Budget doesn't exist in this hobby: Brian's 45g Build

[Etaloche]

Not too much going on in the tank lately and just been watching the corals grow out

Some new additions





Warren if you see this can you give me the name of this coral? I totally forgot.




You can see my new orchid dottyback hiding in the rock in this one.










This acan has been growing out beautifully. One of the first corals I ever got



The candycane has made some great recovery. I've been battling some algae and lost a single head when the algae took over but have since got it under control. I've also been feeding each individual head by hand every couple of days and that's how its been nicknamed the sun coral

Feeding time




When I first got the coral


Today, still got a long way before full recovery


Zoa garden is taking shape


Some new zoa and paly waiting to be mounted. Thanks GoFish for providing me with a frag rack. It's been very useful






I also finally got a mandarin goby!


Built this target feeder I saw on the internet and hatched some brine shrimp for him. Eventually started putting mysis on the feeder and he happily accepts any frozen foods now. Very happy that training him was a breeze


Halloween urchin which has been a big help with algae control


Also got some other critters. This pom pom crab has to be my favorite crab.


This porcelain crab is very fun to watch too.


Finally, the latest addition to my tank has been this sharknose cleaner goby.

[Etaloche]

Only recent changes have been that I started dosing the Prodibio BioKit and changed my salt to the Aquaforest Probiotic Salt

[WarDog]

Looking good buddy. That would be a Turaki, original colony out of Jeff's tank at J&L.

[Etaloche]

Originally Posted by WarDog

Looking good buddy. That would be a Turaki, original colony out of Jeff's tank at J&L.

Gotcha thanks

[Etaloche]

Wow... time flies, I can't believe it's already been 9 months since my tank has been set up. Just realized my last update was 5 months ago.
Been busy with a new job and school starting up again and caring for the tank has been quite a challenge. Only recently have I finally figured out my ritual and been able to tend to my tank in detail again.
Lots have happened and I had to even set up a frag tank to accommodate room for more stuff. I'll make an effort to do an in depth update on my tank!

[GoFish]

Looks great Brian keep it up! Hard not to have a frag tank when trying to stock a 45g when you want a piece of everything