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HOTEL CORALLINE 75 gallon
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Current stock list
May 2019
"Silver dollar"
Copperband butterfly 2.25"
Slow grower, "1st fish", first priority in tank. eats clam bits off my fingertips.
1 black and 1 orange 'regular' CB ocelaris clownfish 1.25" each, no obvious male/female yet. Share clam bits with copperband.
3 royal gramma hiding in the rocks 1.25" to 2.5"
5 juvenile yellow 'coris' wrasse,
H. chrysus. This will become a problem when the 2nd turns male! 1.25" to 2.5"
Mated pair of Flame angelfish
1.75" and 1.25"
BiColor angelfish 2"
Purple tang 2"
Longnose hawkfish 2.75" Better Half's favorite. fast growth rate, lol, clam stealer.
Flame hawkfish 1.75" minimal growth, watches food fall past...
Gecko goby, 1.75" beautiful fish, see it maybe twice a week for 3 seconds.
Springeri damsel 1.25"
3 azure damsels 1.25" to .75"
Pearlscale butterfly 2"
2 neon cleaner goby 1.5"
Never seen again, since 2017.
1 geometric pixie hawkfish (anthias relative)
3 ruby red dragonettes, 1 male, 2 female.
May 2019
"Silver dollar"
Copperband butterfly 2.25"
Slow grower, "1st fish", first priority in tank. eats clam bits off my fingertips.
1 black and 1 orange 'regular' CB ocelaris clownfish 1.25" each, no obvious male/female yet. Share clam bits with copperband.
3 royal gramma hiding in the rocks 1.25" to 2.5"
5 juvenile yellow 'coris' wrasse,
H. chrysus. This will become a problem when the 2nd turns male! 1.25" to 2.5"
Mated pair of Flame angelfish
1.75" and 1.25"
BiColor angelfish 2"
Purple tang 2"
Longnose hawkfish 2.75" Better Half's favorite. fast growth rate, lol, clam stealer.
Flame hawkfish 1.75" minimal growth, watches food fall past...
Gecko goby, 1.75" beautiful fish, see it maybe twice a week for 3 seconds.
Springeri damsel 1.25"
3 azure damsels 1.25" to .75"
Pearlscale butterfly 2"
2 neon cleaner goby 1.5"
Never seen again, since 2017.
1 geometric pixie hawkfish (anthias relative)
3 ruby red dragonettes, 1 male, 2 female.
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Tank
Current iteration restarted in January 2016 as a bare bottom. Was a 6" DSB from 2012 to 2016.
75 gallon tank, not drilled.
175+ pounds of holey dry rock
25 pounds of Pukani live rock
10 pounds Fiji live rock
2 HOB Marineland 400's storing small amounts of GFO and Rox8. Also holding 1 MarinePure plate cut in half and 2 Brightwell no3 plates cut in half.
Several mentors have said the plates are getting way too much flow in the filter boxes to be effective.
Thank you!
Moving them is still a work in progress.
Inspite of 200+ pounds of live rock and 3 plates the nitrate stays around 80 after a weekly 15 gallon water change.
I over feed in the hopes that every single fish and the 8 serpent starfish have the opportunity to scavenge a small amount later.
Getting a Turbo Aquatics scrubber soon. Looking forward to it! Thanks @Floyd R Turbo !
No sump or skimmer. Scrubber will sit towards the back on rails above the tank surface.
Better Half feeds cubes and black worms while I work out of town. Thank you!
But the tank is strictly my responsibility otherwise. No plumbing leak while working out of town. No HOB skimmer cup sitting right there at eye level.
Flow has always been an issue.
Proper aeration with so many fish is also a concern.
Added 1 powerhead near the surface a few months ago.
Soft corals and Frogspawn look happier.
Thinking about doubling the size or adding an additional powerhead.
Still exploring what 'good' flow is for softies, lps.
Current iteration restarted in January 2016 as a bare bottom. Was a 6" DSB from 2012 to 2016.
75 gallon tank, not drilled.
175+ pounds of holey dry rock
25 pounds of Pukani live rock
10 pounds Fiji live rock
2 HOB Marineland 400's storing small amounts of GFO and Rox8. Also holding 1 MarinePure plate cut in half and 2 Brightwell no3 plates cut in half.
Several mentors have said the plates are getting way too much flow in the filter boxes to be effective.
Thank you!
Moving them is still a work in progress.
Inspite of 200+ pounds of live rock and 3 plates the nitrate stays around 80 after a weekly 15 gallon water change.
I over feed in the hopes that every single fish and the 8 serpent starfish have the opportunity to scavenge a small amount later.
Getting a Turbo Aquatics scrubber soon. Looking forward to it! Thanks @Floyd R Turbo !
No sump or skimmer. Scrubber will sit towards the back on rails above the tank surface.
Better Half feeds cubes and black worms while I work out of town. Thank you!
But the tank is strictly my responsibility otherwise. No plumbing leak while working out of town. No HOB skimmer cup sitting right there at eye level.
Flow has always been an issue.
Proper aeration with so many fish is also a concern.
Added 1 powerhead near the surface a few months ago.
Soft corals and Frogspawn look happier.
Thinking about doubling the size or adding an additional powerhead.
Still exploring what 'good' flow is for softies, lps.
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What?
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Interesting approach! Lol
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May I recommend
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?ur...&share_tid=460762&share_fid=1020&share_type=t
An awesome thread on any level.
Hoping to do something even half as nice.
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Cryptic fish
So we added a white tiger goby a few months back. Never saw it again after release from the acclimation box.
Unitl tonight.
Cool fish!
So we added a white tiger goby a few months back. Never saw it again after release from the acclimation box.
Unitl tonight.
Cool fish!
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Update is overdue sir. I'm here for the ride!
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Lol, been too busy trying to keep up with everyone else's build threads. [emoji6]
Will try to give it some work this weekend.
Here's a coralline shot in the mean time. [emoji846]
Will try to give it some work this weekend.
Here's a coralline shot in the mean time. [emoji846]
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;WideyedLol, been too busy trying to keep up with everyone else's build threads. [emoji6]
Will try to give it some work this weekend.
Here's a coralline shot in the mean time. [emoji846]
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Finally Updated the front posts.
Here's todays FTS.
Softies, fish and some LPS.
and coralline. [emoji846]
Here's todays FTS.
Softies, fish and some LPS.
and coralline. [emoji846]
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Finally Updated the front posts.
Here's todays FTS.
Softies, fish and some LPS.
and coralline. [emoji846]
Purple people eater!
Thanks for updating! Closeups?
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Sorry for the delay!
I don't get notifications on any of my own threads. :-/
A few close ups and some of my photobombing specialists.
I don't get notifications on any of my own threads. :-/
A few close ups and some of my photobombing specialists.
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Full tank shot Friday and a short video.
