evolved's 120gal wrasse & reef tank

evolved · Mar 16, 2011

Well, I might as well share some info & pictures of my little hoard in my home :)

Set-up:
5' 120gal DT
30gal sump w/ refugium section (chaeto only)
Mag 12 return
CPR overflow
Aquamedic HOB skimmer (long story)
15W UV
Phosban 150 w/ GFO
2 evo 1400gph (back of tank)
2 evo 1050gph (sides of tank)
No heater or chiller, stable 79F year-round
UPS backup (running all 4 PHs)
Bubble Magus dosing pump (I use BRS stuff)
DIY Lighting, I did the whole thing myself. Components from Rapid LED. Running 60 LEDs (CREEs) total on 5 drivers (Meanwells). 8 XR-E Warm Whites, 28 XR-E Royal Blues, 24 XP-G Cool Whites.

Fish Stock:
Pair of Flame Wrasses
Scott's Wrasse (quite mild & timid)
Lineatus Wrasse
Melanurus Wrasse
Canary Wrasse
Tomini Tang
Pair of B&W Ocellaris
2 Bartlett's Anthias

Too much coral to list. Heavy on LPS/SPS. I remember what everything is though, so if you're curious about something, please ask.

March 2011:

Left Side:

Right Side:

My "around the tank" tour:

evolved · Mar 16, 2011

These are a little older, but here are some better pictures of all the wrasses:

Male Flame:

Female Flame:

Together:

Lineatus:

Scott's:

Melanurus (and female ocellaris):

Canary:

skinz78 · Mar 16, 2011

Nice looking tank! What kind of star is that in the fifth pic down?

MarvinsReef · Mar 16, 2011

nice to see more info about your tank. have you decided what you'll do with the Lineatus? ;)

evolved · Mar 16, 2011

skinz78 said:
Nice looking tank! What kind of star is that in the fifth pic down?

Thank you.
Listed as a "Pink Tile Star, Fiji". AKA: Fromia sp.

MarvinsReef said:
nice to see more info about your tank. have you decided what you'll do with the Lineatus? ;)

Placed my order for a male from PIA today. And I'll be trading mine for a Rhomboid. ;)

evolved · Mar 18, 2011

New Lineatus Acquired 1smile1

evolved · Mar 21, 2011

And now released:

And my new rhomboid :D :

evolved · Mar 21, 2011

The Rhomboid was getting quite stressed in the acclimation box yesterday...

Any tips on how to calm him down? He couldn't figure out the clear acrylic walls, and was stressing trying to get through them. He did finally resort to taking refuge in the PVC, in a prone dorsal fin stressed position...

MarvinsReef · Mar 21, 2011

evolved said:
The Rhomboid was getting quite stressed in the acclimation box yesterday...

Any tips on how to calm him down? He couldn't figure out the clear acrylic walls, and was stressing trying to get through them. He did finally resort to taking refuge in the PVC, in a prone dorsal fin stressed position...

looks like a sub male or a female but he/she will settle down sooner or later. maybe turn off the lights? or just actinics?

new Lineatus looks awesome. congrats. :)

evolved · Mar 21, 2011

Sub male for sure. LFS has had 2 of these for 6-7 months. Started them off in the same tank, but they started to fight a little about 6 weeks ago, so they separated them. This one had the most color.

Yeah, I though he'd settle down after the whites shut off, but it didn't make much difference. Thanks for the tip and assurance though; hoping he's doing better when I get home today.

And thanks for the compliments on the new Lineatus. He's going to be my special boy for sure; he seems to have no fear of me. He comes over to my hand/arm if it's in the tank, while all the other fish hide. I thought he might try to nip me even, but really just seemed that he wanted to see what I was doing... Quite the interesting fish already. The shiny bone cutters was like a moth to a flame for him. I saw no aggression at all yesterday between him or anyone else, besides a couple flashes at his own reflection.