46 to 65gal upgrade. New photos added 1/17

I'm so glad I popped back in here.....nice looking tank although you live in Pittsburgh ....Cincinnati Bungle fan here - a definitely depressing fan to be.

 

oh, and Bungle was spelled correctly

 

Thanks! and GO Steelers!!! My wife wants a black and gold steeler fish so we are looking at butterflies

 

Just a quick photo update of the green frogspawn now that it has filly opened and acclimated, a close up and a FTS

 

Have added a few corals since the last update. Purchased a head of purple branching hammer that had a small baby head on the side and a colony of unidentified branching euphyllia that was sold as a multicolor hammer but it appears to be a cross between a hammer and frogspawn with slightly hammer shaped end but multiple per tentacle like a frogspawn. Was 3 heads but already splitting to 4 or 5. Also added an ORA Red Planet.

 

Quick update, almost time for the monthy fts photo. I added 2 new corals, an encrusting and a plating montipora of some sort. All the other corals are also growing well and I am constantly pruning my xenia. The Jasmine continues to spread over the rockwork as hoped as well. The large green branching frogspawn is splitting and the large head now has 2 mouths that have moved apart; Im awaiting the body to split. The wall frogspawn inflates to a massive size but I do not see any signs of the body growing any extra mouths, assuming its just a matter of time before it takes off. The purple hammer also inflates to a massive size much larger than when purchased and I am hoping it splits soon. The multicolor hammer/frogspawn started as 3 heads and has split into 4 and looks to be turning into 5 after only a couple months!! I see impressive growth in my Purple stylo and it has encrusted well beyond the frag plug and seems to be getting much thicker with a ton of small branches coming off the main branch. Still waiting for any signs of growth from the ORA RP but it has only been a couple weeks, I dont see good PE but hopefully its just taking awhile to fully acclimate. I will be posting pictures after thanksgiving and hope to add another dual bulb light fixture and a clam in the near future

 

Beautiful tank. Love the scape and choice of coral and fish.

 

you're rockwork/aquascape looks really really cool !!

 

Looks really good! Keep updating.....I can vicariously live through your wonderful progress as I continue to work on reducing my nitrates before I add any decent corals or my ultimate goal - anemones. Also wanted to comment that your tank really looks much larger than a 46. I think that's due to your great aquascaping and placements of your corals. Nice work! I think I saw where this is your first SW/reef?! Impressive!

 

Beautiful rocks.