75g reef (pics)

[nlutfi]

Hi everyone,
Here are some pics of my 75g that i upgraded from a 38g about 2 months ago. I had some big algae problems that i finally got under controll and im starting to stock the tank. Here's what i got so far.
Equiptment:
3 maxijet 1200, 1 with a hydroflow.
old 38g for sump with about 20lbs of live rock, soon to upgrade to a refugium i have my old pc's on it.
8 lamp t5 fixture
seaclone 100 protien skimmer
about 80lbs of live rock in the main tank and about 65lbs of live sand 2-3in sand bed.

Fish:
2 clowns
six line wrase
blue tang
red cap goby
mandarin goby

inverts:
green bta
red fromia star
candy/trumpet coral
small cotton candy zoo frag
green zoo's
purple shrooms
small birdsnest coral frag
2 emerald crabs, and a bunch of hermits and snails

Anyways here are some pics.
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z313/nlutfi/tank043.jpg?t=1189912134
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z313/nlutfi/tank030.jpg?t=1189912146
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z313/nlutfi/tank021.jpg?t=1189912177
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z313/nlutfi/tank029.jpg?t=1189912202
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z313/nlutfi/tank009.jpg?t=1189912219
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z313/nlutfi/tank15.jpg?t=1189912235
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z313/nlutfi/tank12.jpg?t=1189912246
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z313/nlutfi/Picture060.jpg?t=1189912259
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z313/nlutfi/tank11.jpg?t=1189912271
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z313/nlutfi/tank3.jpg?t=1189912298

[xzionx]

cool, u have nemo and dora.

[clown-lover]

Very cool pics.. In the one pic with your clown and tang it looks like you might have a majano anemone. I can't be for certain without a closer pic but I thought you should know.

[Amphiprion]

It appears to be a bulb (or bubble) tip anemone, like in the other pic--maybe the same one at a different time?

[nlutfi]

yea its a bulb/bubble tip anemone he acts kind of odd. some days he hide and others he is huge! anyways he seems to be doing fine tho. thanks for the feed back.
-Nick

[Reefscape]

Superb looking tank and corals...very nice indeed..

Niko

[clown-lover]

I was talking about this.. Your saying this is a BTA? I haven't seen a baby before so take it as teaching me..

[nlutfi]

ooh i see what your talking about clown-lover. im not sure what kind of nem those are i have about 3 of um that came on that rock but they havnt caused any problems. if anyone knows there name let me know.

[clown-lover]

Like I said I couldn't tell from you picture but do they look like this?? The one in the center, not the stuff on the top.

[nlutfi]

yea it looks just like that. i have about 3-4 of um. are they a threat at all? from what my lfs said they should cause any problems and i can just pop um out if i dont want um. let me know
thanks
-Nick

[tidescallme]

yea you dont want those, they start overtaking your tnk after a while, just like weeds

[clown-lover]

Much like Aptasia they are considered a pest anemone because they rapidly (not as fast as aptasia) reproduce and can take over a tank. They will sting other corals causing damage. I have always been told to remove these from a tank because of this.

[nlutfi]

thanks for the info i will try and get them out asap. is there anything that will eat them? or do i have to pull um out?

[Reefscape]

Do not touch them with your hands...The simplest solution to remove them is to get some boiling water, get this into a syringe, get as close as you can to the aiptasia and then blast it with the boiling water...this method is about as simple and safe as it gets...also very effective...

Niko

[Mgamer20o0]

great looking tank

[Subliminal]

Hope you have enough pods for your lil green buddy!

Is that a frag of bird's nest?

[ChangDriX]

You mandrin looks very plump and happy, have you got him to feed on frozen foods? my LFS feeds them frozen brine and laughed at me when i mentioned pods