Some Tank pics and the newest addition

[ahoyhoy239]

Finally got around to taking some pics of the tank, but unfortunately they pale in comparison to many others that get posted on here LOL. Anyways, ill start with a FTS:

And some Top Downs
Rics:

Grape Coral, couldnt get the true green at the tips to come out

Red and Green Open Brain

Hammer and Frogspawn

 

[ahoyhoy239]

And the new guy in town, a Tricolor Anthias from Exotic on Bird

And here it is evicting the Royal Gramma from his hole, i think they are gonna be at for a while:lol:

I almost picked up a nice red chalice from Reef Aquariums, also got a chance to look at the beautiful Zero Edge and almost cried...it was AMAZING :eek1: sooooo clean...

Also stopped by Aquariumart on bird and house of fins but didnt pick up any coral b/c i convinced my dad to come with to the Frag Swap, so hopefully ill be loading up next week :rollface: :rollface:
Ill bee looking for zoos, rics, and especially LPS

Thats all for now, Enjoy and let me know what you think...

 

[ReefWreak]

Lookin good. Is that a Carribbean Condylactus Anemone in the middle? Ever wonder why the clown doesn't host it?

Everything looks healthy, but from personal experience, you MUST feed those beautiful brain corals (trachephyllia geofferi I believe) for them to do well, or even survive. I've got one who has wasted away unfortunately just because I don't feed him directly

 

[ahoyhoy239]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11991944#post11991944 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ReefWreak
Lookin good. Is that a Carribbean Condylactus Anemone in the middle? Ever wonder why the clown doesn't host it?

Everything looks healthy, but from personal experience, you MUST feed those beautiful brain corals (trachephyllia geofferi I believe) for them to do well, or even survive. I've got one who has wasted away unfortunately just because I don't feed him directly

yeah, i dont care much for the condy but its one of my parents favorite :rolleye1:, i knew when i got it the clowns wouldnt host but w/e, they always stick to right side of the tank like they are best friends with the Koralia anyways lol.

The brain is actually extremely healthy, it wasnt fully inflated in the pic but it is doing very good and I only feed it once in a while directly. Ive had it close to if not for a year, it was in my old 55 with pc's where it thrived but it looks much more colorful and healthy now, so no worries.

 

[ReefWreak]

Get an RBTA

As long as the brain is doing well, and you're feeding it now and then. All I know is that I have one who has just been withering away for so long, and I feel really terrible about it, and try to feed it when I can, but I don't think it's enough.

 

[ahoyhoy239]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11992069#post11992069 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ReefWreak
Get an RBTA

As long as the brain is doing well, and you're feeding it now and then. All I know is that I have one who has just been withering away for so long, and I feel really terrible about it, and try to feed it when I can, but I don't think it's enough.

Oh ive been definitely thinking about jumping on one of those famous splitting rbtas that came from jeffbrig's, it seems like one is posted for sale here at least once a month

i know what you mean with the brain, ive had similar a experience with torch corals, a colony that i had for over a year and a half lost a head and the rest of it got smaller and is slowing coming back while a seperate green and white tip torch i picked up from CRF melted away after doing great for like first 3~4 weeks. Both of these died at seperate times but each time the other corals were lookng great, so idk?:thumbdown

 

[ahoyhoy239]

Update...the anthias is doing great and eats all kinds of foods like a pig, its also a very active fish and seems to bring the others out of the rocks more as well, the colors also look great, hopefully it can hold on to them as it grows