My 60 Gallon Reef Tank

Sports Girl · 02/26/2006, 10:50 PM

I've just figured out how to re-size and upload pictures, so here's my tank! It's about a year and a half old. Thanks for letting me brag!

gill7784 · 02/26/2006, 10:53 PM

Looks really nice! Is that a Coral Bueaty?

Are those just shadows, or is your YT a bit skinny?

Thanks for the pics!

mg426 · 02/26/2006, 11:00 PM

Is that a flowerpot(goniopoa)? How long you had it??

Anemonebuff · 02/26/2006, 11:02 PM

Nice tank. Excellent gonipora.

Sports Girl · 02/26/2006, 11:11 PM

Gill: Yeah, it's a coral beauty and my tank is slim, the filter is built into the back. Thanks for the compliment!

Mg: I've had the goniopora for about four months now, and thankfully it just keeps doing (and growing) better and better. My husband bought it for me as a surprise, but he's not really into reef keeping and didn't know anything about them. I figured I would try my hand at keeping it rather than stress it out further by taking it back to the store, and so far, so good! It's skeletal base is about 3" diameter and when the polyps are fully extended, it's almost the size of a soccer ball.

Anemone: Thanks!

gill7784 · 02/26/2006, 11:16 PM

Sorry, YT = Yellow Tang.

Do you ever have problems with your Coral Beauty nipping at your corals?

Sports Girl · 02/26/2006, 11:25 PM

Gill: My bad, she's not a yellow tang, she's a mimc lemon tang and she's longer than she is tall. (And the biggest pig in the tank; eats out of my hand). She's changing from her juve color of yellow to adult color of brown right now so that might be where the shadows are coming in at. My coral beauty will give the brain and leather toadstool a second glance every now and then, but so far she just picks at algae and eats flake and brine.

gill7784 · 02/26/2006, 11:33 PM

Thanks for the CB info. I have been thinking of adding a pygme angle to my reef, and I appreciate the insight.

mg426 · 02/26/2006, 11:37 PM

Awesome, very nice. I kept a flowerpot alive around 8 months once. It did great then went downhill fast. You doing anything special for it???

Sports Girl · 02/26/2006, 11:49 PM

I supplement the tank with Ecosystem's Reef Solutions; Kent Essential Elements, Microvert and Coralvite. Everything but Essential Elements (every two weeks) is dosed once a week. When the goniopora is totally open I target feed it (gently, otherwise it just retracts). I try not to fuss over it too much, I don't want to smother it with too much love. I've read in quite a few places that they can live up to a year and then suddenly die, so I hope that it's growth is a good sign. I also know it's important to make sure it is kept free of particles and detritus that may settle on it and they like a gentle back and forth water motion.

mg426 · 02/26/2006, 11:53 PM

Nice job so far. best of luck to you.

tanker · 02/27/2006, 12:03 AM

You have almost no coraline. None on back of tank, and very little on rocks. Do you clean it off?? The backs of my tanks are covered by coraline.

Sports Girl · 02/27/2006, 12:14 AM

I have two urchins in my tank that mow the coraline down. I love the look of it, but I love my urchins more.

tanker · 02/27/2006, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by sarabrookes
I have two urchins in my tank that mow the coraline down. I love the look of it, but I love my urchins more.

Yep. That would explain it.

143gadgets · 02/27/2006, 12:45 AM

Nice tank

Sports Girl · 02/27/2006, 01:31 AM

Thank you!

mg426 · 02/27/2006, 01:34 AM

Still looks pretty sweet.

Sports Girl · 02/27/2006, 01:48 PM

Thanks, mg! The only thing that bothers me right now is the majanos (you can see them in pic 2 by the tomato clown). I'm going to order some Joe's Juice and hopefully that will take care of them.

02/26/2006, 10:50 PM	#1
Sports Girl Moved On Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Turlock, Ca. Posts: 369	My 60 Gallon Reef Tank I've just figured out how to re-size and upload pictures, so here's my tank! It's about a year and a half old. Thanks for letting me brag!

02/26/2006, 11:00 PM	#3
mg426 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: maryland Posts: 6,923	Is that a flowerpot(goniopoa)? How long you had it?? __________________ I found a way to make a small fortune running a reef tank. Start with a large fortune. Unofficial President of the SEACLONE haters club Current Tank Info: 125 mixed reef 110 lbs LR, 1x250watt XM 20K MH 2x175watt XM 20K MH on Magetics 2X96 watt actinic PC, 220 watt VHO actinic, 30 gallon refugium, closed loop system powered by Sequence Dart MSX 200 skimmer 38 gallon sump, Oceansmotions squirt

02/26/2006, 11:37 PM	#9
mg426 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: maryland Posts: 6,923	Awesome, very nice. I kept a flowerpot alive around 8 months once. It did great then went downhill fast. You doing anything special for it??? __________________ I found a way to make a small fortune running a reef tank. Start with a large fortune. Unofficial President of the SEACLONE haters club Current Tank Info: 125 mixed reef 110 lbs LR, 1x250watt XM 20K MH 2x175watt XM 20K MH on Magetics 2X96 watt actinic PC, 220 watt VHO actinic, 30 gallon refugium, closed loop system powered by Sequence Dart MSX 200 skimmer 38 gallon sump, Oceansmotions squirt

02/26/2006, 11:53 PM	#11
mg426 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: maryland Posts: 6,923	Nice job so far. best of luck to you. __________________ I found a way to make a small fortune running a reef tank. Start with a large fortune. Unofficial President of the SEACLONE haters club Current Tank Info: 125 mixed reef 110 lbs LR, 1x250watt XM 20K MH 2x175watt XM 20K MH on Magetics 2X96 watt actinic PC, 220 watt VHO actinic, 30 gallon refugium, closed loop system powered by Sequence Dart MSX 200 skimmer 38 gallon sump, Oceansmotions squirt

02/27/2006, 01:34 AM	#17
mg426 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: maryland Posts: 6,923	Still looks pretty sweet. __________________ I found a way to make a small fortune running a reef tank. Start with a large fortune. Unofficial President of the SEACLONE haters club Current Tank Info: 125 mixed reef 110 lbs LR, 1x250watt XM 20K MH 2x175watt XM 20K MH on Magetics 2X96 watt actinic PC, 220 watt VHO actinic, 30 gallon refugium, closed loop system powered by Sequence Dart MSX 200 skimmer 38 gallon sump, Oceansmotions squirt

02/26/2006, 10:53 PM	#2
gill7784 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 77	Looks really nice! Is that a Coral Bueaty? Are those just shadows, or is your YT a bit skinny? Thanks for the pics!

02/26/2006, 11:02 PM	#4
Anemonebuff Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: LI,NY Posts: 3,877	Nice tank. Excellent gonipora.

02/26/2006, 11:11 PM	#5
Sports Girl Moved On Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Turlock, Ca. Posts: 369	Gill: Yeah, it's a coral beauty and my tank is slim, the filter is built into the back. Thanks for the compliment! Mg: I've had the goniopora for about four months now, and thankfully it just keeps doing (and growing) better and better. My husband bought it for me as a surprise, but he's not really into reef keeping and didn't know anything about them. I figured I would try my hand at keeping it rather than stress it out further by taking it back to the store, and so far, so good! It's skeletal base is about 3" diameter and when the polyps are fully extended, it's almost the size of a soccer ball. Anemone: Thanks!

02/26/2006, 11:16 PM	#6
gill7784 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 77	Sorry, YT = Yellow Tang. Do you ever have problems with your Coral Beauty nipping at your corals?

02/26/2006, 11:25 PM	#7
Sports Girl Moved On Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Turlock, Ca. Posts: 369	Gill: My bad, she's not a yellow tang, she's a mimc lemon tang and she's longer than she is tall. (And the biggest pig in the tank; eats out of my hand). She's changing from her juve color of yellow to adult color of brown right now so that might be where the shadows are coming in at. My coral beauty will give the brain and leather toadstool a second glance every now and then, but so far she just picks at algae and eats flake and brine.

02/26/2006, 11:33 PM	#8
gill7784 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 77	Thanks for the CB info. I have been thinking of adding a pygme angle to my reef, and I appreciate the insight.

02/26/2006, 11:49 PM	#10
Sports Girl Moved On Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Turlock, Ca. Posts: 369	I supplement the tank with Ecosystem's Reef Solutions; Kent Essential Elements, Microvert and Coralvite. Everything but Essential Elements (every two weeks) is dosed once a week. When the goniopora is totally open I target feed it (gently, otherwise it just retracts). I try not to fuss over it too much, I don't want to smother it with too much love. I've read in quite a few places that they can live up to a year and then suddenly die, so I hope that it's growth is a good sign. I also know it's important to make sure it is kept free of particles and detritus that may settle on it and they like a gentle back and forth water motion.

02/27/2006, 12:03 AM	#12
tanker Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: sf bay area Posts: 3,522	You have almost no coraline. None on back of tank, and very little on rocks. Do you clean it off?? The backs of my tanks are covered by coraline.

02/27/2006, 12:14 AM	#13
Sports Girl Moved On Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Turlock, Ca. Posts: 369	I have two urchins in my tank that mow the coraline down. I love the look of it, but I love my urchins more.

02/27/2006, 12:45 AM	#15
143gadgets Moved On Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 3,151	Nice tank

02/27/2006, 01:31 AM	#16
Sports Girl Moved On Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Turlock, Ca. Posts: 369	Thank you!

02/27/2006, 01:48 PM	#18
Sports Girl Moved On Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Turlock, Ca. Posts: 369	Thanks, mg! The only thing that bothers me right now is the majanos (you can see them in pic 2 by the tomato clown). I'm going to order some Joe's Juice and hopefully that will take care of them.