BaylorbearSW's Red Sea!!

Just wanted to post a few pics and see if anybody had any ideas to add to the tank or any constructive criticism....







My Clowns; Marlon and Baby Nemo


My Mandarin, Lil' Man (he eats prepared foods, thankfully!)


My Coral Beauty, Violet, Waving to all you!


My candy cane coral, Siggy!


Spike, my Long Spined Sea Urchin


Starburst....my star polyps


Last but not least Kenyada, my tree coral!

I am looking to add more but not really sure what to add...

 

Hi Baylorbear
for some reason the pictures are not loading for me now, but I did see them this afternoon

1 constructive comment - you seem to have gone for maximum space fill using minimal rockwork - which is great at it leaves lots of open areas for fish, but on the negative side
will mean you run out of good coral placement positions sooner than you might like (Thats just an opinion , others may feel differently)

as to what else to add in the set up - without knowing about the water quality parameters or lighting Ill suggest some easy starter corals that are not to demanding in either respect

Mushrooms
Zoanthids
Yellow polyps
Anthellia
Clove Polyps
Toadstools
Finger leathers

all of these species have basic requirements and do reasonably well in most begginers set ups with reasonable lighting

Steve

 

I have thought of re-aquascaping into a sort of stairstep to make room for corals but I have been slow to do so becuase of my aquascaping abilities but as I acquire more I may have no choice!

 

I'm no expert but your candy cane almost looks like it could be a lobophyllia colony. Either way nice corals, and the care should be pretty much the same, just thought I'd bring it up.

 

+1 on the lobos

 

Welp I too am no expert and I suppose that is what I get for being a newb and trusting the LFS.

 

Looks nice. I'll second the comment about the rock work. I also went with a more minimalist approach and have very quickly run out of room for corals. Getting ready to do a little aquascaping myself! LOL! But I think what you have done looks very good.

How long has the tank been set up?

Love the coral beauty "waving". And you do know that marlon and nemo will end up being male and female? If not already.

 

if you got lobo's priced as candy canes consider yourself very lucky. I have my rock setup similar and am not liking it as much as I thought I would. I did it so my fish would have more ins and outs to dart around, but am running out of coral realestate rapidly.

~Will.

 

Oh yes I am very aware they will be male and female, Marlon is the female I am assuming due to the size and is older. Naming is my wife's contribution to the tank, I choose my battles wisely...

 

A few pics of my new addition, Punch, the Blue Throat/Jaw Trigger! (kinda hard to see, he is camera shy so I did speed burst and this is what it uploaded like)