My 55 gallon reef project

I did some leopard wrasse research, and it seems that they are difficult to feed in captivity. Melev and Narowe, I was wondering if you had or knew of anyone that has experience with this fish. My tank has been running for about 6 months with a fuge that is starting to thrive and a fair amount of live rock and sand. I didn't know if I had the support system to keep the leopard healthy. I feed Rod's food containing a variety of meaty items, but nothing live. Live Brine are recommended. Any input will be helpful. Very intriguing fish though.
 
Back a few years ago, Reef Central had some core members that were famous for their attnetion to detail. They took stunning pictures and had quite a following. As they left this site for various reasons, I missed them greatly. Flame*Angel was one of them. She lives and works in Canada, and had a stunning reef that made TOTM. And she had that gorgeous wrasse.

I talked to her via email about 6 months ago, and she still has her tank but her website is no longer available and she doesn't visit the boards anymore. :(

I can't think of anyone off the top of my head that has this fish that could help, so you might start a thread asking for owners to reply. You can ask them all your questions, such as how long have they had the fish, what do they feed, how old is the reef, what size is the tank, do they have to cover it, etc.
 
Just an update. I just moved my reef (if you can call it that) tank to my new apartment. It was a bit of an adventure, but all things went pretty well. I set up a quarantine for the fish so we wouldn't have to rush things. (I was only moving across the street). They did fine in there for a few hours with a piece of live rock, a heater, a sponge filter from my sump and an airstone. The tank looks great. I like my rock structure much better than before. I need to do a nice water change in the near future to clean up the water, but I think everything is going to make it through this quite well.
 
very nice looking tank, cant wait to finish my 55 reef. sitting around waiting on my premium aquatics delivery today..
 
Here's a quick pic that I took with my new aquascaping. I hope to get a few better ones, but I need some camera batteries. (not to mention a new camera)


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This is a tough angle to get an idea of how the tank is laid out.

Did you remember to drill anti siphon holes in your closed loop returns to avoid sucking out too much water if the pump / plumbing ever leaks?
 
I need to get the holes drilled in the near future. The OM pattern is 1&2, 2&3, 3&4, 4&1, So there are always two returns spouts going at the same time, and they are always next to each other rotating in a clockwise pattern. The return in the front left is pointing toward the front left corner, the return in the front right is pointing to the back right corner. The two Maxi-jets basically angle up and straight across the tank. The two returns on the back wall basically blow straight out. The sump return provides minimal flow and blows across the surface of the water basically for oxygenation.

Hope that helps you picture it a bit better.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9862509#post9862509 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dcombs44
I need to get the holes drilled in the near future. The OM pattern is 1&2, 2&3, 3&4, 4&1, So there are always two returns spouts going at the same time, and they are always next to each other rotating in a clockwise pattern. The return in the front left is pointing toward the front left corner, the return in the front right is pointing to the back right corner. The two Maxi-jets basically angle up and straight across the tank. The two returns on the back wall basically blow straight out. The sump return provides minimal flow and blows across the surface of the water basically for oxygenation.

Hope that helps you picture it a bit better.
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That sounds good to me. You can always make minor adjustments as corals grow in.
 
I've just come to quite a realization.

My display in aptasia free. My tank, once overrun by aptasia is spic and span. Apparantly my peppermints are doing their jobs. Now, if I can get my next purchase to gobble up planaria. BOOOOOO!!!!

I'll pay someone to come syphon the red flatworms out of my tank every day. Anybody interested?
 
that's cool. my 50+ peppermints have not even dented my aiptasia population which leads me to believe that they are not real peppermints. I have checked them against pics and they seem to be the right ones, but no banana!
 
:lol: You would figure that putting 40+ in the display, a few in the fuge, one in the overflow, and one in the grow-out tank would take care of the anemone issue but no...my overflow continues to grow new ones and that damn peppermint couldn't care less. I don't even know what it's eating! :rolleyes:
 
My overflow is still somewhat overrun with them, but as long as my display is clear, I'm not too worried about them. My peps have doubled in size since I got them a couple months ago.

My biggest loss as of late was my queen conche :( Seems as if one of my scarlet hermits wanted her shell more than she did.
 
Yeah, hermits are definitely a problem. I only put 5 blue leg MI hermits in my display so that they wouldn't do that much damage. I think they are cool, but like most "cool" reef dwellers, they can do some damage!
 
Yeah, I have one that I got from etropicals.com that is that lives in a shell thats a bit bigger than a golf ball. Biggest one I've personally seen. He's a monster. I don't have a shell big enough to fit him if he outgrows this one.

I thought scarlets were the "friendly" ones. Oh well.
 
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