krisfal
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Beautiful, Anxiously awaiting to see the big Angel in there, I am sure he is too!
520g Peninsula Build
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Rea17
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Thank you! Yes, I am too. He and the multicolor are doing very well in quarantine, and they both seem happy for the time being.
Bellinghammer
Active member
WOW! I'm just seeing this for the first time! Great Job Ami!
NC2WA
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Yes, that would be me.
Looks nice.
Rea17
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kpiotrowski
Kevin
Now THATS a tank! very nice!
is that cheato and calupera is see in the back corner though???
is that cheato and calupera is see in the back corner though???
Rea17
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Yes, it was the first thing I put in the tank - both as a test and to seed the new rock and sand with pods and other micro-organisms. It's going to be there until my 210 is torn down and in place as the new refugium.
Rea17
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Sorry it took so long, but here are some less-than-spectacular iPhone pictures of some of my crew. I mean it, one of these days I'll invest in a nice camera!
Fowleri
Sohal
Quoyi Parrot
Powder Blue
Powder Blue Hybrid
P. navarchus changing
Blue Star leopard (changing?)
Blonde Naso
Achilles
Lieutenant
Foxface
Male Lyretail
Right now the fish are spread out among several good sized quarantine tanks and the remnants of my old 210 display. I gutted it when I moved the coral and some rock to the 520, so it's not too pretty right now. These guys are all happy and eager to get into their new home!
Fowleri
Sohal
Quoyi Parrot
Powder Blue
Powder Blue Hybrid
P. navarchus changing
Blue Star leopard (changing?)
Blonde Naso
Achilles
Lieutenant
Foxface
Male Lyretail
Right now the fish are spread out among several good sized quarantine tanks and the remnants of my old 210 display. I gutted it when I moved the coral and some rock to the 520, so it's not too pretty right now. These guys are all happy and eager to get into their new home!
mfinn
Surgeonfish
Pretty awesome group of fish.
Rea17
Well-known member
Thanks, several fish not pictured too.
reefman069
want more mini maxi
really nice looking fish you have there. i really like the fowleri tang. too bad it gets up to 20 inches long. way to big for me. i also have a 4 foot by 8 foot tank. how big is he now and how long have you had it.
Rea17
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He's easily 8 inches now, probably closer to 9. I've had him about 8 months, and he was 5 inches when I got him.
glweek
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I loooove peninsulas! just finished building my 40b peninsula and will be watching yours progess as you post. Amazing fish btw!
Porkchop
New member
wow, I like it
mrlang1981
Member
Wow awsome fish
Totally awesome set up! Interested to know if your able to measure any phosphate from the pukani rock now? Lantham Chloride will remove it as well, RC sucks but has a good write up about lantham chloride. Pukani is great rock Id like to use some but was concerned about the phosphate issue as well.
Rea17
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I'm really happy with the Pukani, it still looks great and I'm starting to see pink and red coralline popping up everywhere. I have no measurable phosphates, but I'm running GFO to counter anything the Pukani might be leeching into the water.
On another note, I have a couple fish in the DT now and they are doing great so far - will try to get some time to put up pictures later. Life got really crazy around thanksgiving, hopefully things settle down in the next couple weeks. Hope everyone had a great holiday!
On another note, I have a couple fish in the DT now and they are doing great so far - will try to get some time to put up pictures later. Life got really crazy around thanksgiving, hopefully things settle down in the next couple weeks. Hope everyone had a great holiday!
Rea17
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Hey everybody, sorry about the lack of updates! Life has been really crazy lately.
I took a quick iPhone video of the tank tonight during feeding time. All of the fish are in minus some clowns, and my nitrates are hanging out around 2 so I'm pretty happy. There's an HD version but the quality still isn't that great, like I said it's a cellphone vid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...jHoA&feature=youtube_gdata_player&app=desktop
Currently dealing with some aggression issues from the Asfur, but that's been tapering off so I'm hoping I won't need to remove him. He's been harassing the large tangs oddly enough, ignores the small regal and majestic angels completely. The tangs all get along fairly well though the sohal gives the PBT a slight chase now and then. Really no aggression to report otherwise.
As you can see, the tank is going through the cyano phase. I'm not measuring phosphates via test kits, but I changed out my GFO anyway and it seems to be receding now. Still pretty lightly stocked on the coral side of things, I wanted to make sure my parameters were stable with fish in the tank. Also, we've ordered some dosing equipment and bulk supplements and are ditching the Ca reactor for now. We're also talking about getting a new, bigger, custom sump since the one the tank came with is tiny - only 100g. Hope everybody is having a good new year so far!
Oh, and yes, the vortechs are LOUD!
I took a quick iPhone video of the tank tonight during feeding time. All of the fish are in minus some clowns, and my nitrates are hanging out around 2 so I'm pretty happy. There's an HD version but the quality still isn't that great, like I said it's a cellphone vid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...jHoA&feature=youtube_gdata_player&app=desktop
Currently dealing with some aggression issues from the Asfur, but that's been tapering off so I'm hoping I won't need to remove him. He's been harassing the large tangs oddly enough, ignores the small regal and majestic angels completely. The tangs all get along fairly well though the sohal gives the PBT a slight chase now and then. Really no aggression to report otherwise.
As you can see, the tank is going through the cyano phase. I'm not measuring phosphates via test kits, but I changed out my GFO anyway and it seems to be receding now. Still pretty lightly stocked on the coral side of things, I wanted to make sure my parameters were stable with fish in the tank. Also, we've ordered some dosing equipment and bulk supplements and are ditching the Ca reactor for now. We're also talking about getting a new, bigger, custom sump since the one the tank came with is tiny - only 100g. Hope everybody is having a good new year so far!
Oh, and yes, the vortechs are LOUD!
