The Iwagumi Reef

[ooja3k]

Woah...

 

[austin93]

Great looking tank. I have been checking out your tank on the other forum too. Very natural and interesting to look at. Good job.

 

[yano]

Great looking tank. I have been checking out your tank on the other forum too. Very natural and interesting to look at. Good job.

Thanks Austin, all details about complet tank evolution here:
http://www.todomarino.com/forum/showthread.php?47111-The-Iwagumi-Reef

 

[yano]

Awesome goby and star collections! I like your portrait style images.

I should have been more clear when I was asking about livestock... I was thinking of corals. I didn't think that you had such an extensive collection of inverts and fishes!

I try to recreate a shallow water reef lagoon in which corals dominate this biotope typical: Styloporas, Pocilloporas, Acroporas humilis and gemmiferas.
Also trying to recreate a miniature landscape, I have an island that attempt to recreate some of the more calm and deep lagoon, the species here are gorgonian, brain coral, Turbinaria, etc.
Next day, crabs and shrimps....and corals!

 

[SDguy]

Lovely tank!! I think you are going to need to feed those starfish though...I see nothing for them to eat.

 

[yano]

Lovely tank!! I think you are going to need to feed those starfish though...I see nothing for them to eat.

They feed on algae on rocks and crystals, and probably also of detritus and microfauna, but I do not feed with nothing in particular. Fromia and Echinaster take about 4 or 5 months in the aquarium, but the linckia already has almost 4 years with me and they all seem pretty healthy and active.

 

[yano]

This is my littles shrimps and crabs:

- I,ve 8 Thor amboinensis,...I love this tiny shrimps! :crazy1:

- My Clibanarius tricolor, I have 20-25 of them.

- Neopetrolisthes maculatus, I have 2 of them.

- And a pair of Periclimenes brevicarpalis.

 

[jbanks]

Very Nice! Keep the pics coming

 

[wrassie86]

Looking good, great pics.

 

[klepto]

I try to recreate a shallow water reef lagoon in which corals dominate this biotope typical: Styloporas, Pocilloporas, Acroporas humilis and gemmiferas.
Also trying to recreate a miniature landscape, I have an island that attempt to recreate some of the more calm and deep lagoon, the species here are gorgonian, brain coral, Turbinaria, etc.
Next day, crabs and shrimps....and corals!

Interesting... Are you basing the biotope off of an individual wild reef or geographic area?

 

[Acronic]

keep an eye on your vortechs, I started with 10 trochus and have upwards of 200. They get into everything, they brake my MP40 every other week..

sweet tank

 

[SDguy]

They feed on algae on rocks and crystals, and probably also of detritus and microfauna, but I do not feed with nothing in particular. Fromia and Echinaster take about 4 or 5 months in the aquarium, but the linckia already has almost 4 years with me and they all seem pretty healthy and active.

Interesting, and congrats on keeping a linkia so long. I am surprised it is only 2" though. It didn't grow in those 4 years?

 

[rogerwilco357]

inspirational your tank is exactly the way i am going next i have a 120 4x2x2 with alot of rock too much and big fish and big mother colonies of coral sps..alot of work and the kids like it i have 9 kids by the way but your tank i think would offer more with the species of fish and the open aqua scape my rock hides too much yours is perfect keep up the good work and pics ..
Roger

 

[yano]

Interesting... Are you basing the biotope off of an individual wild reef or geographic area?

Not, only in biotope reef area.

 

[yano]

Interesting, and congrats on keeping a linkia so long. I am surprised it is only 2" though. It didn't grow in those 4 years?

Not, It has had very little growth...I´m surprised too.

 

[yano]

keep an eye on your vortechs, I started with 10 trochus and have upwards of 200. They get into everything, they brake my MP40 every other week..

sweet tank

Oh yes, I have thought to remove the babies for this reason a breeding tank that I will install, at least until an adult size ...in my experience adults do not seem to give this problem, right?

 

[Acronic]

i would only have problems when they were medium sized. The adults were too big to break the propeller. I cut the top off an old wetside and glued it onto the caseing to cut the hole size in half but they still managed to get in... yargh

 

[yano]

i would only have problems when they were medium sized. The adults were too big to break the propeller. I cut the top off an old wetside and glued it onto the caseing to cut the hole size in half but they still managed to get in... yargh

Thanks Acronic!

 

[yano]

And now....corals photos!

- Turbinaria reniformis yelow:

- Shalow reef frags:

- Fungia Super pink:

- Acropora turaki yelow lime:

- Stylopora pistillata:

- Ricordea orange of ricordea Farm:

- Pocillopora verrucosa yelow:

- Pocillopora Eydouxi pink:

And any more general view:

 

[mak]

Great work, what camera do you use? Excellent photos!

Love that Acropora turaki