My 120 reef

[Jester1026]

About 6 in off the sand bed

 

[200 gallon reef]

Thanks. I am thinking about getting some and wanted to check on placement.

 

[Jester1026]

They started on the sand bed like all my corals and got moved up. They seem to like where they are at.

 

[SWSCJ]

Nice...

 

[Jester1026]

So I picked up a new fish on the way home from work. Acclimating now.

 

[SWSCJ]

Engineer Goby?

 

[TankMan]

Absolutely stunning!!! Incredible job. How long did this take from initial thought to ending result? ( and $$ ). It seems quite terrifying to me. I am a boring FW guy

 

[Jester1026]

Yeah engineer goby. Been at the lfs for 2 weeks

 

[Jester1026]

The tank as shown is actually the 58 gallon that I had set up combined with the 120 gallon that i picked up about 2 months ago. I started the 58 about 6 years ago when the wife and i lived in Florida and when we moved it came with me minus the livestock and corals. It actually "cycled" for 6 months after the move partially because I wasn't sure if I would go reef again and partially because i wanted to upgrade most of my equipment before starting again.

Almost all of the coral started as frags so the coral hasn't really cost that much (I have a friend in town with a reef tank and we swap frags all the time). I am lucky that the wife loves the tank cause it reminds her of home so i really get some "grey area" when I want to spend money on it. Many of the fish came from the LFS and didn't cost much cause I'm always taking in frags for store credit. I don't have an actual cost breakdown (probably a good thing) but if I was to guess I would say somewhere between 6k and 7k.

 

[Jester1026]

So it's been a while since any tank updates. Just got back from the lfs with a few new additions. 3 SI Kenya Anthias, a great looking war coral, fire and ice zoas and a small frag of purple and yellow zoas. Fish are dripping and coral pics will be up shortly.

 

[Jester1026]

War coral




Fire and ice zoas




Also put in my order for a pair of SA extreme black ice clowns. Should have them in about 3 weeks.

 

[jjamontan]

Nice corals

 

[Jester1026]

Thanks. Will post a fts in the am when the lights are back on

 

[Jester1026]

New fts

 

[jjamontan]

Looks good

 

[Jester1026]

Added my new fish today after 3 weeks in qt.




I have to say they are my new favorites.

 

[Beengirl]

Beautiful!! are those anthias?

 

[SWSCJ]

Beautiful fish. Here are my 3 Lyretail.

 

[Jester1026]

Beautiful!! are those anthias?

Yeah I got them about a month ago from SI. Wish I had a bigger tank so I could add a few more.