DSC reef's 75 gallon adventure

DSC reef · Jan 1, 2018

@WWIII Here's what we have left. Looks really blue since the halides are not on

DSC reef · Jan 1, 2018

Travis Stewart said:
On an automatic doser or manually? Love the purple tang. You only doing one tang? I know they are a bit aggressive towards others.

Manual dosing daily and nightly. The purple has been in that tank since the beginning at 2", he'd shred another one instantly. Lol.

Travis Stewart · Jan 1, 2018

DSC reef said:
Manual dosing daily and nightly. The purple has been in that tank since the beginning at 2", he'd shred another one instantly. Lol.

I love the purple but like more color so may start with another. You maxing out at 5/6 fish?

DSC reef · Jan 1, 2018

I believe so, the fish are almost maxed as far as growth goes, there matured at least. Bio load is stable with the current stock list and no sickness in over 5 years so I'm content with the fish list. The purple tang in person is really colorful/bright, like a cobalt color then yellow fins are bright yellow contrast. Pics don't do him justice.

Travis Stewart · Jan 1, 2018

DSC reef said:
I believe so, the fish are almost maxed as far as growth goes, there matured at least. Bio load is stable with the current stock list and no sickness in over 5 years so I'm content with the fish list. The purple tang in person is really colorful/bright, like a cobalt color then yellow fins are bright yellow contrast. Pics don't do him justice.

Oh I can only imagine! Looking stunning

DSC reef · Jan 1, 2018

Travis Stewart said:
Oh I can only imagine! Looking stunning

Thank you travis.

WWIII · Jan 1, 2018

DSC reef said:
@WWIII Here's what we have left. Looks really blue since the halides are not on

Man, those little guys did nom nom the heck out of the colony. Still beautiful! Those look a lil different than the utter chaos I have and have seen. Are you taking out the asterina as you can or just hoping they thin out naturally?

DSC reef · Jan 1, 2018

WWIII said:
Man, those little guys did nom nom the heck out of the colony. Still beautiful! Those look a lil different than the utter chaos I have and have seen. Are you taking out the asterina as you can or just hoping they thin out naturally?

We try to pull out manually as much as we can but it's a friggen battle. My wife will pull out 80 in a morning sometimes. Utter chaos will morph under different lighting intensities I've noticed. Under lower intensity the pattern breaks up, under high intensity the pattern turns almost solid.

easternreefer · Jan 1, 2018

great tank. I need some of those utter chaos.. my tank may become all palys and zoas at the rate I 'm drooling over everyones...

DSC reef · Jan 1, 2018

Look at the difference in the pattern here. These are the same exact colony directly under the halides.

DSC reef · Jan 1, 2018

easternreefer said:
great tank. I need some of those utter chaos.. my tank may become all palys and zoas at the rate I 'm drooling over everyones...

Thank you! I always thought a zoa paly bed would look cool

WWIII · Jan 1, 2018

Have you all considered a harlequin? I was close to trying one a few years ago on a tank with a bunch of asterina, but chickened out.

In an effort to not derail your tank build thread into an asterina thread, I love the hunting mandarins as well, very cool!

DSC reef · Jan 1, 2018

WWIII said:
Have you all considered a harlequin? I was close to trying one a few years ago on a tank with a bunch of asterina, but chickened out.

In an effort to not derail your tank build thread into an asterina thread, I love the hunting mandarins as well, very cool!

No worries! Lol. We've thought about it but we have a bunch of micro brittle stars that we like having in the tank. Maybe one day, I also thought bongo shrimp look cool but will devour brittles too. My luck, the harlequin will eat all the brittles before touching an asterina;Hilarious of course the asterinas won't touch the overgrown colony of purple deaths!

WWIII · Jan 1, 2018

DSC reef said:
No worries! Lol. We've thought about it but we have a bunch of micro brittle stars that we like having in the tank. Maybe one day, I also thought bongo shrimp look cool but will devour brittles too. My luck, the harlequin will eat all the brittles before touching an asterina;Hilarious of course the asterinas won't touch the overgrown colony of purple deaths!

Haha! Sounds about right! Always nice to get reassurance that these things don't just happen to me. I had some zoa nudis once upon a time and the expensive ones were 1st on the hit list, almost went in perfect order of most $$$ to least!

DSC reef · Jan 1, 2018

WWIII said:
Haha! Sounds about right! Always nice to get reassurance that these things don't just happen to me. I had some zoa nudis once upon a time and the expensive ones were 1st on the hit list, almost went in perfect order of most $$$ to least!

Yep, that's how it always happens!;Hilarious

Big G · Jan 1, 2018

Absolutely beautiful tank. So cool that you and your wife share the "addiction" we all love. Happy New Year!

DSC reef · Jan 1, 2018

Big G said:
Absolutely beautiful tank. So cool that you and your wife share the "addiction" we all love. Happy New Year!

Thank you @Big G blessed for sure!

DSC reef · Jan 1, 2018

Looks like the rastas will be the host

GoVols · Jan 1, 2018

DSC reef said:
Couple pics my wife took of the tank. Mandarin pair going hunting at night. They do the same routine together every night, it's really cool to watch.

DSC,
That's really neat.
Thanks for sharing and Happy New Year!