New tank members

[mitchellmoto]

I have purchased several new items for my tanks within the last week so I will try to post pics tomorrow. I'v gotted 2 clown for the nano, An eel, an lionfish and yellow eye for the frag tanks and I got a frag pack from another reefer. New corals are always a nice addition.
I know the forum has been alittle slow the last two weeks so I'll try to post pics to pick up the activity.

Later
Mitch

[Mstark11]

I'll be looking forward to that (: Predator aquariums are always a joy to look at and you don't hardly ever see good ones on youtube.

[mitchellmoto]

Okay here are some pics but please no judgement on the awful photos. I had forgotten to get pics and snapped these as I ran late out the door to work. I will try to get some decent pics up soon and I couldn't get the yellow eyed photoed because he was hiding behind some cheato

I purchased the coral from another reefer and the other stuff from fish and phipps.

EEL


Lionfish


2 clowns


From right to left
Spongode, pink lace birdsnest, Ponape Birdsnest


Valentine damicornis pocillapora



Pokerstar


Orange Digi


ORA German Gray Digi


Greensleeves Digi



Alabama Grape Cap

[mitchellmoto]

Shady Lady Cap


Orange Cap


Palawanensis


Tyree Rainbow Monti


And I fanilly fragged my blue snowflake polyps
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[mitchellmoto]

I was hopeing for an fuzzy or fu Manchu lion but this guy will work for now and I'll add another later.

[Mstark11]

I don't mind the quality. I get horrible quality pictures on my phone all the time. And everything looks really neat (: I keep trying to let my roommate let me set up a predator tank for him once I get the hang of my saltwater tank.

[mitchellmoto]

Everyone is doing OK. I've got new bulbs for the corals and a kalkwasser setup for them as well. The Eel started eating and so did the clown and yellow eyed. Unfortunate I haven't gotten the lion fish to eat yet so I may have to do the unthinkable, get some feeder fish. You should never feed marine fish with freshwater counterparts but I may have to just to get him enticed to eat. I'm going to look up and see if there is a load gutting method to help.

Later

[Mstark11]

How's the lionfish doing? Did you ever get him to eat?

[mitchellmoto]

Absolutley! I used some rosey reds to intice a feeding response and then slowly added dethawed shrimp and now it is on the shrimp only. Wasn't too bad of a transition. The eel is doing great as well. Freshwater fish is the last thing you should feed a marine fish. It can cause some problems but sometimes you just don't have a choice.

Corals are doing well with some new growth sprouting up. Heading to El paso tomorrow for more frags form a local hobbyist in the el paso club.

I'll post some pics once they are in the frag tank.

Later
Mitch

[mitchellmoto]

Got another member for the frag tank. I got an Orange toadfish. Figured I'd keep it agressive. Got some nice frags from Ben down in El Paso. Actually I wouldn't call them frags as they are huge. He has a nice little setup in his garage growing pieces out. I still need to get some pic up. I'll try in the next few days.

Later
Mitch

[TX Twin Mommy]

Hey. I've been looking for someone here in El Paso to buy frags from...the LPS don't seem to have much of a selection lately. I have a 60 gallon that I started within the 5-6 weeks and would like to start putting things into it slowly. I have 2 Damsels, 1 black brindle sea star, 1 Emerald Crab, 3 hermit crabs and 3 button polyps. I also bought some red vegetation from the LPS, not sure what the name of that is. I can attach pics of the tank and contents. I'll keep the Damsels for another week or so, then I can take them back to the LPS I got them from and get credit towards the other fish I want to get. I'm looking for a bulb anemone (for the clowns I want to get) and maybe some feather dusters or some other "free-flowing" type of coral. I don't want anything too colorful or in need of special lighting. I have Fluorescent light in the tank and I can't afford the LED lighting. I looked into that when I first purchased the tank and that's not realistic for me right now. I don't want anything spectacular, maybe some Octocorallia, Xenia or maybe Sarcophyton. Something along those lines anyway. Please let me know. Thanks.

[TX Twin Mommy]

I could only upload 5 pics so here's some others. As you can see there are plenty of places to attach new corals to give the tank a little more "movement". I also attached a pic of one of the hermit crabs and I tried to get the sea star but it's hiding under one of the rocks so I'm not sure if you can see it. Thanks again.

[reefaluva]

What kind of light is it t-5? Or just a regular bulb that came with aquarium? That would be the big deciding factor if you can get some coral in there. I dont have any soft coral but MSTARK has kenya trees and some other misc corals. In alamo of course

[reefaluva]

Tank looks nice btw.

[Mstark11]

The Kenya didn't pull through.