Xavier's 120 Gallon Journal

[Catchoftheday]

Sponge really ? that is crazy some of them will never eat then some will not stop eating . Thanks brother for giving it a great home . i would like to start adding really small colorful Fish to the tank in the next month or so .

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

Anthias are a great choice for tons of color! Maybe a shoal of Lyretails or something

 

[Catchoftheday]

Anthias are a great choice for tons of color! Maybe a shoal of Lyretails or something

You Know i would love to do that they are a lots money and my coral beauty ends up killing them at least the last 2 i put in my male is doing great .

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

Update: The Moorish Idol is now the fattest fish in the tank, with the baby sailfin as a close second. Eats everything, including my acans, but I only had a couple small (but nice) frags. He is a freak with flake food, and eats it a lot better than anything else I throw in there. Also, his streamer is now about 2 1/2".

I picked up some new corals today, and a scopas tang, a chromis, a coral banded shrimp, and some nassarius snails today. Water change tomorrow hopefully. Finals weeks suck.

 

[Catchoftheday]

Update: The Moorish Idol is now the fattest fish in the tank, with the baby sailfin as a close second. Eats everything, including my acans, but I only had a couple small (but nice) frags. He is a freak with flake food, and eats it a lot better than anything else I throw in there. Also, his streamer is now about 2 1/2".

I picked up some new corals today, and a scopas tang, a chromis, a coral banded shrimp, and some nassarius snails today. Water change tomorrow hopefully. Finals weeks suck.

Wow Brother the Streamer is growing fast . Sorry about the acans that is really strange even though i had no acans he left my LPS alone and to be honest i had thought they were reef safe because it never touch any of my coral . well on the pluss side it is a rad fish and its eating .

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

No worries Jeremy! It's an awesome fish! And man can he eat

 

[thebanker]

You've angered Samuel L Jackson, god of the reef tanks

You've angered Samuel L Jackson, god of the reef tanks

Oh I'm sorry, did that nice fish you bought eat your coral?

MMM. Those were some tasty acans!

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

Hahaha the pictures don't show up, but I know what they are

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

Lowered the skimmer pipe to skim a little wetter, and I REALLY like it. The skim is still very dark, but there is more of it. Water looks cleaner for sure. Everything is still growing. Except the favia, which the M.I. has taken a liking too

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

Changed two of the bulbs. One was burnt out, and the other was really dim. I have been meaning to do it for months now, but today I just had the urge. The tank is a lot more blue, more how it was when I first set it up. The bulb that was burnt out was a Wave Point Blue Wave.
I have a new-found love for this tank! I had no idea what I was missing out on haha. Sad thing is, no one else would probably notice the change.

 

[thebanker]

Finally! :lol:

(oh and I'd notice)

 

[Catchoftheday]

Changed two of the bulbs. One was burnt out, and the other was really dim. I have been meaning to do it for months now, but today I just had the urge. The tank is a lot more blue, more how it was when I first set it up. The bulb that was burnt out was a Wave Point Blue Wave.
I have a new-found love for this tank! I had no idea what I was missing out on haha. Sad thing is, no one else would probably notice the change.

Oh Man About Time

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

Haha be nice!
It's much nicer

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

The new bulbs were ATI Blue Plus in the front and the Wave Point Coral Wave in the back. the middle two stayed the same.

Here are some pics

My attempt at iPhone artsyness haha

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

Just an update, I finally got him some scallops to try, and he took them kindly! He didnt like them floating around and I couldnt get them to stay on the bottom with my flow, so I put some in the Nori clip and this is what happened!!


So he is now eating Nori, mysis (although not his favorite), flake, pellet, and scallops! What should I try next?

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

Dont really have anything crazy to report.
deep cleaned my tank yesterday! Got the scrapers out and scraped all the coralline algae and "tough" algae that I have been letting sit there for far too long. Cleaned the skimmer thoroughly, and also picked up some corals from the sand bed. Managed to frag a bunch of my acros accidentally. oh well.

Also the whole tank looks like a sand storm from my new Diamond Goby doing his job. The sand grains are too big to go airborn, but all of the random detritus that has been sitting and getting gross in the sand from a lack of sand stirring has been set free. Gotta go put a new filter sock on there soon!

Now onto the second tank!

Oh ya, and I also traded my old skimmer for a 25watt UV sterilizer yesterday too! So excited about that

MI is still doing well. His streamer gets really long, and then shorter. Weird to watch, but interesting since it is a pretty well documented occurrence.

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

Got this Fungia Plate today at a LFS, bought it right out of the bag before it even fully inflated because I knew it was something I really wanted.

1 minute being in the tank

after 10 minutes. I havent seen a yellow one like this... since ever.

 

[chris949]

^^^ it looks sick... the psychadelic fungi

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

I got a Venustus Angel yesterday! He was picking at the rocks within hours of being in the tank. So far it is my favorite fish in the tank! But, from what I have heard and read, they are notorious for dying. Time will tell

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

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