Finally... Can see through the green!

[Bifferwine]

I've been wanting to post tank pictures for a while, but lately my tank hasn't been very, ahhhh... presentable. Finally I think the algae is gone enough to see my animals!

Just a run through, I have 13 fish: 2 pj cards, 2 red firefish, 1 lawnmower blenny, 1 yellow tail blue damsel, 1 tomato clown, 1 devil blue damsel, 1 six line wrasse, 1 yellow tang, 3 green chromis. I have 2 sally lightfoots, 4 emerald crabs, various snails and other crabs, 2 peppermint shrimp, 1 cleaner shrimp, a tiger cowrie, a sea hare, 2 red footed conchs and 2 queen conchs. For corals, I have several colonies of different kinds of mushrooms, ditto for some different types of zoas, I have xenia, about a gazillion Kenya trees (I started with one), a cabbage, and I just got some blastos (wellsi) today. Here you go:

Full tank shot:

Tang, firefish and yellow tail:

Cleaner shrimp and blastos:

Mystery polyps (not extended). ID???

Part of my Kenya tree forest:

Hiding firefish:

Chromis' and yellow tail:

My beautiful, elegant graceful sea hare looking at a shroom:

Two sally lightfoots and a pj card:

 

[bobby]

Nice looking tank biff. You have alot of coraline growing on the back glass, I hope it spreads through out the tank for you. Thats a cute pic of the firefish hiding. How much rock you got in there?

 

[Bifferwine]

Thanks Bobby. The glass is covered in coralline, and the rocks near the bottom are too, it's slowly spreading up on the rocks. I've got about 100 lbs of rock.

 

[jermpool]

Looking good.

 

[JellyMan]

Looks good Biff.

 

[SSalty]

Nice tank. Those are some cool lookin' live rocks to the right.

 

[RigoSharon]

wow nice pics biff...i know im tooo late..i was looking into the archives.the kenia trees got my attention, they multyply very easy??.i know i can find this info in the web..but i wanted to have your opinion and experience..thanks...by the way, is been a while since your last tank pic..cmon cheear up..lets have some...like old times..

 

[Bifferwine]

Yeah Kenya trees are, in my opinion, the easiest corals to keep and multiply. They spread like crazy. Yote calls them Kenya weeds. In my tank, I have so many that I just end up throwing them in the trash because my LFS won't even take them.

 

[RigoSharon]

nice..im gonna try some..thanks!!

 

[yote]

Be fore warned Rigo
Them kenya weeds are worse than algae and aiptasia.Once they get a foot hold,they take over.

 

[RigoSharon]

hmmm,..i think ill pass on them...thanks for the advice yote, and biff

 

[hibye]

biff does your peperrs and cleanerers get along plusi like the two fires

 

[yote]

Dont get me wrong Rigo.Kenyas are great if you have a LFS that will let you trade them.
I just got tired of picking the babys off the bottom and hauling them to the store.
And just when I thought I had got rid of all em.Brushed my rock,changed out the CC to sand,And I got about 10 more kenyas popping back up.

 

[RigoSharon]

yikes ..i see..probably ill give it a try..are thet expensive there??

 

[RigoSharon]

im looking into easy handled corals..lethers and kenias are beautifull..also hameer corals got my attention

 

[Bifferwine]

At my LFS, there are so many Kenya trees that they sell for only $5 each. My peppermint shrimps and cleaner shrimp get along fine.

 

[yote]

Here it all depends on how big the kenya is and what else might be growing on the same rock.But a good in between figure is around 10 to 15 bucks.

 

[hibye]

thats good for you but when i mixed them the cleaner ate the peper when he or she was molting

 

[LionFish]

my 3 were Free with the Rock . along with some Green star polyps

 

[LionFish]

oh sorry biff... Very nice Tank! and i will now have to get a yellow tail!