Hi... this is my tank...

[pyekhine]

Hello,

I joined this forum for a while now and haven't been properly introduced myself yet. My name is Pye and here's my FOWLR tank(with 2 corals).

Suggestions and guidance are welcome. I just started this hobby about 3 months ago....

Equipment:

125g tank
30g DIY sump
170lb LR (both in main tank and sump)
140lb LS
Reef Octopus Extreme 160
Eheim 1060 return pump
240W Power Compact lamps
2 Fans for Temp control
250W + 150W Heaters

Live stock

Purple Tang
Hippo Tang
Powder Brown Tang
Blue/Green Damsel
Maroon Clown
2x percula clown
Lemon Peel angel
2x Banner Fish
1 long tentacle anemone
toad stool mushroom coral
unknown coral

 

[skene]

I like the rock work.

 

[tttony]

:Yikes:Looks nice, watch those BIG hermits , they might snatch a fish one day

 

[OzoneParkGuy]

Looks great, good pics and healthy fish!!! Congrats... btw i would reposition the koralia and have it face upward or straight so as not to create thoose sand dunes. by it stiring the sand like that you are releasing the nitrogenous gas bubbles that are trapped in the sand bed and you could end up with a problem. Just my observation though.

 

[pyekhine]

yea, i'll redirect the pumps and see if it helps... most of the dunes are done by the maroon clown fish... that guy is crazy.

Yea, that hermit crab killed the blue hermit of the same size and took his shell.

 

[masterswimmer]

Welcome to MR Pye. Looks like you're off to a nice start.

Based on this comment from you in your original post: "Suggestions and guidance are welcome. I just started this hobby about 3 months ago..."

I'd like to comment on your bannerfish. Those fish are extremely difficult to keep, even for an experienced hobbyist with a mature tank over 3 or 4 years old. Putting two, not even one in a tank that is three months old is asking for a one way ticket to the big aquarium in the sky. If you don't mind me asking, what are your Bannerfish eating?

Best of luck with your new tank. I'm crossing my fingers for those two fish. They're one of my favorites.

Russ

 

[NDY]

Welcome To MR
Nice Job
Healthy looking Fish

 

[pyekhine]

I originally bought 3 of them but one got stuck in the wave maker and died. They eat pretty much everything. Bloodworms, brine shrimp, mysis shrimp, seaweed (green, brown and red), lettuce and even dry food.

I did a research on this fish. I wanted moorish idol but they wont survive in the closed environment.

Since i started this tank I lost one cromis and 2 clowns(coz i got the bad batch) and a algae blenny. Algae blenny got skinner and skinner and just disappeared.

Welcome to MR Pye. Looks like you're off to a nice start.

Based on this comment from you in your original post: "Suggestions and guidance are welcome. I just started this hobby about 3 months ago..."

I'd like to comment on your bannerfish. Those fish are extremely difficult to keep, even for an experienced hobbyist with a mature tank over 3 or 4 years old. Putting two, not even one in a tank that is three months old is asking for a one way ticket to the big aquarium in the sky. If you don't mind me asking, what are your Bannerfish eating?

Best of luck with your new tank. I'm crossing my fingers for those two fish. They're one of my favorites.

Russ

 

[masterswimmer]

I truly hope you have perfect success with all your livestock. Those Bannerfish are beautiful, and yours do look great.

Russ