Nebthet's 56g Reef

[fishytime]

Those are some killer pics there Sarah!!!.....and it looks like you have some sweet pieces...........of coral.....I really like those zoas in the first pic....

[Nebthet]

Thanks Doug. It has really come a long way and has a little bit to go. lol... I can't wait for the turbo snail to clean the hair algae off the clowns area in the back.... of course that is provided the clowns stop attacking them every time the turbo approaches.

I got those zoas off of Oceansdirect based out of Toronto. They are growing nicely in my tank and have multiplied. Can't wait for them to spread to the other rockwork. I have been trying to get some contrasting coloration to add dimension to the tank.

There are still certain corals on my wish list I want to get eventually, but I have been heavily debatting upgrading my tank to a 100g+, but I have to find the room in my apartment and I am worried a little about the transfering of the coral But it would give me sooo much more room.

[Nebthet]

I have some more monthly pix. If you go back to some pix from Oct, you can see some definite growth happening.



Tricolor Valida. I had to move this guy from where he was beside the poccilapora as he was losing the stinging battle as you can tell by the dead part on the tip.



Tan Green pink rimmed MontiCap after the trimming, with the icefire beside it.




Sebae anemone continuing to grow and color up. It is getting a greenish tinge to the darker brown tentacles now.





Red Digi has really taken to growing since the RO water switchover


The poccilopra has really taken off and filled in nicely. This sucker packs a sting that other sps can't take so will be happy with it's ability to keep the pt digi under control in the future.


Rainbow encrusting Monti continues to recover.


Purple fusion encrusting monti continues to grow.


Paly's got moved from the sand bed onto the rock work where they are spreading like nuts.


This green acro has been growing out too.



Xmas Favia


It isn't often I get to take a pic of this blue tenuis because of it's position at the rear of the tank. It isn't easy to photograph.









Front Tank Shot 12-18-2010

[Madreefer]

Nice pics. Glad you got things figured out! I gave up on the photography.

[chris88]

there is definetly some growth happening. Have you ever tried to scrap the algae and coraline off the glass? It really makes the corals stand out when its clean. I use a kent pro scrap with a metal blade and it works like a charm.

[Nebthet]

I have sort of used a scrapper when I had a major algae issue, but the turbo snails are slowly eating it. I have been more concerned with the RO water switchover. I made my first $100 in frag sales this month. yippee.. but man did I have to educate some people on proper tank husbandry and inform them they don't have the right lighting and perameters to keep corals healthy. Very frustrating.

I am in the process right now of either upgrading to a larger tank, or taking a 33g (36lx12wx18h) that I have in the bedroom and setting that one up in addition to this one. If I do that, I plan on making it an AIO system and using my PAR38 bulbs for the lighting.

[Nebthet]

Time for some new pix of my new stuff.

Ric Yumas. I traded some of my frags for this frag of three heads.. it now has two new heads starting on the rocks and these went from half an inch in size to almost 3 inches diameter. They are very happy in my tank.


New firefish


New Bangaii cardinals.. #1 is still out and active. #2 on the other hand is MIA after 4 days.



Now some of the older....
Paly's are growing like wild fire.


McCosker's is flashing away today



Brown zoas improving after I snapped back some of my red monticap.


Sebae update.. doing well and getting darker.


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