Update on my tank (90 Gal w/pics)

[Trincate]

Hey everyone. Been awhile since I've posted anything so I thought I'd give an update.

I've been working very, very slowly to stock my very first reef tank (90 Gallon) It's been up for about 3 months now, and I probably spent the first 2 months just trying to figure out how to get all my equipment adjusted properly and letting the tank cycle.

In the tank right now are:

20 ish blue legged hermit crabs
2 Emerald Crabs
1 Coral Banded Shrimp
2 Pepermint Shrimp
10 Nassarius Snails
10 Turbo Snails
10 Other assorted snails

4 Yellow Tip Damsels (ordered 3 from drs. foster and smith but they sent 4
2 Clown Fish

1 Bullseye Mushroom Coral
1 Button Polyp
1 Yellow Colony Polyp
1 Lavendar Mushroom
(ordered this package for Drs. Foster and Smith http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=597+598+714&pcatid=714)

My water paremters are very consistent, I'm doing about a 5 Gallon/week water change.

Any suggestions on what I should add next?

 

[DiscoReefRover]

looking good so far ...... i would plan on getting rid of those damsels before you get the tank to stocked with corals they turn in to lil devils later on ....

Sean

 

[markviiisvt4]

I like the rock work

 

[Murphs205]

love the rock , rid the damsels before they make you loose sleep. They will be the Bloods or Crips of your tank after a while and take over with terror ,,,,,

 

[DEERE G]

LOL ^^^^

 

[DEERE G]

Looking good.

 

[Trincate]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14190290#post14190290 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Murphs205
love the rock , rid the damsels before they make you loose sleep. They will be the Bloods or Crips of your tank after a while and take over with terror ,,,,,

Yikes....didn't know these guys we're that big of an issue. They've only been in there for about 3 weeks. Hopefully I can get them out without to much trouble.

 

[Murphs205]

sometime people can get lucky with them , but as a rule ,,no damsels in the tank for most people ,,, My buddy has on that never touched anything or any fish , and then he has 2 other that would fight his big tangs . pester them all the time. so he just gave them away ,,,they don't have too much value to reefers . And the yellow tails are nasty ones too.

 

[Jeff Trout]

LOL,
+1 on getting rid of the damsels ASAP!!!

 

[vietcu]

hehe thought you disappeared or something. Haven't seen you up for a while.
+2 on the damsels. More than likely you are going to have to tear down that tank to get those damsels out. But I would do it early, rather than later once you get more stuff in there. They are nice now, but once you get more expensive fish and better looking ones. Its not going to work.

 

[markviiisvt4]

just barrow a nice lion. he'll take care of them on short order.