Scott's 55 gallon reef build

[scottayy]

And here are two good striped maroon clown fish. It concerns me that I've had them for a year and they've only went from one inch to two inches. Also the gold bands aren't very pronounced yet.

 

[Bearchumjs]

And here are two good striped maroon clown fish. It concerns me that I've had them for a year and they've only went from one inch to two inches. Also the gold bands aren't very pronounced yet.

Why is that concerning?

 

[scottayy]

Why is that concerning?

I've read that they grow to 5-6 inches within a year, and that the gold bands show up at 6 months old.

They still so cute tho.

 

[scottayy]

Heree's a very generic question.

If i feed more, or more often, will the fish grow bigger and faster? I'm currently only feeding once or twice a week.

 

[Buffy]

I feed every other to 3rd day. My fish are growing nicely but my corals seem slow although there is growth. What do you use for your corals and how often?

 

[navaljonf]

I've had a maroon clown for 7 yrs and it is around 4", so nothing to worry about there...they look awesome btw

 

[Sniperhank]

I feed Wednesdays and Sundays. This schedule keeps my fish fat. Feeding more will only cause parameter issues.

 

[scottayy]

I feed photo and dt. Though lately I've been feeding crushed up pellets to the euphylia and silversides to my open brain, rose bta bubble coral, and plate coral.

I've been feeding every other day now. Mixture of marine chips, mysis, and veggie flakes.

Water quality is fine as the fish don't leave any extra and if they do I have like 100 snails.

I want my female maroon clown to get to 5-6 inches. She's about two inches now. I also want the gold stripes to get more pronounced. They're still white a little bit.

 

[scottayy]

Here's my brain coral looking awesome and fluorescent. Wish I had a better camera than my phone camera.

 

[Bearchumjs]

Here's my brain coral looking awesome and fluorescent. Wish I had a better camera than my phone camera.

Beautiful!! Thank you for sharing!

 

[scottayy]

Beautiful!! Thank you for sharing!

Thank you for appreciating the beauty!

 

[scottayy]

Picked up a torch, green star polyp, and birds nest today. Pics tomorrow when they open up.

 

[Bearchumjs]

Picked up a torch, green star polyp, and birds nest today. Pics tomorrow when they open up.

Very awesome!! Excited for pics!

 

[scottayy]

My next big investment will be a camera to properly capture my tanks colors. Cell phone camera isn't cutting it anymore.

I found a few asterina stars today.

Torch coral, tiny gsp patch, and tiny frag of a purple birdsnest coral.

 

[scottayy]

Cropped close-up

 

[Bearchumjs]

Everything looks great! That birdsnest sure looks happy!

 

[Buffy]

Hey, how are you and that beautiful tank of yours doing?