Tank Entry

My reef turns nine months old today and some thoughts about the past few weeks.




To start off, I'd like to showcase some of the newest additions.

Here's the Branching Tubastrea, usually called a black suncoral. You can see the tissue is dark green. Each night the polyps come out so I can spot feed them.


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As requested, here are a few fishy pictures.





Yellow Tangs



Potter's Angel


Some of the ORA fish I got in last week, which include a Blue Mandarin, Canary Blennies, Orchid Dottybacks, ...

These little clownfish make me smile each time I walk past the frag tank. Their markings are striking under the 14,000K LED lighting. The smaller male is by far the prettier of the two, probably because the white stripe isn't broken. I know these were from a batch that Paul had, but I don't know more about their history.





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Here is one of the Ricordea I brought home from Florida a few months ago. It's in a terrible spot for photography, but nice to see in person.



The Lawnmower Blenny was parked in the Nepthea, watching me.



The Cyphastrea is almost always open.

As the tank nears 8 months old, I wanted to share some interesting tidbits. First of all, here's the FTS (Full tank shot) with the left MH not on yet:

And the EOT (End of Tank) shot:

Take a look at that coral on the right. It is a softy leather called a Nepthea. I wanted it to grab onto the "elephant's tooth" rock that I placed in the reef initially. It didn't grab on the first time, ...