Finally! My 75 Gallon Full Blown Reef!

[little_fish]

My chromis are the last fish out of bed in the morning, they wont really come out for an hour or so after the lights go out, and then they are also the first to go hide for the night.

Give it some time, but the skimmer thing is kinda odd

 

[Sir Alex]

Give it some time, but the skimmer thing is kinda odd

I had the return pump off for a bit yesterday, but I'm pretty sure I turned the skimmer off. Maybe I forgot... :?

 

[reefjet]

great tank

 

[Sir Alex]

I've pretty much given up on ever finding these fish. :( But at least my visit to marine scene wasn't a total disappointment.

I picked up this cool critter:

And my first acro:

I also got a porcelain crab, so I'll take a pic of him next time I see him.


And the anemone finally decided to come out. But he had to choose the one rock that I didn't plan on leaving in there... :?

 

[beeguiles]

Lol Anemones always do that don't they. Well at least you got a couple other things. Maybe the fish are just hiding.

 

[Sir Alex]

A little coral growth update:


January 28th - Februarary 24th

 

[Sir Alex]

 

[little_fish]

looks really good alex!

 

[buddy08]

i like the before and after photos :D

 

[Dana42078]

lookin good

 

[Sir Alex]

Thanks guys!

A question... I understand the ricordea has been through a lot, so I'd expect it's growth be temporarily stunted, but the mushroom hasn't budged. It might have to the with my water quality. Nitrates are pretty much undetectable...

 

[chichimom79]

Very nice!

 

[little_fish]

My mushrooms didnt sprout new babies for close to year

 

[Sir Alex]

The crab:

A few neat overhead shots I got:

Oh and the weirdest thing happened today... I saw two hermit crabs fall off the rock together, and I thought one probably crawled on to the other and they fell. But then it looked like one was attacking the other. The one fled it's shell and the other tooks it's shell. I took the meano and put him on the other side of the tank and the first one went in the other one's shell. Both shells were really the same size...

I got this picture:

 

[chichimom79]

Hermit crab time out! I love it!! :rofl: What kind of crab is in the first picture? I love that clam! I want one eventually. Nice stuff!!

 

[Sir Alex]

What kind of crab is in the first picture?

It's a porcelain crab.

 

[xxjrealxx]

What kind of lights do you have and how much did they cost?
And where did you get them from ?

 

[Sir Alex]

What kind of lights do you have and how much did they cost?
And where did you get them from ?

It's the 66 LED system from here: Finsanity Aquarium Store


It was $400 and works great for the price. It seems to grow corals well. The only problem is that the aesthetic color of the lights isn't perfect, and the corals might have lost a little color...

 

[Sir Alex]

Gotz a new freind:

He's such an awesome fish. I got him yesterday (from petco), and he's swimming all over the place. I've already gotten him to eat algae sheets and formula 2. :mrgreen:

 

[Smitty]

Nice...