First post of pics of aquarium. Warning: Large Pics.

[Rippin]

Hi all,

Well the the 50g is about 5 months in now and I thought I'd share some pics of the setup. There isn't much more I want to do with it but just to let everything grow in. I'll most probably add one more fish - a black clown and then it's done....yeah, right

Cheers.

The whole shebang!


Side View


The Brain


Feather Duster


Hammer Coral


Ricordea


Plate Coral


Green Star Polyps spreading on rockwork


Zoanthids


...More Zoanthids


Pulsing Xenia


Bubble Coral


Leather Coral and Mushrooms

[Delphinus]

Sweet brain! Awesome pictures...

[titus]

Hello,

Very nice.

Titus

[woodcarver]

Magnificent Rippin!!.Do you have any details of your set up posted ?

......................Dave

[Rippin]

Thanks all!

I wanted to keep the setup fairly simple.
This what I have running now:

• About 65 lbs of live rock
• Deltec MCE 600 protein skimmer
• 2 x Tunze Nanostream 6025 powerheads
• Maxi-Jet 900 with spray bar just to keep the surface aggitated
• Current-USA Outer Orbit 2 x 150w Metal Halide with 4 x 39w actinics + lunar and moon lights

I feed the three fishes (and the plate, brain and bubble coral) with brine, mysis or squid and NLS pellets. I also feed the filter feeders with phytoplankton and rotifers. Every once in a while I feed with Reef Roids, but don't really know if it makes a difference.

I also have a handfull of Halymenia in the tank for excess nutrient absorption.

[andestang]

Very nice, great pics. Really like the brain and yellow leather. Where did you find such nice big peices ? Notice your not running with a sump ?

[Rippin]

Originally Posted by andestang

Very nice, great pics. Really like the brain and yellow leather. Where did you find such nice big peices ? Notice your not running with a sump ?

Thanks!

The brain was rescued...uh I mean purchased from Big Al's. It needed a good home. Thing is, I haven't seen such a large brain anywhere else for sale. The Yellow Tonga Leather was purchased from a fellow reefer in town.

I'm not running a sump because of limited space and wanting to keep things simple. For a 50 gallon, hopefully what I have will suffice.

Water changes are 10% weekly.

Cheers.

[Van-rookie]

Wow....what a nice red brain.

I will look for that, it will add a nice color to my tank...as most of the things i have there are green at the moment.

this hobby is ripping me off....

[ref leppard]

Nice and healthy set up! I got to know! How old is the bubble coral!

[Rippin]

Originally Posted by ref leppard

Nice and healthy set up! I got to know! How old is the bubble coral!

Thanks all for the kind words.

The bubble coral is about 7 months in my aquarium...pretty resilient bugger...so is the lobophylia.