My biocube 29 update! [pic intense]

[2ndThief]

Its been four months and it has been an amazing learning experience, but I just wanted to show some pics of where the tank is now:

fish:

True Black Australian Clown

Pygmy Angel:

Lawn Mower Blenny

and a not pictured six-line wrasse.

coral:

(not pictured) some GSP, 3 hairy red and 2 hairy green mushrooms, 3 blue and green ricordea mushrooms, yellow polyps, candycane trumpet, green trumpet, and 3 maroon pimple mushrooms

brain coral

Frogspawn

Alveapora

Zoanthids

 

[2ndThief]

Green Bubble Coral

and my new (as of today) and first ACAN

thanks for looking

 

[3fins]

DUDE I LOVE UR TANK!...not to be rude buy how mutch did u pay for all that stuff including the fish...( i wont mine to look like yours) and were did u get it at Thanks a lot!

 

[3fins]

and by any chance could get a full tank shot also...

 

[Illuminati]

Looks like the acan has a couple dead heads. Turn off the pumps like a half hour after lights out and the tentacles should be out. Spot feed it mysis with a turkey baster 2 times a week and it will grow over those spots in no time.

Very nice tank.

 

[jmcmahon66]

Beautiful tank!! I love those clowns. That acan is awesome as well. Make sure to feed them so they will really take off.

 

[2ndThief]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8987258#post8987258 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by colinadam
Looks like the acan has a couple dead heads. Turn off the pumps like a half hour after lights out and the tentacles should be out. Spot feed it mysis with a turkey baster 2 times a week and it will grow over those spots in no time.

Very nice tank.

thank you SO MUCH for that I would have never done that, but I do have a turkey baster, nad I do have some mysis, how much shrimp can it take, or does this vary with each acan?

3fins: so far I've spent (including the cost of the tank itself) almost 1200 dollars on it. I get pretty much everything from my LFS bio reef which is such a great store www.bioreef.com

 

[2ndThief]

I do plan on moving the yellow polyps in a month or two and I will be moving the acan in the next few days, any other comments, suggestions, or criticism would be awesome

 

[2ndThief]

and here is my large mushroom in the back corner:

and how about the sexy shrimp

 

[Illuminati]

I usually try to feed my acan about 1 mysis per head, sometimes a fish might swim by and take it but it's no biggie.

Cool mushroom, I have a similar one that changes color depending on where I place it in the tank (from green to purple to red).

 

[duec22]

I can't see the photo....work has blocked almost all download sites....but what I do for feeding almost all my LPS is as follows:
I buy mysis in the block form. Then when it's time to feed I take a knife and shave the block of mysis. This gives smaller particle sizes that can be enjoyed by almost all LPS and fish alike. I don't use a turkey baster because it's too large, and you end up with a lot of waste. At my work I pick up dispossable pipets, they also sell them at a lot of my LFS, and look like this..

I typically cut the tip off to allow for a larger opening, and I use this to target feed all my LPS. Typically I feed just enough for them to grab onto with their tenticals on one side. With a lot of LPS like lords you will find that they can eat a ton of food if they can get it...mine pretty much have their tenticals out 24/7. If you get into a routine of feeding them a couple times a week at the same time you will find that you can train most corals to put out their feeders durring day, not just when the lights go out.

 

[gkelly]

I'm about 2 months behind you. Hope mine looks as good.

As you running the stock pumps\lights?

 

[Lpabsolute]

I like your coral selection....

 

[2ndThief]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8999674#post8999674 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Lpabsolute
I like your coral selection....

Thank you and yes I am running stock pump and lights, I am hoping to eventually upgrade to a sunpod but I dont have the resources right now.

 

[2ndThief]

bump

I got an awesome xenia frag

and as you can see there was an interesting (looks like its dying and/or stressed) sps