Our Progress - 46 bowfront

I keep only 4 in my 55. All on the medium to low on the fish bio-load scale.

2 clowns, one blenny, and a wrasse, if you're wondering.

I find the lower bio-load much easier to deal with than when I was keeping 6 (+ a Royal Gramma and a firefish.)

 

We are able to enjoy a heavier bioload mainly because of our 75 pounds of LR in the tank, our beastly skimmer which is a Reef Octo rated up to 100 gallons, and the DIY fuge we did in the sump with mangroves and chaeto. Without those, our tank would have a much tougher time handling it all. But with all the filtration, it's doing great.

Our most recent livestock list is:
Fish
-2 O. Clowns
-Pygmy Dwarf Angel
-Six Line Wrasse
-Molly Miller Blenny
-Yellow Watchman Goby
Inverts
-Tiger Pistol Shrimp
-Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
-Hawaiian Feather Duster
-Little red feather duster colony
-2 chitons
-3 Emerald Crabs (2 in tank, one big nasty one in fuge)
-snails and hermits CUC

 

FINALLY, the dendro is coming out in the daytime. I moved it to lower light, kind of under a ledge. Very low water flow. It's been opening up and target feeding great. I guess it just wasn't in a happy place....

The local frag swap is tomorrow! Who knows what I'll come home with! I'm going to try to get Jwin to wear his 3reef T-shirt - a little advertising for the forum. Hopefully, I can find it in the giant heap of laundry.

 

Excellent, very kul. I will see about moving mine into some more shade... Mine isn't that open...

 

Yeah the little sucker is finally opened up again. Although, it will be known that he was still ticked off after spending a day in the sand when he fell off his old spot.

Frag swap tomorrow. Oh gosh. There's no telling what she's coming home with...we might have a Sea Otter in there after tomorrow I'll be sure to grab a bunch of new updated tank pics including some FTS pics. My mom likes taking pictures of the corals up close so they pics look cool...I like showing progress

 

They didn't have one single sea otter! But they did have an incredible looking lobo, a really bright orange yuma, a nice red monti cap, and Tub's blues zoas! Everything has been acclimated and in place - will wait for everything to wake up a bit and take pictures!

 

So...in the English language we got a brain coral (me likes the brain), a big fat ricordia mushroom, a red thingy that sticks out of the rock (like our green thingy...called monticaps...or montiporas...what's the difference between the two?), and some small blue zoanthids.

 

wow i love that dendro, i can't wait until i get my tank looking like your guys'

 

You really needed a brain.....I sure hope this one works!

 

wow a family shot. lol.

i look forward to seeing your new acquisitions. bet they will look amazing