a year later...

[goblue]

different cameras, but you get the idea. this tank has been running for nearly 2 years now. I should have taken this before i fragged the GSPs, but they were about 20% larger. also, check out how much that acro has grown! So here's the question... the only fish in there are the clown and CB angel you see, plus a

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of a yellow assessor (basslet) that lives under the GSP rock and only comes out to eat. what do you think about a fourth fish? (tank is 29 gal)

 

[scsinet]

Something small... maybe a small Goby like a firefish or a yellow watchman. You don't have enough algae to support a Blenny.
While on that subject... how is it you have so little coraline growth after two years? Do you dose calcium in one way or another, or do you just clean it off like crazy?
By the way, your giant clam looks great! How are you lighting him?

 

[unleashed]

looks great

 

[goblue]

sorry for the delayed reply, a ski accident had me in the hospital for a while there... yeah, i scrape the corraline off the glass every month or two with a razor. the clam (and the rest of the tank) are lighted under 2 VHO actinics and a 175 Watt MH at 12000K

 

[madman33]

hahaaa where did your accident happen? Also where do you like to shop? (im currently moving from Castle Rock to Vegas)

 

[eyebedam]

A rainford gobie would be pretty cool & a fire shrimp.

Tank looks nice. You ought to trim a small piece of that gsp & glue it to the bcak glass & watch it spread like crazy. It would make a nice bright green background.

 

[hawk fish]

what did you feed the green star...because it looks GREAT!!!

 

[mag395]

Wow, thats alot of light. I am assuming the VHO's are 24" and 75w. Thats 325 watts. No wonder your coral is growing so well. How do you not get algae growth?

 

[wangotango]

very nice!

 

[goblue]

thanks again, for the guy in CO, i broke my femur in keystone (watch out for those renegade posts) and i shop at Key's island, South broadway tropicals (very hit or miss, but also very close), todds, and quality aqua. The green star i don't feed, it's just the best color GSP i've ever seen. Actually, when i moved out here from NJ, a chunck of that sat in my car for the whole drive, surviving temperatures below 40 at night, and still came back. it should be in the record books. Mag, you're right on the lights, and i have a hard working crew of crabs and snails to eat algae, plus there's not much waste as i only feed the fish every 3 days or so.