hooterhead's reef (PIC INTENSIVE!!)

hooterhead · 07/02/2007, 05:31 PM

Here's my 29 gallon mixed reef. Enjoy and please feel free to comment/critique and ask questions!

Yesterday...

hooterhead · 07/02/2007, 05:32 PM

hooterhead · 07/02/2007, 05:34 PM

hooterhead · 07/02/2007, 05:36 PM

Fully recovered and moved into full light now...

hooterhead · 07/02/2007, 05:37 PM

Thanks for looking!

sabbath · 07/02/2007, 05:38 PM

Looks great!!!

am3gross · 07/02/2007, 05:39 PM

very nice.... i love the zoas!

slicksammy · 07/02/2007, 05:41 PM

Great looking tank. Does the wrasse in the first picture due well in your tank or does it pick on the clean up crew?

dodgersfan25 · 07/02/2007, 06:18 PM

pic INTENSIVE indeed. really cool

Sarcophyton874 · 07/02/2007, 06:47 PM

hulley · 07/02/2007, 06:52 PM

Very cool indeed!

bassettmd · 07/02/2007, 06:55 PM

Looks like you have got a great tank going there! Keep up the good work, its beauiful!

token · 07/02/2007, 08:32 PM

Beautiful tank!

My favorite pic was of the urchin but the colonials are all equally beautiful!

hooterhead · 07/02/2007, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by slicksammy
Great looking tank. Does the wrasse in the first picture due well in your tank or does it pick on the clean up crew?

Not at all. He's a candy stripe hogfish aka two spot hog. Amazing fish and a model citizen.

Thank you for all your kind comments!

Grins · 07/02/2007, 09:10 PM

Nice tank. What is the bluish teal colony on the ride side of the tank under the clam?

hooterhead · 07/02/2007, 09:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Grins
Nice tank. What is the bluish teal colony on the ride side of the tank under the clam?

Thanks! That's a Pagoda cup. LPS and really hardy. Also a fast grower.

Grins · 07/02/2007, 09:16 PM

Thanks for the quick reply. I'm in the process of deciding what to stock for corals now that I have MH. Going to check into the pagoda.

hooterhead · 07/02/2007, 09:20 PM

Just thought I'd give a listing of equipment and inhabitants.

Equipment:
29 gallon glass tank
HOB overflow
20L sump/fuge
Maxi-jet 1200 return
2 x Koralia #1's (wish I'd gone for the #2's)
Current USA sunpod w/ 14K 150w HQI
Euro Reef RS 80
Phos ban reactor
ATO w/ 5 gal res

Inhabitants:
GSM clown (first SW fish i bought. Over 6 years ago)
Candy stripe Hogfish
Black cap basslet
Yashia Hase goby paired w/ randalli pistol shrimp
Corals
Maxima clam
Crocea clam
Tuxedo urchin

shouldabenacowboy · 07/02/2007, 10:20 PM

Nice setup!!

SBC

hooterhead · 07/03/2007, 07:12 AM

Thanks SBC!!!

Fraggle Rock2 · 07/03/2007, 09:01 PM

Is your trach ok?

Trigeek · 07/03/2007, 09:17 PM

Absolutely beautiful!! I love the green poscillipora. Your goniopora (along with everything else) looks great. I've always loved goniopora but have been afaraid to try one. What are you doing with yours to keep it so healthy (feeding, flow etc.)?

hooterhead · 07/05/2007, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Trigeek
Absolutely beautiful!! I love the green poscillipora. Your goniopora (along with everything else) looks great. I've always loved goniopora but have been afaraid to try one. What are you doing with yours to keep it so healthy (feeding, flow etc.)?

I assume you are actually talking about my Pagoda cup. Turbinaria sp.? Looks somewhat similar to a goniopora from a distance but is actually cup shaped and much easier to care for!

Quote:

Originally posted by Fraggle Rock2
Is your trach ok?

Yeah it got injured during a apartment heater malfunction last winter but has completely healed! Thank you for your concern. That pic was a couple of months old.

Slphappy · 07/05/2007, 06:41 PM

Sweet Tank!!! Love the color. What kind of lighting are you running on it?

hooterhead · 07/05/2007, 07:03 PM

Current USA sunpod with 150 watt HQI. Bulb is the standard 14K that comes with the fixture.

Thanks for the compliments!

07/02/2007, 05:39 PM	#7
am3gross Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: va Posts: 1,243	very nice.... i love the zoas! __________________ There are five things that you cannot recover in life: (1) The Stone...........after it's thrown, (2) The Word...............after it's said, (3) The Occasion......after it's missed, and ...(4) The Time.............after it's gone. (5) A person...............after they die Current Tank Info: 210 display, 75 gallon fuge

07/02/2007, 06:18 PM	#9
dodgersfan25 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Valencia (So Cal) Posts: 757	pic INTENSIVE indeed. really cool __________________ -rich Current Tank Info: 90 Gallon Mixed Reef

07/02/2007, 08:32 PM	#13
token Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 614	Beautiful tank! My favorite pic was of the urchin but the colonials are all equally beautiful! __________________ •Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction. --Albert Einstein Current Tank Info: 100g and 75g displays, both with 2 x 250w Iwasaki 14k DE, 100g sump, 55g growout, 55g refugium, 20g benthic

07/02/2007, 09:10 PM	#15
Grins Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 735	Nice tank. What is the bluish teal colony on the ride side of the tank under the clam? __________________ R.A.S.O.C. : Reef Aquarium Society of Charlotte Current Tank Info: 55g mixed reef

07/02/2007, 09:16 PM	#17
Grins Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 735	Thanks for the quick reply. I'm in the process of deciding what to stock for corals now that I have MH. Going to check into the pagoda. __________________ R.A.S.O.C. : Reef Aquarium Society of Charlotte Current Tank Info: 55g mixed reef

07/02/2007, 05:31 PM	#1
hooterhead Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: N. TX Posts: 331	hooterhead's reef (PIC INTENSIVE!!) Here's my 29 gallon mixed reef. Enjoy and please feel free to comment/critique and ask questions! Yesterday...

07/02/2007, 05:32 PM	#2
hooterhead Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: N. TX Posts: 331

07/02/2007, 05:34 PM	#3
hooterhead Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: N. TX Posts: 331

07/02/2007, 05:36 PM	#4
hooterhead Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: N. TX Posts: 331	Fully recovered and moved into full light now...

07/02/2007, 05:37 PM	#5
hooterhead Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: N. TX Posts: 331	Thanks for looking!

07/02/2007, 05:38 PM	#6
sabbath Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Twin City's Mn. Posts: 1,771	Looks great!!!

07/02/2007, 05:41 PM	#8
slicksammy Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Shelby, Ohio Posts: 142	Great looking tank. Does the wrasse in the first picture due well in your tank or does it pick on the clean up crew?

07/02/2007, 06:47 PM	#10
Sarcophyton874 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: SoCal Posts: 215

07/02/2007, 06:52 PM	#11
hulley Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: In front of my computor. Posts: 592	Very cool indeed!

07/02/2007, 06:55 PM	#12
bassettmd Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NorthEast Posts: 710	Looks like you have got a great tank going there! Keep up the good work, its beauiful!

07/02/2007, 09:20 PM	#18
hooterhead Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: N. TX Posts: 331	Just thought I'd give a listing of equipment and inhabitants. Equipment: 29 gallon glass tank HOB overflow 20L sump/fuge Maxi-jet 1200 return 2 x Koralia #1's (wish I'd gone for the #2's) Current USA sunpod w/ 14K 150w HQI Euro Reef RS 80 Phos ban reactor ATO w/ 5 gal res Inhabitants: GSM clown (first SW fish i bought. Over 6 years ago) Candy stripe Hogfish Black cap basslet Yashia Hase goby paired w/ randalli pistol shrimp Corals Maxima clam Crocea clam Tuxedo urchin

07/02/2007, 10:20 PM	#19
shouldabenacowboy Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Where am I today? Posts: 529	Nice setup!! SBC __________________ They're selling make believe, and I don't buy that anymore They're trying to put an end to guys like me - Gary Allan Cuz there aint nothing funny when a soldier cries - John Michael Montgomery

07/03/2007, 07:12 AM	#20
hooterhead Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: N. TX Posts: 331	Thanks SBC!!!

07/03/2007, 09:01 PM	#21
Fraggle Rock2 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 260	Is your trach ok?

07/03/2007, 09:17 PM	#22
Trigeek Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Broward County, FL Posts: 638	Absolutely beautiful!! I love the green poscillipora. Your goniopora (along with everything else) looks great. I've always loved goniopora but have been afaraid to try one. What are you doing with yours to keep it so healthy (feeding, flow etc.)?

07/05/2007, 06:41 PM	#24
Slphappy Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cedar Falls, IA Posts: 144	Sweet Tank!!! Love the color. What kind of lighting are you running on it? __________________ How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world. ~William Shakespeare

07/05/2007, 07:03 PM	#25
hooterhead Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: N. TX Posts: 331	Current USA sunpod with 150 watt HQI. Bulb is the standard 14K that comes with the fixture. Thanks for the compliments!