120gal mixed predatory reef tank

[skabooya]

Nice shots. Love the clams. And poor clown. lol.
PS, do you need anymore shipping coolers?

[whatcaneyedo]

I've got a decent stash of coolers right now but I'm always willing to take more if they're available.

[milano07]

Do you still have the Elegance coral? I don't see it in the last pics that you posted.

[whatcaneyedo]

Yes I do actually. The butterfly fish started picking on it after a month or so in the display tank so I had to move that piece down to my frag trough. I have two of the three frags of elegance that I cut from my original colony. I sold the third piece which died shortly after in its new owners tank but that was a year ago. Its still not an easy coral to keep but I have had it for over two years at this point. I also had to build this cage around it and a few other coral because I've got a powder blue tang in my frag trough that also likes to nip at coral.

[Coralgurl]

I just went through your entire thread and your tank is stunning! I'm debating lion fish and eels and this thread is both inspiring and informative. Do you still have the Fu man chu?

[whatcaneyedo]

Yes I still have the fu manchu as well. Its been very rewarding being able to keep a fish that so often doesn't do well in captivity and isn't commonly kept. The LFS that I bought it from had already weaned it onto frozen food so getting it established in my tank was actually pretty easy. If you do decide to keep lion fish and eels do note that you probably won't be able to keep crabs or shrimp and you definitely won't be able to keep small fish.

[whatcaneyedo]

I had a problem recently with my OM 4 Way. The internal magnet wore through its plastic cover and bore a hole in the lid of the unit causing it to leak onto the floor for a few days. Once I discovered this I emailed OM in a panic and they promptly shipped me some replacement parts one week later for a nominal fee. It took over two weeks from the initial discovery until I was able to fix the unit. Moral of the story: keep an inventory of spare parts for everything.





Apart from that minor headache things have been doing relatively well.



I moved a few pieces around recently but for the most part I'm just letting things grow.