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This is my first tank but by no means the only tank that I have cared for. I started it back in October 2012
This is a photo from the first few weeks during the cycling process. I killed the first frag that I ever put in it (GSP LOL!!!)
I also lost my first fish that I every had in the tank as well (note to fish store owners.... do not sell red scooter blennies to a complete newby with a new tank...)
Here is a pick of my forever missed Scutaro. RIP little guy!
It may be hard to see him because the tank lights are out and I was just using lamp lighting from the corner of the room, but he would tuck himself to sleep in the sand every night!!! Only his eyes stick out!
still brings a smile to my face thinking about him!
I've come a long way since those days and managed "Aqua Exotic" a boutique coral retail for a year (was like gaining 10 years worth of knowledge in 12 months).
This is a pick of my tank today.
I apologize for the glare and for the fact that it was taken with my I phone. I'll get a better over shot up soon.
I currently have 10 fish in there.
Some of the notable ones include
This is a photo from the first few weeks during the cycling process. I killed the first frag that I ever put in it (GSP LOL!!!)
I also lost my first fish that I every had in the tank as well (note to fish store owners.... do not sell red scooter blennies to a complete newby with a new tank...)
Here is a pick of my forever missed Scutaro. RIP little guy!
It may be hard to see him because the tank lights are out and I was just using lamp lighting from the corner of the room, but he would tuck himself to sleep in the sand every night!!! Only his eyes stick out!
I've come a long way since those days and managed "Aqua Exotic" a boutique coral retail for a year (was like gaining 10 years worth of knowledge in 12 months).
This is a pick of my tank today.
I currently have 10 fish in there.
- cryptic six-line wrasse (Pablo)
- green clown goby (Zito)
- Tail spot blenny (Nacho)
- Fancy gumdrop coral croucher (Matty)
- Spotted Mandarin (Lopez)
- Pajama Cardinal (Pagan)
- Yellow Assessor (Posey)
- Hi Fin Goby (Belt)
- Perchlet Anthias (Boche)
- Barnacle Blenny (Casilla)
Some of the notable ones include
- Jawbreaker (who doesn't have one of these LOL)
- 3 different color florida ricordea
- tyree minefield cyphastrea
- Jason Fox meteor shower cyphastrea
- Colin Reid harlequin cyphastrea
- Colin Reid green eggs and ham cyphastrea
- radioactive dragon eye zoa (oldie but goodie)
- chocolate mint zoa
- gorilla nipples zoa
- space monster paly
- blue agave paly
- tyree orange rainbow paly
- tyree vivid rainbow paly
- candy apple reds zoa
- but munchers zoa
- purple hornets zoa
- orange crush echinata
- joker acan
- rainbow acan
- blood orange acan
- duncan
- green frog spawn with purple tips
- gold psammacora
- forrest green seratapora
- blue digi montipora
- tri color palawanensis
- chili pepper montipora cap
- thick forrest green montipora cap
- green pocilapora with baby blue tips (my fancy gumdrop coral croucher lives inside this )
- Fan shaped branching montipora (i have a green one and a blue one with red polyps)
- montipora stellata
- tyree rainbow pocilapora
- forest fire digi montipora
- purple stylophora
- birds of paradise seratapora
- sunset montipora
- tyree undata montipora
- pink lemonade acro
- strawberry shortcake acro
- red planet acro
- rose garden millipora
- purple rainbow millipora
- the smurfs acro
- garf bonsi acro
- purple chronic acro
- green fuzzy chronic milli
- a few unknown deepwater acros
- and a few other unknown across
- AI nano sol that is on for 12 hours and ramps up and down over the course of the day
- CPR backpak protein skimmer
- innovative marine media reactor for running Phosban
- JBJ autotopoff (I control my KH with kalkwasser in my auto top off RO/DI water)
- JBJ thermostat to prevent heater from getting stuck in the on position (#1 cause of tank crash is heater that never shuts off)
