Hemmdog’s 90gal Seaciety and 40gal Vale of Shadows

Hemmdog · Sep 19, 2019

Bryson.bobby said:
Wow! Your tank looks great! Love the monti’s

Thanks dude !

Bleigh · Sep 20, 2019

Hemmdog said:
Good question! If the tank was really big I would go trachy willsoni, they get so big and the rainbow ones are such a center piece coral. Scolys are great in smaller tanks or a smaller spot that you want to fill but are less colorful for the price compared to trachys. Lobos I’d stay away from just because they can and will devour nearby corals, I have one but I keep it very far from everything, so far that I can’t even see it to enjoy it lol. If you have a big tank lobos are fine because you can give it a lot of distance, otherwise it’s kind of risky. I also prefer the feeding response scolys and trachys have, they are great at eating food, feeding lobos takes a little more finesse Ime.
So I’d pick scoly, most versatile to tank size, not a serious danger to nearby corals, doesn’t grow super fast or get that big, fun to feed if you’re into that sort of thing; only downside is price.

Maybe in the giant tank we were talking about, there could be a lobo island! ;Happy

Bleigh · Sep 20, 2019

Hemmdog said:
Lol here’s a pic I just took.

Wow! This is amazing! LOVE the pictures! They look even better in full screen on my monitor! Your tank seems so much bigger than what it is!

Hemmdog · Sep 20, 2019

Bleigh said:
Wow! This is amazing! LOVE the pictures! They look even better in full screen on my monitor! Your tank seems so much bigger than what it is!

Thank you!

Dr. Dendrostein · Sep 20, 2019

Hemmdog said:
Thank you!

Jedi-Master of reef keeping. I say.....
Take it from me, I'm a doctor. .....

DiscGolfRob · Sep 20, 2019

Hemmdog said:
Good question! If the tank was really big I would go trachy willsoni, they get so big and the rainbow ones are such a center piece coral. Scolys are great in smaller tanks or a smaller spot that you want to fill but are less colorful for the price compared to trachys. Lobos I’d stay away from just because they can and will devour nearby corals, I have one but I keep it very far from everything, so far that I can’t even see it to enjoy it lol. If you have a big tank lobos are fine because you can give it a lot of distance, otherwise it’s kind of risky. I also prefer the feeding response scolys and trachys have, they are great at eating food, feeding lobos takes a little more finesse Ime.
So I’d pick scoly, most versatile to tank size, not a serious danger to nearby corals, doesn’t grow super fast or get that big, fun to feed if you’re into that sort of thing; only downside is price.

Great question, and great explanation! Really appreciate this, as I'm starting to get more serious about my coral plans. Thanks!

Hemmdog · Sep 23, 2019

My wife and I took a spontaneous trip to the aquarium today, we had a great time. Here’s some pics.

good times

Why-Me · Sep 23, 2019

Awesome!!
Show & Tell

Aquarium of the Pacific

84 new items added to shared album

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Dr. Dendrostein · Sep 23, 2019

Hemmdog said:
My wife and I took a spontaneous trip to the aquarium today, we had a great time. Here’s some pics.

good times

Monterey aquarium, cool.....

Hemmdog · Sep 23, 2019

Dr. Dendrostein said:
Monterey aquarium, cool.....

Yep! I love that place. Any idea what these two fish are? I think they are anthias, was wondering what type. They were so cool.
Front and center

and this purple one, kinda looks like a queen anthias but the yellow is only on the bottom jaw.

Dr. Dendrostein · Sep 23, 2019

Hemmdog said:
Yep! I love that place. Any idea what these two fish are? I think they are anthias, was wondering what type. They were so cool.
Front and center

and this purple one, kinda looks like a queen anthias but the yellow is only on the bottom jaw.

If Bob Fenner was here, he'd know. I knew you were at Monterey Aquarium, when I saw the sun fish

Pdash · Sep 23, 2019

Hemmdog said:
Yep! I love that place. Any idea what these two fish are? I think they are anthias, was wondering what type. They were so cool.
Front and center

and this purple one, kinda looks like a queen anthias but the yellow is only on the bottom jaw.

Lyrlertail and purple queen, I think.

Hemmdog · Sep 23, 2019

Dr. Dendrostein said:
If Bob Fenner was here, he'd know. I knew you were at Monterey Aquarium, when I saw the sun fish

Haha nice, that guy is iconic.

Pdash · Sep 23, 2019

I see you found my Instagram hemm. Haha I dont post enough on it though.

Hemmdog · Sep 23, 2019

Pdash said:
I see you found my Instagram hemm. Haha I dont post enough on it though.

Haha yessir! You were one of the recommended people or whatever,I forget how I found you on there actually, but it was a familiar name so why not ! Haha.

mattzang · Sep 23, 2019

i did the behind the scenes tour of monterey bay like 10 years ago when i was pondering majoring in marine biology. i wish i could do that now because i was super bored not knowing what anything was lol. oh 15 foot tall skimmer? cool. is that special? wheres your great white shark people i don't need to see a pump the size of my car

@Why-Me i was there earlier this year and was really digging their reef tanks. the athias tank was awesome i think i stared at that and the coral tank for like 30 min

PanchoG · Sep 23, 2019

Nice ! those montis and the moorish idol look amazing. Thank you for sharing.

Hemmdog · Sep 23, 2019

mattzang said:
i did the behind the scenes tour of monterey bay like 10 years ago when i was pondering majoring in marine biology. i wish i could do that now because i was super bored not knowing what anything was lol. oh 15 foot tall skimmer? cool. is that special? wheres your great white shark people i don't need to see a pump the size of my car

@Why-Me i was there earlier this year and was really digging their reef tanks. the athias tank was awesome i think i stared at that and the coral tank for like 30 min

That’s awesome! I’d love to do a behind the scenes tour of this one, that would be sweet. Do they still do that?