Our 75 gal build

[Dani305]

Our alveopora is not doing so well, and has been hiding, and not coming out much. It got knocked down a few times by hermits / shrimp, who knows. So we glued in a spot, but still hiding.

Hoping it will be okay. :(

 

[John Bolden]

Most corals will come out after awhile. I have a toad stool that was closed up for 2 weeks and now he is doing great. I also have a gonipora that after the hermit crab decided that crawling up and down it all day was a good idea was closed for about 4 or 5 days and still has days that it is closed up randomly. let it be and I'm sure it will be fine.

 

[Dani305]

Most corals will come out after awhile. I have a toad stool that was closed up for 2 weeks and now he is doing great. I also have a gonipora that after the hermit crab decided that crawling up and down it all day was a good idea was closed for about 4 or 5 days and still has days that it is closed up randomly. let it be and I'm sure it will be fine.

Thank you! All others ( not many lol) seem to be doing good. Zoas are thriving, then I have another kind that look similar but looking good, bubble tip looks great, greeo polyp, stunning and acan is living its best life. Just the one looking ;Bored

 

[John Bolden]

I feel you, last night I was going to take some pictures but the crab and bristle star had other ideas right as i go to clean the glass the crab walks over my zoas and toadstool. my bristle stars make my anemone mad:rolleyes: its always that one coral or fish or crab that will tik every thing off.

in the end Just used some old ones. Is that a rose anemone?

 

[Dani305]

I feel you, last night I was going to take some pictures but the crab and bristle star had other ideas right as i go to clean the glass the crab walks over my zoas and toadstool. my bristle stars make my anemone mad:rolleyes: its always that one coral or fish or crab that will tik every thing off.

in the end Just used some old ones. Is that a rose anemone?

Hahaha... So youre saying I just gotta get used to it!? ;Dead


TBH I dont know what type of bubble tip it is. We were looking at a few bubble tips that they had a on a rock. He said one or two of them were colorados, but I wasnt paying attention to the name. :( Cost me a nice $$$$LOL

Its pretty orange, brightish red.

 

[dedragon]

Hahaha... So youre saying I just gotta get used to it!? ;Dead


TBH I dont know what type of bubble tip it is. We were looking at a few bubble tips that they had a on a rock. He said one or two of them were colorados, but I wasnt paying attention to the name. :( Cost me a nice $$$$LOL

Its pretty orange, brightish red.

Honestly, I have had better luck getting named pieces from high end online vendors or from people on this forum. That doesnt look like a colorado sunburst anemone to me tbh which cost around $800+

 

[Dani305]

Honestly, I have had better luck getting named pieces from high end online vendors or from people on this forum. That doesnt look like a colorado sunburst anemone to me tbh which cost around $800+

Yeah, I dont know exactly what it is but it was not $800 LOL

It was $270, I believe they wanted $300 for it so got a few bucks off. Its pretty large, so I think the price was okay.


I mean, it was expensive, but I am not sure on how everything gets priced. Just dont wannt get taken for a ride. lol

 

[dedragon]

definitely check out some of the for sale posts then, some amazing deals are there, a lot of time it is pick up only though

 

[Dani305]

definitely check out some of the for sale posts then, some amazing deals are there, a lot of time it is pick up only though

Im nervous! LOL

I currently dont quarantine, which I know is a scary thing. I only go to one LFS where I purchase fish and coral for now.

I would need to read how to make sure no bad things enter my tank when buying online.

 

[Dani305]

Update!!

My alveopora came out to say hi!!!

Bonus my blenny, clown and damsel

 

[Dani305]

This is how our sump is looking now. Chaeto Is looking a little weak but I have faith that it will grow. I sent out a message to someone who is selling some Chaeto here so hopefully they get back to me and I get some more!

 

[Dani305]

A pic of the front of the tank today

 

[Dani305]

Last night I noticed that the damsel, clown, and tang were looking at something at the back of the tank. I thought it was very interesting and I have been joking around and calling them a “gang”.

Not in an aggressive way but it seems that all the fish in the tank even the blenny swim together and seem to be in harmony. Which is of course great.

Anyways, so I see them and it looks like they’re looking at something so I walk up closer and I see that they are all saying hello to my new Ruby dragnet, Lucy. Here is a photo of that sorry for the quality.

 

[Dani305]

Tank is doing wonderfully.

Just some photo updates

 

[Dani305]

I also upgraded my phone to an iPhone 13 pro. So I hope to get some really nice shots of my fish friends, and corals.

Anyone have any tips to take some great photos let me know.

 

[Dani305]

Im still waiting for my LFS to have a fire hawkfish for me! He /she will be my cherry.

I dont know what other fish I may want. I think they will complete this tank :)

Currently have:

Midas Blenny
Blue Tang
Clown
Damsel
Ruby Dragonet
Diamond Goby
Cleaner shrimp
2 fire shrimp
a bunch of emerald crabs - 1 very large one, Hercules :p
a bunch of snails
a bunch of hermits
a few nasarius snails

 

[Dani305]

Everything has been doing well! Well... except Lucy, the ruby dragonet has gone MIA its been over a week since we have seen her. :'( We think she died somehow, we are pointing fingers towards, Hercules our large emerald crab.

We went to the store and they finally had the flame hawkfish I have been wanting!! I also purchased a lil urchin. Tested the waters... was low on calcium, alk, and magnesium so purchased things to dose. We also got two monte corals to add to our collection. Now we are up to 9 corals. ;Smug

 

[Dani305]

Gotta do the price update!

Flame Hawkfish: $80
2 Mone corals: $40
Urchin: $25
Saltwater 15g: $9
Food and Dosing supplies: $80.95
taxes !!! - 15.82
total: $250.77

 

[OldRed1]

I also upgraded my phone to an iPhone 13 pro. So I hope to get some really nice shots of my fish friends, and corals.

Anyone have any tips to take some great photos let me know.

If you do not all ready have one, maybe the most cost-effective means to improve your coral photography is to get a lens filter kit. Something like this would work fine.

 

[Dani305]

If you do not all ready have one, maybe the most cost-effective means to improve your coral photography is to get a lens filter kit. Something like this would work fine.

Fantastic! Buying it now. lol thank you!