ColdWater Reef

[zrogst]

Looking great! I love the colors on catalinas.

Just wanted to let you know I got an airstone glass protein skimmer for my 37.5g tropical reef tank from gnome glass. The guy that runs it (Calen) hooked me up with a special 52mm size for such a big tank. I love it, pulls constant dark tea, adds no heat, takes almost no space. Only complaint is having to run a pump for the airstone - but either it's getting quieter or I'm getting more used to it because it doesn't bother me 4 days in.

 

[Kataro]

Looking great! I love the colors on catalinas.

Just wanted to let you know I got an airstone glass protein skimmer for my 37.5g tropical reef tank from gnome glass. The guy that runs it (Calen) hooked me up with a special 52mm size for such a big tank. I love it, pulls constant dark tea, adds no heat, takes almost no space. Only complaint is having to run a pump for the airstone - but either it's getting quieter or I'm getting more used to it because it doesn't bother me 4 days in.

any picture of it? I'm planning on getting the glass protein skimmer for the tank too

 

[zrogst]

Sure, here are a few. And I'm cleaning the collection chamber right now, so a picture of the skimmate (4 days running)

Remember, this is a very oversized version. I told him to aim for something that could keep up with an overstocked and overfed 40g.

Super clean.

Running in the tank

Ignore the brown-jelly infected torch corals that I no longer own ( :headwalls: )

Top-Down

Here's a high-res shot of the whole tank (click the thumb at the page to see full-res): http://imgur.com/Nm8g6qo


Delicious Green Tea or horrible filthy skimmate? Frankly, the live phyto-feast I feed to the tank daily smells worse.

 

[brian cummings]

Where'd you get the Catalina Gobies?

 

[Kataro]

Where'd you get the Catalina Gobies?

Got them at Reef Culture

They got a couple still in stock

 

[m-six hundred]

Not any more

 

[Kataro]

Not any more

Dang they're out already? I saw at least 10 of them there

 

[zrogst]

No they do, ask Jeremy. They are back in QT right now.

 

[Kataro]

Been a while since I took anymore pic of this tank. Just got some new livestock, so i got some quick phone pic before leaving for work

 

[Kataro]

got some new stuff in!!

 

[brian cummings]

is that shrimp one of the spiny lebbeids? what is that new anemone on your overflow box?

 

[Kataro]

is that shrimp one of the spiny lebbeids? what is that new anemone on your overflow box?

You are correct! It's a Spiny Lebbeids, I ordered a Sitka shrimp... but Stu was nice enough to send me that thing instead :spin1:

My only concern now if it will try to eat my catalina lol, the anemone is a Painted Anemone

 

[buffalobunch]

Does anyone have one of these in their system? He's pretty cool. I've seen the regular catalina gobies but not these zebra ones
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?c=720&pCatId=1132

 

[zrogst]

I don't have any, but CWMA stocks them as well.

Personally, I think the normal catalina's would look real nice with a Garibaldi Damsel:

 

[Kataro]

Those damsel are nice! too bad they grow to 1'!

 

[brian cummings]

if only one of us had a large coldwater tank right now. A tiny local fish store near me has (or had earlier this week) a Garibaldi for sale. They don't have it in a temperate tank. I know it protected in California, but don't know about elsewhere. It was about 6" long.

 

[brian cummings]

Does anyone have one of these in their system? He's pretty cool. I've seen the regular catalina gobies but not these zebra ones
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?c=720&pCatId=1132

Reef Culture had a pair of the zebras a couple of weeks ago, but last time I went they were gone.

 

[AquaticEngineer]

Does anyone have one of these in their system? He's pretty cool. I've seen the regular catalina gobies but not these zebra ones
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?c=720&pCatId=1132

I got 20 of them

Well, 18 I guess. 2 of them are in my own tank, lol.

 

[AquaticEngineer]

if only one of us had a large coldwater tank right now. A tiny local fish store near me has (or had earlier this week) a Garibaldi for sale. They don't have it in a temperate tank. I know it protected in California, but don't know about elsewhere. It was about 6" long.

Got three of them right now All about 4".