Paddy's Ocean - 70 Gallon Mixed Reef **Phoenix Rebuild**

[paddyob]

well today I added (or shall I say I am in the process of acclimating) Purple Hornets.

My buddy bought some from Red Coral on the weekend and said they were Blue Hornets, but Red Coral has Purple Hornets on the tank... so let's assume they are

Once they are in the tank I will try get a shot when they open and hope for genuine purple hornets. We all know they are hard to find... and these were priced much, MUCH lower than you would expect to find Hornets for.

Either way... they look like Purple Hornets... so crossing fingers they are... and that they grow!

[azulikit]

Nice job on the build, looks fantastic!

[lastlight]

How do you find the Maldives in a 70g? Beauty of a fish I'd love to have one.

[Lampshade]

Very nice tank, good build thred too. If you ever find out what that "unknown SPS" is from a few posts back let me know, i have the same one i think, BRIGHT green polyps and a dark green/brown base, i assume it's a pocci... but?

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by azulikit

Nice job on the build, looks fantastic!

Thank you!

Originally Posted by lastlight

How do you find the Maldives in a 70g? Beauty of a fish I'd love to have one.

I have only had them about 3 weeks or so. I feed them plankton twice a day and they gobble it up. They seem ok. No aggression. I might add an auto feeder as they also take flake. Would give me an extra feeding or two/day.

Originally Posted by Lampshade

Very nice tank, good build thred too. If you ever find out what that "unknown SPS" is from a few posts back let me know, i have the same one i think, BRIGHT green polyps and a dark green/brown base, i assume it's a pocci... but?

thank you. I still don't know the name. I just got into SPS with my 70... so I do not know anything about them to be honest. My buddy has been hooking me up with frags when he comes by so I am trying to learn. It is growing like a weed in my tank though!

[paddyob]

Well my frag of "wanna be" hornets is dying off. All my other zoas are doing great... including my African Blue Steels... so why these are not, are beyond me. I guess sometimes things are poor shippers or something.

They are very nice, even though they are not the Hornets they were sold/promoted as, I do not like the fact they are dwindling away.

Any suggestions?

[BlueTang<3]

Too much light? My purple deaths have to be in the dark almost or they don't do to well.