My 22H to 190H upgrade!

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Hi everyone

it's been a while since i last posted , i have 16 pictures to upload ;D

some in actinics !


Old and new buttons ( right )


2 new corals that i bought yesterday! orange orange

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The GREEN gang


Hammer from old tank, it's been getting fatter and fatter lately


New brain coral


Blastomuusa in actinics


Right mountain




new coral


this torch coral was very badly bleached in my old tank, but he seems to like my new tank, has been recovering well :


starfish


my octopus frag! got it for 4 USD ( after conversioin ) couldn't resist ;D




FTS metal halides




FTS actinics

Hope you guys enjoyed the pictures

 

Considering the inhabitants maximum size

Do you think i can add anymore fishes?

Current inhabitants

Maroon clownfish pair
saddleback clownfish pair
clarkii clownfish pair
blue damsel pair
azure damsel
humbug damsel
purple stripe pseudochromis
ong fin fairy wrasse
Flametail blenny
sailfin blenny
powder brown tang
yellow tang

16 fishes total

 

The tank looks great!

I say you could and should get one more large fish, another tang or so.

I think any smaller fish may have issues with the damsels being in there, that and the clown pairs.
If you have a big enough skimmer you could easily add more bigger fish.

 

haha thank you but it's mostly softies and LPS, unlike most ppl here with lots of sps ! i haven't reached that level yet ;D

i'm not sure if my skimmer is big enough, but there's a pic of it i posted up days ago, is that consider big? and it is a venturi skimmer right? i would love to add a sohal tang , i find them very beautiful. but they get really large and i heard they're aggressive. any other suggestions?

 

A sohal will get big, but if it is the last added, I can't see it being an issue. You have nearly 200g, and I see guys put those in 180's and 150s and they do fine. At least it can handle the damsels

I have thought about a sohal myself, but I think I will wait until I get my bigger upstairs tank before I get a sohal.


Other acanthurus tangs are nice, but most get big. An orange shouldered tang is a very peaceful acanthurus tang, but they get like 12-14" long.

You have blue in the tank from the damsels, but how about the hippo tang? or gold rim tang


Or a Ctenochaetus Binotatus twin spot tang?


Being a bristletooth tang, these will keep any algae well under control, and look sweet as well.

 

Great looking tank.. thanks for the pics.

 

You're welcome! more pictures to come

 

Hi! it's been a long time since i've updated, and there are a couple of changes in my tank. ;D

1. My new foxface suffered from a rather serious skin disease but has recovered well after a month.

Before


After


2.Longfin fairy wrasse jumped into the overflow and ended up dried in the sump . First fish death in my tank. RIP :-/

3.Some colonies of zoas appear to be damaged and closed up, I suspect the culprits are either asterina starfish or big amphipods! Have added a six line wrasse and a long nose hawkfish to help eliminate the pests






4. Added a Huge orange BTA for my maroon pair that's too large for the old rose anemone and causing it stress!




my male saddleback hosted by a brain coral, All the 4 brain corals are his home