Samantha's 46 Gallon Bowfront

[SaltwaterNoob17]

make sure to keep an eye on your calcium, 6 small hard corals probably won't deplete it too fast. But, you want it to be high enough to keep those corals growing!

My calcium is at 420ppm, so I should be okay for now. However, would you all recommend dosing to boost calcium? (As of right now, I don't dose/use any additives, I just do a 10% water change every week)

 

[Leslee]

Looks great! I can see your corals in the pic! You should update the same pics everyonce in a while so you can see the growth! I LOVE the wrasse pic that you posted! I always wondered how they can actually sleep in the sand!

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

Looks great! I can see your corals in the pic! You should update the same pics everyonce in a while so you can see the growth! I LOVE the wrasse pic that you posted! I always wondered how they can actually sleep in the sand!

Thanks!! I'll be sure to post updates! ;) And, yeah, the wrasse's sleep habit is crazy; he's quite an odd little thing, but I love him!! :mrgreen:

 

[BL1]

I would just stick with your normal water changes for now. That will replae trace elements used by the corals. But, keep monitoring your levels and if you start to see them dropping even with your water changes then you may either need to make larger water changes or start dosing.

 

[reeffreak]

Wow,awesome macro shots Samantha!I like the metallic froggy the best.

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

A few more coral additions: :mrgreen:

Birdsnest:

Birdsnest close-up:

Galaxea:

Update on the other corals:

-Glued the Purple-tip Frogspawn to a frag plug today. Got glue all over my fingers and arms as well...( I know I'm skilled ;-) )
-Little acro got a branch knocked off by my huge hermit crab... :grumble:
-Picked all of the hair algae off the zoanthid plugs, and moved them from QT to DT :helm2:

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

NEW CORALS!!!! :mrgreen: My Craigslist purchases from Wednesday:

Candy Coral:

Bubble Gum Chalice:

ORA Verde Acro:

ORA Hawkins Acro:

Blue/Green Acro:

ORA Verde Acro #2:

ORA Miami Orchid Acro:

ORA Valida Acro:

ORA Hawkins Acro #2:

Pink Pocillopora:

Favia:

Green Monti Cap w/ Purple Edges:

 

[Bifferwine]

Wow that's a lot of corals! And they look BIG too! Congrats!

 

[Smitty]

Wow, you really went shopping, everything looks great...congrats :)

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

Thanks guys!!

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

Here's a FTS:

 

[reeffreak]

Beautiful and clean too Samantha!

 

[Hiker4twenty]

Nice looking tank!

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

My fish felt left out of the photoshoot, so here are a few pictures of them ;)

 

[dcantucson]

Nice looking tank Samantha.

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

Update:

-3 corals were bleaching/had tissue receding. Thought it might be RTN, but now I think the Koralias were just being too tough on them. Redirected the Koralias, and things are looking better...

-Added my Green Mandarin to the DT yesterday morning after having him in QT for forever! He seems happy, and he's eating so A+!!!

-Ordered Nova Extreme Pros for the DT and separate lunar lights. Should be here Friday!!! I'll keep you all posted. ;)

 

[ggNoRe]

Very nice setup! Your coral livestock choices and amounts you have aquired in the past few months is amazingly similar to mine. :O

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

Very nice setup! Your coral livestock choices and amounts you have aquired in the past few months is amazingly similar to mine. :O

Haha! You're right, GG!! I had never checked out your tank thread - NICE tank!!! Somewhere down the road I hope to get a pair of clowns too! :shock: (Great minds think alike?) Now, if only I had that beautiful clam of yours... ;)

 

[Smitty]

You have a very beautiful set-up Samantha...great job!

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

My NEW LIGHTS!!! :D

Dawn/Dusk Setting:

Daytime Setting: