Introducing my home 17k gallon reef

Bruce17 · Dec 2, 2019

Hedgedrew said:
Tomorrow coming is 15 gems.
Pair of cross hatch triggers
2 pair blue throats
4 pairs square spot anthias
10 purple queens
12 lyre tails.
Bellas angel trio. Thoughts ? Comments. Going to need way more anthias this was start.

I’m looking forward to seeing the video of them in the display tank. How many Achilles and powder blues do you have in the main tank?

Hedgedrew · Dec 2, 2019

Bruce17 said:
I’m looking forward to seeing the video of them in the display tank. How many Achilles and powder blues do you have in the main tank?

8 achilles 15 powder blues

Bruce17 · Dec 2, 2019

Hedgedrew said:
8 achilles 15 powder blues

I would love to be able to have 1 of each in a 205 gallon tank. A schoal of each of them would be amazing.

AC1211 · Dec 3, 2019

Hedgedrew said:
Tomorrow coming is 15 gems.
Pair of cross hatch triggers
2 pair blue throats
4 pairs square spot anthias
10 purple queens
12 lyre tails.
Bellas angel trio. Thoughts ? Comments. Going to need way more anthias this was start.

Sounds like the open water column getting the fun stuff. Whats the final goal like 1k anthias.

Hedgedrew · Dec 3, 2019

AC1211 said:
Sounds like the open water column getting the fun stuff. Whats the final goal like 1k anthias.

Hedgedrew · Dec 3, 2019

I wiyld say maybe 50 of 3 different species

Achilles Torben · Dec 3, 2019

I have Evansi, Pascalus, Parvirostris, Dispar, Pleurotaenia and Ventralis. Evansi seems to me very robust. Parvirostris also. The other ones I have losts until 60 percent in quarantine. Also later in tank

Achilles Torben · Dec 3, 2019

Hedgedrew said:
I wiyld say maybe 50 of 3 different species

You will not find 150 Anthias in your tank. I have nearly 70 in 1350 gallon

and this is not to much. Maybe Pseudanthias squamipinnes could be a good choice for you because they are also robust and bigger than normal Anthias until 15cm nearly 6" So you are able to see that fish in this tank

Scurvy · Dec 3, 2019

Would you believe my shock seeing the first picture when I thought I read the title as 17 gallons!?!

McPuff · Dec 3, 2019

Drew, glad you brought this over to R2R! I haven't been wondering how the build was going. Looks amazing! Love the species you have included. Any conspics in there yet? I assume there will be some...

Cstar_BC · Dec 3, 2019

This is truly..wow.

Do you have any plans for corals/mollusks that are impractical for most of us in the hobby due to their size ?
thinking along the lines of Tridacna Gigas , Giant carpet anemone, Colpophyllia natans

In the same vein fish such as Panther groupers, European conger eel, Giant pacific octopus ?

*not saying we cant have them when they're small just most people have to move them eventually

Hedgedrew · Dec 3, 2019

Achilles Torben said:
You will not find 150 Anthias in your tank. I have nearly 70 in 1350 gallon and this is not to much. Maybe Pseudanthias squamipinnes could be a good choice for you because they are also robust and bigger than normal Anthias until 15cm nearly 6" So you are able to see that fish in this tank

Yes. Those and square are bigger. !!

Hedgedrew · Dec 3, 2019

McPuff said:
Drew, glad you brought this over to R2R! I haven't been wondering how the build was going. Looks amazing! Love the species you have included. Any conspics in there yet? I assume there will be some...

Hello mcpuff Ya 2 poma labs original of teds are in there. So is his hybrid !!

Hedgedrew · Dec 3, 2019

Cstar_BC said:
This is truly..wow.

Do you have any plans for corals/mollusks that are impractical for most of us in the hobby due to their size ?
thinking along the lines of Tridacna Gigas , Giant carpet anemone, Colpophyllia natans

In the same vein fish such as Panther groupers, European conger eel, Giant pacific octopus ?

*not saying we cant have them when they're small just most people have to move them eventually

There are large angels in here so i need to be careful. No predator fish !! I want a love shack Lol. But i would consider things like turbinara and stony corals.

Hedgedrew · Dec 3, 2019

Cstar_BC said:
This is truly..wow.

Do you have any plans for corals/mollusks that are impractical for most of us in the hobby due to their size ?
thinking along the lines of Tridacna Gigas , Giant carpet anemone, Colpophyllia natans

In the same vein fish such as Panther groupers, European conger eel, Giant pacific octopus ?

*not saying we cant have them when they're small just most people have to move them eventually

Cstar. Did you just friend me on fb? If so do it again. I think i accidentally swiped you out.

Cstar_BC · Dec 3, 2019

Hedgedrew said:
There are large angels in here so i need to be careful. No predator fish !! I want a love shack Lol. But i would consider things like turbinara and stony corals.

Totally understand - I guess a huge school of angels is also out of some of our reach until we can get larger systems. My dream fish (barring all logistics) would be a sunfish . It is also on my bucketlist to go to the georgia aquarium and see manta rays in an aquarium.

so I have to ask - what is your dream fish ? do you have a favourite or do you already own it?