Overstocked 55 G reef tank
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junbug1970
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The picture below your pipe organ is "green flower pot" often time the tip will turn brownish.
the clear long tentacle is "atlantic anemone"
do a search on both
great looking tank
the clear long tentacle is "atlantic anemone"
do a search on both
great looking tank
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fishkid1000
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You are pretty over stocked. Get rid of the tangs. The catalina goby is a cold water belongs in water no warmer than 75 degrees. Good luck with the tank!
bellaireoaks
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Another picture
bellaireoaks
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another picture of my fish
bellaireoaks
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My Yellow Watchman
spsfreak100
Active Member
What lighting do you have?
A lot of the inhabitants in your tank are either brown or white. The Bubble tip doesn't look like it has that much zooxanthellae left within its tissues. The goniopora also looks like it's loosing zooxanthellae from lack of lighting. The encrusting Montipora sp. is brown, from increased amounts of zooxanthellae which is being used to catch as much lighting as possible. The Porites housing the X-Mas tree worms doesn't have any good polyp extention, either.
...just some constructive criticism. Other than the overstocking and hard-to-keep corals, your tank is looking nice.
Graham
A lot of the inhabitants in your tank are either brown or white. The Bubble tip doesn't look like it has that much zooxanthellae left within its tissues. The goniopora also looks like it's loosing zooxanthellae from lack of lighting. The encrusting Montipora sp. is brown, from increased amounts of zooxanthellae which is being used to catch as much lighting as possible. The Porites housing the X-Mas tree worms doesn't have any good polyp extention, either.
...just some constructive criticism. Other than the overstocking and hard-to-keep corals, your tank is looking nice.
Graham
timsedwards
Active Member
Originally posted by ozadars
Actually u can even put 4 tangs and 10 more gobies in this tank too, if u have an excellent ps and a sump but thats not the point... u r making ur tangs and fish unhappy and also making them short-lived also dwarfs.
Yes theoretically you can put 100 tangs in there, but think of it like this: consider how much space they would have in the wild; it is arguably not too kind to put them in aquaria full stop. A human could live in a 4 foot room all his life, doesnt make it comfortable or enjoyable
Hope you come to the right decision
Tim.
ozadars
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Actually fish arent like humans. If they are in a small tank, they will have health problems and they will be dwarfs also they will live less. I think a 125 gal is min. for a hippo tang. 75 can be ok for a yellow tang (i prefer 100gal). Also gobies are terrotorial fish, that much goby in a 75 is too much, they will fight all they long after few months. Maybe a firefish (swimmer), a watchman (sand) and a clown goby (in corals) be ok beacuse they all live at different parts of the tank but he or she has a lot of gobies. Pods are gonna finish because of the crowd and mandarin wont be able to eat food,
"Also i m not someone who wouldnt put a human in a 4' foot to make him live there forever just because he or she is beautiful, would you?"
"Also i m not someone who wouldnt put a human in a 4' foot to make him live there forever just because he or she is beautiful, would you?"
harrysreef
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Very nice pics, you seem to enjoy your tank very much. The first coral IMO is an alvepora not goniopora. I agree the second looks like a toad stool. Good luck with your tank keep us posted.
