Update of my 450G - First pics of 08 finally

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kwl1763

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So folks have been bugging me to post new pics so here you go.

First a full tank shot for fun then a few of my fish

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Onto some corals

Here is my favorite pic, it's a super macro of a red encrusting monti I have.

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Another monti



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Hydno

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It's a magnificent foxface. They are awesome, a bit pricey but awesome.

The Regal is pretty big now he's grown almost 2" in the year I've had hi and he'saround 6" now.
 
I like your rockwork. It looks good. I also love your rabbitfish. I have always wanted a magnificent foxface.
 
Been a while so I'll give a new years eve update! Hope everyone had a great christmas and be safe with your new years activities!

I'm selling my massive beckett! It's a great skimmer and to be honest my new one doesn't skim anymore then the old one. very coparable honestly but it uses way less power (a dart vs an Iwaki 100) and the footprint is much smaller and it is much quieter so I'm pretty happy with the switch. I'm going to see if anyone locally wants and if not on to RC! I'm now gravity feeding the Reeflo and the Dart recircs. I have a filter sock now on the output of the skimmer and the drains that don't go through the skimmer. I change them every ~3 days and it amazes me how much dirt they collect!

The tank is doing fine. It's been a bit neglected as of late just because so much other stuff has been going on but is still rocking and rolling. Growth continues to be subpar by past tank standards which still baffles me but it continues to get better and grow faster as tie goes on. It's just taking a bit longer. It should start kicking in now that it's been about 18 months. I'm going to step up water changes and siphon on a more frequent basis in hopes on accelerating growth.

Levels continue to test out well.

Alk continues to be ~10dkh
Calcium ~425
MG ~1300
phosphates and nitrates have never been detectable.

Other then that I've played with bulbs a bit when they needed replacing. I'm now using the Phoenix 14k on my 2 DE bulbs. They are really great and I'm really happy with the massive PAR they put out. I put Reeflux 10ks on the single ended back in August. They look OK but the PAR is awefully low and I can already tell a massive lessening after only 6 months. I don't have a PAR meter (likely my next purchase when I get some $$) to know exactly the decline but I'm confident it's significant. I'll most likely switch back to the XM 10ks and then supplement with VHO actinics. I have avoided supplementation and the associated costs since switching to the Reeflux but I'm just not happy with the setup. If I was running a higher wattage I would be OK but with 250s the Reeflux just aren't giving me enough in my view.

That's about all the talk I can think of so let's get on to the pics!

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Thanks for the update Keith. Looks good.

What skimmer did you replace the old beckett with? Is it one of the new Reeflo skimmers?

Growth continues to be subpar by past tank standards which still baffles me but it continues to get better and grow faster as tie goes on. It's just taking a bit longer. It should start kicking in now that it's been about 18 months. I'm going to step up water changes and siphon on a more frequent basis in hopes on accelerating growth. said:
I can totally relate to this. My system was setup May 2006 and I'm just now starting to see steady growth and coloration of colors with my corals.
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Onto the fish.

To update here is the list in my tank, I doubt I'll add much more but do want a few fairy wrasses and maybe one more fish.

6 female anthias
2 mated neon gobies
2 mated true percs
2 blue throated triggers
1 magnificent foxface
1 regal angel
1 flame angel
1 powder blue tang
1 sailfin tang
1 copperband butterfly
1 scotts wrasse
1 spotted mandarin

It doesn't sound like a high bioload but the triggers, the foxface, the regal and the tang are all in th 6+ inch range now so it's a lot of poop!

Some of these pics aren't the best but I've never included the anthias or the triggers before so figured bad pics were better then no pics.


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Great fish list.

Where did you get the regal? Did you have problems getting it to eat when you first got it? What does is eat? Last question. Is it a Red Sea regal?

Thanks.
 
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Where did you get the regal? Did you have problems getting it to eat when you first got it? What does is eat? Last question. Is it a Red Sea regal? Thanks. said:
Got the regal from Live Aquaria. I did get it to eat. It was quite a challenge at first. He actually came down with a bacterial infection and I had to treat him and he didn't eat for 2 weeks. then he munched on a live mussell and then it was a matter of mixing new foods in until he would eat everything. Tok a month total almost though but he nows eats everything including nori, pellets, etc. I've had him for about 15 months now and he is fat and healthy.

Yes he is a red sea specimen.

I replaced the Reeflux's with 10k XMs over the last week and I can already tell a difference in growth in a positive way!


The skimmer is the new Reeflo. It's awesome. Small and quiet and energy efficient. My beckett skimmed just as well but was big and loud and had an Iwaki 100 which is not exactly a cheap pump to run!
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