220 Gallons of Eye Candy

themcnertney · Nov 17, 2017

One sexy sps colony.

themcnertney · Dec 10, 2017

Nice to see anemones in the tank again. Friend gave me a total of 21 RBTA.

Tahoe61 · Dec 11, 2017

What lighting were those anemones under?

Kudo's to that friend, score!!!

themcnertney · Dec 11, 2017

Tahoe61 said:
What lighting were those anemones under?

Kudo's to that friend, score!!!

Def a nice score.
They nems were under EcoTech so I think the comparison of lighting is close. I think they'll do well.

themcnertney · Dec 19, 2017

@Tahoe61 do remember this? I have had it since way back when I had my 55 running. Few weeks ago I decided to move it where viewable.

Mark Derail · Dec 19, 2017

Wonderful setup. Time not wasted reading this thread. Convinced me that my next DT will be a 72 incher.

Crabs McJones · Dec 19, 2017

Dan McNertney said:

That is just straight up gorgeous!

Tahoe61 · Dec 19, 2017

Dan McNertney said:
@Tahoe61 do remember this? I have had it since way back when I had my 55 running. Few weeks ago I decided to move it where viewable.

Oh wow, yes that was like 3 years ago. Mine has gotten huge too. Bta still going well?

I still have mine. It's an invert that makes it through everything. Mine is on it's 4th tank.

themcnertney · Dec 20, 2017

Tahoe61 said:
Oh wow, yes that was like 3 years ago. Mine has gotten huge too. Bta still going well?

I still have mine. It's an invert that makes it through everything. Mine is on it's 4th tank.

So I had to go back in time a bit to January 2011 on 3reef.com to find when I first bought this guy...dang

RBTA's (21 to be exact) all seem to be doing very well.

themcnertney · Dec 20, 2017

Mark Derail said:
Wonderful setup. Time not wasted reading this thread. Convinced me that my next DT will be a 72 incher.

crabs_mcjones said:
That is just straight up gorgeous!

Thanks you'll. It has been a fun strange trip with some real highs and some real lows. Beauty of this hobby.

Faisal27 · Dec 20, 2017

Lovely tank and set up .. how’s the vlamingi in that type of tank ? I

themcnertney · Dec 20, 2017

Faisal27 said:
Lovely tank and set up .. how’s the vlamingi in that type of tank ? I

Thank you. Great question. The tang is amazing. Its about 8" long and I have had it for about 4 years or so. My livestock of fish have gone down in numbers over the years so I don't have much left which is why I think its doing so great. It consumes about a sheet of nori a day. It isn't aggressive. I can actually pet it when I put my hand in the tank, very friendly.

With all that said however...
Would I buy another one? Probably not.
Would I recommend it to anyone with a same size tank? Probably not.
I think I got lucky. Knowing it will eventually out grow my tank, I have made arrangements to donate it the Cleveland Aquarium when that time comes.

themcnertney · Dec 20, 2017

Current livestock:

(2) B&W Ocellaris clownfish
(1) Banggai Cardinalfish
(2) Blue/Green Chromis
(1) Vlamingi Tang
(1) Yellow Tang
(1) Magnificent Foxface
(1) Yellow Clown Goby
(1) Wheelers Goby
(1) Pistol Shrimp
(1) Black Longspined Urchin
(21) Red Bubble Tipped Anenome

Faisal27 · Dec 20, 2017

Dan McNertney said:
Current livestock:

(2) B&W Ocellaris clownfish

(1) Banggai Cardinalfish

(2) Blue/Green Chromis

(1) Vlamingi Tang

(1) Yellow Tang

(1) Magnificent Foxface

(1) Yellow Clown Goby

(1) Wheelers Goby

(1) Pistol Shrimp

(1) Black Longspined Urchin

(21) Red Bubble Tipped Anenome

Nice mix of livestock u got there .. My vlamingi devours at least two nori sheets a day if not more .. we almost have the same livestock( mine is just more tank based ) which is nice to see someone have .. If I was living in the states I would have taken that vlamingi from you .. Definition of a gentle giant .. love your coral types and set up

themcnertney · Jan 12, 2018

Here’s some iPhone fish pics...

themcnertney · Jan 21, 2018

Did some aquascaping last night. Needs to settle.

The idea is to rid the tank of as many of the very invasive palythoa polyps as I could. This was the result.