110 gallon reef setup

[mattnokc]

Well after 6 months of hunting down used equipment , combining the insides of aquarium setups from people getting out of the hobby and 2
months up and running followed by a huge rock slide...

This is what I have

110 gallon gallon reef setup, emperor 400 , traditional bio ball sump setup with a huge reef octopus skimmer barely fitting in a 20 long sump 3" sand bed 2 250 watt 10k halides and 4 65watt pc 6500k and more live rock than I probably need.. I have been in and out of the aquarium hobby for the past 15 years on and off I seem to have a hard time deciding if I like working on hot-rods or fish aquariums better. they both are challenging ! I added up my totals and i have right at $900 in everything so far ..

The fish so far are a coral beauty,vlamingi tang ,yellow tang, 6 line wrasse, scooter blenny and a maroon clown...

and a few what i consider easy to care for corals " I have never been good at knowing the proper names of corals" I just know that

they cant touch lol.. I do know that I have a elegance coral and the disc coral but all the zoas and mushroom I have no idea what there

proper names are. I know theres nothing to out of the ordinary in the tank but if you guys want frag of anything let me know I am always

willing to trade frags or pieces!

I am going to try and attend the next meeting you guys have and pay my membership fee... work permitting

This forum has been a wealth of knowledge for me ! and you all have been a great help!

here is some pics

Its still going through a bit of tank move syndrome but overall is doing well

 

[cody6766]

It looks pretty good so far. There are a few sand dwelling critters on your rock tough. From what I've read, elegance corals need to be in lower flow areas on the sand, with only their skeleton buried. Fungia are also typically kept on the sand, but I've never heard anyone mentioning a need. If it starts to look sad and deflated then you may want to move it down and see what happens. Mine likes lower flow and low to moderate lighting. Lastly, your clam looks like a derasa to me. if it is, they typically like to be on the sand. If it's a squamosa then I'm not sure where they like to hang out. My derasa jumped into the sand when I had one. If it does, just let it find its home.

 

[mattnokc]

cool

cool

Well damn just when I though I had stuff like it should be.. Now I will have to find a nice size coral to put where the elegance is.. Thanks for the info I am like a permanent newbie when it comes to corals.

 

[GvineReefer]

Here is a great link to a coral care website that will help get you out of the newb stage. It lists most corals and exactly what they need as far as light, flow, placement, food, etc...

https://sites.google.com/a/asira.org/www2/caresheets

 

[cody6766]

That looks like a pretty good site for basic care. I think I'd argue with their lighting scale a bit, but it's a good rule of thumb. Just don't worry about where T5s drop off the list on the scale. Good reflectors and bulbs will allow you to keep anything under T5s, but with your lighting, it's a moot point anyway.

 

[chaderic26]

Like the crab pic.

 

[Lytehouse]

Thanks for all the pics

Looks like all your patience is paying off....

 

[mattnokc]

thanks

thanks

The crab pic is about the extent of my photographic ability!

I got the elegance and plate moved down in the sand now

I didn't know the elegance was supposed to be like that !

Thanks for the info and the link.

 

[cody6766]

Elegance corals can be really tricky to keep alive, so you may want to read up on them. I bet some good digging through the LPS forum on RC and some looking on reef 2 reef would give some good info from people that have succeeded or tried and failed.

Oh, one nifty thing about fungia is failure isn't always failure. If the coral dies for some reason, don't throw it out. Put it in an area of the tank where it can get some light and flow and let it sit. Sometimes, quite often actually, people have dead fungia 'regenerate' in the form of many smaller individuals on the mother plate. Mine, which was damaged when I bought it, is happy and healthy, but is growing babies where it was injured. They grow slowly, but it's cool watching torn tissue develop into a mouth, then round tissue and now little fungia skeletons below the tissue.