My new 46 bowfront

[shawnd61]

This is my new 46 that I have set up for over a week now. I bought it from another forum member in NC. I lost the Colt and the 4 xenia fragments. Everything else looks great, check out the pictures.

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I would like an ID for the last picture. I dont know what it is

 

[shawnd61]

Here are some more pics under actinic lights

 

[coralcrazy]

Great looking Tank!! :cheer:

 

[who dey]

looks nice!!!! GO BENGALS

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[shookbrad]

Yout tank looks great!

 

[tuningvis]

Originally Posted by shawnd61
I would like an ID for the last picture. I dont know what it is

looks like GSP (green star polyps)

 

[shawnts106]

That or a sea pen maybe?... not sure!

 

[joker_ca]

Thats a very nice looking tank you got

 

[kaotik]

You have a mandarin fish in there. Those usually dont do well in new tanks. I would take him out before he starves.

 

[joker_ca]

he has enough LR to keep a mandarin

 

[schadiest1]

tank is looking nice, but i have to agree with kaotik... ur mandarin needs well established tank conditions (copepods) to live. trade him in for something else.

 

[ophiura]

Last pic of first set looks like some sort of gorgonian polyp, either growing that way, or encrusting over something with a coral like shape (encrusting gorgonian like Erythropodium, or similar to green star polyps)

 

[satcmofish]

told ya so. looks great far from poo poo

 

[fmelindy]

The last pic is of a "corky sea finger" it is a type of encrusting gorgonian that sends up vertical projections. I think elsewhere it has been called a "dead man's finger". Can't remember the genus name off the top of my head, i think it is Briareum.

 

[kaotik]

he has enough LR to keep a mandarin
Mandarins dont eat live rock, they eat copepods which there are only going to be enough of for a mandarin to survive in a well established tank.

 

[ophiura]

I'd go for that ID :yes: And star polyps, if I recall, have recently been moved to the genus Briareum from Pachyclavularia. The similarity is quite clear.

 

[inkman2004]

He has plenty of LR. And that is the major factor with copods. That is where they live. And that is a very established tank if everything was sent to him in the correct manor. You guys didn't even ask if he was supplementing pods.

 

[shawnd61]

why has this turned into a big battle over whether i can have a dragonette or not?? check out my tank and tell me what you think. that's it. no need to fight over nothing. trust me, i have it all under control. i am always on here consulting w/ others on what is best.

i'm fully aware of the requirements of my tank's inhabitents.
no one should be like this:

we should all be like this:

:happy:

:joy:

 

[satcmofish]

theres the angry beaver that i know & love!