Just thought I'd say hello to everyone and introduce myself. I'm 25 and have been keeping freshwater tanks for 20 years now as well as breeding some. Reef tanks for roughly 8 years.
Current tanks and People in them (yes my fish are peoples)
95 gallon planted Fluval curved corner.
5x Clown barbs
3x snakeskin gouramis 1.2 breeding harem
3x Altim angels 1.2 breeding harem
15x cherry barb
1x long ear sunfish
2x red tip rasboras (left over from an ex gf's tank)
Filters and gear
2x 36 inch double light t5 2xLife-glo 1x power-glo 1x Marine-glo
2x 20 pound Co2 tanks with regulators set to 5 bubbles/min each
45 gallon sump/w pool filter sand and marginal plants under 24/7 light 350 GPM flow rate at return in tank.
180 gallon reef
More acropora then I can handle ... time to frag maybe
20-25 different vars. of zoo/mushroom polyp
torch coral
Fiji Black Clowns 1.1 pair w/ 20 inch Blue carpet ( I know they shouldn't host it ... but they did and they have more babies then I know what to do with.)
15x Coral Gobies
10x Neon Gobies
6x Manderian Dragonets 1.5 m/f mix ... no babies yet but lots of eggs laid 2 days ago !! WOOHOO!!
2x Fire clown w/seabae anenome
4x Cleaner Shrimp
1x coral banded shrimp
25(est) Blue leg hermit
5x Emerald Crab
3x sally lightfoot crab
10(est) Scarlet Red Leg Hermits
5(est) Left Handed Hermit
3x 14 inch Serpant Stars
1x 13 inch gigas clam
Lots of Feather dusters and the common reef fillers
125 pounds liverock
Filters and gear
4x Double ended 250 watt MH 2x 6000k 2x 16000k on 250 watt IceCaps
6x 48 inch HO 03 Atinic
150 LED moonlight Panel w/lunar cycle and Cloud passover sim.
150 gallon sump w/
redsea Skimmer
Mangrooves (that are getting really big ... anyone need some BIG mangrooves send me a pm, You cover shipping and I'll give them to ya lol)
240 pounds liverock with large cleaning crew and 24/7 light on mangrooves provided by 2 t5HO life-glo
Return is a fluval FX5 packed with all the fancy Media (Opti-Carb mostly)
180 Gallon Seawater Fish only
130 pounds liverock
2x Niger Trigger 1.1 pair
5x Fu Man Chu Lionfish ( I don't need the "Triggers and Lions don't mix speech please, Tank is 6 years old as are the fish ... )
2x Queen Trigger 1.1 pair
5 green chromis
Random Clowns as food (mostly the black Clowns that breed like Live bearers, and the LF stores can only buy so many)
Filters and gear
6x t5HO 1x life-glo 2x power-glo 2x 03 atinic
150 gallon sump w/ skimmer/ fx5 return etc ... pretty much the same as the other sump.
23 gallon nano reef.
... it has some water and some rock so far ...
33 gallon Asian Dark Water
15 chocolate gouramis 4.11 m/f Breeding Harem (hehe tank rasied chocolates are super strong and I recommand EVERYONE keep these little cuties at one point or another I've keep them with Discus for many a years never with a problem infact they used to all hang out together... Just remeber YOU CAN NOT KEEP THEM IN BRIGHT TANKS !!! I'm so sick of seeing really pale chocolates because shops refuse to add a little peat.)
I look forward to both learning and teaching on here...
Laters
Fu Man Chu Lion (Dendrochirus)
Current tanks and People in them (yes my fish are peoples)
95 gallon planted Fluval curved corner.
5x Clown barbs
3x snakeskin gouramis 1.2 breeding harem
3x Altim angels 1.2 breeding harem
15x cherry barb
1x long ear sunfish
2x red tip rasboras (left over from an ex gf's tank)
Filters and gear
2x 36 inch double light t5 2xLife-glo 1x power-glo 1x Marine-glo
2x 20 pound Co2 tanks with regulators set to 5 bubbles/min each
45 gallon sump/w pool filter sand and marginal plants under 24/7 light 350 GPM flow rate at return in tank.
180 gallon reef
More acropora then I can handle ... time to frag maybe
20-25 different vars. of zoo/mushroom polyp
torch coral
Fiji Black Clowns 1.1 pair w/ 20 inch Blue carpet ( I know they shouldn't host it ... but they did and they have more babies then I know what to do with.)
15x Coral Gobies
10x Neon Gobies
6x Manderian Dragonets 1.5 m/f mix ... no babies yet but lots of eggs laid 2 days ago !! WOOHOO!!
2x Fire clown w/seabae anenome
4x Cleaner Shrimp
1x coral banded shrimp
25(est) Blue leg hermit
5x Emerald Crab
3x sally lightfoot crab
10(est) Scarlet Red Leg Hermits
5(est) Left Handed Hermit
3x 14 inch Serpant Stars
1x 13 inch gigas clam
Lots of Feather dusters and the common reef fillers
125 pounds liverock
Filters and gear
4x Double ended 250 watt MH 2x 6000k 2x 16000k on 250 watt IceCaps
6x 48 inch HO 03 Atinic
150 LED moonlight Panel w/lunar cycle and Cloud passover sim.
150 gallon sump w/
redsea Skimmer
Mangrooves (that are getting really big ... anyone need some BIG mangrooves send me a pm, You cover shipping and I'll give them to ya lol)
240 pounds liverock with large cleaning crew and 24/7 light on mangrooves provided by 2 t5HO life-glo
Return is a fluval FX5 packed with all the fancy Media (Opti-Carb mostly)
180 Gallon Seawater Fish only
130 pounds liverock
2x Niger Trigger 1.1 pair
5x Fu Man Chu Lionfish ( I don't need the "Triggers and Lions don't mix speech please, Tank is 6 years old as are the fish ... )
2x Queen Trigger 1.1 pair
5 green chromis
Random Clowns as food (mostly the black Clowns that breed like Live bearers, and the LF stores can only buy so many)
Filters and gear
6x t5HO 1x life-glo 2x power-glo 2x 03 atinic
150 gallon sump w/ skimmer/ fx5 return etc ... pretty much the same as the other sump.
23 gallon nano reef.
... it has some water and some rock so far ...
33 gallon Asian Dark Water
15 chocolate gouramis 4.11 m/f Breeding Harem (hehe tank rasied chocolates are super strong and I recommand EVERYONE keep these little cuties at one point or another I've keep them with Discus for many a years never with a problem infact they used to all hang out together... Just remeber YOU CAN NOT KEEP THEM IN BRIGHT TANKS !!! I'm so sick of seeing really pale chocolates because shops refuse to add a little peat.)
I look forward to both learning and teaching on here...
Laters
Fu Man Chu Lion (Dendrochirus)
