Minh's 320 reef - Page 16

OrionN · 04/19/2015, 07:19 PM

Here is the last picture of my Indo Tusk, right before I took him in to trade.

Here is the new Australian Tusk at 2 inches

OrionN · 04/25/2015, 02:59 PM

Picture of my Goniopora today

Dkuhlmann · 04/28/2015, 03:16 AM

Minh your tank is amazing

Everything about it is.

I would also like to get the high resolution pictures of the clowns in the nem pair, that is so awesome!!!!! davidkuhlmann@hotmail.com

Oh my GBTA didn't make it. I'm pretty sure that the low sg water from Petco 1.020 and even with the slow acclimation to my 1.026 was too much for it. SOOOO after a few weeks of water changes and all parameters being nothing less than perfect I got a new addition on Sunday. Sunset BTA, a small one but it was too beautiful to pass up. I've got a local that sells many SPS and LTA frags and is starting our only "local" LFS. (I live in rural NW Iowa and closest lfs is Sioux City IA Petco

) He had a pair of the SBTA's and both split so I brought this little guy home. He is doing well and actually found a spot it seems to be staying in after only moving 3". It's placed it's foot in a hole in the lr it's on and seems to be happy. I'll post some pictures after it's fully acclimated to my tank and it's full colors come out. Such a beautiful animal.

thorSvenson · 05/18/2015, 09:11 AM

Hi Minh,

What do you use for substrate in your anemone tank?

Mr. Brooks · 11/04/2015, 01:28 PM

Minh,

If you haven't already, could you post a picture of your Radions? I'd like to see how you have them mounted, spacing etc.

Thank you!
Chad

Didac · 11/05/2015, 03:23 PM

Nice tank

kara13 · 12/03/2015, 01:26 PM

Fabulous! That's what I want my tank to be when it grows up.

Did you add all 10 clowns at the same time? Or did you add some at later dates?

OrionN · 02/01/2016, 12:32 PM

My tank evolved into a anemone tank. Here are a few pictures from the weekend. Sorry that the picture are not the best. I just use my phone instead of my SLR.

L side

R side

Onyx in one of my Magnifica

My T Gigas (30 inches) and my Harlequin Tusk all "grown up" at 5-6 inches or so

My Gigantea, there are 4 Gigantea in the DT

My oldest Gigantea, Magnifica and Haddoni. Blue and green Haddoni was removed to another tank

Truebluereefs · 03/26/2016, 10:01 AM

I want my anemones to look this amazing? Is the blue clam the same one you had in the cube tank?
How's the breeding clownish going?

OrionN · 03/26/2016, 05:07 PM

Thanks.
The clam is the same one I had in the cube tank several years ago.
I sold all my baby clowns. It took me 2 years to sell ~1200 clowns. The last 300 along with all the tanks in 1 swoop. I was glad to get rid of all the babies. Daily feeding, changing water, and have people come to the house at odd hrs was getting too much for my wife, especially the last one.

OrionN · 04/16/2016, 12:12 PM

Picture of my reef today. Mostly large animals. Very little spce for SPS. I am nursing some premium SPS (on fishing line) When they are big enough I will place them on the reef structure.
I used 5000K LED spot light for my Gigantea. From talking to taylor_t, I find the Gigantea carpet will do even better with much better color if they get light up to the range of 1200 PAR. Insane amount of light that is difficult to reproduce. taylor_t used spot light, and I got this idea from him.
I still have 6 anemones in my frag tank, not in the DT. I will have to see if I can bring my Red Doreensis, Blue Haddoni and Green Haddoni/Gigantea hybrid out to the DT somewhere.
Still in the frag tank until release in the main tank is my Yellow Chest Regal Angel. I will get him in DT in the next few weeks. Regal angels are my favorite fish.

FTS today:

Red Sea Regal in Frag tank:

2 year in captivity Pacific Blue Chest Regal Angel in DT. Also my Alveopora is been kill by a Bornerman Anemone that reproduced to plaque portion. I need to try to get many of them out

OrionN · 04/16/2016, 03:42 PM

I put a rock full of macro-algae of various species to my DT. The tangs and foxface will clean the whole rock up in a few days. Full of aptasia and other worms as food for my CBB also. They go at it right away.

OrionN · 04/18/2016, 06:02 PM

Here are pictures of my algae rock in my tank days 1-3. The tangs really like it. I need to get it out tonight so there are still plenty of algae in it so it can regrowth quickly. IMO, this is a really good source of fresh algae for my tangs, angels and Fox Face

OrionN · 04/21/2016, 05:46 PM

My Tusk today:

OrionN · 04/25/2016, 06:43 PM

My PBT today. He have been under my care for about 5 years

OrionN · 04/28/2016, 03:39 PM

Jndragon79 · 04/30/2016, 06:55 AM

How big would you say your pbt is? I have one and im not sure how big he will get.

OrionN · 04/30/2016, 02:02 PM

He is about 6 inches

OrionN · 05/02/2016, 05:04 AM

I got this soft coral, I think it is a Kenya Tree coral that hitchhike and come with one of the clams. It grow and grow and drop off pups (I call them pups) like crazy. Can anybody confirm that it is a Kenya Tree? I want to give and sell them but it is not right to say it is a soft coral and cannot ID it. I am just not much of a soft coral person.

Here is part of the coral. The PBT occasionally nipped at it, so it is not fully open here.

Close up picture of the pup that is about to drop off.

OrionN · 05/02/2016, 01:17 PM

My Red LTA and Green Gigantea in the Refugium

GSMclowns · 05/03/2016, 11:51 AM

Beautiful Green Gigantea. How big do they usually get in captivity?

OrionN · 05/03/2016, 12:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GSMclowns

Beautiful Green Gigantea. How big do they usually get in captivity?

They can get to 20 inches if you keep feeding them.

OrionN · 05/08/2016, 12:41 PM

I added a lot more light to my tank, mainly due to the light demand of My anemones, both Magnifica and Gigantea. In addition to the 8 Radions (mostly Radion G3Pro and G2Pro at 100%10 hrs and 1.5 hr ram up and down each (13 hrs light cycle) I added 10 spot LED light 5000K 120 W equivalent. I think each of these spot light are 20 W.
Below is the picture of the FTS and of the light set above the tank.
I got the PAR over my anemone to about 800.

OrionN · 05/08/2016, 12:55 PM

My anemone really benefit from the increase light. They require an incredible amount of light to do great

ponokareefer · 05/08/2016, 12:58 PM

Have you noticed any change in colors of the anemones since the increased light?

04/19/2015, 07:19 PM	#376
OrionN Moved on Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Coastal Texas Posts: 16,000	Here is the last picture of my Indo Tusk, right before I took him in to trade. Here is the new Australian Tusk at 2 inches __________________ Minh My homepage is my album here at Reef Central Current Tank Info: Reboot 320 anemones reef. Angels: Yellow Chest Regal(2), Flame (2). Copperband But. Tangs: Yellow, Purple. Wrasse: about 20 wrasses various species. Anemones: Giantea X4 (Breen, Blue, Purple and Multicolors), Haddoni X1 Red, Magnifica X1 Purpletip

04/28/2015, 03:16 AM	#378
Dkuhlmann Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 8,823	Minh your tank is amazing Everything about it is. I would also like to get the high resolution pictures of the clowns in the nem pair, that is so awesome!!!!! davidkuhlmann@hotmail.com Oh my GBTA didn't make it. I'm pretty sure that the low sg water from Petco 1.020 and even with the slow acclimation to my 1.026 was too much for it. SOOOO after a few weeks of water changes and all parameters being nothing less than perfect I got a new addition on Sunday. Sunset BTA, a small one but it was too beautiful to pass up. I've got a local that sells many SPS and LTA frags and is starting our only "local" LFS. (I live in rural NW Iowa and closest lfs is Sioux City IA Petco ) He had a pair of the SBTA's and both split so I brought this little guy home. He is doing well and actually found a spot it seems to be staying in after only moving 3". It's placed it's foot in a hole in the lr it's on and seems to be happy. I'll post some pictures after it's fully acclimated to my tank and it's full colors come out. Such a beautiful animal. __________________ Previous tanks: 200 gal fowlr 9" Emperor Angel and many different butterfly fish 4" maroon clown and several other fish, 50 gal sump, 40 gal mixed reef/fish mostly softies and LPS. Current Tank Info: 40b 750 gph 45 lbs lr, 2"-3" sand, 165w full spectrum dimable LED, 20 gal sump/refugium 30 lbs lr, Bak Pak 2 skimmer, 4" sock temp 79-80, sg 1.026, NH3 0, NO2 0, NO3 <10, ph 8.2, calc 400, mag 1300

05/18/2015, 09:11 AM	#379
thorSvenson Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 84	substrate Hi Minh, What do you use for substrate in your anemone tank?

02/01/2016, 12:32 PM	#383
OrionN Moved on Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Coastal Texas Posts: 16,000	My tank evolved into a anemone tank. Here are a few pictures from the weekend. Sorry that the picture are not the best. I just use my phone instead of my SLR. L side R side Onyx in one of my Magnifica My T Gigas (30 inches) and my Harlequin Tusk all "grown up" at 5-6 inches or so My Gigantea, there are 4 Gigantea in the DT My oldest Gigantea, Magnifica and Haddoni. Blue and green Haddoni was removed to another tank __________________ Minh My homepage is my album here at Reef Central Current Tank Info: Reboot 320 anemones reef. Angels: Yellow Chest Regal(2), Flame (2). Copperband But. Tangs: Yellow, Purple. Wrasse: about 20 wrasses various species. Anemones: Giantea X4 (Breen, Blue, Purple and Multicolors), Haddoni X1 Red, Magnifica X1 Purpletip

03/26/2016, 05:07 PM	#385
OrionN Moved on Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Coastal Texas Posts: 16,000	Thanks. The clam is the same one I had in the cube tank several years ago. I sold all my baby clowns. It took me 2 years to sell ~1200 clowns. The last 300 along with all the tanks in 1 swoop. I was glad to get rid of all the babies. Daily feeding, changing water, and have people come to the house at odd hrs was getting too much for my wife, especially the last one. __________________ Minh My homepage is my album here at Reef Central Current Tank Info: Reboot 320 anemones reef. Angels: Yellow Chest Regal(2), Flame (2). Copperband But. Tangs: Yellow, Purple. Wrasse: about 20 wrasses various species. Anemones: Giantea X4 (Breen, Blue, Purple and Multicolors), Haddoni X1 Red, Magnifica X1 Purpletip

11/04/2015, 01:28 PM	#380
Mr. Brooks MASVC Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Simi Valley, CA Posts: 3,477	Minh, If you haven't already, could you post a picture of your Radions? I'd like to see how you have them mounted, spacing etc. Thank you! Chad

11/05/2015, 03:23 PM	#381
Didac Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 92	Nice tank

12/03/2015, 01:26 PM	#382
kara13 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 162	Fabulous! That's what I want my tank to be when it grows up. Did you add all 10 clowns at the same time? Or did you add some at later dates?

03/26/2016, 10:01 AM	#384
Truebluereefs Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Buda TX Posts: 34	I want my anemones to look this amazing? Is the blue clam the same one you had in the cube tank? How's the breeding clownish going?

04/21/2016, 05:46 PM	#389
OrionN Moved on Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Coastal Texas Posts: 16,000	My Tusk today: __________________ Minh My homepage is my album here at Reef Central Current Tank Info: Reboot 320 anemones reef. Angels: Yellow Chest Regal(2), Flame (2). Copperband But. Tangs: Yellow, Purple. Wrasse: about 20 wrasses various species. Anemones: Giantea X4 (Breen, Blue, Purple and Multicolors), Haddoni X1 Red, Magnifica X1 Purpletip

04/25/2016, 06:43 PM	#390
OrionN Moved on Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Coastal Texas Posts: 16,000	My PBT today. He have been under my care for about 5 years __________________ Minh My homepage is my album here at Reef Central Current Tank Info: Reboot 320 anemones reef. Angels: Yellow Chest Regal(2), Flame (2). Copperband But. Tangs: Yellow, Purple. Wrasse: about 20 wrasses various species. Anemones: Giantea X4 (Breen, Blue, Purple and Multicolors), Haddoni X1 Red, Magnifica X1 Purpletip

04/30/2016, 06:55 AM	#392
Jndragon79 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 127	How big would you say your pbt is? I have one and im not sure how big he will get.

04/30/2016, 02:02 PM	#393
OrionN Moved on Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Coastal Texas Posts: 16,000	He is about 6 inches __________________ Minh My homepage is my album here at Reef Central Current Tank Info: Reboot 320 anemones reef. Angels: Yellow Chest Regal(2), Flame (2). Copperband But. Tangs: Yellow, Purple. Wrasse: about 20 wrasses various species. Anemones: Giantea X4 (Breen, Blue, Purple and Multicolors), Haddoni X1 Red, Magnifica X1 Purpletip

05/03/2016, 11:51 AM	#396
GSMclowns A Reef Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Boston Posts: 364	Beautiful Green Gigantea. How big do they usually get in captivity? __________________ Bao ================================= ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. >((((º>

05/08/2016, 12:58 PM	#400
ponokareefer Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Ponoka, Alberta, Canada Posts: 546	Have you noticed any change in colors of the anemones since the increased light?