mvallee
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After a bumpy start I feel like it is starting to look like something.
The original plan was a 180G 6X2X2 FOWLR tank tangs, puffers and a trigger but Ich wiped everything out on me so the tank sat fallow for three months and here I am starting over and going with a partial reef this time. I am still too anxious for my own good but learning. The rockwork will have to change a bit as coral placement is tough and I love the swaying soft corals the most so the stuff on the right is going to have to go for some new stepped rocks and shelfs.
Anyways here is where I am today, lots of what I have is from a fellow reefer that just wanted to get out and thought this would be a good jumping in point for me, I have added some Corals and fish since and plan to add more with a couple fish ( Tomini Tang and orange spot Goby)in QT right now but everything is doing well, growing and healthy (fingers crossed).
This is the tank, still need to work on the lighting Quad T5 48" and 2 36" Current USA Orbit Marine light which would have been perfect for the FOWLR but not the corals. I have Jebao power heads WP25 and WP60 with a JBWave maker that I am having a tough time not overpowering the corals but keeping the flow going but lots of flow options and I am getting there. too much big rock pieces especially on the right side but baby steps.
My Favorite Corals, growing and coloring up nicely Gold and green hammer head, Frogspawn and purple torch
Other cool corals include these brains, happen to catch them at the end of a feeding of the fish but they seemed to be loving what I was feeding
and this brain, no idea what it is I have tried all different places and it always looks the same, currently in a low flow back corner, I sure hope it makes it I love the colors
More random pics of corals, not big into names
Really hoping this toadstool I got from LTR keeps growing, I have really high hopes from this little frag I love those really big toadstools I see in DT
Some of the fish including some new Wrasses (checkerboard and flasher filamantous) I just got from LTR, I was too afraid to QT them but fingers crossed they looked and still look super healthy
I know for brains I have Symphalia and open but not sure which is which. the SPS corals are red and yellow montipora a birdsnest some zoanthids, Blue Pallys and a couple rics.
That's it for now, I hope to use this thread to track growth and additions I also have a few fish and some cool shrimp that I did not take pics of but I will.
The original plan was a 180G 6X2X2 FOWLR tank tangs, puffers and a trigger but Ich wiped everything out on me so the tank sat fallow for three months and here I am starting over and going with a partial reef this time. I am still too anxious for my own good but learning. The rockwork will have to change a bit as coral placement is tough and I love the swaying soft corals the most so the stuff on the right is going to have to go for some new stepped rocks and shelfs.
Anyways here is where I am today, lots of what I have is from a fellow reefer that just wanted to get out and thought this would be a good jumping in point for me, I have added some Corals and fish since and plan to add more with a couple fish ( Tomini Tang and orange spot Goby)in QT right now but everything is doing well, growing and healthy (fingers crossed).
This is the tank, still need to work on the lighting Quad T5 48" and 2 36" Current USA Orbit Marine light which would have been perfect for the FOWLR but not the corals. I have Jebao power heads WP25 and WP60 with a JBWave maker that I am having a tough time not overpowering the corals but keeping the flow going but lots of flow options and I am getting there. too much big rock pieces especially on the right side but baby steps.
My Favorite Corals, growing and coloring up nicely Gold and green hammer head, Frogspawn and purple torch
Other cool corals include these brains, happen to catch them at the end of a feeding of the fish but they seemed to be loving what I was feeding
and this brain, no idea what it is I have tried all different places and it always looks the same, currently in a low flow back corner, I sure hope it makes it I love the colors
More random pics of corals, not big into names
Really hoping this toadstool I got from LTR keeps growing, I have really high hopes from this little frag I love those really big toadstools I see in DT
Some of the fish including some new Wrasses (checkerboard and flasher filamantous) I just got from LTR, I was too afraid to QT them but fingers crossed they looked and still look super healthy
I know for brains I have Symphalia and open but not sure which is which. the SPS corals are red and yellow montipora a birdsnest some zoanthids, Blue Pallys and a couple rics.
That's it for now, I hope to use this thread to track growth and additions I also have a few fish and some cool shrimp that I did not take pics of but I will.
P. filementosus X P. flavianalis (Filamented X Yellow Fin). A relatively common hybrid, and definitely stunning 
