Melonbobs predator build!!!

[Piggy]

Nice additions. Love the eel. It is so cute.

 

[Alexander]

nice eel!! i would vote for a red coris wrasse.... but i think an adult would be a little large for the tank. juv would be awesome though. you would just need a plan for the future since they require a min of 75 gal

 

[Melonbob]

how many fish can I do when we are talking these sizes in a 50g? I figured I'd be overdoing it with the clown, eel and a radiata lionfish?

 

[Piggy]

The rule is one inch per five gallons. But rules are made to be broken.

 

[Melonbob]

For sure, cause if that was the case, I'm over my limit with the eel alone! rofl

 

[RyanG]

I would call what you have good enough.

 

[Bifferwine]

You need to name them!

I think you should name the clowns after my dogs, Bixler and Petunia. Those are cute names.

 

[Doc]

sweet eel! Love the pics. Your radiata will look great in there as well. Just a thought, big livestock like sharks and eels don't get measured from nose to tail for bioload measurement. Go with tip of nose to butt. I would count a 12 in eel as 7 inches or so. You can add your lionfish in a few weeks. Good luck keep the pics coming!!!

 

[yote]

I like that snowflake.tryed hand feeding him yet?

 

[Melonbob]

OK, I picked up some background finally, it really makes a difference hiding the skimmer and all. It also helps with pics, so here are a few better ones finally!

Anyone know what this is? It hitchhiked with some other coral I bought

 

[Alexander]

Awesome! Thanks for the update! I love the pic of the eel up in the powerhead. Eels are freakin rad.

 

[RyanG]

Eel is still rockin! Still creep you out?

 

[Piggy]

Great pics. The eel looks so cool.

 

[yote]

Dude,that snow flake looks great.Hell the whole tank looks awesome.
That hitch hiker looks like a kenya weed to me.(if thats what your calling a hitch hiker)You might want to watch it.Those thing are worse than aiptasia when it comes to taking your reef over.

 

[reeffreak]

Cool pics!The snowflake and maroon looks terrific.

 

[Melonbob]

naw, the eel don't creep me out anymore, I had my hand in there vaccuming the other day and he just goes and hides.....

 

[Melonbob]

speaking of aiptasia, I have two, one buried in my green polyps, and one buried in my orange polyps. How do you nuke one of these when they are buried in a patch of coral?

 

[Doc]

first of all... Great pics. I love that eel on the powerhead as well. As for the aptasia, two routes... One is to shut off all current in the tank and gently shoot in some joe's juice directly on the head and hope to minimize exposure to desireable coral. Or, take the rocks out and put them into your other tank with peppermint shrimp til they are eaten. Myself, I would risk the juice. :-)

-Doc

 

[Altohombre]

I am so glad you got an eel and boy did you get a big one. That picture of the two maroons in the cave is great. It is also somewhat creepy. They look like piranas ready to attack.

 

[Piggy]

I would POTM the eel or maroons.