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

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by fishytime

Coral Beauties are one of my favs too......they always seem to have that "halo" around their little heads at first..... great shots BTW

Thanks!

Yea... this is what I have heard. I hope mine remains an angel.

[Funky_Fish14]

Pat Buddy! This is looking fantastic! Great job, and nice and clean!

Cheers,

Chris

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by Funky_Fish14

Pat Buddy! This is looking fantastic! Great job, and nice and clean!

Cheers,

Chris

Thanks Chris!

[paddyob]

So I am up to 11 fish, 1 Shrimp, Hermits and snails... 38 or so corals. Coming together quite nicely.

I can say, I will not be adding much more for fish. Maybe a second cleaner shrimp and/or Blue Mandarin in a couple more months, but that would be the last.

As for corals... I am getting edgy about what I should add now.

Jason (Bignose) keeps bringing me SPS frags (So I guess he wants me to get into SPS ha ha). And I have "enough" zoas for now (except for a few choice ones that might come along).... but I need some more moving/branching corals.

Anyone have suggestions for kick ass corals to add some more "life" to the reef?

I am probably going to avoid clams for the next while as it seems there are a lot of them dying for one reason or another. I really want one of the Cook Island clams that Ken at BW is trying to get but man I am scared to drop a $100 and see it pass on to the great fishbowl in the sky. Maybe its good that they are delayed as much as they are. Gives my tank more time to mature and HOPEFULLY the clam issue passes.

[reefwars]

Elegance are my all time face but I'll prob not try one again for a long time I've lost three so fAr and I just find they are so picky and sensitive ..... Another one of my faves are duncans and i like toadstools as well

[bignose]

sps

[paddyob]

Well I finished my canopy last night. It actually looks pretty good for someone who does not work well with wood.

I will post pics at another time.

[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.