My 55gal

moulton1853 · Sep 6, 2015

I have been doing freshwater fish for 25 years and decided to try saltwater now. Got a tank for my birthday. Documenting progress here. Will be a very slow go.

moulton1853 · Sep 6, 2015

First coral and fish. Candy apple zoa and clown. Sorry photos done with cell phone.

moulton1853 · Sep 23, 2015

The tank is now a full 2 months now. Diatom bloom is crazy but my own fault for a short staffed clean up crew. Water prams seem to be stable for the past month. First zoa is getting larger and new one has grown a new head already. Clown fish got a friend and they are constantly together. I named the yellow watchman Walter. Thought he was a goner the 2nd day cuz he turned white. He just lost his shrimp friend. Within 5 hours of finding him again he was back to bright yellow.

Ahruk · Sep 23, 2015

Looking good

moulton1853 · Sep 23, 2015

thank you!

moulton1853 · Sep 28, 2015

Today saw the Nepthea drop a small branch. It was nice and green where it came off so I glued it to a piece of rubble. Let's see if I can get the baby coral to grow

moulton1853 · Nov 3, 2015

just some pic updates

moulton1853 · Jan 16, 2016

Haven't added too much lately as I had velvet take out 4 of my fish. The tank is still looking ok though and coral seem to be doing well. Can't add fish till February but I did pick up a few corals during the fallow period. The orange clown is in a QT and looks like it will recover. The tank is 6 mons old today.

moulton1853 · Feb 15, 2016

At the 7 month mark now and everything seems to be going well except some cyano. Have made a few more purchases this month and have had more sucess.

moulton1853 · Feb 15, 2016

Most happy with a coral my daughter picked out at a frag swap on Jan. 30. I wasn't sure about it as its and sps but found out its an easier one and so far is doing great. First pic taken Jan.30 and second Feb. 12

moulton1853 · Feb 16, 2016

Full tank shot at 7 months

moulton1853 · Mar 22, 2016

My clown is finally out of QT after 3 months. Seems to be completely recovered from velvet.

jsker · Mar 22, 2016

Bet you the clown is happy.

p.pep85 · Mar 22, 2016

looks great!

moulton1853 · Mar 22, 2016

Thanks! Yes, the clown seems happy but I think he misses his pvc tubes. I will have to look for something for him to hide in that will look good in the DT. He was the first fish I put in this tank so I'm very happy he survived. I did lose the black clown, 3 chromis and yellow tang due to velvet though.

moulton1853 · Aug 24, 2017

Well, it's been a long time since I have posted anything. Had some family and personal issues that kinda made me lose focus for a while. Of coarse my tank suffered because of it. I lost a few corals and almost all my fish. Still have the watchman gobie and his shrimp friend. Once I lost my Mandarin and Clown that kinda made me determined to get the tank in check again. I even took on a project of building a new stand for it and moving it into a different space in the house. The tank is now over 2 years old. Still having some algae issues and working on getting that under control again.