my 55 reef's 1 year birthday!!!

[zemuron114]

well a year has past, so i thought i would share!
current set-up
55 gallon (7 years old)
remora protein skimmer
HOB refugium
X amount of live rock (i really have no idea.. lol maybe like 65)

corals:
purple/green hammer
purple/green frogspawn
metalic green hammer and frogspawn
xenia
zoos
mushrooms
bubble coral
pipe organ
goniopora
alveopora (bleached.. :()
finger leather

fish
pair of clowns
neon goby
red head goby
green chromis
flame wrasse pair
2 cleaner shrimp (spawning)

so without further adue!

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[zemuron114]

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[zemuron114]

the goni was a little POed at the hermit walking all over it right before i took the picture.. :)

he's hiding from the camera... lol
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/dlinehan/real%20one%20year/13.jpg
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The flame pair! I brought these guys home from Hawaii on the plane. They were in the bag for about 14+ hours, and came in in rough shape. I think the temp on the plane got to low, high 60's maybe. So after a very slow acclimation... they have been eating greedily for the past week :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/dlinehan/real%20one%20year/18.jpg

full tank shot
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/dlinehan/real%20one%20year/14.jpg

sorry my camera isn't great. lol :)
enjoy, and let me know what u think

Z

[zemuron114]

no one likes my tank! :(

[eidillitih]

those are some beautiful flame wrasse, how much didi they cost?

[cristhiam]

very nice tank, what kind of lights are you using?

[sean48183]

Nice tank. Have you had any problems with algae and if so how did you get rid of it?

[MAreefer1]

beautiful

[tigerarmy40]

do you have the scientific name for the wrasse's? I would def like to learn more about them! are they readily available for trade on the mainland? they sell fish on planes?

[zemuron114]

hey all!
lights are Orbitz fixture 260 watt PC
The flame wrasses are Cirrhilabrus jordani and are endemic to hawaii only. I got a good deal on them since im friends with a local diver :)

they are from the fairy wrasse family.

i had diatom algae in the beginning but no algae at all after that. I was lucky. I added a refugium and that took care of most my problems :)

i bought the wrasses before and brought then home on the plane.. lol i didnt buy them at the airport :) They do come around sometimes but for way more then what i payed.. lol they retail for around 200 a pair i believe.

thanks for the compliments everyone! My father has done a great job while i have been away at school! :)

Z

[zemuron114]

bump in case i didn't answer the questions.. :)

[GregM779]

Tank looks nice, I definitely like the wrasses, I'm going to look into getting some now.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6352421#post6352421 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by zemuron114
no one likes my tank! :(

Did you really expect a quick response @ 7pm on Christmas Eve?

[zemuron114]

lol, no i didn't expect it.. :)
thanks for the compliments!! I think im done for now. if i get any more fish, it will be another female flame wrasse or another fairy wrasse.

[Trex420]

Hey there. Beautiful tank! Some good pixs. I had a question. I saw your Flower Pot and was wondering how long you have had it and how difficult it is to maintain? I've heard that on a scale from 1-10, with 10 being hardest, that a flower pot is a 12! I've heard they are very difficult to keep alive past a year. What kind of luck have you had with it so far? They are truly one of the most beautiful corals and I had been thinking about buying one. Thanks

T

[zemuron114]

TREX,

I have a goni, and an alveopora. The goni i got from a LFS here in plymouth. SHe had it in her tank for a year+ so i snagged it. My water is much cleaner then hers, and i think it actually liked hers better (dirty water)
the alveopora was doing awesome up until november (5 months after purchase) It trippled in size since i got it, but now it is bleached. Ive been away at school so i havn't been able to monitor the tank very effectively. So i've been feeding DTs and cyclopeeze 2x a week keeping calc up and dosing some iron supplements.. i hope it turns around....

But both have been pretty easy to maintain, but they do like dirtier water, thats why i feed more often.

[Trex420]

Good luck with the corals and school. Thanks for the info. Have a great New Year!

T

[scoutmaniak]

nice green goniopora, I just got one and Im really scared. How long have you have yours?? Im upgrading to a 55 gallon or a 100 gallon after the first of the year, so hopfully mine will look like yours in a year. Good luck,

Michael

[Xirxes23]

those lights burn my orbital sockets through my eyeballs... tell me they dont look that bright and your aperature was was too open for your shutter speed...the light seems to have blasted out any color i can see in your tank.

Other than that nice coral life, and fish all look happy as can be, clean tank too!

[zemuron114]

whoah someone posted!

scout- my clowns killed both the goni and alveopora.. the male would dive bomb them and they just stopped expanding.

xirxes - the lights arent that bright. They are PC 10K and actinics, my camera just stinks :)

i actually upgraded from that tank to a 180... :-D