Another Reef Beginning!

Mike_J · Dec 29, 2014

A few bad shots in horrible lighting, but here are the first fish inhabitants of the new reef tank. Meet my new wrasses, courtesy of Aqua Dreams in Feeding Hills. (Pictures 2 + 3 are the same fish and pictures 4 + 5 are the same fish)

Mike_J · Dec 29, 2014

New mesh screen top for the reef tank courtesy of TCR in Stratford. Simple, discreet and much more attractive than the Home Depot egg crate that used to keep the jumpers from jumping. Thanks again, TRC!

seagull18 · Dec 29, 2014

Looking good, things are really starting to come together. I see you have some corals but it is hard to tell which ones from the pics. Did you pick up any from your wish list that you had posted on another thread?

Frankyrivera · Dec 29, 2014

Nice tank I can help with pics if you ever want. I live in Hartford but frequent Bloomfield enough ask Alex lol

Mike_J · Dec 29, 2014

seagull18 said:
Looking good, things are really starting to come together. I see you have some corals but it is hard to tell which ones from the pics. Did you pick up any from your wish list that you had posted on another thread?

Thanks. some of the coral was transferred from the old tank but a few new pieces as well. I did end up with a nice frag of jack-o-lantern leptoseris from my list that I picked up from Exotic Reef and Coral.

Mike_J · Dec 29, 2014

Frankyrivera said:
Nice tank I can help with pics if you ever want. I live in Hartford but frequent Bloomfield enough ask Alex lol

Thanks, man. I'll take you up on that when the tank is a bit further along, for sure. You take phenomenal pictures.

Reefing Madness · Dec 29, 2014

Frankyrivera · Dec 29, 2014

Mike_J said:
Thanks, man. I'll take you up on that when the tank is a bit further along, for sure. You take phenomenal pictures.

Thanks I wasnt aware you saw any of my pic threads lol. Check out my thread Franky's macro shots if you haven't already lol. Love your tank

143MPCo · Dec 30, 2014

Frankyrivera said:
Nice tank I can help with pics if you ever want. I live in Hartford but frequent Bloomfield enough ask Alex lol

He's dose excellent work, just have Pizza waiting for him... :wink:

Mike_J · Dec 30, 2014

avasquez01 said:
He's dose excellent work, just have Pizza waiting for him... :wink:

HaHa! Do the types of toppings affect the quality of the photos?? Better toppings, better pictures? :tongue:

Frankyrivera · Dec 30, 2014

Yes, Yes and always lol

Mike_J · Jan 19, 2015

New reef addition, thanks to Headie Corals in North Haven. Black Fin Fairy Wrasse is a whale compared to the size of the other inhabitants of my reef, but such a friendly specimen... and beautiful too!

143MPCo · Jan 19, 2015

Very nice addition!

HtfdWhaler · Jan 19, 2015

Hey,

Nice tank. I am a fan of the ELOS. I am curious about the Kessil how do you like them so far, what did you hang them from?

Frankyrivera · Jan 20, 2015

Mike_J said:
New reef addition, thanks to Headie Corals in North Haven. Black Fin Fairy Wrasse is a whale compared to the size of the other inhabitants of my reef, but such a friendly specimen... and beautiful too!

Looks like a Scotts

Mike_J · Jan 20, 2015

Frankyrivera said:
Looks like a Scotts

Very similar. Coloration is slightly different, in the body and tail fin. The tail fin is also diamond shaped.

Mike_J · Jan 20, 2015

HtfdWhaler said:
Hey,

Nice tank. I am a fan of the ELOS. I am curious about the Kessil how do you like them so far, what did you hang them from?

Thanks. I am very happy with the Kessils so far. The only negative for me is that a true dawn-to-dusk affect cannot be achieved since 5% is the first available setting. But it's a powerful light in such a compact form. I hung the lights using a hanging kit for another LED fixture. I'm still working to figure out how to conceal the wires discreetly and so it's not ugly, lol. I'll post pictures as soon as I figure that out.