Bongo Shrimp's 29g Reef

Bongo Shrimp · 07-21-2009, 12:01 PM

Just thought I'd let everyone check out my tank. I'm upgrading to T-5 lighting soon so there will be better colors. I will take some better pics later with my Nikon D80, these are just some quick snapshots from my sanyo video camera.

29g Oceanic BioCube (About 6-7 months old)
Oceanic BioCube Protein Skimmer
150wtt Visi-Therm Heater
Modded filtration with liverock instead of bioballs
Approx. 3-5 lbs of livesand
Approx. 21 lbs of liverock

Fish:
x2 Tank-Bred Ocellaris Clownfish
x1 Helfrichi Firefish
x1 Yashia Goby
More to come...

Inverts:
x1 Blood Shrimp
x1 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
x1 Randalls Pistol Shrimp
x1 Peppermint Shrimp
x2 Sexy Shrimp
x1 Venustus Anemone Shrimp
x1 Green Bubble Anemone
x1 Grey and Orange Feather Starfish (About 30 arms)
x1 Coco Worm
x1 Hawaiian Feather Duster
x1 Deresa Clam
x1 Muscle

Coral:
Large Pink and Red Rhizo
Purple Birds Nest
Green Birds Nest
Green and Grey Cyphastrea
Meteorite Cyphastrea
Purple Polyp Cap.
Pink Edged- Green Montipora
Montipora Sp.
Pulsing Xenia
Kenya Tree
Red Acan Lords
Orange and Green Acan Lords
Green Tipped Toadstool
Green Star Polyps
Tan Star Polyps
Neon Green Candycane Coral
Pink and Green Candycane coral
Pavona Sp.
Acro Sp.
Orange Digitata
Milli Sp.
Blastomusa Wellsi
Tubbs Blues Zoas
Watermelon Zoas
Green Zombie(?) Zoas
Sunset Zoas
Red and Black Japanese Palys
Purple and Yellow Japanese Palys
And a few unknown tiny frags I picked up for free

(Ask before using my pics, don't steal them!)

Entire Tank: (Toadstools didn't open today, don't know why)

One of my two baby clowns:

The centerpiece of my tank, my Yashia Goby:

Helfrichi Firefish:

My crown jewel, Feather Starfish:

Blood Shrimp trying to hide:

Meteorite Cyphastrea and Blastomusa: (with flash)

Red Acans:

Red and Black Japanese Palys:

Purple and Yellow Japanese Palys:

My new Rhizo:

What do you think?

redsea reefer · 07-21-2009, 12:20 PM

very nice

JeffreyLebowski · 07-21-2009, 03:01 PM

wow nice stuff...never seen one of those starfish before!

Bongo Shrimp · 07-21-2009, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by JeffreyLebowski

wow nice stuff...never seen one of those starfish before!

Yeah, the star is pretty awesome. When I first saw him at my LFS, they were just acclimating him but I knew I wasn't leaving without him. Especially since he was already 1.5 years old and already ate cyclopeez when I got him! They're usually hard to get, let alone eating cyclopeez and used to captive life.

Varga · 07-21-2009, 10:35 PM

Super tank Bongo. How long have you had that starfish?

zy112 · 07-21-2009, 10:56 PM

Wow nice tank!

ReefLady · 07-21-2009, 11:00 PM

Stills from a video cam? Wow, impressive...those are awesome pics. Love the goby, and the star is gorgeous.

Bongo Shrimp · 07-22-2009, 05:13 PM

Thanks everyone!

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Super tank Bongo. How long have you had that starfish?

I've had the starfish for about 2 months. But like I said, he is already older than 1.5 years old.

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Stills from a video cam? Wow, impressive...those are awesome pics. Love the goby, and the star is gorgeous.

Yep, stills are from my Sanyo Xacti 1010. It's like a cross between a video camera and a still camera. Takes good stills at 8 megapixels and records video at 1080 HD. I usually use my Nikon D80 though, it takes much better pics than those.

elmafioso52988 · 07-22-2009, 07:38 PM

That rhizo looks amazing!!! Wow

Bongo Shrimp · 07-22-2009, 08:47 PM

Thanks. The Rhizo only inflates like that at night. I had to wait until about two hours after the lights turned off. Then I turned them on for a few minutes to take some pics. He eats like a pig!

Bongo Shrimp · 07-23-2009, 05:17 PM

Here is another pic I took of the feather star today. He looks pretty awesome hiding under my Purple Polyp Cap.

andy91 · 08-13-2009, 08:12 AM

awesome little tank.. whats your anemone shrimp like? i think i have the same one.
do you have any picks?

Bongo Shrimp · 08-15-2009, 08:08 PM

My anemone shrimp was clear, white, purple and yellow. I haven't seen it for a month so I think it kicked the bucket.

Here is a pic of it but this isn't my pic:

He was really awesome and I going to get another one.

SeahorseBT · 08-15-2009, 08:56 PM

I love that Rhizo! You have a sweet tank.

Bongo Shrimp · 08-17-2009, 10:22 PM

::UPDATE::

Took some pics of my tank yesterday. I now have a large, fat, male green mandarin. I knocked over a main rock piece while cleaning and the way I repositioned it, the whole thing looks smaller. In knocking over the rock, I snipped the tip of one of the feather star's arms so he's pretty unhappy. Other than that I just added some Tiger Trochus Snails and that's about it.

Pics:

07-21-2009, 12:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bongo Shrimp Fire Coral Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 68 View Gallery Karma Komment	Bongo Shrimp's 29g Reef Just thought I'd let everyone check out my tank. I'm upgrading to T-5 lighting soon so there will be better colors. I will take some better pics later with my Nikon D80, these are just some quick snapshots from my sanyo video camera. 29g Oceanic BioCube (About 6-7 months old) Oceanic BioCube Protein Skimmer 150wtt Visi-Therm Heater Modded filtration with liverock instead of bioballs Approx. 3-5 lbs of livesand Approx. 21 lbs of liverock Fish: x2 Tank-Bred Ocellaris Clownfish x1 Helfrichi Firefish x1 Yashia Goby More to come... Inverts: x1 Blood Shrimp x1 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp x1 Randalls Pistol Shrimp x1 Peppermint Shrimp x2 Sexy Shrimp x1 Venustus Anemone Shrimp x1 Green Bubble Anemone x1 Grey and Orange Feather Starfish (About 30 arms) x1 Coco Worm x1 Hawaiian Feather Duster x1 Deresa Clam x1 Muscle Coral: Large Pink and Red Rhizo Purple Birds Nest Green Birds Nest Green and Grey Cyphastrea Meteorite Cyphastrea Purple Polyp Cap. Pink Edged- Green Montipora Montipora Sp. Pulsing Xenia Kenya Tree Red Acan Lords Orange and Green Acan Lords Green Tipped Toadstool Green Star Polyps Tan Star Polyps Neon Green Candycane Coral Pink and Green Candycane coral Pavona Sp. Acro Sp. Orange Digitata Milli Sp. Blastomusa Wellsi Tubbs Blues Zoas Watermelon Zoas Green Zombie(?) Zoas Sunset Zoas Red and Black Japanese Palys Purple and Yellow Japanese Palys And a few unknown tiny frags I picked up for free (Ask before using my pics, don't steal them!) Entire Tank: (Toadstools didn't open today, don't know why) One of my two baby clowns: The centerpiece of my tank, my Yashia Goby: Helfrichi Firefish: My crown jewel, Feather Starfish: Blood Shrimp trying to hide: Meteorite Cyphastrea and Blastomusa: (with flash) Red Acans: Red and Black Japanese Palys: Purple and Yellow Japanese Palys: My new Rhizo: What do you think?

07-21-2009, 12:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
redsea reefer Golden Moray Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: L.A, California Posts: 2,144 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Bongo Shrimp's 29g Reef very nice __________________ Eddie 34g RSM 130 with 45#'s live rock and 30#'s aragonite reef sand. Tunze 9002 skimmer with inTank media rack - Koralia 2 My Tank Thread

07-21-2009, 03:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
JeffreyLebowski Tuxedo Urchin Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Big Y-O/NYC Posts: 279 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Bongo Shrimp's 29g Reef wow nice stuff...never seen one of those starfish before! __________________ ********************************************** Hopefully you understand my name isn't Lebowski, and hopefully you get the joke. My Journey and Frustration in Reefing

07-21-2009, 10:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
Varga Manta Ray Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 3,355 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Bongo Shrimp's 29g Reef Super tank Bongo. How long have you had that starfish? __________________ Varga's Cube http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...on-cube-5.html

07-21-2009, 10:56 PM	#6 (permalink)
zy112 Elegance coral Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,225 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Bongo Shrimp's 29g Reef Wow nice tank! __________________ Zach

07-21-2009, 11:00 PM	#7 (permalink)
ReefLady Tridacna maxima Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 4,590 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Bongo Shrimp's 29g Reef Stills from a video cam? Wow, impressive...those are awesome pics. Love the goby, and the star is gorgeous. __________________ ~ Teri -------- "You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice." ~(currently tankless)~ Our 180g sps tank / DIY adventure (taken down in late 2006): Our 180g DIY Reef Project ---What's next????

07-22-2009, 07:38 PM	#9 (permalink)
elmafioso52988 Limpet Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 140 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Bongo Shrimp's 29g Reef That rhizo looks amazing!!! Wow

07-22-2009, 08:47 PM	#10 (permalink)
Bongo Shrimp Fire Coral Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 68 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Bongo Shrimp's 29g Reef Thanks. The Rhizo only inflates like that at night. I had to wait until about two hours after the lights turned off. Then I turned them on for a few minutes to take some pics. He eats like a pig!

07-23-2009, 05:17 PM	#11 (permalink)
Bongo Shrimp Fire Coral Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 68 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Bongo Shrimp's 29g Reef Here is another pic I took of the feather star today. He looks pretty awesome hiding under my Purple Polyp Cap.

08-13-2009, 08:12 AM	#12 (permalink)
andy91 Tunicate Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Bongo Shrimp's 29g Reef awesome little tank.. whats your anemone shrimp like? i think i have the same one. do you have any picks?

08-15-2009, 08:08 PM	#13 (permalink)
Bongo Shrimp Fire Coral Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 68 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Bongo Shrimp's 29g Reef My anemone shrimp was clear, white, purple and yellow. I haven't seen it for a month so I think it kicked the bucket. Here is a pic of it but this isn't my pic: He was really awesome and I going to get another one.

08-15-2009, 08:56 PM	#14 (permalink)
SeahorseBT Golden Moray Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Libertyville, IL Posts: 2,279 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Bongo Shrimp's 29g Reef I love that Rhizo! You have a sweet tank. __________________ -Blake My 34 Gallon Seahorse and Macro Tank-http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...acro-tank.html My 46 Gallon LPS Tank-http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-lps-tank.html My 120 Gallon Reef-http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...chronicle.html

08-17-2009, 10:22 PM	#15 (permalink)
Bongo Shrimp Fire Coral Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 68 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Bongo Shrimp's 29g Reef ::UPDATE:: Took some pics of my tank yesterday. I now have a large, fat, male green mandarin. I knocked over a main rock piece while cleaning and the way I repositioned it, the whole thing looks smaller. In knocking over the rock, I snipped the tip of one of the feather star's arms so he's pretty unhappy. Other than that I just added some Tiger Trochus Snails and that's about it. Pics:

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