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

OMG why would I get so many!! They will cover the entire tank

 

It's not as bad as it sounds lol. They will disperse quite nicely actually.

 

I hope they do it quickly, my wife isnt too happy with a tank covered in snails lol

 

Lol, it looks intimidating at first. You will hardly notice them after a little while though.

 

It looks nice! good looking rock and tank ya got, I would say there are enough nooks for hiding places but if you get cave dwelling fish like a yellow watchman goby or critters like him they may hide towards the back of the tank if they can make a cave easier back there. Luckily if thats the case its never to late to modify =)

 

Thanks for the input! I do want a goby of some sort the large bolder on the right has a ncie large nook build into it with a tunnel that goes through the hole rock that I hope it would accept as its cave! I was very happy with my chisel work this pukani was awesome to work with!

 

Purchased the first corals today, officially a reef!



Also think I have some decent purple coralline starting

 

Congrats on becoming a Reef

 

Seems like the xenia has started to settle in, I moved it to another spot that wasn't as close to the light source with a little less aggressive flow. Starting to pulse a little too but not much.

 

Also purchased a second fish. I know the tang police will be all over me but a blue hippo was a must for my wife. It is only about an inch long and was tank bred. The guy said they grow really slow and stay smaller compared to their wild caught couterparts so time will tell but I am prepared to take him out after he reaches 4-5inches. Doing well after a week put some greem marine algae with garlic on a rock for him to graze on and feed nls thera a with garlic pellets.