Our first SW tank - 180 gal build

[reefgirl189]

Had a nice little surprise when I got home from Edmonton today. My new RBTA that I haven't even had for a month has split. So now there's a cute little RBTA about the size of a toonie and one twice its size. Seems like everything is having babies around here! There must be something in the water!

[Coralgurl]

Tank looks amazing!! Woooooww! your 2 radions should work great like that too. Nice corals and fish! I loooove your sailfin, great shot of him!!

Did I miss something?? Are you Expecting?? If so congrats!

[subman]

Great meeting you and your family today!
What did you end up bringing home from BWA? I saw a beautiful Acan then I had to chase my little terror around lol

[reefgirl189]

Originally Posted by Coralgurl

Tank looks amazing!! Woooooww! your 2 radions should work great like that too. Nice corals and fish! I loooove your sailfin, great shot of him!!

Did I miss something?? Are you Expecting?? If so congrats!

Unfortunately the sailfin died a couple weeks ago. I still have no idea why. He just stopped eating and then got bloated and passed away. Everything else is flourishing ( and in some cases splitting lol ).

Yes we are expecting child #2 now. A couple months in and I was ready to be done with this pregnancy weeks ago, haha.

Originally Posted by subman

Great meeting you and your family today!
What did you end up bringing home from BWA? I saw a beautiful Acan then I had to chase my little terror around lol

Thanks, you too! I'm kind of glad I brought my little terror of my own otherwise my wallet would have been much emptier upon leaving. If I didn't have to chase a little guy I would have had much more time for shopping, lol.

We got a little royal gramma an acan and some zoas. I'll post pics once they settle in.

[reefgirl189]

I'm sorry, it's been a very long time since my last update. I've been incredibly overloaded with a hectic work schedule and the dogs. We recently got our show male back from his showing circuit in Oklahoma and I'm happy to say he's now a multi-champion with the AKC and UKC both on bench and show! Now we can finally let him relax and enjoy the good life for a few months.

So here's the update:

The new tank has been set up for over 6 months now.

I debated re-aquascaping a bit over the past few months but I'm over that now. I like all the caves and shady hiding spots and I think the fish appreciate them also.

I haven't been having huge success with corals and I'm a bit disappointed about that but I know where my problems lie. I need to get a better understanding of the dosing/water change relationship. I'm thinking about changing the salt I use also (currently using IO) as I find it's low on calcium and doing frequent water changes messes with the levels too often. I know stability is key so perhaps a better quality salt will help with that.

Some of the more recent additions (in the last 3 months) include:

Blue throat male and female trigger
Regal Tang
A new sailfin tang
3 sand sifting starfish
1 diamond goby (haven't seen him yet unfortunately, but he's only been in there since yesterday)
3 lyretail anthias

I haven't added any new corals lately for obvious reasons. I don't want to add to a problem I haven't fixed yet.

Here's plenty of pictures of the livestock though:

[Rice Reef]

Looking good! Is that trigger reef safe? Been thinking about getty one...

[Coralgurl]

Does your hippo tang go after the triggers at all? Mine is brutal....

Love the new scape!