Two new 100 G starfire glassand tank and one 80G tank incomming

Borg obsession

A few people were asking me about what was this Borg theme i was obsessing about, so here's some pictures of the Borg so you can understand my theme.













The Queen Borg




























Its a look i like, i'm not into the sleak and rounded things, lol I like the busy dingy look of the Borg.





LOL when its finished it will have LED green lights under the shelf and under the sump.

 

are you one of the borgs pictured?

 

Good question no its from a Star Trek convention i presume but the costume is what the theme represent, black tubing all over the place , busy and not in any particular order on any of them all different from one another . LOl thanks for the observation , you crak me up LOL.;D

 

My list

Well today i've research my list of things i'm going to put in those tanks and why, what do they do and if compatible with not only each other but with my goals and the technology i've got . Plus if they fit with the enviroment, corals and macroalgae, for example, i've put 4 trochus snail in my little seeding fuge and they ate half my macro's , so ya , we learn don't we. So knowing what they eat and finding out who they don't like is kina important. I knew that but a refresher was good. Plus i came to learn a few things with this refresher course and came to some conclusions that i'll put into practice and test those assumptions of mine.

So anyway here's the population tanks list;




Refugium


Seahorses side A

5 Hippocampus erectus seahorses black





Red madarin





1 Blood shrimp,



very shy carnivore



2 sexy shrimp



Carnivore


5 Electric Orange Hermit Crab (The secret to recongnising them its the blue eyes, contrasting the orange legs.)



Omnivore
Potential Controller Of:
Chaetomorpha crassa
Chaetomorpha aerea
Polysiphonia elongata
Enteromorpha prolifera
Enteromorpha linza
Enteromorpha intestinalis
Enteromorpha compressa

Super Tongan Nassarius Snail





Cerith/Tower Snails






Angler side B

1 yellow Angler



Carnivore fed once a week



1Brittle Sea Star, Fancy (Ophiure protoreaster)



Detritus

20 Cerith/Tower Snails



(algae; Diatoms Stringy Growth
Diatom Coating)


Fuzzy Chiton



herbivore



Reef tank 150G

6 chromis



Carnivore


1 Yellow Tang



Potential Controller Of:
Acetabularia crennulata (Mermaids Cup/Mermaid Wine Glass Alga)
Valonia macrophysa
Valonia utricularis 2
Valonia utricularis 1
Derbesia marina
Derbesia species 2
Derbesia species 1
Ventricaria ventricosa
Ulva rigida (Sea Lettuce)
Ulva lactuca
Centroceras clavulatum
Dictyosphaeria cavernosa (Green Bubble Weed)
Enteromorpha prolifera
Enteromorpha linza
Enteromorpha intestinalis
Enteromorpha compressa
Hypnea musciformis
Hypnea cervicornis
Valoniopsis pachynema
Boodlea species
Cladophora rupestris
Cladophora prolifera
Cladophora laetevirens
Chaetomorpha crassa
Chaetomorpha aerea



2 Picasso Clown



Bubble tip Anemone



1 yellow Watchman Goby+ Pistol shrimp



Sand mover

or

2 Orange Stripe Prawn Goby



Sand and rubble mover carnivore.

+

Pistol shrimp



Carnivore


5 Bartlett Anthias



Females




1 green Mandarin




5 cleaner shrimp (carnivore)



15 Super Tongan Nassarius Snail

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(detritus)



1Neopetrolisthes ohshimai anemone crab.



Filter feeder


1Brittle Sea Star, Fancy
(Ophiure protoreaster)(detritus, omnivore)


1Fighting Conch;



(algae ; Potential Controller Of:

Derbesia marina
Derbesia species 2
Derbesia species 1
Oscillatoria sp. 2
Oscillatoria sp. 1
Cladophoropsis species 2
Cladophoropsis species 1
Acetabularia crennulata (Mermaids Cup/Mermaid Wine Glass Alga)
Diatoms Stringy Growth
Diatom Coating
Chlorodesmis species (Turtle Weed)


10 Banded Trochus Snail ;Trochus niloticus



Potential Controller Of:

Derbesia marina
Derbesia species 2
Derbesia species 1
Ostreobium species
Cladophoropsis species 2
Cladophoropsis species 1
Bryopsis species
Bryopsis plumosa
Acetabularia crennulata (Mermaids Cup/Mermaid Wine Glass Alga)
Diatoms Stringy Growth
Diatom Coating


1Long-spined Urchin (Algae)



Potential Controller Of:

Ulva rigida (Sea Lettuce)
Ulva lactuca
Bryopsis species
Bryopsis plumosa
Cladophora rupestris
Cladophora prolifera
Cladophora laetevirens
Dictyosphaeria cavernosa (Green Bubble Weed)
Valonia macrophysa
Valonia utricularis 2
Valonia utricularis 1
Boodlea species
Ostreobium species
Valoniopsis pachynema
Acetabularia crennulata (Mermaids Cup/Mermaid Wine Glass Alga)
Fucus vesiculosus 2
Fucus vesiculosus 1
Fucus spiralis
Cladophoropsis species 2
Cladophoropsis species 1
Ventricaria ventricosa
Chaetomorpha crassa
Chaetomorpha aerea
Sargassum vulgare
Sargassum sinicola
Sargassum natans
Sargassum johnstoni
Sargassum hystrix
Sargassum fluitans
Lobophora variegata 1
Laminaria species
Enteromorpha prolifera
Enteromorpha linza
Enteromorpha intestinalis
Enteromorpha compressa
Hypnea musciformis
Hypnea cervicornis
Wrangelia argus
Dictyota linearis
Dictyota dichotoma
Dictyota bartayresii
Polysiphonia elongata
Chlorodesmis species (Turtle Weed)
Centroceras clavulatum
Derbesia marina
Derbesia species 2
Derbesia species 1

1 Mespilia globulus (Blue Tuxedo Urchin)



Potential Controller Of:

Derbesia marina
Derbesia species 2
Derbesia species 1
Boodlea species
Ostreobium species
Cladophoropsis species 2
Cladophoropsis species 1
Chaetomorpha crassa
Chaetomorpha aerea
Cladophora rupestris
Cladophora prolifera
Cladophora laetevirens
Chlorodesmis species (Turtle Weed)
Acetabularia crennulata (Mermaids Cup/Mermaid Wine Glass Alga)
Valoniopsis pachynema
Bryopsis species
Bryopsis plumosa
Enteromorpha prolifera
Enteromorpha linza
Enteromorpha intestinalis
Enteromorpha compressa
Ulva rigida (Sea Lettuce)
Ulva lactuca

1 Elysia diomedea (Mexican Lettuce Slug



Potential Controller Of:
Bryopsis species
Bryopsis plumosa
Chaetomorpha crassa
Chaetomorpha aerea
Enteromorpha prolifera
Enteromorpha linza
Enteromorpha intestinalis
Enteromorpha compressa
Derbesia marina
Derbesia species 2
Derbesia species 1
Cladophora rupestris
Cladophora prolifera
Cladophora laetevirens


10 Cerith/Tower Snails

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(algae; Diatoms Stringy Growth
Diatom Coating)


1 Emerald crab Mithrax sculptus




Potential Controller Of:

Dictyota linearis
Dictyota dichotoma
Dictyota bartayresii
Dictyosphaeria cavernosa (Green Bubble Weed)
Ventricaria ventricosa
Cladophora rupestris
Cladophora prolifera
Cladophora laetevirens
Valoniopsis pachynema
Bryopsis species
Bryopsis plumosa
Valonia macrophysa
Valonia utricularis 2
Valonia utricularis 1

Porcelain Crab (Petrolisthes galathinus)



Filter feeder



1 (Fromia milleporella) red starfish



Detritus

 

looks completely awesome mud!

 

Well i hope they'll look as good as those pictures when they're in , lol

 

The catwalk

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBdSqk78nHw








The catwalk




Brotherly love



If you can't count on your bro to wash your ears who can you can count on





He got assimilated by the Borg











Does he has a face or what



You and i sleep like that we have to be taken to the emergency in the morning.



What i life









Its the same show everytime i go......







On the seeding fuge when it started, now they're a little more behaved




Helping me with my renovations




Again what a life





They get tea and biscuit in the afternoon.

 

It seems mud that we almost have identical cat issues, mine are girls though.



Quite the stocking list you have there.

 

Ohh they're so cute!!!!! Boys meet girls girls meet boys lets get them together, not that anything will happen mine are fixed but foreplay is still in range lol.

Yes i know its lots ; will it work i beleive so; fish wise the Angler will be alone in his pen 30 Gallons ; the 5 seahorses will be in the 45 gallons side with a mandarin a year later. Got to wait for the tank to be mature enough for him. Besides i'm waiting for the 150G to be full before filling up the Refugium, i want the Macro-Algae to grow a bit, so maybe 6 months before those seahorses and anglers comes in. I've got the 6 chromis , then the 2 clowns will go in after january, the tang after feb, the 2 gobies, then i'll see how it goes in the tank before putting the Anthias. I may fill the fuge first then see how things go. If the fishes are happy fine if stressed no Anthias or just one for show if just fine. Some have suggested to get rid of the chromis and to get the Anthias. But i know Chromis and they're no trouble, and cheap; Anthias from what i read lots of tweaks and turns and fairely expensive fish to loose to fights and tribulation within the herd..... so , i rather have it last if the space is there only.

 

Love all the pictures of the cats! I know I always have to comment to the dogs when we're getting ready for work and they're on the bed all lounged out and thinking - what a life

I'm afraid I can't help on the anthias - I've never kept them. I love the seahorses portion! They have to be one of the coolest creatures on earth. I think you'll like the chromis, having a fish school together is pretty relaxing to watch.

Keep up the great and incredibly detailed work Mud!