Starting of a 60g reef

[whyamisofl]

60g that I have had setup for about a month now (after cycle).....There are some zoa's, acan, favia, frogspawn, mushroom, and anemone in there thus far....
Inhabitants will be -
Blackcap Basslet
Purple Firefish Goby
Red Mandarin Goby (looking at about a year out)
Picasso Clown
Rod's Onyx Clown
Frog, nem, staghorn acro, and acan

Nem that I picked up as a hitchhiker

And FTS FTW!

 

[whyamisofl]

Acan, Favia, and pavona pics

 

[ci11337]

wow, thats a sweet nem! and a hitch hiker too!

 

[whyamisofl]

I'm already changing the tank, HA HA
Traded in the acan's, favia, and acro's for a bunch of zoa's, ricordea, and a cool looking lavender clove polyp group!
Pics tonight when the camera is charged

 

[whyamisofl]

I'm already changing the tank, HA HA
Traded in the acan's, favia, pavona, and acro's for a bunch of zoa's, ricordea, and a cool looking lavender clove polyp group!
Pics tonight when the camera is charged

 

[whyamisofl]

Some new items
Not the best, but the "good" camera is at the gf's, so these will have to suffice!
Ricordea

Leather

Clove Polyp

My sorry attempt of taking pictures of zoa's under actinics

Another of my anemone

Frogspawn

Actinic FTS

 

[whyamisofl]

Trying some actinic shots again -








Fishes.....

FTS with the cardinal posing in the corner

 

[gatorwpb]

Tank is looking great!! Nice colors with the actinic!

 

[whyamisofl]

thank you!! I cannot wait until I can learn how to use my camera! HA HA

 

[scopus tang]

Very nice. Love the "neon" red zoas under the actinics ~ do you know their common name?

 

[azul1994]

Lookin' good! The tank should look awesome once the corals start to grow in.

 

[whyamisofl]

There are "neon" orange and "neon" red in the tank..........
I am assuming the oranges are Bam Bam's

 

[scopus tang]

Yeah, was looking at zoas seventh from last. Is that the red or the orange?

 

[whyamisofl]

Originally Posted by whyamisofl
http:///forum/post/2622357


Top is red, bottom is BRIGHT orange

 

[whyamisofl]

Btw.....these are all under 3-96w PC's for now. I don't have the money right now to switch out to T5's. The zoa's should REALLY "pop" when I get my t5's!

 

[saltyshogun]

Great looking tank! That setup has a lot of potential.

 

[spiderwoman]

Looks like a good start! Hopefully you can switch you light to T5's really quick because your anemone needs more light than you currently have.

 

[whyamisofl]

I know my nem needs more light, so I have been spot feeding him in the meantime.......hopefully that keeps him happy enough to buy me a little more time!
BTW, this is my FIRST reef. I have had FOWLR in the past 150g, 175g, and a 220g.
Will be going the route of all softies! (acan's, favia, and acro's have been removed)

 

[clownfish11]

aww you should get a few LPS some big stuff to take some space up..
my 55reef is all softie cept a brain coral and candy cane

 

[whyamisofl]

Possibly a maze brain coral later down the road.......other than that, I really don't want any SPS or LPS