand in it yet. 😄

 

I'll just continue with my weekly waterchange and try to enjoy it as much as possible. 

[DNR88]

I still don't understand why I haven't had Acans before. They're beautiful and doing very well.

 

The Zoa's also seem to be having a good time. New polyps are added all the time. Especially with the Yoda and Pink Diamonds I'm very happy about that.

[DNR88]

An extra advantage of live rock is that it comes with its own cleaning crew. Very small Needle Whelks and Stomatella snails graze the stones.

 

If all goes well I'll also get Rasta and Blueberry zoa's today. 😁

[DNR88]

On 12/20/2021 at 1:18 PM, DNR88 said:

If all goes well I'll also get Rasta and Blueberry zoa's today. 

Now with the latest additions I feel like the tank is 'full'.

 

I also think it would be good to stop adding extra things now, so that it remains manageable and stable the way it is now and that I don't run the risk of introducing additional pests.

 

Now I can slowly start thinking about which fish I want to add. Ultimately I want to have a maximum of two in the tank.