Nebthet's 56g Reef

Nebthet · #1 07-11-2010, 07:37 AM

Thanks Greenmaster. This recent heatwave has set the sps back a bit, but almost everything else is happier than ever.

Here are some of the pix from tonight.

My tiny xenia frag seems to like the bottom of the tank better than mid tank.

Tricolor, Blue tipped Tenuis and MontiCap: These guys are a little worse for wear but survived the heatwave. The tenuis and MontiCap lost some color, but their polyps are still alive and I hope for a good recovery.

My Orange and Green BTA moved itsself down into a crevice during the heatwave. I actually like it here a little better as it is more protected and in a much easier place to be able to feed mysis. I really wish I had the skills to show the real color on this anemone. It's nuts.

Dragoneye zoas are just as happy as ever and growing like weeds. I need to find someone local who wants to trade some zoas frags. These guys are growing over the sand subtrate now.

Pic of my chalice without any coraline algae in the way. lol

Big Momma sucking on the tentacles of my white tipped elegance coral.

The Purple Tipped elegance is looking a lot happier after the heat wave. I am hoping that eventually it will expand like my white tipped one.

My gsp are no longer PO'd from the heat. It took them a couple of days to come back out. My duncans are happier than ever and the purple tipped elegance is happy in the background.
On either side of the gsp I placed a couple frag mags. Once the gsp grows on to it, I want to transfer them to the back glass of the tank.

New frag of duncans from a different source than my larger colony. These ones didn't have the green and their heads were smaller with shorter tentacles. I want to see if good feeding and similar tank conditions will get the mto grow into ones identicle to my larger colony.
Sadly I lost one head in this one, close to three tiny barnacles which I might have to take care of if they end up bothering the duncans. I hope I don't lose them.

Front tank shot..Notice any thing different???...... finally got a decent algae scrapper, the mag flip to take care of the coraline algae. It takes a lot of work. Took two days of on and off again scrubbing to get rid of 95% of the algae on the bottom front glass.

Nebthet · #2 07-19-2010, 04:24 AM

Here are some updated pics.

The tricolor and blue tenuis are no worse for wear after the heatwave a couple weeks ago. They are slowly recovering their color.

Red MontiCap is happier than ever and has officially started growing on the branching liverock behind it.

Bottlebrush continues to grow and recolor up after the heat.

Purple tipped Digi continues to grow like a weed. I may have to start fragging this one soon. The red digi has colored back up and continues to slowly grow.

My new purple tipped elegance is settling in happy. I removed the clay pot from the tank and made more room for the elegance. I still have room back there for a third one if I want.

My established duncan colony.

My new duncan colony. I lost one head, but there are already new babies forming on the remaining.
These duncans have developed heads half the size of my other colony and have a bluer color.

My orange and green BTA is happy as ever in it's little crevise.

Unfortunately a bad picture of my Sebae anemone. It is slowly getting healthier. The tentacles are extending themselves more every day and the color of a few of them near the base and up the tentacles is starting to darken. Once this guy is the proper healthy brown color, and larger it will be moved to a nicer area on the back of the tank where it can grow out segregated from everything else.

Omen and Runt. Omen is definately continuing to develop his black coloration and his mid-bar.

Misc

And finally another Front Tank Shot

Greenmaster · #3 07-19-2010, 05:11 AM

Great pics.

Nebthet · #4 07-22-2010, 03:40 PM

Thanks GreenMaster. Can't wait to see all the pics of your tank along the way.

Got some new additions today.
Here they are under moonlights. Better pics will come later.,

This one is a real crappy pic, but look at all the green.

xmas favia and new zoas. Not sure which ones they are yet.

Some other shots:

My BTA decided it wante to live on the side of a clam again.