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BigHammer
10-30-2009, 08:21 PM
im fairly new to the SW scene , been involved since about last christmas. though i have kept freshwater tanks in the past.

my tank is a 55g, no sump. kinda kickin myself over that, but there's a good reason to get into a bigger tank :).

we'll start it off with the fish!

azure demoiselle
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/boss_supra/mini%20reef/P1030152.jpg

scopas tang, sorry about the blurry shot
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/boss_supra/mini%20reef/P1030153.jpg

blackbar chromis
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/boss_supra/mini%20reef/P1030163.jpg

purple firefish
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/boss_supra/mini%20reef/P1010759.jpg

dragon goby
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/boss_supra/mini%20reef/P1020041.jpg

mystery wrasse
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/boss_supra/mini%20reef/P1020641.jpg

fire shrimp (wrasse ate him)
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/boss_supra/mini%20reef/P1020131.jpg

cleaner shrimp (wrasse took off the legs, elegance finished him off)
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/boss_supra/mini%20reef/P1020655.jpg

some of the coral

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/boss_supra/mini%20reef/P1030067.jpg

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/boss_supra/mini%20reef/P1030062.jpg

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/boss_supra/mini%20reef/P1030064.jpg

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/boss_supra/mini%20reef/P1030074.jpg

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/boss_supra/mini%20reef/P1020666.jpg

poor angle full tank shot.
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/boss_supra/mini%20reef/P1030147.jpg

thanks for looking! im loving the hobby
BC564
10-30-2009, 09:13 PM
The tank looks very nice....thanks for sharing
lastlight
10-30-2009, 09:24 PM
I love that elegance coral. Will clowns host these things? Are those the true colors of it?

Tank is looking great! Mystery wrasse seems to be making friends...
BigHammer
10-30-2009, 11:30 PM
haha yes the wrasse is not in my good books at the moment. the shrimp were my favorites. at least hes healthy i guess!

i had 2 percula clowns in the tank, they were removed because they kept fighting in and amongst the corals, probably trying to establish dominance to determine sex. but yes one of the clowns did host it, aswell as others like hammers and umbrella leather. it was getting pretty violent and starting to do some damage so they had to go.

those are the true colors, i didnt adjust anything on the camera or edit it at all.
the greens are much brighter and more fluorescent in person. it looks a bit better in this pic

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/boss_supra/P1030170.jpg
lastlight
10-31-2009, 03:41 AM
Awesome. So do these corals wander like anemones or are they stationary?
Nebthet
10-31-2009, 05:29 AM
Nope.. elegance corals are stationary, but you need to put a lot of room around them and your other corals because they can expand up 4xs the size of their skeleton. Also they do better if your tank isn't exactly perfect in terms of water conditions, so backing off some skimming helps these guys.
Keri
10-31-2009, 07:36 AM
Lovely tank, thanks for sharing (and the info on the mystery wrasse has helped me decide that I like my shrimp too much to get one!)
Leah
10-31-2009, 01:38 PM
Your tank looks great, I had a mystery wrasse what a pain I really began hating him as well It was worthy of ripping apart the whole tank to evict him.
BigHammer
10-31-2009, 03:26 PM
Nope.. elegance corals are stationary, but you need to put a lot of room around them and your other corals because they can expand up 4xs the size of their skeleton. Also they do better if your tank isn't exactly perfect in terms of water conditions, so backing off some skimming helps these guys.


lol i try to keep my water as perfect as possible, havent backed off the skimmer. although its only a little hang on prizm.

i also dose essential elements weekly.

heres a shot of the elegance when i first picked it up, you can also see the skeleton plunged into the bed there.

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/boss_supra/mini%20reef/P1010768.jpg

as far as the wrasse goes i have mixed feelings, a friend added one to his tank and it ignored all shrimp completely. come to think of it mine did too for the longest time.

thanks for all the kind words!