The Journey Continues - Mike & Terry's 280g Reef Savvy

[Mike&Terry]

Released 3 fish babies from our acclimation box into the reef this afternoon.
They are:

• Oxymonacanthus longirostris (Orange Spotted filefish - male) He was moved from our 30g nano - been with us for 1.5 years.

• Pseudojuloides cerasinus (Small Tail pencil wrasse - female)

• Cirrhilabrus johnsoni (Johnson's fairy wrasse - male)

We will post some pics once they have settled in.

 

[bubbaque]

Does the filefish eat your sps polyps?

 

[Mike&Terry]

Does the filefish eat your sps polyps?

Absolutely! for any polyp that ventures out during the day. Our Acropora corals don't have much polyp extension during the day anyway, thanks to our Regal angelfish and we're okay with that.

Our Orange Spotted filefish eats a variety of meaty foods as well as algae and should adjust well to the big reef.

 

[Mike&Terry]

O. longirostris:


P. diacanthus:


Not 100% sure, but so far looks like A. austera (Named "Freaky Tiki" by Tiki Corals LFS). Love the colors.

 

[Mike&Terry]

This pic was taken while in the acclimation box. Not a great pic, but interesting to see his camouflage colors.


Acropora secale


Acropora prostrata

 

[Mike&Terry]

A few more pics...

Genicanthus semifasciatus male


Cirrhilabrus rhomboidalis male (1 of 2)


Naso elegans


This is not a great pic, but shows what a challenge it is in trying to get good shots of fish or coral in our tank. All of our fish babies are notorious photo bombers, LOL!

 

[Mike&Terry]

Oxymonacanthus longirostris taken with flash:


Paracanthurus hepatus - yellow-belly variant:


Cirrhilabrus isosceles - young male.

 

[bubbaque]

Every time I look at your tank I am blown away. Also your photos are top notch! Are you doing anything like aminos or just feeding heavy?

 

[Mike&Terry]

Every time I look at your tank I am blown away. Also your photos are top notch! Are you doing anything like aminos or just feeding heavy?

Thanks so much for the compliments - we truly are appreciative! We have to feed heavy with the large number of fish we keep and, so far, have not found it necessary to dose aminos.

 

[revhtree]

Thanks so much for the compliments - we truly are appreciative! We have to feed heavy with the large number of fish we keep and, so far, have not found it necessary to dose aminos.

Hey Terry is there any way you could shoot a little video of you feeding your fish. Like the exact amount you would normally feed?

 

[Stylo328]

Hey Terry is there any way you could shoot a little video of you feeding your fish. Like the exact amount you would normally feed?

+1 That would be helpful for me as well given the similarities in our systems and stocking. Thanks.

 

[Mike&Terry]

Hey Terry is there any way you could shoot a little video of you feeding your fish. Like the exact amount you would normally feed?

+1 That would be helpful for me as well given the similarities in our systems and stocking. Thanks.

Yes, we can do that...

 

[Stylo328]

Yes, we can do that...

Thanks!

 

[Dropped]

Just read all 25 pages of this thread, think i need to do some work now haha. Looking good!

 

[Mike&Terry]

Updated Fish Stocklist:
Display:
Zebrasoma desjardini (Desjardini - Indian Ocean Sailfin)
Ctenochaetus truncatus (Spotted Bristletooth)
Naso Elegans - Blonde Naso Tang
Paracanthurus hepatus (Blue Tang - yellow belly variant)
Pygoplites diacanthus (Regal Angelfish)
Genicanthus semifasciatus (Japanese Swallowtail Angelfish - 1 male, 2 females)
Hemitaurichthys polylepis (Pyramid Butterflyfish - 2)
Halichoeres hartzfeldii (Hartzfeld's wrasse)
Paracheilinus octotaenia (Eightline Flasher Wrasse - 2)
Cirrhilabrus earlei (Earl's Fairy Wrasse)
Cirrhilabrus johnsoni (Johnson's Fairy Wrasse)
Cirrhilabrus bathyphilus (Hooded Fairy Wrasse)
Cirrhilabrus rubrisquamis (Red Velvet Fairy Wrasse)
Cirrhilabrus rhomboidalis (Rhomboid Fairy Wrasse - 2)
Cirrhilabrus isosceles (Pintail Fairy Wrasse)
Macropharyngodon bipartitus (Blue Star Leopard Wrasse - 1 male, 2 females)
Macropharyngodon choati (Choat's Leopard Wrasse)
Psuedojuloides severnsi (Royal Pencil Wrasse)
Psuedojuloides cerasinus (Small tail Pencil Wrasse)
Labroides dimidiatus (Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse)
Amphiprion ocellaris (Ocellaris Clownfish bonded pair)
Oxymonacanthus longirostris (Orange Spotted Filefish)
Frag Tank:
Zebrasoma flavescens (Yellow Tang)
Cirrhilabrus katoi (Katoi Fairy Wrasse)

I think I got them all, LOL...

 

[Mike&Terry]

Just read all 25 pages of this thread, think i need to do some work now haha. Looking good!

Thank You for the compliment AND for taking the time to read through our thread - no small feat!

 

[aquavista99]

Amazing updates!

 

[Mike&Terry]

Amazing updates!

Thank You so much, Tim!

 

[tdyrkacz]

Wow. Beautiful. Can you tell me about your plumbing? Why did you decide to have the returns come from the bottom? It would make me nervous to put holes in the bottom of the tank since plumbing can leak. If this has already been covered somewhere in your thread just tell me and i will try to find it.

Also just curious. You mentioned you had two catastrophic failures before. What was the extent of the damage to your home? Did insurance cover it? I can't even imagine how much damage 300 gallons of salt water can do to a home.... twice none the less. How do you dry your home from that?

 

[Mike&Terry]

Wow. Beautiful. Can you tell me about your plumbing? Why did you decide to have the returns come from the bottom? It would make me nervous to put holes in the bottom of the tank since plumbing can leak. If this has already been covered somewhere in your thread just tell me and i will try to find it.

Also just curious. You mentioned you had two catastrophic failures before. What was the extent of the damage to your home? Did insurance cover it? I can't even imagine how much damage 300 gallons of salt water can do to a home.... twice none the less. How do you dry your home from that?

Thank You for the compliments tdyrkacz!

We need to update our plumbing diagram and post it in the thread. The bottom drilled holes in the tank are for our closed loop. The returns are located high on the back wall which you can see in the pic below (far left and far right):



As for the two failures, the first happened in September of 2010 and was a catastrophic, bottom seal rupture on a less than 6 month old tank and caused quite a bit of damage to our home. The second, was a pinhole leak (bubble in rear corner seam) on the custom built replacement tank built by the vendor. Thankfully, it was caught early and caused no damage. Both are well-documented in this thread.