Hello, newbie member

Emg

Member
Hey, :)

I've been keeping FW aquariums for about 3 years now....ventured into SW last October with a 20long FOWLR setup. I moved quickly to a reef when a friend offered me a few easy keeper coral....mushrooms, star polyps, clavularia.....

Now I have a 29reef and a 15reef. Moved everything over from the 20long to the 29 back in March. A friend reefer was taking down a 40 softie tank and gave me EVERYTHING he had in the tank....rocks, coral...everything but the tank. I tossed most of the rock and coral into the 29 and then started up a 15 to make use of what I had left over.

There are a pair of perculas and a six line wrasse in the 29....and a watchmen goby and wheeler's goby in the 15...though I havn't seen the wheeler in weeks, but that's not unusual for that fish to disappear for a period of time. If you ever want to actually "SEE" your fish.......DON"T get a wheelers goby.... :rollingey

Anyway, pics of the two tanks as they are now...

the 15:
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the 29:
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Fun hobby, glad I ventured into it ! :D:


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lcstorc

Well-Known Member
Welcome to RS!
Sounds like you have already been bitten by the reefing bug. Having multiple tanks seems to be very prevalent in this hobby. I have 3 so I can say that. :)
 

vdituri

Well-Known Member
Welcome aboard!

I love the look of your tanks. I like the green halimeda. Makes it look very natural. I wish I could get some locally.

I have a lot of vegetarians in my tank because even the hitchhiker algae gets cleaned up over night. Not sure what kind of dessert they expect for cleaning their plates. Hmmm?
 

DaveK

Well-Known Member
I must admit that you have two excellent examples of what can be done with smaller reef systems. Both are real gems! Keep up the good work!
 

Melanie

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I like the layout of your tanks as well. And thanks for the tip on the wheelers watchman. He was once on my stocking list.
 

blue_eyes53813

Well-Known Member
Hello ,Welcome to RS... Tanks look great, you have a lot of coraline algae which is a sign of great water quality.. Good job
 

Emg

Member
Thanks Blue Eyes........I hate to say it...but.....I use TAP water in these tanks... :eek:

I plan on taking a sample of my water to an lfs and have them do a TDS test on it. I'm curious to see what it will read.


Yeah, Melanie, that wheeler doesn't like to be seen at all. I don't know if they behave any different in a group or not, but seeing as how they had all been at the lfs for weeks when I purchased this one....and the whole lot of them were STILL hiding out underneath the rocks......should have been a clue to me at the time..... :rolleyes:
 
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