Bubble Coral:



Leather Coral:



Sunflower Coral:



Orange Cap Montipora:

Bought these Green Mushrooms for the little purple polyps on the rock. I don't know exactly what they are.



Purple Zoos with green mouths:



Red Mushroom. It's being shy. This bitch is easily 5" across when fully open.



Closeup of Leather:

Full tank:









Remember the sunflower coral? Sometimes it does this and I don't know why! Possibly eating.

Very cool

I have a new baby fish and I didn't even try

very beautiful!

Forgot the Xenia! This shit is cool. It "pulses" by opening and closing constantly.

Cool.

That must of cost you a fortune.

how many gallons is it??

Absolutely Stunning. Thanks so much ~ they must be so fascinating and peaceful to watch. I could spend hours looking at them.

Beautiful tanks ! I´ve only got two freshwater tanks, one with African cichlids and a bigger one with South American fishes.
How difficult is it to switch from freshwater to a saltwater tank ? JerseyKRs once told me that it wasn´t really that difficult but as far as I know it seems to be a whole different world.Lots of different equipment, lots of things to consider, quite expensive and it takes almost half a year before you can even think about putting the first fish in it, right ?

That is beautiful.

Jersey is taking pics of our saltwater tank right now!

how big will those snails get?

awesome Mars!!

Here's a couple of our little 20 gallon hex:

silver xenia





green ricordea




xooanthid polyps they used to cover the whole piece of rock they're on, but they're slowly dying off, and I don't know why.

JerseyKRS said:

Looks nice ! Could you please post a pic of the whole aquarium ?
Your water doesn´t seem to look as cloudy as most other saltwater tanks. Why do saltwater tanks always look a bit cloudy with lots of tiny little debris particles floating around ? Freshwater tanks mostly have crystal clear water.At least mine do.Anyway, your water also looks crystal clear. Any special trick or just a good filter ?

cool! Thanks for the replies, everyone. I'm on my mobile, but promise to answer all when I bet home. I just bought a new coral!

KoolEaze said:

could be food, when I'm feeding the coral it gets pretty cloudy from the plankton and microscopic algae. I keep a protein skimmer running all the time and I use Kent brand charcoal, it keeps the water crystal clear. I also clean the glass everyday, that helps.
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KoolEaze said:

I don't know if there's a special trick, but I do know he's meticulous about cleaning it every day.

very nice!

don't ask me to sit for you when you leave town

i kill things.

i don't intend to. i just seem to be like the plague to fish.

How ironic. I spent the good part of yesterday googling coral images for painting reference. And Mars had them all along.

These are gorgeous. More More

Red said:

Red

july said:

I would guess I have about $5,000 in it right now. I'm finding ways to get cheaper livestock now.

roodboi said:

125 in the display. I guess about 180 total including filters and the refugium.

KoolEaze said:

The biggest change is filtration. With any salt tank you almost have to move water from tank to tank. You cannot rely on just hang on back stuff.

The switch is all about understanding biological filtration vs chemical.

Yea, the cautious aquarist will wait to add to a tank, but I know people that wait 1 day and go buck wild.

They usually end up with dead tanks.

paintedlady said:

Turbo Snails get about as big as a golf ball.

At least that's my biggest. They could go bigger.

JerseyKRS said:

Yep. Jersey has a better camera than me and I don't clean my glass as much. Alot of soft corals prefer "dirty" water, so there is a line to straddle there.

I also have a Mandarin Dragonet and their food needs as much habitat as possible. Their food eats off the glass, so I let it go sometimes for a week at a time. You can see coralline algae all over my front glass.

Mars23 said:

What?

You should see what my tank looks like right now.

FunkMistress said:

Everyday? Seems a little OCD! Kidding.... that is just beautiful. So much beauty in every pic.