Steve's 5.5g Reef

fishes2889 · Feb 25, 2007

Since my other thread of this is ancient and i couldnt even find it i thought i would start a new thread for my 5.5g.

Equipment
-Standard 5.5 AGA

Filtration
-Aquaclear 50 (running carbon)

Lighting
-32watt PC 50/50 bulb
-40watt(capable) ballast

Substrate
7-8lbs of aragonite

Live Rock
6lbs of Haition LR

Fish
Wartskin Frogfish

Corals
9+ zoa morphs
Ricordia yuma
Ricordia Florida
Red Sea Xenia

Now to the PICS!

Steve

fishes2889 · Feb 25, 2007

Frog:

New pieces i added today:

fishes2889 · Feb 25, 2007

Lighting:

AC 50

Thanks Steve

JGoslee · Feb 25, 2007

Nice looking tank Steve! How big will the frogfish get?

fishes2889 · Feb 25, 2007

LOL, ive actually got over 50 polyps of the half closed single polyp in the pic there in my 33g. I still havent got a good picture of it yet.

Yeah i wasnt planning on doing the xenia thing, but i wen ton vacaion for a couple of days and the xenia fell onto the back wall and detached and moved up the wall, but oh well. I think it looks cool.

I like the idea of gsp on the back wall. I just aquired some and glued it to the back wall of my 33g a couple days ago. :hammer:

Steve

fishes2889 · Feb 25, 2007

JGoslee said:
Nice looking tank Steve! How big will the frogfish get?

From the references i have read only 3 to 4 inches. And even then they say that will take awhile. :happy9:

Steve

JGoslee · Mar 17, 2007

Any updates? Hows the frog fish doing?

revhtree · Mar 17, 2007

Great tank man! Thanks for sharing. Your livestock is looking good.

MarvinsReef · Mar 17, 2007

looking good Steve..

fishes2889 · Apr 21, 2007

JGoslee said:
Any updates? Hows the frog fish doing?

Frogfish is lookin' great! Feed him 3 shrimp every 3 days...

I will update tommorrow!

Kigs! · Apr 21, 2007

i definitely want to add one when i set up a frag tank. that fish looks awesome!! are they any fun to keep?

fishes2889 · Apr 21, 2007

kigs said:
i definitely want to add one when i set up a frag tank. that fish looks awesome!! are they any fun to keep?

Yeah they are........... especially when you feed em' damsels!! hehe :hammer:

but yeah they are an excellent conversation piece....

Kigs! · Apr 21, 2007

lollz sweet! is it harmful for them to eat live food continously?

fishes2889 · Apr 21, 2007

Well look at it this way......what do they eat in the wild??

Kigs! · Apr 21, 2007

hehe yeah. i was just thinking about how people said long term live food for lionfish was bad for them. just wondered if it was the same for frogfish

fishes2889 · Apr 21, 2007

Well feeding lionfish, freshwater guppies is probably bad for their health. Most people do it that way. Now out in the wild the lionfish probably eat damsels and other small fish more suitable for their diet. But, that probably gets to expensive for most people. I see no wrong in giving the frogfish ghost shrimp and a damsel treat once in a while when it is their diet in the first place....IMO

Kigs! · Apr 21, 2007

lol thats awesome... now i want one more. feeding frozen food can get boring sometimes.. keep us updated with more pics! feeding video would be awesome..