Rookie J's 75 gallon

[Rookie J]

For now lol. He eats shrimp but since my peppermint and cleaner shrimp are big he can't fit them in his mouth. I feed him 3-5 ghost shrimp every couple days.

 

[Rookie J]

 

[Flameback Pair]

Are your koralias on a wavemaker?

 

[Rookie J]

None of my power heads are on a wave maker.

So after a 2 week acclimation to the new radions things seem to be going down hill. Some things are bleaching like crazy when others are not. Lights are only at 75%. Not really sure what's going on.

 

[Rookie J]

Switched up the light schedule and cut back the intensity.

 

[Rookie J]

I made macro Mondays !!!

No one really checks this thread of mine but here are some quality photos my friend took.

And last but not least.

 

[Flameback Pair]

Still bleaching? Maybe you could get some par readings to get an idea how bright the radions are.

 

[Surfside74]

Tank looks great. I really like my radion gen2. I get fantastic color and growth.

 

[Rookie J]

No so much anymore. I changed up the light cycle. I think I had them up to high for to long.

Thanks

 

[Reeflogic]

Nice tank progression! I bet you cut back TONS on water evap lol. I don't miss my MH +fans haha. AWESOME scorpion. Wish I had the cojones to add something that cool to my tank

 

[Rookie J]

Thank you!

I only top off maybe a gallon a day. I'm glad I switched over even though there's been bumps in the road. The scorpion is actually pretty peaceful. I feed him ghost with a pair of tongs. After a few times he learned that there must be food when I put them in the tank lol.

So I was thinking I need a colorful fish. Options are a flame angel or a couple sunburst Anthias. What do you guys think ?

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Well done looks great!

 

[Reeflogic]

Flame angels are hit and miss in my experience with SPS, I personally avoid them, even though I love them. Can't really go wrong with anthias, just need to feed them often and cross your fingers until they acclimate to the system. Keep us posted on your choices!

 

[Rookie J]

Think I'm going with the sunburst as they are not that common. I have some at work that have been doing great for a couple weeks.

 

[Rookie J]

So I been looking into some Anthias and now I don't know what I want. It's a toss up between sunburst and blotched Anthias. What do you guys think.

 

[Reeflogic]

Both are cool fish! I personally have never had either though, so I'm no help lol.

 

[Rookie J]

Haha no worries. I'm starting to lean towards the blotched since it's not as common as the sunburst.

 

[Rookie J]

Talked to the whole saker and he said the blotched Anthias are not any harder the keep the any others. Said that they never have any of them die.

 

[Reeflogic]

Nice, did you get one?

 

[Rookie J]

No. Plan on ordering one after the holidays that way it cant get lost in shipping.