It's Working!

I added three Green Chromis, eight blue legged hermits, one red legged, two stalks of Torch Coral, and a rock of Pipe Organ Coral. I absolutely love the Pipe Organ. I took out almost all of my white legged hermits and put them in the refugium and replaced them with blue and red legged hermits in the display tank.

I found another Sixline Wrasse, but it had an orange spot that didn't look right so I passed on it. It was at the same store so maybe they both had a disease. I like the Eightline Wrasse too.

Torch Coral


Pipe Organ


Now to try and figure out why my tank got hotter. I know it has something to do with the skimmer.

 

I bought a new digital thermometer today and it is telling me my tank is 77 degrees, I believe that way more than the other one that is saying 85 degrees.

I also came home with a beautiful rock covered in Star Polyps, they haven't all come out yet. Hopefully tomorrow they will be happy and come out.


Hoping that my ballast and bulb for my Metal Halide come in tomorrow so I can install everything. Thanks a lot Tangster!

My Clown (Barney) decided to jump into a picture too.

 

Added a Koralia 1 to the tank which was pretty much perfect, just how much I needed for flow.

Also put in a nice frag of Acro.


My Mom wanted a Mandarin so we got one last week that is doing great so far. Finally starting to move around the rocks to the front of the tank.


Took all the hermit crabs out of my refugium so it can get dirty and so that they don't eat all the copepods for the Mandarin.

 

Some new pictures of everything:

Horseshoe Crab


Torch Coral


Xenia


Colt Corals


Pipe Organ


Acro and Naso Tang top left. Blasstomussa bottom right.


Green Star Polyps and Green Chromis that got in the way.


FTS

 

amazing tank man!!!! wow!!;D
Did you do anything to get that amazing coralline growth?

Tell us your secrets!!!!

 

Well almost all of the rock I bought from a guy that said he has had them for like four years in a tank. I don't really add anything except for SeaChem Carbonate and Calcium along with some buffer. Other than that I just let it chill.

 

Tank looks great.

 

awesome!!!!

 

Great pics buddy, tank looks sick(*****in)!!! BTW, what K rating are those bulbs and make? Luna

 

just want to say, keep a careful eye on both the mandarin and horeshoe crab, both require special care and I would not recommend for a tank nearly as young as yours. Otherwise good job, your tank looks great.