Hi from Hallzers

[dbowman5]

Hi I'm Hallzers. I used to breed Japanese Ranchu and got into reefing around 4 years ago. I have pared back to just one reef tank: a 99 gallon custom rimless in my living room, with a 100 gallon Rubbermaid stock tank in the basement for my sump. .

welcome to R2R i expect you will find it a great place to share what you have learned.

 

[Hallzers]

Hey, thanks everyone!

I am in the process of re-doing my rock work, and just recently chopped up most of my SPS & LPS colonies and sold them to the local fish store gave to friends. I had previously been running a ton of marine pure instead of sand and rock, and the system was really unstable. So, the new sump has 100 pounds of crushed coral and I'm going to be adding a lot more dry rock.

 

[dbowman5]

you have nice pictures, of nice creatures

 

[fuelman]

Welcome to R2R nice looking tank!!!

 

[fishguy242]

hi welcome to the reef going to love it here!!
lots of fun/info/fun/help/fun....
nice pics!!!..we all love pics..

 

[Nanorock1970]

Welcome to R2R....Lots of great stuff, info and help from some awesome folks. If you have not done so yet...Start a tank build thread...Great to see where you have been, Awesome for us to see what you are up to, and a great tool for others to learn from....I see that you are well established with your current tank so you can start with getting us some photos...We love to see......Maybe let us know where you have been on your journey with your tank and you say you are transitioning to softies...What are your plans..what is the stocking ideas? Great to have you here.

 

[Mastiffsrule]

Hi, tank looks great. Looking forward to more pics

 

[Brittmcoleman]

hello and welcome!!

 

[vetteguy53081]

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Welcome more pictures, plz

 

[BeejReef]

Welcome friend

 

[windemerejack]

Hi and welcome from the UK. Very friendly and knowledgeable folk on here, you will love it.
Stay safe

 

[SPR1968]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[Reefnman2]

Welcome to R2R Hallzers!

 

[Chrisfish]

Welcome to R2R, beautiful pictures

 

[Murica]

Welcome!!!

 

[KJ]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[SaltyCupcake]

Welcome to R2R!!

 

[Dr. Phil]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[Hallzers]

Thanks!

Well the japanese ranchu were several years ago. I don't have any fresh water now, am down to just this one tank. But for those who aren't familiar,... Ranchu is sort of like a "designer goldfish" that the Japanese are really wild about. They have competitions, pedigrees, etc. Mine were the Gunn Chusakul line which looked sort of like this:

They are little pigs

Because they are so fat and have no dorsal fin, with such stubby fins, they are really cute to watch swim. If I ever get to move to Florida I'd get some more and keep them outdoors in a pond.

Of a brood of a thousand babies, you might get half a dozen good ones as pictured above. The stubby shape comes from being raised in very shallow water, the nice dark red comes from being outdoors in sunlight and being fed a good diet, but the color distribution, nice split tail with a high angle, and overall rectangular shape from top view with wide caudal peduncle (meaty part of the tail, viewed from above) is just very good breeding. Mine were never quite as nice as the ones pictured here!