[swansondan]

Here are some pics of my 4 Month old tank.



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Thanks for all your guys help so far!

Dan

[Krazy]

Looking Good Dan !!!

[CyberJester]

Keep up the great work buddy, tanks look'in sharp!

[pogodzib]

Looking good. It's nice to see a new tank that isn't overstocked with fish right away. Keep up the good work.

[401jas]

looks nice man! what's the list of corals?

[wlt501]

Nice aquascaping!

[swansondan]

Thanks for all the positive comments!!! I am trying to take it slow as far as adding fish...here is a list of my stock...

Fish
African Yellow Belly Blue Tang
2 False Percula Clown Fish
Firefish
Mandarin Dragonet
Foxface in QT

Invertebrates
Coral Banded Shrimp
Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
4 Emerald Crabs
Sand Sifting Starfish

Corals
Hammer Coral
Colt Coral
Xenia
Candy Cane Coral (Trumpet Coral)
Orange Frilly Sponge
Yellow Zoo’s
Red Zoo’s
Green Ricordea
Maiden Hair
Hairy Mushrooms

Clams
Super Blue Crocea Clam
Fluorescent Dursa


Anemones
Cadalactic Anemone
Bubble tip

[dfurbee]

Happy birthday (sort of belated)

[swansondan]

Thanks...it is tomorrow..the 6th...so you are early...

[WILLIAM1]

That looks really nice. Aquascaping looks sharp. Keep updating us with more pics becuase we all know we love pics of other reefer tanks.

[swansondan]

I will, thanks!

[tonycip]

Hay nice job good looking tank ,My only suggestion whould be to put a backround or paint the back to hide the the wires and such ..

[jimw369]

Thanks for the pics! Always like the pics Going great!!!!

[swansondan]

Yeah, I do need to add a background...I will do that next week...should help out a lot in hiding unsightly wires....

[thelastmucci]

Hey dan I LOVE your tank...really well put together. I do have a few questions if you wouldn't mind indulging me. One is do you find your tangs to be very territorial...everything I've read said this can happen but I don't know if it's common within the species. My second question has to do with your OUTSTANDING aquascaping. Lots of people here say they drill holes and then put "something" threw them to hold them together. I was just planning on Epoxying them when I get my tank. Tell me what did you do with yours?

Thanks

[lynnvangsnes]

Looking good Dan! Did you get that all cleaned up just for us? How do you keep your sand so clean? What are your nitrate levels? Clams like nitrates you know. How long have you had your clam? You've done a great job with that. You know, one word of caution; the mandaranfish. Be sure he is eating. Those things can be very persnickety eaters. You may need to populate some pods given the young age of your tank. saWEET!

[swansondan]

Thelast muci-I only have one tang, but I think that she is somewhat territorial. She does kinda go where she wants and she also makes sure that no one goes where she likes to sleep....but so far she is getting along well. As far as the aquascaping goes....I am looking for trouble soon.... I did not drill anything or glue anything...I just stacked everything. It seems pretty solid still. Most the pieces are large and seem to stay where I put them. They kinda just were made to go together. Thanks for the good comments!

[swansondan]

lynnvangsnes-THanks for the positive comments, My sand stays fairly clean on its own...I do have a sand sifting starfish and about 8 nassirus snails to stir up the sand bed. I have had my first clam for about 6 weeks and my second one for about 1 week. I do know that they like some nitrates..I help them out there ...My nitrates are steady at around 20. The mandarin fish I have only had for about 2 weeks. He does seem to be eating still. Right after my tank cycled I added 1000 pods to the tank...Then about a month later I added another 1000. When I bought the mandarin, I bought another 1200 pods and put half in my tank and half in my refuigm. SO I hope to keep my favorite fish in the hobby alive and well!!!

[swansondan]

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[Jeremy0322]

Someone please explain to me what "Pods" are. I am assuming you are talking about Copods, or however that is spelled, but i could be wrong...I am new and dont know much yet but everyone has been extremely helpful so far.

[e_baer]

you are right, they are copepods and amphipods, and other "pods"