Poiromaniax Reef

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Hi Guys, here is my tank - been running for 2 months or so.

Specs:
1210x450x450 - Main Tank
100L sump with DSB and Chaeto running with 24/7 Lighting
ReefTek TS1
2 x 200W Heaters
Canister Filter running carbon and phos remover
2 x Seio powerheads
2 x 150W MH (although i am currently running T8's temporarily)

20KG mixed LR

Livestock:
GSP
Zoas
Shrooms

Six-Line Wrasse
Yellow tailed damsel
Algae Blenny
Bi-Color Blenny

6 x Hermit Crabs
5 x Turban Snails

Its a work in progress!

Please excuse the bad pic quality

FTS
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LHS
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Centre
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RHS
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Zoa Rock
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GSP frag opening in the morning
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Shrooms and Polyps frag
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Some Zoa closeups, as you can see, there are about 4 or 5 diff zoas on that rock
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And this shot, I zoomed out AS i took the photo (manual zoom lens) I LOVE this shot!!!
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Some Shrooms
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Featherdusters
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Bi-Color Blenny
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Algae Blenny
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On my cleaning magnet!
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Thats all for now
 
looks really nice:)

love the scape, nice bridge there.


do you have any conflict issued between the two blennies? they are very similar fish and they may start havinga go at each other?
 
Thanx 4 the compliments guys!

@crispin -I plan to cover the front of the bridge with mushrooms frags, i have a few floating around tank that i have to stick down, the blennies get along fine with each other! they did battle over bolt holes in the beginning but evrything is fine now!

@jacquesb - well, now im just stocking the tank, now that filtration and lighting is sorted...im always open to donations ;)
 
Thanx scuba! any ideas as to which Zoa's are the fast growers/aggressive ones and I will frag them off and place them elsewhere.

I can already see that im gonna have to perform a rescue operation on the orange Zoa's, they have almost been completely overun
 
well i dont know actually, i would rather concentrate on whats the prettiest to me, rather than the fastest growing, like some of my zoas i would fling in an instant compared to some that i've had:) but save the orange ones definitly, nothing is worth being wasted
 
Howzit Poiro,comming along nicely buddy.Just needs to mature more.
 
Looking great, nice scaping.

Any reason your Zoas are not opening ?
 
Some Engine room pics....

FSS (Full Sump Shot :p)
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Chaeto
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Skimmer, well.....skimming
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Wow, what a trip down memory lane, I forgot that my tank even looked like this...

Well, time for an update:

Since these photos, I have:

1) Added a black background
2) Moved the tank out of my bedroom (Now i can sleep through the night :D )
3) Added a HOB filter to house floss and/or carbon
4) Got rid of the MH's and switched to 4 x 54W T5's
5) Added a small powerhead to DSB
6) Added a powerhead to the return chamber in sump to keep detritus from settling
7) Added SunSun JVP-101 to DT
8) Removed horrible base Rock and replaced it with Bio-Rock
9) Added Eggcrate as a LR stand
10) Added Bio-rock to return chamber in sump
11) I made a overflow mesh to prevent snails and the likes from wondering down my overflow

My current LS list is as follows:

1 x Jumping Bean Angel
1 x Sailfin Tang
5 x Blue/Green Chromis
1 x Lawnmower Blenny
1 x Cleaner Shrimp
2 x XL Blue legged hermits
4 x M Red Hermits

I have no idea how many brittle stars i have, I know at one stage i had about 4 or 5.

Corals:

Brown/Green Star Polyps (Pachyclavularia)
Purple mushrooms (Discosoma)
green striped mushrooms (Discosoma)
Finger/Devil coral (Sinularia - 2 types)
Candy Cane (Caulastrea)
Bubble Coral (Plerogyra)
Pin Cushion Leather
Assorted Zoas (Zoanthus sp.)
Paly's (Palythoa Natalensis)
Button Polyps (Protopalythoa grandis)

Pics to come now
 
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