e-zlight's 55g & future 180g

[e-zlight]

Hey all, I'm new around here. I have a rough history with tanks, but am now on the right track, and moving forward.

I currently have a 55 gallon setup with the normal crabs, snails, starfish, a diamond goby, false perc clown, and a green mandarin. I FINALLY have corals in my tank. I know I have a war coral, candy cane, an acan (Don't know which one.) I challenge you guys to ID my corals for me. Cause I have no clue whats in there. :wink: I'm going to be adding rock when it's ready so I can get the corals higher.

Here's a wide view

Left side (Anemone is hiding in there)

Center (Where all the corals are)

Coral

More of same coral

Candy cane & unknown

Unknown

Here's a good picture of most of the corals that I just took, because I didn't like the pictures above.

The following three pictures are of the coral on a plug that I'm unsure of. None of the pics are that great.

And here's a picture of my 180 that is waiting patiently to be filled and ran. The left side of the tank HAD rocks in it untill this morning. I'm curing the rock that was there in another tank, so I can redo the aquascaping of the 55. I need to get the corals a lil higher in my tank.

 

[skinz78]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

It looks like you are off to a great start. One thing I noticed is it looks like you have an Arrow Crab, and a rather large one at that. They can be questionable as to being reef safe, if they can catch a fish they'll attack it.

I'll use this pic for ID'ing your corals, starting on the left side.

Far left is a Blastomussa Merletti, left front I think is also a Blastomussa Merletti, left rear looks like a Chalice, center back left is a Candycane, center left front is a Chalice, center right rear is a War Coral, center right front is a Acan Lord, and far right is a Candycane.

 

[revsgirl]

Lookin good!

 

[e-zlight]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

It looks like you are off to a great start. One thing I noticed is it looks like you have an Arrow Crab, and a rather large one at that. They can be questionable as to being reef safe, if they can catch a fish they'll attack it.

I'll use this pic for ID'ing your corals, starting on the left side.

Far left is a Blastomussa Merletti, left front I think is also a Blastomussa Merletti, left rear looks like a Chalice, center back left is a Candycane, center left front is a Chalice, center right rear is a War Coral, center right front is a Acan Lord, and far right is a Candycane.

Thanks. I've lost a couple of emeralds. AT this point I have one with rather large claws, and the other is missing a claw. In the past 3 weeks we've taken 2 others out. We think it might be the arrow. We got the arrow while my tank was fallow to fight bristle worms. I've actually been thinking about taking him back to the LFS, as I'm unsure about whether he should be a long term item in my tank.

The one on the flat on the front left is actually a second war coral frag that someone/something keep flipping over, or moving off the rock. He's MIA on a regular basis, and we have to find him. Another reason why I'm curing rock to add to this tank. Need to glue a few of these guys down.

Lookin good!

Thanks

 

[skinz78]

Yeah I would get rid of the Arrow if you are having stuff come up missing.

 

[e-zlight]

A lil update on my 55. Here's what she looks like now. I have to upgrade my lights, then I can move corals around where I want them better. With just power compacts, I'm stuck having em all high up. Added probably double the rock, and a few corals.

View from standing back

New cleaner shrimp

Z'clown

green Mandarin.

Our Diamond goby. He's a cool lil guy.

Lawnmower blenny. He's gone. For some reason I can't seem to keep these guys. Drip acclimation and all, still can't keep them. Longest one survived 3 weeks, but him rotting in my tank also cause it to crash. (a while ago) Don't know why I feel like I "need" one, maybe because I've failed them prior, I'm determined to have one?

White frogspawn. The rock they're on my wife called her monkey skull. So one day, I drilled a hole in both eye sockets, and glued the plugs in. LOL She laughed.

Up top you can see my 2 war coral frags on the same rock, and a sps coral. I don't remember the name. It's orange with green polyps. Between those two are a plug with teal acans, Also, very top left you can see my red acans, and the original Blastomussa Merletti's

Here is a pic slightly left of the last, but this shows my daughters pom pom xanias up top (She picked them out herself by special request, and she bid on them.) The blue (looks purple under my lights) star polyps, and it has a couple of zoas on it right in front, next to the mower, a green leather (I think) I liekd this one. my original acan, which is actually a starfire acan. (Here's the link to the stores website where I got it. Thats the actual rock that was cut in half between me and another fellow. Treasure Coast Corals Starfire Acan)

Top middle is a ric frag I recently got (He's now down in the sand) Top right is another frag I have no idea what it is, my rock with a bunch of brown buttons on it is below my return, My anemone is down at the bottom. Along with my mandarin & a sandsifting starfish. Also, my candy canes are in here.

Close up of my teal acan and my orange/green polyps

Here's a close up of my starfire acan, my daughter pom pom's, and my other new acan.

 

[e-zlight]

Here's a close up of the one I can't remember. My wife thinks they called it a cosmic acan, but I think it was a favia. I dunno.

Here's my green thing that I think is cool.

The blue star polyps.

The ricorida. (I believe)

My chalice. The one on the right has lost it's purple, the one on the left is starting to. I dunno why. They were purple with lil orange spots on them.

My LTA that has me concerned. Most of the times he looks good, but occasionally he has me worried. Like these next two pictures. Then he looks ok in the 3 pics after.

All pics taken with my blue lights on, and daylights off.