Ben's 90gal Mixed Reef

[Ben Weaver]

Wow that's pretty good camouflage

Hey one more question any problems with cleaning the glass with the rock so close?

Yeah for sure!
Uhh no not really there is one spot on the left side that some coralline grows that I can't get to without moving a rock but other then that I can slide a scraper in there to clean it. And it is very shadowed so not much algae grows there.
It just depends how OCD you are!

 

[Ben Weaver]

Well I got a bunch of new stuff the other day and it's settling in nicely

This guy and 2 others came with those zoas on a rock. I'm a little worried about them but I'm not certain if anything is wrong with them or if they are just that color.

And a top down of the gsp growing like a weed

 

[Ben Weaver]

So I've had this colonie of superman rhodactis for about 6 months and I love them! But the other i found this tiny baby that i saw was different. He was on the same rock but I saw that he had tiny bubbles on it. So i broke him off so i could keep better track of him. At first he was a very bland redish color like the bottom side of the superman shrooms. But i moved him into some higher lighting and he started to get some colors.
So what do you think? Is this a rhodactis that bounced? Or a totally different shroom that somehow got on this rock?
This is in whites and blues

Just Blues

 

[Ben Weaver]

Fraging can be messy!

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Fraging can be messy!

Ha! For sure! Btw, that last mushroom is looking great!

 

[Ben Weaver]

Ha! For sure! Btw, that last mushroom is looking great!

Thanks! Im axious to see what it turn into!

 

[Ben Weaver]

Just a few more new pictures

 

[Ben Weaver]

Thanks! Im axious to see what it turn into!

This little guy is starting to get some nice color!

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Very nice!

 

[Ben Weaver]

So i thought Id start out with a FTS!

I found 2 of these scutus snail things in my sump! Its awesome to see them pop up around the tank, they are often together which is cool he was closed up when i took these pictures but typically you can see a sliver of his white shell.

and some other random coral pics

I love me some shrooms... idk why but there colors and textures always have caught and help my attention.

 

[Ben Weaver]

I was pretty happy HAPPY, the other day i took some coral frags to a lfs. He said he would trade them for store credit which was fine by me. I took all the green zoas on the rack and that rock of mushrooms and he gave me 150 bucks So i bought about 50$ worth of stuff, went to pay and he says "eh i can just give you your change in cash!
So i walked out feeling pretty nice My wife isn't always super inpressed when i spend on this hobby but shes happy when I go shopping and come home with more $$$ then I had when I left!

 

[leahfiish]

Nice pictures, I love your tank! I have a 90g too, they are tough to aquascape.

 

[Ben Weaver]

Nice pictures, I love your tank! I have a 90g too, they are tough to aquascape.

Thanks! Yeah i agree, its definitely hard!

 

[Ben Weaver]

I Snapped some more pictures this evening
I just got these 2 frags
Some pink zoas.

Mummy eye chalice?

I caught my favia with his tenticals out withe the lights on

And just because i cant get enough of this guy and think possibly taking pictures of him will make him grow faster! Lol

 

[Ben Weaver]

I finally did some much needed maintenence on my tank :O
And everthing was looking nice so i thought id take some pictures

 

[Ben Weaver]

How about some more pictures?

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

looking great, man! That mushroom has turned out really nice!

 

[jasonw]

Looking great!

 

[sh4rkbyt3]

Very nice tank Ben and some cherry coral pieces to start off with too! I have several of those snails that were labeled as Cow Snails at a fairly LFS. One is medium size and the other is almost the size of a golf ball lol. Great cleaners and I don't have to worry about my rotten blue leg hermits eating them and stealing their shells. Really nice favia too!
Good to see you have an acan as well . I added several of these and they've all been doing excellent with fairly fast and steady growth. Good choice for your tank!
Probably the best parts of this hobby for me at least are my own successes as well as seeing others doing the same or even better. Look forward to seeing how your tank progresses! Best wishes and good luck!

 

[Ben Weaver]

looking great, man! That mushroom has turned out really nice!

Thanks! I am super happy with it!
I love that it started like this