120 Gallon Salty Condo

[Dowtish]

Looks great! Hit me up at the meeting, and we'll get a couple more corals in there.

Typed from my phone, because I have nothing better to do.

 

[schooleyosis]

Your aquascape is awesome! Very clean tank! Cant wait to see its progress!

Thank you! Where abouts you at in America's High-five (MI)?

 

[schooleyosis]

Looks great! Hit me up at the meeting, and we'll get a couple more corals in there.

Typed from my phone, because I have nothing better to do.

I will do that for sure Chris! Thanks for your generosity. I plan on bringing buckets and cash. It's been over a month since I've added anything and I'm ready!

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Looks great and congrats! :)

 

[schooleyosis]

Thank you, thank you Rev.

 

[schooleyosis]

New Additions

Right side of the tank.

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Toadstool

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Middle of the tank. See, I got fish in there...

Kryptonite Candy Cane

Bam Bam Zoa's

Toadstool lookin' happy already. Only been 4 hours in the tank.

Duncan lookin' happy as well. Been in the tank for a few months now.

 

[schooleyosis]

Let's see if these work...

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[revhtree Verified Admin]

Vedy vedy nice. :D

 

[schooleyosis]

So I just witnessed my Blood Red Fire Shrimp riding the Foxface around the tank! I'm really excited to actually see this happen in my tank. I know the shrimp is a cleaner but never saw it near any of the fish. Maybe this will be another step towards me actually seeing it every once in a while.

 

[Dowtish]

I wanna see a video of it getting a ride! LOL

 

[Chelle's Ocean]

Awesome pics :) Looks like you're off to a great start - love buying frags and watching everything grow into it's spot :) Keep the pics coming :)

 

[schooleyosis]

I moved some things around so when they open back up and get happy I'll be glad to post some pics. I hope to be able to catch the shrimp riding the Foxface around. I think that is one of the coolest things ever, LOL, I'm a dork, I know.

 

[schooleyosis]

I wanna see a video of it getting a ride! LOL

Me too! LOL I'll see what I can come up with. This was just a first so let's see if I can catch them in action again.

 

[schooleyosis]

Coral Questions

This past Saturday I added a Toadstool leather to my tank and right away the think opened up and had full polyp extension and looked great. My Duncan coral was looking really good as well with good extension. Ever since then neither has come out at all both being fully retracted. So I thought it was due to fish traffic so I moved them both to different location.
Yesterday at lunch they were both maybe 50% extended and I thought "ok, they'll be fully extended when I get home tonight". NOPE. Ever since they have not been extended one bit.


Here are my questions:


Should I worry? Are they still adjusting to the new locations? Do I have a fish bothering them (potentially the six-line wrasse or the Pacific Blue Tang) as they always seem to be near the corals? Should I cover the corals in a strawberry type basket to keep the fish away but still allow for flow?


I've never owned these types of corals before so I'm not sure what to expect. All my other corals look great and show no signs of stress. Montis are all growing and looking great, crown leather is full extension, zoas are all open and happy, mushroom is open and looking good. I just can't explain it. Seems like the corals with long tentacles might just not work in my tank????

 

[Davesgt]

Nice setup!

 

[schooleyosis]

Nice setup!

Thank you!

 

[Fishinizer]

Nice!! What brand of LEDs are those?are they always that blue?like in the video?

 

[Dowtish]

This past Saturday I added a Toadstool leather to my tank and right away the think opened up and had full polyp extension and looked great. My Duncan coral was looking really good as well with good extension. Ever since then neither has come out at all both being fully retracted. So I thought it was due to fish traffic so I moved them both to different location.
Yesterday at lunch they were both maybe 50% extended and I thought "ok, they'll be fully extended when I get home tonight". NOPE. Ever since they have not been extended one bit.


Here are my questions:


Should I worry? Are they still adjusting to the new locations? Do I have a fish bothering them (potentially the six-line wrasse or the Pacific Blue Tang) as they always seem to be near the corals? Should I cover the corals in a strawberry type basket to keep the fish away but still allow for flow?


I've never owned these types of corals before so I'm not sure what to expect. All my other corals look great and show no signs of stress. Montis are all growing and looking great, crown leather is full extension, zoas are all open and happy, mushroom is open and looking good. I just can't explain it. Seems like the corals with long tentacles might just not work in my tank????

Your fish are not going to bother your corals. They are probably just adjusting to your system. This can take a couple of weeks sometimes. Differences in ph, salinity, lighting etc. are all reasons for it. Leave them alone, let them be, and see how they do. they should be fine. Patience Grasshopper....

 

[schooleyosis]

Nice!! What brand of LEDs are those?are they always that blue?like in the video?

They are roughly around 18k look I would say. At first I did not like them because I like more of a 12-14k look but now I am used to them and really like them. Not as blue as the video shows.

 

[schooleyosis]

Your fish are not going to bother your corals. They are probably just adjusting to your system. This can take a couple of weeks sometimes. Differences in ph, salinity, lighting etc. are all reasons for it. Leave them alone, let them be, and see how they do. they should be fine. Patience Grasshopper....

Thanks Chris! Funny you say patience because this is the most patient I have ever been. The tank is almost 1 year old and most people have their tanks stocked well beyond mine in just a few months! I'll leave them be and hopefully they adjust. The Duncan has been in there for a few months now but I did just move it so it needs to adjust again.