My 110 Gallon Experiment

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Fish Review 21:

Blue Star Leopard Wrasse
Macropharyngodon bipartitus

Appearance:
10/10
As a female this thing is absolutely phenomenal. Such a pretty fish!! Hopefully it stays a female.

Personality and Aggression:
9/10
Fun and non-aggressive. A little shy but getting bolder by the day! Really cool little gal.

Care:
4/10
It needs to eat a little a lot so should be fed many times a day. Also I got two and it seems like I only have one now so I can't give it high points. Notoriously sensitive.

Overall:
7.7

 

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Long long overdue update:

Reef Tank:

Stock:

• 2 Clowns
• 3 Benggai
• Firefish
• Foxface Lo
• Midas
• Royal Gramma
• Court Jester
• 2 Mandarins
• Melanarus
• Leopard
• Red + Skunk shrimp
• RFA's
• Corals

Issues faced:

• Survived cyano outbreak though I lost a briskest to it.
• Had issues with an aggressive Falco hawkfish that recently attacked both the leopard wrasse and an orange spot goby. Killed a diamond goby previously.
• Leopard was out for 2 days post attack but now has spent two days in sand. Hopefully OK. Goby is in other tank recovering though it lost an eye.
• Hawkfish now in eel tank.
• Had to remove all rocks to catch hawk thus the new look.

Overall:

• Softies and LPS doing pretty well with some LPS and the pipe organ growing particularly well.
• SPS growing slowly but for the most part seems alright. Monti and pavona doing best.
• Algae is well under control right now but nutrients are high. Started dosing NOPOX.

 

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Long long overdue update:

45 Pen:

Stock:

• Orange spot goby
• Marco Algae

Issues faced:

• Terrible red film algae issue
• Neglect

Overall:

• Used as a spare tank it shows. Thinking about tearing don and buy-in a new tank as this one is falling apart anyway.
• Temporarily housing Orange spot goby so it can cover from injury.

 

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Long long overdue update:

Eel Tank:

Stock:

• 2 Engineer Gobies
• Banded eel
• Gold eel
• Snowflake eel
• Chain eel
• Ghost eel
• Mag Fox
• Maroon Clown
• 2 BT Triggers
• Iridis Wrasse
• Coris Gaimard
• Falco Hawk
• Guppies

Issues faced:

• Disease outbreak on angels
• Ghost eel will not leave back of tank

Overall:

• Doing really well and is far prettier than my other tanks.
• Get some algae growth on the bottom of the left lid but nothing in the tank so far.

 

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Upgraded my lights a while back so it's now gone from two bands of fluval marines to one with two AI prime 16s. I'm already wondering whether I should have gone for the 32's but oh well.

Much more excitingly I've bought some plumbing equipment to attach my 45gal to the tank and use it as a giant refugium. This means I can remove all the ugly equipment from the main tank.

Its going to be a pain to move and I'm worried I'll lose al to of the millions of pods I've been breeding in there but once that's done I should have a much much better nutrient export as well as a constant stream of pods for my pod eaters.

 

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Fish Review 22:

McCoskers Flasher Wrasse
Paracheilinus mccoskeri

Appearance:
7/10
In its juvenile form it isn't as pretty as it could be but hopefully will go up. The fins are still very pretty though.

Personality and Aggression:
8/10
Not aggressive and a nice fish. Is a bit shy and is yet to show any real personality.

Care:
10/10
So far so easy. Nothing to take points off for.

Overall:
8.3

 

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Fish Review 23:

Pink Streaked Wrasse
Pseudocheilinops ataenia

Appearance:
9/10
Not spectacular at first but the bright orange eyes, the random blue dorsal spines, and the butterfly pectoral fins it really is a stunner.

Personality and Aggression:
10/10
Fun little guy who is too cute to ignore. Mine isn't shy at all but of course isn't at all aggressive.

Care:
10/10
So far so easy. Nothing to take points off for.

Overall:
9.7