4 month mark (with pics)

[dblanton]

We started our tank about 4 months ago. We have learned alot and caught the fever. lol. First I'd like to say that I have a blue manderine. We made sure he ate prepared food before we bought him. He eats brine, blood worms and myis shrimp. Please don't yell at me. lol. He perfectly healthy and he has the best personality. I love him. Ok here it goes.

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Frog spawn, we bought him at fish and other ichy stuff,

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Green plate coral, he eats everything that floats on him. He's a pig!

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Stoner our manderine. I know we should have waited but we made sure he ate prepared foods and did a buttload of research.
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Stoner again
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Lenny the blenny. He is the most friendly fish. He's oblivious to everything but himself and food. lol.

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Our hammer. This one is extremely fussy. If you change anything in the tank he gets cranky.
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The newest member to our family is grumpy our purple fire fish. He's pretty.

PArt one, part two to come. Tell me what you guys think.

[dblanton]

Part two!!!!!!!!

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Our other frog spawn, he has new heads growing on all his stalks. Wooohoooo!!!!

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Pansy our red fire fish, she's a chicken. She's scared of her own food. lol.
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Polyps.

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Porcilain crab. He didn't have claws when we got him.

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Our baby clam. He's new too. Don't worry we did lots of research. :-)
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Our weeds. lol.

[saltycreefer]

Looks nice so far. Any full tank pics?

[dblanton]

Part three!!!!
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The whole tank
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Torch Coral

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Pretty.

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I love him.

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Stoners belly.

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Soups on!!!lol.

Tell me what you guys think. We also have a bunch of snails, hermit crabs, hitch hiking star fish, worms and a million other things. I love this hobby!!!!!!!

[PallidSilversky]

:) Looks good!
Beautiful Pictures!!
I too have a mandarin that eats frozen food!!

[dblanton]

Me too. I was so excited when he ate frozen food. lol.

[dblanton]

I was so excited when he ate frozen food. lol.

[PallidSilversky]

I find that mine will only eat the mysis when it is floating in the water colum, he must think that it is alive. He won't pick any of the frozen food off the sand or the rocks. It is so cute watching him attack the frozen food as if it's going to escape from him! :lol:

[2swift]

You Hijacker! How did you get my tank!
What no Props for the maintenance guy? lol

[dblanton]

Ours will pluck the blood wormss off the sand but the shrimp have to be floating or appear to be moving. He's great

[centerforce]

I have a name for your Clam - Hazel

[dblanton]

lol, why Hazel????hehehehe

[B33FST3W]

awesome tank. looks great for 4 months old! keep up the good work.

[dblanton]

Thanks guys, my hubby and I love it. This site has helped out ALOT!!!!!

[2swift]

Pics of the fuge and plumbing to come in the next update!

[Kigs]

Nice LPS shots. My hammer's pretty fussy too and my tank design seem to revolve around him. :)

[IPowderBlueTang]

Nice setup for 4 months, great pics also.

[deansreef]

look clean

[centerforce]

Don't know why Hazel, wife said it when she saw the pic. I said Sam the Clam but she said it had to be a female name.
BTW Great looking tank and Very Nice Pics too

[kactusficus]

beautiful tank and images! Seems very very healthy! I do understand you for your mandarin, as I am in the same case, my tank is now 7 month old, and there's 4 monthes I bought my Missoni (my synchiropus' name), becasue h was starving and getting bullied by other fish in apet shop, so I took him... He also eats frozen food, and he's dancing all day all around!
Can you tell me more abou your neopetrolisthes (the porcelain crab)? Is he living in an euphyllia? is he ok without anemone? Do you have it for a long time?

[rekn]

what is that you feed to your mandarin in the pic? looks like worms. where did you get them?

[2swift]

Yes are crabs love the Torch coral.

Rekn , those are blood worms.

[2swift]

And now for some pic's of our fuge.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h183/patczeck/swtank117.jpg
The Dreaded Seaclone Skimmer
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A pic proving it will work [ With a few mod's ]
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And for you people out there with carpet surfers! Egg Crate
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