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[lion king]

There's a cave in that mound, I would cut it to keep it from covering the entire tank.

 

[Slocke]

There's a cave in that mound, I would cut it to keep it from covering the entire tank.

WOW This is certainly what I'm hoping for! Must look incredible in person.

What species of Lions are those?

 

[i cant think]

WOW This is certainly what I'm hoping for! Must look incredible in person.

What species of Lions are those?

I’m not the owner of the tank or anything but I believe the lions are;
Pterois antennata - Antennata
Dendrochirus brachypterus - Fuzzy Dwarf
Dendrochirus biocellatus - Fu Manchu

 

[crusso1993]

There's a cave in that mound, I would cut it to keep it from covering the entire tank.

I’m a big fan of a cave in the mound. Oh, wait, are we talking about reefing? Never mind…

 

[Slocke]

GSP is like the dandelion of reefing. In order for it to die one has to really nuke it! I know many reefers don’t like GSP and consider it a nuisance. I, however, have always liked it. Especially when maintained.

Yeah it's so tough. My rock was one of my original rocks and survived no water followed by massive salinity swings since I started with a broken hydrometer. But the glow is second to none so now that's it alone and I don't have to chop it down every week to save other corals I can just enjoy it.

 

[lion king]

I’m not the owner of the tank or anything but I believe the lions are;
Pterois antennata - Antennata
Dendrochirus brachypterus - Fuzzy Dwarf
Dendrochirus biocellatus - Fu Manchu

Not Dendrochirus brachypterus - Fuzzy Dwarf but Dendrochirus zebra - Dwarf/Zebra, there is a fuzzy in there somewhere. The other 2 are right.

 

[i cant think]

Not Dendrochirus brachypterus - Fuzzy Dwarf but Dendrochirus zebra - Dwarf/Zebra, there is a fuzzy in there somewhere. The other 2 are right.

I was toying between the two and went with the more common one.
The tank looks gorgeous, do you still have it running?

 

[lion king]

I was toying between the two and went with the more common one.
The tank looks gorgeous, do you still have it running?

I got utterly bored of taking care of a reef. That tank ran for over 10 years, the lions got old and I gave the ribbon eel to a friend. That was not the ribbon's original tank and he outgrew that tank, it's a 90g. Here's the tank today as a fowlr with a new crew, this crew has been going over 4 years. A Rhinopias frondosa -Rhino, Dendrochirus zebra - Dwarf/Zebra, Pterois antennata - Antennata, Dendrochirus brachypterus - Red Fuzzy Dwarf, and Pterois radiata- Radiata.

 

[Slocke]

I got utterly bored of taking care of a reef. That tank ran for over 10 years, the lions got old and I gave the ribbon eel to a friend. That was not the ribbon's original tank and he outgrew that tank, it's a 90g. Here's the tank today as a fowlr with a new crew, this crew has been going over 4 years. A Rhinopias frondosa -Rhino, Dendrochirus zebra - Dwarf/Zebra, Pterois antennata - Antennata, Dendrochirus brachypterus - Red Fuzzy Dwarf, and Pterois radiata- Radiata.

Those are such magnificent fish! They really are some of the most beautiful fish in the hobby.

 

[lion king]

I was toying between the two and went with the more common one.
The tank looks gorgeous, do you still have it running?

Hard to find pics of that old tank, on a crashed computer. Here's one of the other side of the tank; with a euphyllia garden, some ricordia mushrooms, and one of my fav fox coral.

 

[i cant think]

Hard to find pics of that old tank, on a crashed computer. Here's one of the other side of the tank; with a euphyllia garden, some ricordia mushrooms, and one of my fav fox coral.

Foxcoral is a beautiful coral, I wish I picked some up when I had the chance, I’ve never seen it again.

 

[lion king]

Those are such magnificent fish! They really are some of the most beautiful fish in the hobby.

Thanks, here's the fuzzy that was in that tank, and a couple more I've had through the years. Another yellow fuzzy, a blackfoot-Parapterois heterura and a 12" black volitan that was over 10 years old.

 

[Slocke]

Thanks, here's the fuzzy that was in that tank, and a couple more I've had through the years. Another yellow fuzzy, a blackfoot-Parapterois heterura and a 12" black volitan that was over 10 years old.

I did not know that fuzzies existed. That color is absolutely stunning! One of the prettiest fish I've seen. Its like that robin I used to love but with more color and even better fins.

 

[MECOMI]

Engineer goby and banded spam. They don't get many pictures so here's a lot. My camera is obviously not good at long things though.

Interesting thread here. I think the tank looks awesome no matter what your dad thinks...

I have never had eel's myself but they have definitely peaked my interest. Before i bought my used RSM S-500 the LFS near me had a six foot + eel donated to them.

Initially they were told it was just two to three feet long which is why they agreed to the donation but once they realized it was so big they housed it for about a week in the S-500 before donating it to the tank at UNE.

I apologize about the spam @Slocke but i am curious if one of you Eel enthusiast know what species this is?

Later days,

B-Kind

 

[i cant think]

Interesting thread here. I think the tank looks awesome no matter what your dad thinks...

I have never had eel's myself but they have definitely peaked my interest. Before i bought my used RSM S-500 the LFS near me had a six foot + eel donated to them.

Initially they were told it was just two to three feet long which is why they agreed to the donation but once they realized it was so big they housed it for about a week in the S-500 before donating it to the tank at UNE.

I apologize about the spam @Slocke but i am curious if one of you Eel enthusiast know what species this is?

Later days,

B-Kind

Looks to me like a Tesselata, Gymnothorax favagineus.

 

[Petcrazyson]

apologize about the spam @Slocke but i am curious if one of you Eel enthusiast know what species this is?

I agree with Aaron this is a Tesselata. Very pretty, will get big, well get chunky, and very hungry lol.

 

[Slocke]

Interesting thread here. I think the tank looks awesome no matter what your dad thinks...

I have never had eel's myself but they have definitely peaked my interest. Before i bought my used RSM S-500 the LFS near me had a six foot + eel donated to them.

Initially they were told it was just two to three feet long which is why they agreed to the donation but once they realized it was so big they housed it for about a week in the S-500 before donating it to the tank at UNE.

I apologize about the spam @Slocke but i am curious if one of you Eel enthusiast know what species this is?

Later days,

B-Kind

Agreed with others! It is a beautiful tessalata. Have you seen this @lion king ?

 

[MECOMI]

Looks to me like a Tesselata, Gymnothorax favagineus.

Excellent thank you sir! I think the LFS originally told me what it was but i was to enamored by the thing to pay attention, haha.

I agree with Aaron this is a Tesselata. Very pretty, will get big, well get chunky, and very hungry lol.

LoL, Thinking about something this big inside a 135 gallon makes me shutter . Apparently the eel completely rearranged the rock structure along with eating most of the fish... whoopsie! I was definitely happy that they rescued it though and donated it quickly. Easy Aquariums is a good LFS.

Agreed with others! It is a beautiful tessalata. Have you seen this @lion king ?

Wow three people in a row that agree on the internet...haha. Sometimes you just find the right people!

Thank you folks for the confirmation,

B-Kind

 

[Mschmidt]

Excellent thank you sir! I think the LFS originally told me what it was but i was to enamored by the thing to pay attention, haha.


LoL, Thinking about something this big inside a 135 gallon makes me shutter . Apparently the eel completely rearranged the rock structure along with eating most of the fish... whoopsie! I was definitely happy that they rescued it though and donated it quickly. Easy Aquariums is a good LFS.


Wow three people in a row that agree on the internet...haha. Sometimes you just find the right people!

Thank you folks for the confirmation,

B-Kind

and no one disagreed with the ID.

 

[Slocke]

I'm back and am loving this tank right now!