Samantha's 50 Gallon Reef Aquarium

[SaltwaterNoob17]

lol where did u get that sticker!!!!??? Beautiful tank ;) Your new lights will really make everything change. and then u will be even more addicted lol

The sticker is from Ebay. :mrgreen: There's four or so aquarium-related stickers like this to choose from. And, thank you!

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

So, I am WAY overdue for updating this thread! My bad. :chair:

Anyway, I found some random shots of the tank on my camera, so we'll start out with those ;)

Here are some of the frags that have been added over the last few months:

Favia (w/ emerald crab in the background):

Acro:

Chalice (w/ Goby in the background :mrgreen:):

Sympodium:

 

[Bifferwine]

Wow! Nice! Did that acro get added after your corals turned white?

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

Here are just some cute clownfish pics:

Sean:

Sydney:

Sean hides a lot more from the camera (hence the 1 picture of Sean, and the 4 of Sydney :grumble:).

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

Wow! Nice! Did that acro get added after your corals turned white?

Thanks! Actually, I added these corals right before everything turned white for the second time. However, they weren't really affected (luckily!), and the acro, especially, is doing great with lots of new growth in the past couple of months! :mrgreen: All of the new additions are looking good, but some have faded in color a bit. The sympodium is the one that has faded the most, the acro and favia have faded a little, and the chalice looks about the same as when I put it in the tank.

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

A few close-ups of the newest acro:

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

I had some fun taking some top-down shots of the tank about a month or so ago. Here are some of those pics:

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

And...a few FTS:

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

But wait! There's more!!! :bounce:

 

[little_fish]

Puuurdy!

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

Now for the current stuff! ;)

Two weeks ago, I attended my first ever FRAG SWAP! :D It was hosted by TBRC (Tampa Bay Reef Club) and, boy oh boy, was it AMAZING! So many beautiful corals! It was like being in a candy store! Simply wonderful! :mrgreen:

These are the three that I took home with me for the 50 gallon! :^: (I bought a few for my BC14 as well [I need to update that thread, too :-?]).

ORA Pearlberry:

ORA Blue Tort:

Magician Palys:

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

And! While I have no more pictures to share tonight, guess what?! That's right! My new ATI T5 bulbs came in this evening from Reefgeek!! SO! Expect a bunch more pictures in the near future! :razz:

 

[BL1]

Nice additions, that acro looks huge!

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

Nice additions, that acro looks huge!

Thanks! The acro IS huge! There's a local reefer who runs a coral shop out of his house in Lutz, and I bought it from him. He was desperate to make room in his display tank for a new acro and some other corals that he had just gotten in from his distributor, and he was like, "Hey, I'll give you a good size frag of that acro in my DT for $20 if you're interested." And, I was like, "Sure, add it to the pile." I thought he was going to frag a couple of inches off the one in his DT, but he chopped off this huge chunk for $20! This was literally my face when he put it in a bucket for me to take home: :shock:

 

[ErinCahir]

Looking good Samantha!

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

Drumroll! The NEW T5 lights!!!

Dawn/Dusk:

Daylight:

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

I LOVE the new lights! :mrgreen: Everything looks a million times better with the new bulbs! I'm not sure I'm perfectly content with the order that I have the bulbs in right now, though, and I'm open to bulb arrangement suggestions if you all have any! :question:

 

[SaltwaterNoob17]

Daylight:

Dawn/Dusk (My camera doesn't do the tank justice. The colors are GLOWING on my corals! It's CRAZY!!!):

And,...I thought the candy coral looked particularly pretty, so here's a shot of it :cheerful::

 

[ErinCahir]

Oooooooo. Sweet!

 

[Dana42078]

I take it your happy with the lights? =) Told ya he wouldnt steer ya wrong. Nice pic ups from the frag swap too!