My 150 build thread...
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xtlosx
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Thanks.... Wife just told me she doesn't like the one stray rock in front middle. I tend to agree with her, but since she put the scape together I let it be... Looks like it'll go in the fuge tomorrow. That way there should be more room in the middle of the tank and it will look more open.
xtlosx
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Alrighty so great updates here.. Been a busy week...
We transferred our baby Booyah's Onyx to this big tank, and went to Mitch to pick out a smaller mate... Got them in the tank, and now they are following each other around. That pairing was just too easy... Success there!
Last night, added a Longnose Hawkfish, a Carpenters Flasher Wrasse, and a Yellow Fin Fairy Wrasse. The Yellow fin stuck out to us because his top fin isn't so much yellow, it's like a neon lime green. Simply beautiful!
The parameters are still zero and perfect, and will do my first water change probably next weekend. That will make it about 5 weeks in... There is still a decent amount of small fine particles still flying around the water column, but it's going down daily... The fine southdown sand takes a long while to settle down from what I have read (1-3 months)
Now for some pictures! I did what I can, but the wrasses are shy, and FAST.
FTS.... Lights are ramping up slowly, with full intensity between 12-2PM.
Both Tangs, Onyx, and the carpenter flasher wrasse
These wrasses are quick!
Longnose Hawk Fish
The Yellow Fin Fairy Wrasse. This fish is AWESOME!
The new additions were very shy yesterday, but are exploring more now, and ate like pigs earlier. Everyone is eating well and I'm making sure everything they eat is infused with Garlic to help their immune systems..
We transferred our baby Booyah's Onyx to this big tank, and went to Mitch to pick out a smaller mate... Got them in the tank, and now they are following each other around. That pairing was just too easy... Success there!
Last night, added a Longnose Hawkfish, a Carpenters Flasher Wrasse, and a Yellow Fin Fairy Wrasse. The Yellow fin stuck out to us because his top fin isn't so much yellow, it's like a neon lime green. Simply beautiful!
The parameters are still zero and perfect, and will do my first water change probably next weekend. That will make it about 5 weeks in... There is still a decent amount of small fine particles still flying around the water column, but it's going down daily... The fine southdown sand takes a long while to settle down from what I have read (1-3 months)
Now for some pictures! I did what I can, but the wrasses are shy, and FAST.
FTS.... Lights are ramping up slowly, with full intensity between 12-2PM.
Both Tangs, Onyx, and the carpenter flasher wrasse
These wrasses are quick!
Longnose Hawk Fish
The Yellow Fin Fairy Wrasse. This fish is AWESOME!
The new additions were very shy yesterday, but are exploring more now, and ate like pigs earlier. Everyone is eating well and I'm making sure everything they eat is infused with Garlic to help their immune systems..
gonebad395
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very nice
frostyjay1
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Looks great. love the frogspawn....
xtlosx
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Thank you~ It will look even better when everything settles down and the water column is completely clear and free of the small particulate..
Thanks, the frogspawn has been with us for almost 1.5 years... I got it when it maybe had 10 heads... It probably has 30 by now.. It's HUGE.. I had a problem fitting it into the door on the canopy and under the Radions. It's certainly my prize piece in the tank.
xtlosx
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So just thought I would update... I'm giving away a bunch of stuff from the 60 cube today, and moved over my Todd's Torch, Highlighter Acro, Frogspawn, and some other stuff... Our cleaner shrimp was caught and in the new tank, and now just need to find the Mandarin from the cube.. He's small, and sneaky..
FTS.... I put in about .5" of sand from the cube today right along the front to help jump start bacteria growth, and as well to keep the south down from moving around so much. I'm hoping this will help clear things up much quicker. Our wrasses sleep in the rock structure, so not worried about the sand really for that.
Jacque the cleaner shrimp finds his beloved Todd's Torch and sits right under it... just like in the cube.
Front of the tank, the SPS is temporary... need to find it a new home
Highlighter acro that we have owned since it was TINY... We are proud of this colony
Front of the tank area.
Hawkeye the Longnose Hawkfish
Our new baby onyx thinks the torch is a place to live... confused little guy...
I'm trying to leave the entire left side really untouched as we are going to be getting a beautiful Gigantea True Carpet in the coming weeks, so I'm keeping things away so it can find a happy place to live.
Thanks everyone.
FTS.... I put in about .5" of sand from the cube today right along the front to help jump start bacteria growth, and as well to keep the south down from moving around so much. I'm hoping this will help clear things up much quicker. Our wrasses sleep in the rock structure, so not worried about the sand really for that.
Jacque the cleaner shrimp finds his beloved Todd's Torch and sits right under it... just like in the cube.
Front of the tank, the SPS is temporary... need to find it a new home
Highlighter acro that we have owned since it was TINY... We are proud of this colony
Front of the tank area.
Hawkeye the Longnose Hawkfish
Our new baby onyx thinks the torch is a place to live... confused little guy...
I'm trying to leave the entire left side really untouched as we are going to be getting a beautiful Gigantea True Carpet in the coming weeks, so I'm keeping things away so it can find a happy place to live.
Thanks everyone.
xtlosx
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Thanks! I am acclimating a powder blue tang right now... can't wait to add'em into this reef!!
Thank you.... It's generally the center piece of the tank.
William Lutman
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Impressive in person
How about picture of the new tang?
How about picture of the new tang?
xtlosx
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It would have to be a video, lol.. Honestly, he's like a Kenyan preparing for a marathon. wow, this powder blue is FAST!!!
xtlosx
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So I added a Maldive's Exquisite Fairy Wrasse this week... full size, beautiful coloration, and getting along just fine with the Yellow Fin & Whip Fin fairy wrasses... No aggression, fin nipping, nothing. I'll get pictures of everyone when I clean the glass here shortly.
Also, a local reefer will be hooking me up with some frags of Tyree SPS to see how the Radions do compared to his MH.... Strawberry Shortcake, Pink Lemonade, ORA Red Planet, etc.... Looking forward to watching these grow out!
Here are some pictures of what it looks like right now.. when the glass is clean I'll take some zoom shots of corals, etc. The small sandy particulate from the super fine sugar sand is slowly starting to settle down... In time, it will all be crystal clear, but until then I wait!
FTS
Powder Blue & Yellow Tang
Powder Blue, Exquisite Fairy Wrasse & Longnose Hawkfish
Side shot...
New Exquisite... Maldive variety. Beautiful fish, large, and eats like a hog!
Side Shot.
From the left
Also, a local reefer will be hooking me up with some frags of Tyree SPS to see how the Radions do compared to his MH.... Strawberry Shortcake, Pink Lemonade, ORA Red Planet, etc.... Looking forward to watching these grow out!
Here are some pictures of what it looks like right now.. when the glass is clean I'll take some zoom shots of corals, etc. The small sandy particulate from the super fine sugar sand is slowly starting to settle down... In time, it will all be crystal clear, but until then I wait!
FTS
Powder Blue & Yellow Tang
Powder Blue, Exquisite Fairy Wrasse & Longnose Hawkfish
Side shot...
New Exquisite... Maldive variety. Beautiful fish, large, and eats like a hog!
Side Shot.
From the left
xtlosx
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Just realized that I have neglected a FTS..
Current fish stock
- Powder Blue Tang
- Yellow Tang
- Hippo Tang
- Exquisite Fairy Wrasse
- Lubbock's Fairy Wrasse
- Red Head Solon Fairy Wrasse
- Yellow Fin Fairy Wrasse
- Whip Fin Flasher Wrasse
- Yellow Watchman Goby
- Spotted Mandarin
- Long Nose Hawkfish
- Newly Mated Booyah's Onyx Clownfish Pair
- Cleaner Shrimp
As well, I added a purple Gigantea last week that is now the residence of the Onyx.... Now the pictures! Don't mind the non-clean glass... I need to scrub that tonight......
Current fish stock
- Powder Blue Tang
- Yellow Tang
- Hippo Tang
- Exquisite Fairy Wrasse
- Lubbock's Fairy Wrasse
- Red Head Solon Fairy Wrasse
- Yellow Fin Fairy Wrasse
- Whip Fin Flasher Wrasse
- Yellow Watchman Goby
- Spotted Mandarin
- Long Nose Hawkfish
- Newly Mated Booyah's Onyx Clownfish Pair
- Cleaner Shrimp
As well, I added a purple Gigantea last week that is now the residence of the Onyx.... Now the pictures! Don't mind the non-clean glass... I need to scrub that tonight......
xtlosx
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Alrighty so I figure that I really need some updates... a lot has changed, and much progression..
So my Marco Rock (Dry Rock) has been curing in tank and wish I had the luxury to have done this before the tank started, but hey it is what it is.... So there is \ was cyano all over the place and it comes and goes just as quickly. I'm running GFO constantly and it is doing a great job of killing it just as quickly as it can come up. Interestingly enough, when the cyano dissapears, the rock underneath is no longer the white bleached color it was but colors up to a concrete like grey, the green, etc... Coraline is on the back glass so we're getting there. As a result of this, I had to hand off my SPS colonies (third one going soon) locally to a fellow reefer (Thanks Jfuka) and they're in his very capable hands. Ironically, I couldn't think of anyone more capable to handle SPS than Mr. SPS himself. In any case, no one else is being bothered by this in the tank but any rock that is leeching anything has cyano..
Pictures... We added a few corals a couple of weeks ago and they are all three doing awesome.
Orange Plate... real awesome color in the tank, and long tentacles.
Rainbow colored Lobo at the LFS, when it got here, the sides lost the rainbow and went to a dull brown but section by section they're coming back and brighter than before.
A really nice chalice that as well wasn't this bright at the LFS, but now the pinks are really really popping under the Radions...
As many of you know, the coolest thing so far in this tank is our Purple Gigantea... Here's some pictures with our Booyah's Onyx clowns swimming in it.
Last but not least, our two last additions to the tank for the time being... A pair of Yellow Wrasses... This is the male as evidence by the markings on his face and size compared to the female. They are absolutely stunning fish and make a great addition to the tank!
So my Marco Rock (Dry Rock) has been curing in tank and wish I had the luxury to have done this before the tank started, but hey it is what it is.... So there is \ was cyano all over the place and it comes and goes just as quickly. I'm running GFO constantly and it is doing a great job of killing it just as quickly as it can come up. Interestingly enough, when the cyano dissapears, the rock underneath is no longer the white bleached color it was but colors up to a concrete like grey, the green, etc... Coraline is on the back glass so we're getting there. As a result of this, I had to hand off my SPS colonies (third one going soon) locally to a fellow reefer (Thanks Jfuka) and they're in his very capable hands. Ironically, I couldn't think of anyone more capable to handle SPS than Mr. SPS himself. In any case, no one else is being bothered by this in the tank but any rock that is leeching anything has cyano..
Pictures... We added a few corals a couple of weeks ago and they are all three doing awesome.
Orange Plate... real awesome color in the tank, and long tentacles.
Rainbow colored Lobo at the LFS, when it got here, the sides lost the rainbow and went to a dull brown but section by section they're coming back and brighter than before.
A really nice chalice that as well wasn't this bright at the LFS, but now the pinks are really really popping under the Radions...
As many of you know, the coolest thing so far in this tank is our Purple Gigantea... Here's some pictures with our Booyah's Onyx clowns swimming in it.
Last but not least, our two last additions to the tank for the time being... A pair of Yellow Wrasses... This is the male as evidence by the markings on his face and size compared to the female. They are absolutely stunning fish and make a great addition to the tank!
xtlosx
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Thanks! It was a gift and it has been doing great since we got it.
Lil BamBam
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I like the Yellow Wrasses.. They add a POP in the tank
xtlosx
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Thanks!! how's the cube? Pictures?
Dre... I still need your help with some picture taking! I'll pay in beer!!!!