Sniperhank's UPGRADED 55 gal Build

[Bearchumjs]

It's all good. But thanks. Been wondering where you'd been bear, you always respond to my posts. Anyway...I'll say it is in honor of your return, but here are my 2 new guys in acclimation. One rose bta and a gold maxima clam. Digging a piece of LR for the clam out of my 36 as we speak.

They look good!

(I'm on vacation. )

 

[needmorecowbell]

They came in seperatw bags. I was eusjed to acclimate since i was going to murrysville. They only ended up in there for 10 min and did great at adjusting to the tank. The clam needs to set his foot though, picked him off of his side in the sand twice. I gave him a nice rock. The nem was under an overhang where i left him away from corals. He was put there on purpose.

Oh, gotcha, sounds great!

 

[Sniperhank]

Ok. Just got back from Erie. Before you ask, no there aren't any new additions. My tank is very full now. Just wanted to give the updated pics of my maxima and rbta. The rbta, though beautiful, decided that he wanted to live at the back of the tank...

 

[needmorecowbell]

Wow.. That's a beautiful clam.. Hope the rbta moves for you! Can you see it at all or is it really hard to look at?

 

[Sniperhank]

Just hard to look at.

 

[needmorecowbell]

You could move your powerheads or something, but you have to make sure the other corals are happy of course too.

 

[Sniperhank]

I ended up moving the rock so it is now in the front. Here is hoping I didn't damage the foot.

 

[needmorecowbell]

The only problem with that is that if it isn't comfortable, it's not gonna stay there, it might move right back.

 

[Sniperhank]

It can't, I moved the entire rock. It was one of the top arches and is no longer an arch.

 

[Bearchumjs]

It can't, I moved the entire rock. It was one of the top arches and is no longer an arch.

Why can't the rbta move itself? I thought they'd move to where they are happy.

 

[Nu-Nu the eel]

Why can't the rbta move itself? I thought they'd move to where they are happy.

Haha yes but where the nem is happy is not always where the owner is happy

 

[Bearchumjs]

Haha yes but where the nem is happy is not always where the owner is happy

I understand that. LOL! I'd want to see it too. But how will he keep it from moving again? He said it can't move to the back again.

 

[Sniperhank]

It hasn't moved from the new spot so I'm not expecting him to move.

 

[Sniperhank]

Only moved a tad like I assumed it would. It is pretty retracted currently, I think my emerald crab got too close to it. Prior it was flourishing.

Clam is doing great too. Just waiting for him to actually set himself onto the rock I put him on. He sure is taking his time with it.

Side note, the moonlighting I got is garbage. Barely a glow in my tank. Owell, it'll do for now.

 

[Sniperhank]

A couple of updated pics. There are several more that haven't uploaded yet, but it is time for work. Please ignore the bad quality, besides there still being some snot algae I didn't have time to remove this morning, I found some junk on my phone's lens.

 

[needmorecowbell]

What's the third one? I like it a lot.

 

[Sniperhank]

That would be my green pocillopora damicornis. It is the same thing as my pink damicornis...just green. It is more pointed due to having to reach for light prior to me owning it. Since then I've kept trying to move it up, but it hasn't done well adjusting. It is still on my sandbed because of this, with nice polyp extention... but it could be better so I'm thinking about moving it up soon.

 

[needmorecowbell]

Oh gotcha. Hey, if it's doing well already, why fix it?

 

[Sniperhank]

Because it could be better...but in reality I have no place to put it, which is why it continues to stay anchored on a rock in my sandbed.

 

[Sniperhank]

Since I needed powerheads for my 36, as I robbed it for my 55...I kinda added a Reef octopus nwb150 to my order. Good bye seaclone!