My 90 Fish and softy tank

[Frankie]

Looking great so far IPisces
I would think about not adding rock to the sump area. It tends to become a detritus trap fairly quickly and then a nitrate producer.
The sump area is best used for mechanical filtration and possibly a refugium.
90lbs or LR is more then enough for biological filtration.
Frank

 

[flatteringchild]

Really like the blue background and the rock work is very original. Update with pictures please.

 

[mfinn]

Looking great so far IPisces
I would think about not adding rock to the sump area. It tends to become a detritus trap fairly quickly and then a nitrate producer.
The sump area is best used for mechanical filtration and possibly a refugium.
90lbs or LR is more then enough for biological filtration.
Frank

+1

There are different opinions on this but I agree with Frankie

 

[user 26995]

Okay no rock in the sump. I am storing a few pieces there though until my FRAG TANK is set up. My zoas and mushrooms are growing like crazy. My sps is too but they are not ready to frag yet. When I do frag any of those I'll keep them in the display tank.

 

[user 26995]

Really like the blue background and the rock work is very original. Update with pictures please.

I will up date when something changes. It still looks the same as the last pics.

I will probably give it another week or so before I start adding too much. Pretty sure any minor cycle I was going to have has happened.
Ammonia is 0 Nitrites are 0 and Nitrates are 5 so things should be good to go.

 

[Frankie]

Okay no rock in the sump. I am storing a few pieces there though until my FRAG TANK is set up. My zoas and mushrooms are growing like crazy. My sps is too but they are not ready to frag yet. When I do frag any of those I'll keep them in the display tank.

The sump is however a great place to cure and cycle LR. Or better yet, dead rock, using the sump to create LR.
Keep up the great work IPisces! I look forward to further updates

 

[user 26995]

Okay, heres an update. Had a bryopsis outbreak. At least I think thats what it was....


Must have been something else. Cleared up for the most part.

 

[user 26995]

So here are the first pieces added.
These were in another tank.
Sea whip, Rhodactus mushrooms and a pink leather with a couple mushrooms.

 

[user 26995]

So we have fishies. Yeah I started with a small group of cute fishies. 4 blue head chromis. And a, hopefully it doesnt eat my little chromis, Tube Anemone. Also added an urchin and some emeral crabs.

 

[user 26995]

The Bubble tip is doing great after his misshap with the power head.

 

[user 26995]

Here is a short video of the tank

 

[user 26995]

Picked up a new fishie...He/She is sooo cute. They are all sooo cute! Any one tell me if you can sex these tangs?
Here is the photobucket link to the video (click on pic)

 

[user 26995]

Well, looks like I lost the links to all the pics here
So any way, here are a few new pics

 

[user 26995]

Links to a couple videos
1 Videos :: New blue hippo tang video by IPisces - Photobucket

1 Videos :: Feeding Tube Anemone video by IPisces - Photobucket

 

[user 2204]

Nice looing set up you have there.

 

[user 26995]

Heres a little newer video

I am looking for one more fish to add.
I really like the powder brown tang. Any suggestions on another colorful fish that is compatable with the other occupants?
current occupants are

4 blue head chromis
Blue hippo tang
Orange shoulder tang
Aust. yellow assessor basslet
Flame hawk fish
Spotted green mandarin
Purple urchin
2 squamosa clams
Tube anemone
Green bubble tip anemone (which may be going to a new home)

 

[dtd87]

The tube anemone is amazing looking! The tank as a whole is also beautiful. i'm very jealous.

 

[user 26995]

Just a couple more new occupants to the 90.

pair of rainfordi gobies and a green spotted mandarin. I have had the mandarin for a month or so now and he/she has grown quite a bit. he/she was so tiny when I got her/him.

I love the cute little fishies.

 

[user 2204]

Very cool little fish.

 

[user 26995]

I don't know if anyone remembers, but a while back my anemone got chopped up a bit in the power head. Well he is doing just great now. All though he still moves around a bit. He would find a spot and stay for a week or two and then move. Stay a couple weeks and then move. So in hopes that he is just looking for a host, I introduced him to his new host today. Hopefully he will stay put now.
Here is the new addition to the tank.
Very young gold stripe maroon clownfish. Took about 5 seconds touching the anemone twice and he was hooked.