Hi, our tank and first corals!

[thatsruff]

Hi, we aren't the newest members but haven't officially introduced ourselves yet and we just got our first corals over the weekend! Our tank has been established for 3 months with a clown, a royal gramma, and a yellow watchman goby; more recently we have added a pistol shrimp who instantly paired with the watchman, a tiny tuxedo urchin, and a pink pincushion urchin who is destroying our coraline algae but is really cool. We also have a green coral goby in a 10 gal qt tank (we just lost a second one who was in there with him but was much more frail looking, hopefully the one makes it).

Hollywood Stunner Chalice

Coco Worm Feather Duster

Ricordea Mushroom

Meteor Shower

Trumpet

 

[thatsruff]

Yellow Watchman

Clown and Gramma

Pincushion Urchin

Tuxedo Urchin

FTS side 1

Our set up includes new Reef Radiance DM-155E leds, internal Fluval protein skimmer, hob mechanical filter, Hydor Korilla 750/850 gph power head, and about 25lbs of live rock; no sump.
Our parameters have been consistent, with the alk a bit low at 6.5-7, and the phosphate a bit high at .25, with everything else in good ranges.

Thanks for looking!

 

[thatsruff]

FTS side 2

 

[Ryan2428]

Love the goby and good luck it is a addictive hobby lol

 

[prsnlty]

Very nice! Loving the build thread

 

[revhtree]

Looks nice and welcome to R2R!

 

[thatsruff]

Love the goby and good luck it is a addictive hobby lol

Thanks, yeah he is really cool when he is out and about, which isn't always often but after we got the shrimp he got much more active.

 

[thatsruff]

Very nice! Loving the build thread

Thanks, still sort of weird to have a build thread at all after watching in the shadows for a few months. It is going to be even harder to not go out and get new stuff all the time now.

Looks nice and welcome to R2R!

Thanks!

 

[Naiad]

Lovely tank! I love my goby and shrimp

 

[thatsruff]

Lovely tank! I love my goby and shrimp

Thank you; also I don't think I mentioned that it is a 29 gallon tank.

 

[aslmx]

Looks great. I need to check into the pink pincushion. Coarline is a love hate relationship with me.

 

[thatsruff]

Looks great. I need to check into the pink pincushion. Coarline is a love hate relationship with me.

Thanks, yeah if I had more I wouldn't have a love hate relationship with the urchin.

 

[Reefing Madness]

 

[mike007]

Welcome to r2r keep us posted on your tank.

 

[Mike J.]

Welcome. Really like your pictures.

 

[thatsruff]

Welcome. Really like your pictures.

Thanks all; still trying to figure out how to not need to do lots of photoshop to get the pictures to look life-like, but getting better.

 

[Pete polyp]

Thanks for sharing. I always like to see other 29 gallon tanks in the hobby. Great start so far. Keep it up!

 

[Naiad]

Thanks, yeah if I had more I wouldn't have a love hate relationship with the urchin.

Haha my urchins are my best friends when it comes to keeping it from taking over.

 

[thatsruff]

Thanks for sharing. I always like to see other 29 gallon tanks in the hobby. Great start so far. Keep it up!

Thank you, it is always reassuring to see other minimal tank-set ups without sumps thrive like yours.

 

[thatsruff]

Two quick things:

- If anyone has a similar issue with an urchin eating all of their good algae, we are having good initial returns on New Era MarineGrazer; it has not gotten off that thing since we put it in last night.

- Does anyone NOT medicate their fish while in QT? We have a green coral goby in a qt right now; it is skinny still but it is eating and seems otherwise healthy. We plan on observing it for a few weeks, fattening it up, and if it still seems healthy then I don't think we will medicate at all.