A Reef Tank in the Desert - +/- 1,400 gallon system
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danfeig
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L.A. Visit
L.A. Visit
So we went to Los Angeles for the holidays and I had the opportunity to get together with Dave (o2manyfish) this past Monday and hit up all the wholesalers.
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I didn't do as much damage as I thought I would. I couldn't say no to some of the clams I saw at Pacific Aquafarms and ended up grabbing 3 large maxima's with some great colors!
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I ended up having the most fun at Unique Corals. They had some nice acros, pectinas, scoly's, a beautiful red goniopora"¦ Scott and Dave made things real easy for me. :loll: They agreed to ship everything for me tomorrow so I will have it when I return Saturday morning.
L.A. Visit
So we went to Los Angeles for the holidays and I had the opportunity to get together with Dave (o2manyfish) this past Monday and hit up all the wholesalers.
I didn't do as much damage as I thought I would. I couldn't say no to some of the clams I saw at Pacific Aquafarms and ended up grabbing 3 large maxima's with some great colors!
I ended up having the most fun at Unique Corals. They had some nice acros, pectinas, scoly's, a beautiful red goniopora"¦ Scott and Dave made things real easy for me. :loll: They agreed to ship everything for me tomorrow so I will have it when I return Saturday morning.
danfeig
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Surprise at Home
Surprise at Home
So we got back to town tonight and I had a nice surprise awaiting me in my seahorse tank.
Baby Bangaii's"¦
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I am not sure when they were released. Sometime over the last 5 days. I only have counted 4-5, but I have a lot of Caulerpa in the tank. Both my Seahorses and Mandarins in the tank looked a little fat. So, they may have eaten a few.
The baby Bangaii are about 1/4" - 3/8". I am not sure if I should try to remove them to one of my QT's or just let them be. At some point in the future, I will definitely move the 2 adults to their own tank.
I am planning on picking up some rotifers for them tomorrow.
Surprise at Home
So we got back to town tonight and I had a nice surprise awaiting me in my seahorse tank.
Baby Bangaii's"¦
I am not sure when they were released. Sometime over the last 5 days. I only have counted 4-5, but I have a lot of Caulerpa in the tank. Both my Seahorses and Mandarins in the tank looked a little fat. So, they may have eaten a few.
The baby Bangaii are about 1/4" - 3/8". I am not sure if I should try to remove them to one of my QT's or just let them be. At some point in the future, I will definitely move the 2 adults to their own tank.
I am planning on picking up some rotifers for them tomorrow.
danfeig
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Hey Steve!
Things are going very well! I am glad to see that you have a new build started and am anxious to see your new setup. The house really looks nice!
I still have just as many fish if not more! Still pairs of all of the tangs except two. I lost an Achilles to a battle with an MP60 and one of my Clown Tangs decided to see how high he could jump and landed on the concrete. It happened right by my auto-feeder so I am assuming he was a little hungry.
I have since caught my other achilles and will soon find another of similar size to begin acclimating it with. The Clown Tang will come later. I also have two Borbonius Anthias living in my overflow. One of these evenings I will catch them and put them pack into the main display.
Here are a few fish pics:
danfeig
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Thanks Steve. Already quarantining some new ones!
danfeig
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Thanks! Let me know when you come down to Tucson. I'll give you a tour of the house system and LFS!
danfeig
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They are doing good. I think I have lost one or two of the small ones. They either got eaten or went over the overflow. They were tiny. I have to feed live brine to the area of the tank they school in. The other food seems to large for them.
danfeig
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Updated Video
Updated Video
So a couple of photography students from the University of Arizona came over and took some photos and shot a little video of my tank.
The color/lighting isn't the best, but, it's gives you a pretty good idea of how things are.
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Updated Video
So a couple of photography students from the University of Arizona came over and took some photos and shot a little video of my tank.
The color/lighting isn't the best, but, it's gives you a pretty good idea of how things are.
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larrysmith75
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Your tank is growing out really well.
Jettareefer
New member
Great video! Do you still have the pair of achillies tangs? I didn't see them in the video.
