mazilla's reef

[mazilla]

this is my 55g. started in late october 06'. i run a fluval 405, 5 powerheads, a cpr bakpak, a cpr hob refug, 4x65w pc's. new additons: gonoporia,carnation,ricordia rock,neon green trumpet colonies.

[mazilla]

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[Big Brother]

i love that big clam

very cool

[swissfish]

nice! I like the marine beta. How long have you had the Mandarin? The daysies are really cool too.

[pnguy3n]

nice daisy's get those from fragcity?

[TripleP]

at first glance i thought your clam was a monti cap your setup is nice

[mazilla]

nice! I like the marine beta. How long have you had the Mandarin? The daysies are really cool too.


the marine betta has been in there since november, he had lateral lines when i bought him. i got him from og, some of you may remeber him. he was there forever and my fiancee and i felt sorry for him. awesome fish, he has tons of personality. he loves shrimp, and tiny fish as my extra small pistol/goby pair found out. he cant f with the coral banded i put in there, so that ones safe.

the mandarin i got it from galee about a month or so back. he's the reason for the hob refugium, he does eat roe regularly so it helps while i jump start the refug. he(marley, the mandarin gobey) told me to tell you "thanks again" for the algae.

harold hooked me up with the daisies, they have grown pretty well.

[Shemp]

Nice work Maz! I have my clams up high under pc lighting as well and they are doing fine. Yours look very blue/purple...nice. i love the daisies...i'll have to get some.

[pnguy3n]

i shouldve' gotten the daisy polyps too.nice lookin tank maz.

[march]

i run a fluval 405.

I'm curious - what kind of media do you have in the filter? Sponge and bio-media? Carbon?

[Galeepley]

hehehe the Mandarin and the Gorgonia sure look familiar :) I'm glad to see the Mandarin alive and well!

[mazilla]

I'm curious - what kind of media do you have in the filter? Sponge and bio-media? Carbon?


carbon and bio-media. no sponge

[mazilla]

these are the most recent pics(today), the others are a few weeks old. since then i added a metallic green brain, an octo frogspawn, a couple of leather frags, some more gsp(for the side glass walls) and i think thats it.

[dc_909]

Definitely love those daisies.

[GINA6ONE9]

nice tank!!! =)

[Techknowledgy]

Very pretty. It looks like all of the hard work has really paid off!

[mazilla]

not very much hard work involved. all i ever do is a 5 gallon pwc every 7-10 days with ro/di and reef crystals. i dont test levels, and i only dose calcium once a week @ one capful of seachem(ive had the same 8.5oz bottle since october). i have all the equipment, but after never seeing a spike in anything i figured as long as i dont change the bio-load with more fish everything should be fine. so far so good KNOCK ON WOOD!! plus the hob refuge has worked wonders for my diatom blooms, without having to scrape anything it's disappearing.

thanks to everybody for the comments, it is much appreciated :). anything anybody think they would change if it was their setup? im always open to suggestions and tricks of the trade.

[seahorse_man]

My only suggestion I can give..... is to sell me some of those daisies:D :p I would really want a frag if you could;) Looks very good keep up the good work you said you don't do:eek:

[mazilla]

NEW ADDITIONS: gonoporia,carnation,ricordia rock,neon green trumpet colonies, and a small squamosa clam.

[convict]

Just beautiful! Love those new additions.

[mazilla]

i dont know why, but this guy will only open at night.

[mazilla]

i dont know why, but this guy will only open at night.


it finally opens all day long, and it only took like a month.