New 40 gallon breeder tank build starting soon...

[Shaunv]

I would do both

Sweet, I will do that then. I do need a wrasse to get rid of the nudibranchs in my tank. I dipped all my zoas before transferring to the new tank but did not have any come off. I know there must be some though because my zoas get gobbled up at times and I have pulled some off in the past.

 

[Shaunv]

Tank update:
the tank has been up and running for about 2 months now and everything seems to be doing pretty well. I have new coral growth and some corals that had lost there color are beginning to get it back. Below is the equipment and current stock list plus a wish list.


Equipment List
40 gallon Aqueon Breeder
20 gallons long Aqueon sump
Glass-holes 700gph overflow kit
Ecotech Mp10w set to nutrient transport mode
Sicce Syncra 3.0 return pump
Reef Octopus NW-SSS-110 space saving protein skimmer
Reef Octopus AQ-1000S skimmer pump
Aquatic Life T5 HO 36" dual lamp fixture with a pure actinic bulb and an Actnic+ bulb on 12 hours/day
Kessil 350w blues set to 60% whites set to 25% on 10 hours/day
JBJ Auto Top Off

clean up crew
20 tiny Nassarius snails
20 tiny Cerith snails
5 Nerite Snails
5 Astrea snails
3 Turbo snails
3 Banded Trochus
7 bumblebee snails
2 Emerald Crab
1 skunk cleaner shrimp
1 Sexy shrimp
1 red banded pistol shrimp
1 blue porcelain crab

Derasa clam

Current fish
1 ORA B&W Clownfish
1 Yasha Goby
1 ORA Electric Indigo Dottyback
1 Tricolor Fairy Wrasse

Current coral
Jason Fox Candyland Cyphastrea
Jason Fox Outer Space Psammocora
ORA birdsnest
ORA Red Planet Millepora
Purple Monster Acropora
Strawberry shortcake Acropora
Barbie Millepora
Orange Frogspawn
Cali Tort
Pearlberry Acropora
Chili Pepper Montipora
Orange Capricornis Montipora
Rainbow Montipora
Blue Polyp Flowerpot montipora
Tyree Setosa Montipora
Jedi Mind Trick Montipora
Mystic Montipora
Green Slimer
Purple Polyp Stylophilia
Tri-color Valida
unknown blue tenuis
Garf like Bonsai
Tyree Pot of Gold Favia
Pectinia
Diaseris Fragilis (green)
Pipe Organ
Hairy Lavender Mushroom
Blue Mushroom
Green Mushroom
Ultra orange Acan
Green/red/purple acan
micromussa Acan
Rainbow Acan
Blastomussa Merletti
Toxic Trumpet
Pulsing Xenia
Long Tentacled GSP
Green Spongodes
Tubbs birdsnest
purple polyp green birdsnest
Bubblegum monster chalice
Maze brain
Hollywood Stunner
Yellow Scroll
Purple Digitata
green rimmed purple mouth platygyra
an unknown pink acros
and another unknown green acro
Rainbow Symphillia
Jack O Lantern
Ice Breaker Chalice
orange chalice with green stripe and yellow eyes
bluish chalice with yellow eyes
green chalice with yellow eyes
golden eye chalice
Green Parascolymia
Bleeding Apple Scoly

Zoas
Orange Maul
Scrambled Eggs
Eagle Eyes
Greenbay Packers
Fire and Ice
Spider Man
Candy Apple Pinks
Rastas
Sunny D
Kedd Redd
PZ Blue Lagoon
Space Invaders
Strawberry Lemonade
My Clementine morph
Gobstopper or goochster

Nuclear Holocaust like Paly's
variety of unknowns.


I plan on getting rid of the Hollywood Stunner, Idaho Grape, Nuclear Holocaust paly's, and trading the brain in for a different color variation. I am also considering getting rid of the Diaseris Fragilis and maybe the Orange Montipora. I may have to get rid of the Pectinia at some point since the sweepers are so long.


Fish wish list
ORA Green Mandarin


Coral Wish List
Jason Fox Fox Flame
jason Fox Aquaman Montipora
Jason Fox Yellow Pavona
Jason Fox Blue Saphire
Jason Fox Robin's egg
Jason Fox Shock Tart
Jason Fox Terra Nova
Jason Fox Tierra del Fuego
Jason Fox limeade
Jason Fox Toro Bravo Favia
Jason Fox Beach Bum Montipora
ATL Acid Rain Tabling Acro
ATL Raspberry sherbert
ATL Vanuatu Pink Lemonade
ATL Pink tulip Acro
ATL Purple Godzilla Stag
Tyree. Pink Lemonade
Tyree Rogue Millepora
Tyree Sunset Montipora
Tyree Superman Montipora
WWC Forcefield Acropora
Cherry Corals Mind Meld Lithophyllon
Pro Coral Rainbow Acropora
Reef Raft Wolverine
Route 66 Marine Phoenix Montipora Danae
Oregon Tort
Orange Passion Acro
Gonzo's Raspberry Lemonade
Gonzo's. Blueberry Diesel
Ice Fire Echinata
Hawkins Echinata
Red dragon Acropora
Palmer's Blue Millepora
Pink watermelon chalice
Jack O Lantern Leptoseris

Master Scoly

Zoas/Pay's
Night Fury
Utter Chaos
Magicians
Captain America
Armor of God
Pink Zipper
Maya Sun
Metallic Dreamz
Pinwheels
Sopranos
I am sure the list will grow

 

[Miah2bzy]

Any updates on ur tank Shaun?

 

[Shaunv]

Any updates on ur tank Shaun?

Hey Jeremiah. Tank is doing well! I am showing new growth on just about every coral. New zoa heads are popping out which is awesome! In my previous tank, the growth on most of the corals was really slow. Except of course for the GSP and Anthelia. My Jedi mind trick has about doubled in size and my mushrooms have never been bigger! So all in all, it's going great. I am still having a bit of a diatom bloom but I know that will go away eventually. I am getting some new livestock from Cris at Aquatic Art this week. I ordered a mated pair of yellow line gobies, a mandarin fish, and an electric indigo Dottyback from ORA and also put an order in for a tricolor lubbocks wrasse and a Yasha goby with a shrimp. After those are in, I may be done adding fish but we shall see. I am planning on picking up some more corals this weekend from DyM. It's so exciting seeing things begin to thrive!

 

[Miah2bzy]

How r u feeding the mandarin?

 

[Shaunv]

Didn't end up with a Mandarin since ORA doesn't have them available any more. I updated my current stock list above.

 

[Shaunv]

Updated FTS

 

[Shaunv]

Tank update:
the tank has been up and running for about 10 months now and everything seems to be doing pretty well. I had 2 fish die and I think it was due to stray voltage from a faulty heater. I changed out the heater.

clean up crew
20 tiny Nassarius snails
20 tiny Cerith snails
5 Nerite Snails
5 Astrea snails
3 Turbo snails
3 Banded Trochus
7 bumblebee snails
2 tiger Nassarius snails
1 fighting conch
4 Emerald Crab
1 Blue leg hermit
3 Red leg hermit
1 skunk cleaner shrimp
1 Sexy shrimp
1 red banded pistol shrimp
4 peppermint shrimp
1 blue porcelain crab
1 lettuce nudibranch
1 Fromia starfish

Current fish
1 ORA B&W Clownfish
1 tailspot blenny
1 Green Mandarin
1 Lubbocks Wrasse
Female Watchman Goby

Current coral
Reef Raft Wolverine
Gonzo's Bonfire
Pro Corals Rainbow Acro
Vivid Rainbow delight
Jason Fox Fox Flame Acro
Jason Fox Candyland Cyphastrea
Jason Fox Outer Space Psammocora
ORA birds-nest
ORA Blue Voodoo
ORA Red Planet Acropora
Green Planet Acropora
Strawberry shortcake Acropora
MBC Barbie Millepora
Tyree Pink Lemonade
Red Dragon
Turaki
Orange Frogspawn
Green Hammer
Cali Tort
Pearlberry Acro
Appleberry Montipora
Superman Montipora
Bloody Mary Montipora
Chili Pepper Montipora
Orange Capricornis Montipora
Green Capricornis Montipora
Rainbow Montipora
Blue Polyp Flowerpot montipora
Tyree Setosa Montipora
Hologram montipora
Mystic Montipora
Tubbs Stellata Montipora
Sunset Montipora
Green Bali Slimer
ATL Green Slimer
Blue tip Green Slimer
Purple Polyp stylophora
Tri-color Valida
unknown blue tenuis
Garf Bonsai
Tyree Pot of Gold Favia
Gonzo's yellow eye Pectinia
Diaseris Fragilis (green)
Pipe Organ
Yellow Scroll
Hairy Lavender Mushroom
Blue Mushroom
Green Mushroom
yellow spotted mushroom
green mushroom with blue spots
Iron man mushroom
orange ricordia
Ultra orange Acan
Green/red/purple acan
micromussa orange/green
Rainbow Acan
Blastomussa Merletti
Blasto
Toxic Trumpet
Pulsing Xenia
green striped clove
yellow striped clove
Long Tentacled GSP
Tubbs birdsnest
purple polyp green birdsnest
Maze brain
Fungia
Hollywood Stunner
Yellow Scroll
Purple Digitata
Rainbow Symphillia
Jack O Lantern Lepto
Ice Breaker Chalice
golden eye chalice
Bubblegum monster chalice
Green Parascolymia
Bleeding Apple Scoly
Green Pocilapora
Rainbow Leptastrea
Bowerbanki

Zoas
WWC Pink Krakatoa
WWC Halle Berries
Hallucinations
Seductions
Emeralds on Fire
MBC Vampire
Electric Oompa Loompa
Fruit Loops
Pinwheels
Scrambled Eggs
Eagle Eyes
Greenbay Packers
Fire and Ice
Speckled Fire and Ice
Spider Man
Candy Apple Pinks
Candy Apple Reds
Rastas
Sunny D
Vivid Rainbow
Kedd Redd
PZ Blue Lagoon
PZ Stingers
Space Monster
Strawberry Lemonade
My Clementine
Goochster
Tubbs blues
Pink Zippers
whammin' watermelons
Gorilla Nipples
Blueberry fields
Hawaiian Ding Dangs
Wolverine
Utter Chaos
Blue Hornets
Red hornets
Magicians
Mohawks
VDM
Wow
variety of no named zoas/paly's

Macro Algae
Red Dragon
Dragon's Breath
Dragon's Tongue
Chaetomorpha

 

[Shaunv]

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[BrianH]

Nice looking tank!!

 

[SynDen]

Looks awesome, man! Really starting to take off. and man you have that thing packed

 

[Shaunv]

Nice looking tank!!

Thanks Brian! I appreciate it.

 

[Shaunv]

Looks awesome, man! Really starting to take off. and man you have that thing packed

Thanks SynDen! Yes, it's starting to fill in nicely. It is fairly packed but still have room for more .

 

[SkyShark]

Wow, great coral list! Looks great!

 

[Mermaid Gardens]

Great looking tank.

 

[Shaunv]

Wow, great coral list! Looks great!

Great looking tank.

Thanks guys! I'm really liking how it's coming along. I can't wait for it to fill in.

 

[Shaunv]

More iPhone pics...

 

[Miah2bzy]

Those r great looking corals Shaun!

 

[Shaunv]

Close ups...

 

[Miah2bzy]

What's the coral in the last photo posted there? Gonna have to add it to my ever growing list