Simon's 450

ca1ore · Oct 12, 2018

More pics ….

ca1ore · Oct 27, 2018

Tank turned a year old a couple of weeks ago. Ticking along nicely for the most part. Some of the SPS colonies are getting too large and creating some shading problems so I have started to prune some of them. Lost a large pink birdsnest to RTN, but frags of it elsewhere in the system are fine. Now up to 117 fish. I continue to stink at taking pictures. These are a bit washed out.

ca1ore · Oct 27, 2018

Teenagers .......

ca1ore · Oct 27, 2018

Some shots with flash. Overall not a good representation of how the tank looks to the naked eye, but it does highlight some of the fish. Purple and gem are mostly tolerating each other now .... as opposed to the former attempting to shred the latter.

User1 · Oct 27, 2018

Looks nice. The regal is big. On my wish list. One would think you would see nothing but damsels knowing how many you have yet they blend in pretty well outside of seeing one or two here and there.

jdpeters · Oct 27, 2018

Holy fish load that is so exciting

ca1ore · Oct 27, 2018

saf1 said:
Looks nice. The regal is big. On my wish list. One would think you would see nothing but damsels knowing how many you have yet they blend in pretty well outside of seeing one or two here and there.

Funny, I thought the exact same thing. They show up in the videos I’ve recorded, but mostly disappear in the photos.

saltyhog · Oct 31, 2018

How is your Quoyi parrot fish doing? I also saw the Rock Beauty. How difficult was it to get eating? Is it a problem with any corals (zoas)?

ca1ore · Oct 31, 2018

Still touch-and-go on the Quoyi. It picks, but doesn't eat much otherwise. Rock Beauty was a 'cheat' as I got it from a local reefer already eating. It picks a bit, but no more than any of my dwarf angels. I think if you keep angels, you cannot get too OCD about picking. I also don't keep any fleshy polyped corals.

User1 · Oct 31, 2018

I've seen a couple regals on LA/DD the last couple of days. They keep calling to me. Going to wait another 6 months to a year I think for the tank to mature more. Seeing yours above isn't helping any

ca1ore · Oct 31, 2018

I think that is a fish worth paying the DD premium. I’ve been able to get the last couple I’ve had feeding on those New Era grazer rings.

User1 · Nov 1, 2018

ca1ore said:
I think that is a fish worth paying the DD premium. I’ve been able to get the last couple I’ve had feeding on those New Era grazer rings.

Yeah - I seem to recall another forum's regal angel primer thread also said they had good success from them. That is why I was eye balling it. I think in another thread you said you can sign up for early notifications of new additions. I did and saw it there. My Pukani rock still has some maturing to do and what coral I moved over needs to fill out. I've not had a chance to add more coral but at least I can do that now.

More importantly I need to also have a QT in place and I don't yet. I've been pretty lucky with my fish I've ordered from them so far as well as a local pet club I use. They have a really great system in place. But with the regal and blue leopard wrasse on my list I'd like to have a better chance at success. Seems like a good mix - Regal, trio of Blue Leopard Wrasses if possible, and a bunch of damsels if you leave any to the rest of us

ca1ore · Nov 1, 2018

saf1 said:
and a bunch of damsels if you leave any to the rest of us

LOL ….. I'm out of the damsel hoarding game ….. even for an OCD fish-keeper like me, 50 plus is sufficient.

NY_Caveman · Nov 1, 2018

ca1ore said:
LOL ….. I'm out of the damsel hoarding game ….. even for an OCD fish-keeper like me, 50 plus is sufficient.

I bet! You made those 50 work well

revhtree · Nov 1, 2018

Bro this reef is great! Very very well done!

ca1ore · Nov 3, 2018

Thanks all. The good news is that this tank has mostly gone very well; the bad is that I’m out of space. Even a 450 gets to point that it’s overcrowded .... and I still covet a few more fish. Oh the cruelty ....

VJV · Nov 5, 2018

ca1ore said:
Still touch-and-go on the Quoyi. It picks, but doesn't eat much otherwise. Rock Beauty was a 'cheat' as I got it from a local reefer already eating. It picks a bit, but no more than any of my dwarf angels. I think if you keep angels, you cannot get too OCD about picking. I also don't keep any fleshy polyped corals.

Just catching up on my reading and stumbled across this post. My Quoyi Parrot (adult) would eat Hikari Seaweed Extreme pellets from my hand! He literally devoured them. Not too interested in frozen though.

Not sure if you tried this or not as I have not finished reading but wanted to throw this out in case you haven’t.

Amazing tank and fish selection [emoji106]

User1 · Nov 5, 2018

ca1ore said:
Thanks all. The good news is that this tank has mostly gone very well; the bad is that I’m out of space. Even a 450 gets to point that it’s overcrowded .... and I still covet a few more fish. Oh the cruelty ....

I was at a store this weekend and guess what - they are out of damsels. Had a sign on the tank saying if interested message @ca1ore

Just kidding. They actually had a very nice, and healthy, and eating, Regal. I thought of your picture and then my tank - how it could really use this Regal and how it must have been a sign to buy it.

Sadly I passed. While it looked great and no visible signs of duress I've read that they really should be observed in a QT which I do not have at the moment. It was about 3", well rounded body, no visible marks or fin damage. Reasonable price to boot at around 170 bucks. Someone in Roseville is going to be picking up a pretty nice fish.

Grossman90 · Nov 5, 2018

saf1 said:
I was at a store this weekend and guess what - they are out of damsels. Had a sign on the tank saying if interested message @ca1ore Just kidding. They actually had a very nice, and healthy, and eating, Regal. I thought of your picture and then my tank - how it could really use this Regal and how it must have been a sign to buy it.

Sadly I passed. While it looked great and no visible signs of duress I've read that they really should be observed in a QT which I do not have at the moment. It was about 3", well rounded body, no visible marks or fin damage. Reasonable price to boot at around 170 bucks. Someone in Roseville is going to be picking up a pretty nice fish.

What store in Roseville? I live in Marysville. Lol