You can't have everything. Where would you put it?

Slocke · Dec 28, 2022

You can't have everything. Where would you put it?
-Steven Wright

My 110 gallon 60"x18"x24" mixed reef tank with a 45 gallon refugium.
Thread restart for this tank that was started in January 2022 with a used tank and rocks. It was an ugly mess that I've slowly been saving. My goal has been to experience as much as I can to find my niche in this hobby.

The utility corner:

Current Stock:

Fish:

Frostbite & domino clownfish, Amphiprion ocellaris
Benggai cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni
Red firefish, Nemateleotris magnifica
Common foxface, Siganus vulpinus
Royal gramma, Gramma loreto
Midas blenny, Ecsenius midas
2 Mandarins, Synchiropus splendidus
(one eyed) Orange spot goby, Amblyeleotris guttata
Red Sea leopard wrasse, Macropharyngodon marisrubri
Radiant wrasse, Halichoeres iridis
Pink streaked wrasse, Pseudocheilinops ataenia
Lunate fairy wrasse, Cirrhilabrus lunatus
Exquisite fairy wrasse, Cirrhilabrus exquisitus
Timor wrasse, Halichoeres timorensis
Yellowtail wrasse, Anampses meleagrides
Red saddled anthias, Pyronotanthias flavoguttatus
Dusky margined wrasse, Halichoeres marginatus
Blue flasher wrasse, Paracheilinus cyaneus
Ruby longfin fairy wrasse, Cirrhilabrus rubeus

Inverts:

Skunk cleaner shrimp
Fire cleaner shrimp
5 Peppermint shrimp (3 in refugium)
Tiger pistol shrimp
2 Tuxedo urchin
Shortspine urchin
Banded serpent starfish
Brittle starfish
Sand sifting starfish
Red and pink rock flower anemone
Zebra rock flower anemone
3 Green rock flower anemones
Fighting conch
Various nassarius snail species
Mexican turbos
Trochus snails
Astrea turbos
Margarita snails
Various trochus snail species
Bumble bee snails
Various hermit crabs

Soft coral:

Green star polyp
Koji Wada Pink Nephthea
Green toadstool leather
Grandis palythoas
Zoanthids:
- Fruit loops
- Jungle juice
- Pixie dust
- Tangerine dreams
- Star Foxx
- Punk rockers
- Candy apple reds!
Orange ricordea florida
Green pipe organ
Pink clove polyps
Hairy green mushroom
Firecracker clove polyps
Purple gorgonian

LPS:

Green duncan Coral
Red Blastomussa
Red micromussa
Green elegance
Purple/green (branching) frogspawn
Gold (wall) hammer
Yellow (wall) hammer
Pink (wall) hammer
Red and green leptastrea
Gold galaxea
Green and blue galaxea
Yellow bernardpora
Green goniopora
Barbie goniopora
Blue branching alveopora
Red chalice

SPS:

Green stylophora
Purple stylophora
Freak hair (encrusting) pavona
Blue (encrusting) pavona
purple (ridged) pavona
Red (branching) montipora
Red plating montipora
Sunset motipora
Jack-o-lantern Leptoseris

Other Equipment:

Lights:

AI blade grow
2 AI prime 16s
Fluval planted 36" (refugium)

Filtration

Tunze 9012 skimmer
Shark 80
Filter sock and sponges

Other:

Jebao SCP-70 wave maker
2x Aquamai KPS
AQUATOP Heater and controller
Fluval heater
Prism ATO

Petcrazyson · Dec 28, 2022

Don’t have to tell me twice! FOLLOWING! :D

Petcrazyson · Dec 28, 2022

We need to get @i cant think and @SaltyT in here!

Petcrazyson · Dec 28, 2022

Slocke said:
You can't have everything. Where would you put it?
-Steven Wright

My 110 gallon 60"x18"x24" mixed reef tank with a 45 gallon refugium.
Thread restart for this tank that was started in January 2022 with a used tank and rocks. It was an ugly mess that I've slowly been saving. My goal has been to experience as much as I can to find my niche in this hobby.

Current Stock:

Fish:

Frostbite & domino clownfish, Amphiprion ocellaris

2 Benggai cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni

Red firefish, Nemateleotris magnifica

Common foxface, Siganus vulpinus

Royal gramma, Gramma loreto

Midas blenny, Ecsenius midas

2 Mandarins, Synchiropus splendidus

Court Jester Goby, Koumansetta rainfordi

(one eyed) Orange spot goby, Amblyeleotris guttata

Red Sea leopards wrasse, Macropharyngodon marisrubri

Radiant wrasse, Halichoeres iridis

Pink streaked wrasse, Pseudocheilinops ataenia

Lunate fairy wrasse, Cirrhilabrus lunatus

Inverts:

Skunk cleaner shrimp

Fire cleaner shrimp

5 Peppermint shrimp (3 in refugium)

Tiger pistol shrimp

Porcelain crab

Tuxedo urchin

Banded serpent starfish

Brittle starfish

Sand sifting starfish

Red and pink rock flower anemone

Zebra rock flower anemone

Fighting conch

Various nassarius snail species

Mexican turbos

Trochus snails

Astrea turbos

Margarita snails

Various trochus snail species

Bumble bee snails

Soft coral:

Green star polyp

Koji Wada Pink Nephthea

Green toadstool leather

Yellow parazoanthids

Grandis palythoas

Zoanthids:

Pandora

Utter chaos

Fruit loops

Jungle juice

Pixie dust

Tangerine dreams

Orange ricordea

Green pipe organ

LPS:

Green duncan Coral

Red Blastomussa

Red micromussa

Green elegance

Purple/green (branching) frogspawn

Gold (wall) hammer

Red and green favia

Yellow leptastrea

Gold galaxea

SPS:

Green stylophora

Purple stylophora

Freak hair (encrusting) pavona

Blue (encrusting) pavona

purple (ridged) pavona

Red (branching) montipora

Other Equipment:

Lights:

Fluval marine 48"

2 AI prime 16s

Fluval planted 36" (refugium)

Filtration

Tunze 9012 skimmer

Tidal 110 HOB

Fluval FX6 (return pump and filter)

Other:

Jebao SCP-70 wave maker

Aquamai KPS

Eheaim heater

Fluval heater

Prism ATO

Cant wait to see all the corals! Especially the Stylos and the Duncan! I plan on having a Duncan coral garden so I look forward to seeing yours grow. Any plans to squeeze in a new fish? Aquascape ideas?

i cant think · Dec 28, 2022

Slocke said:
You can't have everything. Where would you put it?
-Steven Wright

My 110 gallon 60"x18"x24" mixed reef tank with a 45 gallon refugium.
Thread restart for this tank that was started in January 2022 with a used tank and rocks. It was an ugly mess that I've slowly been saving. My goal has been to experience as much as I can to find my niche in this hobby.

Current Stock:

Fish:

Frostbite & domino clownfish, Amphiprion ocellaris

2 Benggai cardinalfish, Pterapogon kauderni

Red firefish, Nemateleotris magnifica

Common foxface, Siganus vulpinus

Royal gramma, Gramma loreto

Midas blenny, Ecsenius midas

2 Mandarins, Synchiropus splendidus

Court Jester Goby, Koumansetta rainfordi

(one eyed) Orange spot goby, Amblyeleotris guttata

Red Sea leopards wrasse, Macropharyngodon marisrubri

Radiant wrasse, Halichoeres iridis

Pink streaked wrasse, Pseudocheilinops ataenia

Lunate fairy wrasse, Cirrhilabrus lunatus

Inverts:

Skunk cleaner shrimp

Fire cleaner shrimp

5 Peppermint shrimp (3 in refugium)

Tiger pistol shrimp

Porcelain crab

Tuxedo urchin

Banded serpent starfish

Brittle starfish

Sand sifting starfish

Red and pink rock flower anemone

Zebra rock flower anemone

Fighting conch

Various nassarius snail species

Mexican turbos

Trochus snails

Astrea turbos

Margarita snails

Various trochus snail species

Bumble bee snails

Soft coral:

Green star polyp

Koji Wada Pink Nephthea

Green toadstool leather

Yellow parazoanthids

Grandis palythoas

Zoanthids:

Pandora

Utter chaos

Fruit loops

Jungle juice

Pixie dust

Tangerine dreams

Orange ricordea

Green pipe organ

LPS:

Green duncan Coral

Red Blastomussa

Red micromussa

Green elegance

Purple/green (branching) frogspawn

Gold (wall) hammer

Red and green favia

Yellow leptastrea

Gold galaxea

SPS:

Green stylophora

Purple stylophora

Freak hair (encrusting) pavona

Blue (encrusting) pavona

purple (ridged) pavona

Red (branching) montip

Other Equipment:

Lights:

Fluval marine 48"

2 AI prime 16s

Fluval planted 36" (refugium)

Filtration

Tunze 9012 skimmer

Tidal 110 HOB

Fluval FX6 (return pump and filter)

Other:

Jebao SCP-70 wave maker

Aquamai KPS

Eheaim heater

Fluval heater

Prism ATO

This tank sounds stunning! Cant wait to see an FTS of it.

Slocke · Dec 28, 2022

i cant think · Dec 28, 2022

Slocke said:

Look how young that iridis is! I miss when mine was that small and not quite as much of a boss. Now my jade is lucky if he’s given someone to ‘boss around’.

Slocke · Dec 28, 2022

Petcrazyson said:
We need to get @i cant think and @SaltyT in here!

Where's the embarrassed reaction?

Petcrazyson said:
Cant wait to see all the corals! Especially the Stylos and the Duncan! I plan on having a Duncan coral garden so I look forward to seeing yours grow. Any plans to squeeze in a new fish? Aquascape ideas?

Well the Duncan is currently not enjoying my new flow but has like 10 heads from 2. As for the SPS some small frags died in the cyano outbreak but the stylo and pavona did fine (just added the Monti and it is tiny).
I'm using filters to combat the blue as you can see:

i cant think · Dec 28, 2022

If only there weren’t so many zoanthids, I bet an Angel would look stunning ;)

P.S. I still love my wrasses but that regal is really competing with them.

Slocke · Dec 28, 2022

i cant think said:
This tank sounds stunning! Cant wait to see an FTS of it.

Added to the main post but here's a before and after. Do regret the background; I wanted black but this was the best the store had and couldn't wait to start thus the weird coral background. Ah well.

Slocke · Dec 28, 2022

i cant think said:
If only there weren’t so many zoanthids, I bet an Angel would look stunning ;)

P.S. I still love my wrasses but that regal is really competing with them.

That's what the FOWLR is for. I was going to get a Pomacanthus navarchus but you have me reconsidering. Are they especially fond of zoas?

i cant think · Dec 28, 2022

Slocke said:
That's what the FOWLR is for. I was going to get a Pomacanthus navarchus but you have me reconsidering. Are they especially fond of zoas?

Most angels seem to love zoas but some of the ones known for being reef safe (or more reef safe) don’t seem to always touch them. Regals are known for being slightly more reef safe but still seem to enjoy zoas (rarely anything else though).

I assume if you feed them plenty then you should be good :)

Slocke · Dec 28, 2022

Video time:

Slocke · Dec 28, 2022

i cant think said:
Most angels seem to love zoas but some of the ones known for being reef safe (or more reef safe) don’t seem to always touch them. Regals are known for being slightly more reef safe but still seem to enjoy zoas (rarely anything else though).

I assume if you feed them plenty then you should be good :)

The other issue is I'm taking no chances with even semi-aggressive fish in this tank anymore. Two too many mistakes there.

i cant think · Dec 28, 2022

Slocke said:
The other issue is I'm taking no chances with even semi-aggressive fish in this tank anymore. Two too many mistakes there.

I’ve found that Narvachus is one of the less aggressive angels however I definitely understand the caution - I’ve felt with a nasty Scopas that nearly killed everything in the tank after just snapping one day.

Slocke · Dec 28, 2022

Some of my favorite corals:

Gold galaxea - Got 2 weeks ago and was really ugly at first.

Pixie dust zoas - Prettier in person. Also got 2 weeks ago and it's already grown off the plug. Might have found a way to make some money back. They're not cheap.

Gold hammer - Newish coral and has great depth of color.

Pandora zoas - A love hate as they are really ugly in white lights and too fast growing. But in intense blues they are gorgeous.

Blasto - another that transforms under the right light.

Elegance - Wish it had more color but love everything else about it.

RFA - Can't really see the random pink tentacles but a gorgeous RFA.

blaxsun · Dec 28, 2022

I'm still trying to fit everything into my tank... :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

Slocke · Dec 28, 2022

blaxsun said:
I'm still trying to fit everything into my tank... :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

Yeah you got it. Glad to see you! This tank definitely benefited from your advice along the way.

If it isn't obvious I wanted to try everything. Looking at my stocking list I think I achieved a lot. So much in fact I just realized I forgot a fish and an invert just writing this. Definitely would have skipped some stuff in retrospect but for the most part I'm happy.