Thanks for the nice compliment.
Oldude's Little Reef on the Prairie
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muttley000
MTS Sufferer!
Stunning, can't wait to see it when it is all grown out!
Thank you kindly
Thanks I am also looking forward to it being grown out. My problem is I will run into trouble with crowding so I am considering turning my 130 gal tank in the back of my fishroom into another sps dominant tank.
Thanks for the compliment.
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Thanks for posting!! I wish I could capture the caves better because they are no near as dark as they seem in the pictures.
Thanks, nice to be back. I'll try to keep regular updates posted.
Fish list -
Fish list -
Just dawned on me that I should list a few particulars about the system -
404 gal display 96 x 36 x 27
130 additional 'soft coral tank' 72 x 18 x 24
120 gal sump.
The 2 frag tanks are plumbed seperately on their own sump & system.
Here is a list of the fish in the display tank:
Royal gramma x2
firefish
mandarin dragonets x2 (mating pair)
orange spotted diamond gobies (mated pair)
Leopard wrasses x2 (pair)
yellow coris wrasse
Melonaris wrasse
mystery wrasse
fairy wrasse (similar to a scott's but in my opinion cooler)
cleaner wrasse
true perculas (mated pair)
maroon clown
bartlett anthias x3
foxface
Coral Beauty (bought in 2004)
Yellow Tang (bought 2004)
Powder Blue Tang
Kole Tang
Sailfin Tang
Naso Tang
Purple Tang
Marine Beta aka comet
dragon pipe
Tailspot Blenny
Fire Shrimp x 2
Cleaner shrimp x2
When I emptied the display I removed my large regal tang (bought late 2008) because it developed a taste for expensive LPS and clams:angryfire:
I also removed an XL maroon clown due to aggresive behavior.
Fish list -
Just dawned on me that I should list a few particulars about the system -
404 gal display 96 x 36 x 27
130 additional 'soft coral tank' 72 x 18 x 24
120 gal sump.
The 2 frag tanks are plumbed seperately on their own sump & system.
Here is a list of the fish in the display tank:
Royal gramma x2
firefish
mandarin dragonets x2 (mating pair)
orange spotted diamond gobies (mated pair)
Leopard wrasses x2 (pair)
yellow coris wrasse
Melonaris wrasse
mystery wrasse
fairy wrasse (similar to a scott's but in my opinion cooler)
cleaner wrasse
true perculas (mated pair)
maroon clown
bartlett anthias x3
foxface
Coral Beauty (bought in 2004)
Yellow Tang (bought 2004)
Powder Blue Tang
Kole Tang
Sailfin Tang
Naso Tang
Purple Tang
Marine Beta aka comet
dragon pipe
Tailspot Blenny
Fire Shrimp x 2
Cleaner shrimp x2
When I emptied the display I removed my large regal tang (bought late 2008) because it developed a taste for expensive LPS and clams:angryfire:
I also removed an XL maroon clown due to aggresive behavior.
SPS list
SPS list
There are several corals that I am unclear on their exact ID and of course there are some species that I have duplicates of due to a variety of colors, etc. Anyway below is a list of the sps I have been able to ID with some confidence & this will give a pretty good indication of what I have in my tank.
ACROPORA:
a subglabra
a speciosa
a florida
a papillare
a loripes
a granulosa
a tutuilensis
a formosa
a echinata
a awi
a elegans
a abrotanoides
a sarmentosa
a desalwii
a hyacinthus
a prostrata
a millepora
a tenuis
a willisae
a yongei
a hoksemai
a humilis
a horrida
a exquisita
a carduus
a divaricata
a convexa
a austera
a gomezi
a tortousa
a cerealis
a valida
a nana
a lovelli
a loisetteae
a lokani
a caroliniana
a grandis
a macrostoma
a subulata
a aspera
a plana
a nasuta
a pulchra
a natalensis
a secale
a vermiculata
a microclados
a fastigata
a insignis
etc.
MONTIPORA:
m digitata
m samarensis
m capitata
m confusa
m setosa
m mollis
m capricornis
etc.
Seriatopora
s hystrix
s. caliendrum
s guttatus
Pocillopora
p damicornis
Stylopora
s pistillata
Not much as far as 'designer' coral go but here are the (named pieces) -
Red Planet
Hawkins Echinata
shades of fall
pink lemonade
lime in the sky
cali tort
len si cap
ponape bird nest
bird of paradise
SPS list
There are several corals that I am unclear on their exact ID and of course there are some species that I have duplicates of due to a variety of colors, etc. Anyway below is a list of the sps I have been able to ID with some confidence & this will give a pretty good indication of what I have in my tank.
ACROPORA:
a subglabra
a speciosa
a florida
a papillare
a loripes
a granulosa
a tutuilensis
a formosa
a echinata
a awi
a elegans
a abrotanoides
a sarmentosa
a desalwii
a hyacinthus
a prostrata
a millepora
a tenuis
a willisae
a yongei
a hoksemai
a humilis
a horrida
a exquisita
a carduus
a divaricata
a convexa
a austera
a gomezi
a tortousa
a cerealis
a valida
a nana
a lovelli
a loisetteae
a lokani
a caroliniana
a grandis
a macrostoma
a subulata
a aspera
a plana
a nasuta
a pulchra
a natalensis
a secale
a vermiculata
a microclados
a fastigata
a insignis
etc.
MONTIPORA:
m digitata
m samarensis
m capitata
m confusa
m setosa
m mollis
m capricornis
etc.
Seriatopora
s hystrix
s. caliendrum
s guttatus
Pocillopora
p damicornis
Stylopora
s pistillata
Not much as far as 'designer' coral go but here are the (named pieces) -
Red Planet
Hawkins Echinata
shades of fall
pink lemonade
lime in the sky
cali tort
len si cap
ponape bird nest
bird of paradise
Newbie Aquarist
Reefing is my middle name
That is a very nice acro/monti list. I even like to have a couple of those on the designer list. I can't wait to get my tank to even 1/4 as close as yours.
Thanks again for the kind words. There are a few on the list that are rather unusual. I'll have to take some more pix when I get some time.
Newbie Aquarist
Reefing is my middle name
Ricordia rock is beautiful Gotta love the tailspot blenny
