30 gal cube frag tank

[Roskoreef]

so... the anenome shrimp has vanished into some other coral overnight, probably see him next year... the rock flower anenome must be pretty happy, after just one night, it would seem it has been trying to spawn. Lots of milky stuffs for about the last 10 mins...









Pygmy Angel







Tank is starting to draw alk and cal, even have some growth since tank transfer..











last little bit of this tort...last effort to keep some of these strains alive in this tank..



uploading a video..

[Roskoreef]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J1mRvRHBAA

[soapy]

What are you doing for the staghorn hermit? Are you going to target feed it?

My son and I bought one of those silly staghorn buggars too. I am target feeding the shell frozen cyclopeeze. My sandbed is pretty healthy and full of life but I suspect it will be pretty tricky to keep the shell alive. Your thoughts?

[Roskoreef]

Originally Posted by soapy

What are you doing for the staghorn hermit? Are you going to target feed it?

My son and I bought one of those silly staghorn buggars too. I am target feeding the shell frozen cyclopeeze. My sandbed is pretty healthy and full of life but I suspect it will be pretty tricky to keep the shell alive. Your thoughts?

im not doing anything, nor did i plan too... as far as I have read a long as you have an established tank, good flow(nutrient delivery) and lighting good enough for sps you should be good. I target feed some corals but moestly broadcast feed cyclopeez.. mine are doing ok, one has bumbep up against an acan, shell damaged, not surprised..

[soapy]

Originally Posted by Roskoreef

im not doing anything, nor did i plan too... as far as I have read a long as you have an established tank, good flow(nutrient delivery) and lighting good enough for sps you should be good. I target feed some corals but moestly broadcast feed cyclopeez.. mine are doing ok, one has bumbep up against an acan, shell damaged, not surprised..

Thats good to hear. You mentioned lighting are you suggesting the bryozoans or hydroids on the shell are photosynthetic? Would be nice if they were.

BTW, the tank is looking good!

[Roskoreef]

Originally Posted by soapy

Thats good to hear. You mentioned lighting are you suggesting the bryozoans or hydroids on the shell are photosynthetic? Would be nice if they were.

BTW, the tank is looking good!

Thanks! , I only mentioned lighting as alot of what i read kept mentioning similar conditions for sps... They are not photosynthetic, and only filter feeders of plankton... i might start adding some powdered phyto, see what happens.

[Roskoreef]

version 3.0

changing this tank up a bit, going black sand and lps moestly. A few fish including my birthday present from my fiancee - green seagrass wrasse (Novaculichthys macrolepidotus).

New tank inhabitants:

Redspot blenny - Blenniella chrysospilos
green sea grass wrasse - Novaculichthys macrolepidotus
ocellaris clownfish - Amphiprion ocellaris
fiji blue damselfis - Chrysiptera taupou
2 random damsels..
purple reef lobster
snails
strwberry crab

added a new skimmer, a coral box d500 - chinese ripoff. worls great, very happy!

pics,

















teeph

[Roskoreef]

montastrea





rainbow acans colouring up















true oregon blue tort... this little 1" nub is all thats left from a large frag i got a while ago, installed a prayer reactor just for this acro.



this is my new favourite coral for sure, a scroll coral...







acros love this tank now..