48ish gallon bow--from ugh to ooh (I hope)

[sharuq1]

And I got my coral back woohoo!!!!! Thank you to Slickfork for babysitting it; and also thanks for the snails, chaeto, red/pink macro, gsp and birdsnest frag.










Current tank setup:
Coralife super skimmer (with fishing line mod on the needlewheel and another small mod to reduce bubbles)
30" x2 pc coralife light (actinic, 50/50..--> soon to be another 10k when I get some money)
20" x2 pc coralife light (actinic, 10k)
hydor koralia 2
seio 820
rena xp2 (currently has 2 sponges in it, ceramic media and algone--will likely be getting rid of the sponges/ceramic)
diatom filter (temporary)


Current inhabitants:
lawnmower blenny
royal gramma
2 oscellaris
mandarin
1 blue legged hermit crab
2 small tuxedo urchins
4 trocus
1 astrea
1 conch
2 money cowries
and a few other small snails I don't know the name of



Corals:
ricordea
zoos (what's left of a frag)
toadstool frag (very tiny)
hammer
frogspawn
acan
mushrooms
bright green gsp
metallic green gsp
m. digi purplish base with tan polyps
birdsnest (unsure what color will be as it is a bit bleached--looks like maybe yellow)



...and lastly a very small green bubble tip anemone, who is currently in a place I cannot photograph

[sharuq1]

New tank member introduced today. Cute little dragon sifter (AMBLYGOBIUS PHALAENA, I think) given to me by dustinjm (thank you! ). Will post a pic soon as I get one (he is still setling in). Hopefully he will get along with the other tank mates in my display. Really like him, looks like one of those "personality" fish, fun to watch.

[sharuq1]

Here are some more critter pictures for those who like them, and as promised pics of the goby

[dsaundry]

Are you still having issues with the algae?

[sharuq1]

So far the only places showing gha that continues to be a nuisance are on the gsp and candy cane coral that came with the tank. Unfortunately I cannot boil the gha off a coral. Have added an AC110 refugium with chaeto to try and export nutrients as best I can and also try and manually take the gha off the 2 infested corals.

I guess we shall see what it looks like in another three months.

So much waiting in this hobby, hehe

[sharuq1]

Forgot to include a top-down shot of the gbta. He is in the back so this as as close as I can get to him. (Really not interested in getting him to move at this point, he isn;t hurting anything where he is) I did not have any problem with him attaching when I added him to the tank. He was on the rock he came on and the next morning he had found a spot. So far clowns are hosting a spice jar and not him, which is good because he is very tiny. Like around 2"

His bubbles come out very nicely at different times during the day. (Didn't catch them nicely on the photo though).

[dsaundry]

You may want to try to borrow or buy a sea hare. I couldnt believe it when I got one. Like a lawnmower on hair algae. I also used an aquaclear 500 with some rowaphos in it as well. Results were great in about 3 days.

[michika]

A pair of tweezers work well for getting GHA off of corals.