My 72 Gallon Bowfront Reef Tank

[mcdonaldjosh7]

Hey guys! I just started this tank about 3-4 weeks ago (meaning it has been running for 3-4 weeks).

And having been 4-5 months since I put my first payment on the tank itself (which is paid off now) I am excited to have it running.

Currently in the tank are 2 damsels, a snowflake eel, and 2 False Perucla Clowns.

No reef lights yet so no corals. Getting reef lights tomorrow or the day after. Right now it is a FOWLR tank. Liverock is also curing at the moment.


ALSO! quick thanks to everyone who helped out witht the tank by selling me stuff and giving me information. I have found RF to be a great place for all those things.

and also a quick shout out to fattyboy for keeping me into fish and giving me a sh*t load of info. also for introducing me to this website. and you should click here

Here are some pictures

Clownfish

Snowflake eel

 

[fatboyt123]

wheres a full tank shot at.

Thanks for the advertisement to.

 

[mcdonaldjosh7]

wheres a full tank shot at.

Thanks for the advertisement to.

thank you for reminding me...

let me go take one

 

[luisse25]

nice set up u got there

 

[mcdonaldjosh7]

Hmm hoping to get my lights soon financial problems

 

[Holygral]

FIY

There is a good chance you SF Eel will catch and eat your clowns, personnel experiences. Also make sure you have a tight fitting cover, your eel will get out thru a opening the size of a pencil.

 

[Darthv247]

yup those fish will all be eaten while they sleep.

 

[mcdonaldjosh7]

yup those fish will all be eaten while they sleep.

hmmm...hope not. they have survived..... 3 weeks now? anyway. uploading more pics to add right now

 

[mcdonaldjosh7]

Added Brittle Star/Live Rock/Couple of Corals

Hey guys! Got a great price on some great live rock. Even had some mushrooms and zoanthids on it!

So here are some pictures:

Fish

Live Rock

rest of pictures in other post

 

[mcdonaldjosh7]

Corals

Feather Duster

Brittle Star

Alright thanks for looking! I actually just took a bunch of more recent pictures. Everything is open much more now But those can wait for later.

Oh since the zoanthids came for free with the rock, I would like to ask anyone who recongizes anything to identify it for me

Thanks again!

 

[Slate]

Good lord that brittle star is huge....I certainly hope the 10-20 in my tank don't live to make it that size lol.

 

[mcdonaldjosh7]

Good lord that brittle star is huge....I certainly hope the 10-20 in my tank don't live to make it that size lol.

its actually really nice he eats any krill left over from the eel

 

[mcdonaldjosh7]

funny story

FIY

Also make sure you have a tight fitting cover, your eel will get out thru a opening the size of a pencil.

when i first got him he got out the first night. my dad had to pick it up and expected it to be stiff as a board. it started flailing and bit him now this is after i got a tight fitting cover for the tank.

the only way he could have gotten out was by going through the overflow box and out the top

 

[nsamouroux]

Are you sure that brittle star isn't actually a green serpent star? Looks a bit too big (and green?) to be a brittle, but then again I've never seen one that size in any of my tanks so I'm not too familiar with them... Serpent stars WILL eat your fish eventually, especially when they're that size...

 

[fatboyt123]

I was thinking the exact same thing.

all the brittle stars in my tank have white and red stripe legs and the legs are rarely over 1"-2"

 

[nsamouroux]

Between the eel and the suspected serpent star, those clownfish are living a VERY nervous life :badgrin:. I've seen some snowflake eels are well behaved (when stuffed full of food as often as possible anyways), but that starfish would worry me.

 

[mcdonaldjosh7]

Between the eel and the suspected serpent star, those clownfish are living a VERY nervous life :badgrin:. I've seen some snowflake eels are well behaved (when stuffed full of food as often as possible anyways), but that starfish would worry me.

well it is a brittle star...at least i am pretty sure. he is well fed...and how does it look green? it is actually a dark purple.

 

[mcdonaldjosh7]

updated picture to eel

 

[mcdonaldjosh7]

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=497+528+1741&pcatid=1741

 

[mcdonaldjosh7]

Hmm I think i am going to sell the brittle to a local fish store. He ate the Feather Duster!