My 500 + gallon system. Last 13 years to now. Build, Aquascaping & more. Lots of pics
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MxReEfEr92
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My 500 + gallon system. Last 13 years to now. Build, Aquascaping & more. Lots...
My 500 + gallon system. Last 13 years to now. Build, Aquascaping & more. Lots...
Jeez Scott! It's been like 2 weeks since I swung by and you have like 1626735926 more fish!!
My 500 + gallon system. Last 13 years to now. Build, Aquascaping & more. Lots...
Jeez Scott! It's been like 2 weeks since I swung by and you have like 1626735926 more fish!!
slief
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LOL.. Not quite that many but I am damn near close to having enough fish now! Fortunately everything that goes in is happy and healthy and the tank is doing great. I'm just glad I was able to get it back on track as fast as I did. It was heartbreaking to look at for a couple weeks there!
slief
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I was swapping my filter socks a couple ago and low and behold, I found the little quarter sized Flame Angel I put in the tank a couple weeks ago. I hadn't seen it since the day ofter putting it in and figured it for dead. Surprisingly, he was alive and well albeit skinny. That brings to 4 Flame Angels. Hopefully the other Angels leave it alone. A couple of the Flames are definately courting each other. Every night when the lights go out, the large male pushes on the females anal fin and then the do their dance. Kind of cool to see.
Squidward5
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The Tank is looking good Scott.
Squidward5
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I think it is time to get Jim over to make some more vids of it.
slief
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He just did an update on my tank in his latest episode.
slief
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Yea, the trio is beautiful. They are one of my favorite reef fish. Hopefully the little guy can get along with the rest. I'd guess it will end up being a female if it can survive with the rest. I will have a better idea today when I get home as I found it just before the tank lights went out. If not, I will try to catch him and move it to my refugium until I can find it a new home. I gave the little lemon peel back to my friend Jim as I didn't want to have to worry about feeding fish in my sumps.
ERivera65
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Yes but now after all this new life in your system with the fish and corals I think another update would be awesome. Looking good Scott. Happy for you
Squidward5
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Wow, Sorry, I had not seen it.
slief
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Some new additions from yesterday. I got a Pyramid Butterfly Fish, a Mimic Lemon Peel Tang, a Unicorn Tang and two Royal Gramma's. I will try to get some pictures of them in the tank later today when I get home. This brings me to about the end of my stocking. The only thing I really want to add at this point is a Long Horn Cow Fish and maybe a school of Anthias. I did loose one Clown Fish and a Bangai or two. The Bangais were not much of a surprise as they are not very hardy unless you get a good one. Also lost my Sea Hare which I found it's way onto an intake strainer for my recirculation pump. Other than that, the tank is doing great.
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Those are some nice additions. So the final count in stocking is?
slief
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Sure. Last night I fed mysis, formula flake and pellets and he wasn't shy about eating any of it.
Thanks. I guess I am at about 45 fish plus a handful of shrimp. A few more fish to go assuming I get the Cow fish and some Anthias. I'd also like another Engineer Goby. The one I have is a great fish. He's about 12" long and looks just like a Tessalata Eel which is one of my favorite eels next to dragon morays. One more hanging out on the opposite end of the tank would be great!
The current stock list is as follows.
1 Engineer Goby (sole survivor)
3 ocillarus clownfish
1 percula clownfish
1 Lemon Peel angel in the display
3 Flame Angels
1 Naso tang
1 Lieutenant tang
1 Vlamingi tang
1 Unicorn tang
1 Mimic Lemon Peel tang
2 Sargent Major Damsels
2 yellow tail blue damsels
1 fox face
2 lawn mower blennies
7 PJ cardinals
3 bangai cardinal
4 royal grammas
2 diamond goby's
2 mandarin goby's
1 watchman goby
1 six line wrasse
1 Hoevens Wrasse
1 Long Nose Butterfly fish
1 Pyramid Butterfiy fish
1 cleaner shrimp
2 coral bandit shrimp
1 harlequin shrimp
1 fire shrimp
1 giant RBTA
1 smaller RBTA
and several snails, hermit crabs and small starfish.
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slief
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Some pictures of some of the new fish and some other random ones.
My giant RBTA sure makes these clowns look small!
Clown hosting in my mushrooms.
The new Mimic Lemon Peel Tangand the new Unicorn Tang. I was kind of concerned that my Lemon Peel Angel would have an issue with the Lemon Peel Tang. There was a brief stand off between the two when I put the new tang in but much to my relief, within 5 minutes they were both going about their business without an issue.
The new Pyramid Butterfly.
My giant RBTA sure makes these clowns look small!
Clown hosting in my mushrooms.
The new Mimic Lemon Peel Tangand the new Unicorn Tang. I was kind of concerned that my Lemon Peel Angel would have an issue with the Lemon Peel Tang. There was a brief stand off between the two when I put the new tang in but much to my relief, within 5 minutes they were both going about their business without an issue.
The new Pyramid Butterfly.
reef_of_flames
Member
Nice additions- I love Unicorn tangs!
Ever been to the Bass Pro Shop in Vegas? They have some huge unicorn tangs with long streamers and big horns! So cool!
Ever been to the Bass Pro Shop in Vegas? They have some huge unicorn tangs with long streamers and big horns! So cool!
