Maroun.c 400 G build thread

[revhtree]

Man great shots of beautiful corals and fish!

 

[maroun.c]

To end and bring this thread up to current day some tank shots.

Left to Right

FTS

Full View from the front

Side view

 

[maroun.c]

Man great shots of beautiful corals and fish!

Thanks Rev !

 

[Oliver94]

Great fish and corals! Love them and the overall tank looks amazing how it is integrated in the wall

 

[maroun.c]

Thanks Oliver.
Good Catch, the plan from the start was to have the tank blend in as part of the room.

 

[maroun.c]

Couple of sad updates
Had this copperhand since 12 months and was the perfect citizen, Adapted to eating frozen quite fast, had it’s 2-3 rounds with prazi while in Quarantine, Ate tubeworms and Aptasia in the introduction tank and when it went up to the tank it eliminated a nasty infection of Tubeworms I had and then shifted to Aptasias and took them all out. After that it kept eating frozen. During that time the stomach remained pinched and it never fattened up although it was eating well and I was soaking foods in Vitamins. I resorted to hand feeding and a couple of feeding methods in the video below to make sure it was getting a good amount of food daily. Despite all that it didn’t fatten up and I lost it 2 weeks back.

http://s1188.photobucket.com/user/m...terfly feeding/CBB Feeder.mp4.html?sort=3&o=0

http://s1188.photobucket.com/user/m...y feeding/CBB feeding cup.mp4.html?sort=3&o=2


http://s1188.photobucket.com/user/m... feeding/CBB hand feeding.mp4.html?sort=3&o=1

 

[maroun.c]

To make it worse last week my 16 years old maroon clown female developed a swollen belly and stopped eating. Not sure if its some intestinal blockage or some growth that blocked her at this age… unfortunately it only lasted 5-6 days. Was a nasty feeling to net the fish out while the male was still at her side and attacking the net to defend her. Some pictures of it throughout the years.

1999

2008

1st attempt to pair her in 2008: failed and make was nearly shredded

Another attempt in 2009

Success

And one last picture in 2010 before she went with her mate to a Cube setup for them as they became too aggressive.

 

[drernesto]

Need some updates please!

 

[maroun.c]

2 weeks late end of year update.
in the last 2-3 months continued to add more corals, tried to add mini colonies or tiny frags except in the places where the corals had enough space to grow without space issues with other ones next to them. This will allow me to shape the frags as they grow into the shape I have in mind for the tank, might turn out to be only wishful thinking though
Tabling Accro

Chillipepper Monti

Couple of Superman montis,
This one came from Dubai

and this tiny piece recovered from a piece I got from US a long time ago.

Green forest Digitata hope it recovers its colors

a Nice dark pink birdnest I had in my tank 5 years back which I recovered from a Friends tank.

Whats supposed to grow in a nice blue Stag

 

[maroun.c]

a mystic monti I got and my SSC fell on, it burned all of it except for this tiny nub and now it looks like its starting to grow

Tyree undata to add tot he Undata collection

Montipora spongoides

Orange monti with green polyps (still need to ID)

Jedi Mind Trick Monti

Green Slimer doing much better than it looks in the photo. its on the back side pretty low and want to grow it upwards from behind all the rockwork. Will take a few years though!!!

Yellowish with dark blue polyps accro, Awaiting polyps and colors!

soft skinned accro frag

and a soft skinned accro

 

[drernesto]

Beautiful pictures! It will be great to post a full tank shot [emoji4]

 

[maroun.c]

thanks, Will do.

Miilipora additions, these were recently added and waiting for the colors to come back:

pink blue tipped milli

Pink milli

Acropora plana
This was a larg size colony. it RTND in quarantine overnight and lost 75% of it. I fragged a few pieces that made it and this one remained on the RTNing colony and made it as well.

Caroliniana?

Strawberry shortcake from an Aussy shipment in Dubai. colored up nicely and encrusting and growing faster than expected.

Purple frag saved froma friends RTNing colony

another purple accro that came in brown placed a frag in DT and the rest in Frag tank and its coloring up nice

Pockerstar monti saved from a Colony infested with monti Nudis at an LFS.

frag from a nice coloni in an LFS regaining colors and showing good growth

couple of frags I picked up from Dubai as well, digitata with a nice colors and growing rather fast and behind it a nice efflo that came brown and is getting more purple.

 

[maroun.c]

Pavona

No ID frag I got hoping it's a Red planet. Looks to bee too green for a RP.

LPS Additions

Meteor Shower

added few LPS from a friend stopping his tank.

Couple of favias

Chalice

This one receeded after the move but looks to be recovering

Acans

Zoas

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

Looking good!!

 

[maroun.c]

One SPS addition I missed.

and a long awaited fish addition
Bellus

and to end this update a few shots of how the tank looks by end of 2015
Left Side

Middle

Rt side

And FTS

 

[maroun.c]

Looking good!!

Thanks

 

[bige]

Tank looks great. Awesome pictures. Those clams look huge.

 

[maroun.c]

Thanks Bige,
Tank is finally on the right track, the clams are large will take them a few years more to get huge I hope.

 

[drernesto]

Amazing photos & an amazing setup... Nice shot for the Bellus!

 

[maroun.c]

posted these on the top down pics and thoought i'd repost here to revive the thread

ORA Green Birdnest-WWC tricolor Valida-Setosa-Blue Oregon tort

Monti chili pepper monti. couldn't get the orange spots to appear more

Setosa and Oregon tort

WWC tricolor Valida

Starwberry shortcake