My new 220 gallon

[coffeetwitch]

Good morning all! This is the beauty I woke up to at 55 degrees this morning

that is one heck of a view!

are these the corals your bringing back to life?

 

[Jlsardina]

that is one heck of a view!

are these the corals your bringing back to life?

Yep. Some already have feeders out. Others not

 

[redsea]

Nice picture of the sunrise!

 

[Jlsardina]

Got some new sea fans







Also- you know you are an aquarist if you spend 100$ on water tests at a WHOLESALER warehouse. Lol

 

[redsea]

Got some new sea fans

Also- you know you are an aquarist if you spend 100$ on water tests at a WHOLESALER warehouse. Lol

Very nice! The sea fans have great color!

 

[TLTGF]

Very nice! The sea fans have great color!

+1 add jealousy

 

[RJT]

Very nice

 

[coffeetwitch]

how about a full tank shot now that you have added so many new cool things.

 

[Jlsardina]

Lol. Just for you twitch.

 

[Jlsardina]

Oh yes- I must add. It was feeding time but lights just came on all the way and I had to jet so this is all I can give you for now. When I get home from the tank set up I'll try to get a better shot.

 

[coffeetwitch]

amazing. thinking back to when it was just tank and stand.

 

[Jlsardina]

amazing. thinking back to when it was just tank and stand.

Lol. I think back a lot. Remembering the size of some of my corals to what they are now amazes me. I got to be doing something right. Lol.

 

[redsea]

Lol. Just for you twitch.

The tank looks absolutely fantastic!

 

[Jlsardina]

Ok. Have a question for you guys- is anyone else's torch coral a true predator?

My torch grabs and pulls my plate coral over to it if I forget to feed it silversides. At first I thought I was crazy. But I did an experiment last night. I used a dry erase marker to mark out where I put my plate coral to see if it was just the torch getting longer or the plate moving. Well- it turns out my plate moved 4.5 inches over night and the torch had its tentacles on it. Of course, I have now moved the plate over closer to the other one. But I find it really odd. This was an ongoing thing for about two weeks. Every few days I would have to get the grabber out and move the plate further back away from the torch. The torch would have its tentacles on the plate and I would have to separate them. Neither coral has any sting marks or damage- but still. It's aggravating.

 

[TLTGF]

I hope you don't mind a side question... Are you plates inflated during the day and night or just day, just night? My plate only inflates after 9pm for a few hours and then deflates again...

 

[Jlsardina]

I hope you don't mind a side question... Are you plates inflated during the day and night or just day, just night? My plate only inflates after 9pm for a few hours and then deflates again...

I have 3 plates. 2 short and 1 long tentacle. The long tentacle is open at all times of lights on. The shorts take a little longer to open- but will stay open past lights out as well.

Of course, I have sort of "trained" my corals to be open I guess since I feed early in the day to include oyster juice and phyto

 

[Jlsardina]

Woohoo! My clowns are now hosting my torch coral instead of my welso brain! My welso wasn't happy with them and I used little mirrors behind the torch and in two weeks the clowns started hosting the torch! Now that I took the mirrors out though they are probably wondering where the other clowns (the ones in the mirror) went. Lol.





Btw- I got this torch a few months back. It was little. It has exploded in my tank. Lol. The clown in the pic is a 3 inch clown.

 

[Jlsardina]

Oh yeah- can you tell it's feeding time???

 

[Jlsardina]

Btw Jesse - I know you wanted a purple tang- but I've heard that pretty much they are impossible to get now since the conflict is going on over in Africa. Something about not shipping them out anymore. Sorry.

 

[Kio707]

My LFS just got some, so hopefully others can too. He got them in today. Called and asked if I wanted one. It's in his QT till I know it won't get ich...