Those yellow polyps...actually the whole tank.

[arockkid]

Here it is...
The picture of the clown and flame damsel...is my new piece of 'live rock'....I bought it yesterday as 4 lbs of live rock...it was the right size and I noticed 2 or 3 small mushroom polyps....however, when I got home and put it in the tank, I can now count about 35 polyps. It was a good day!

I'll give the rundown, since everyone seems to.
It's 25 gallons, only runs on the new Emperor 400, and 96W 50/50 PC lighting....a VERY deep coral bed.

Fish-
1 green mandarin (the fattest I've ever seen...I've recommended to her that she go on a diet...but no luck)
2 clowns...can someone tell me whether they are percula or false percula?
1 coral beauty angel that has an identity crisis
2 pajama cardinals
1 red scooter blenny
and 1 new flame damsel that I 'rescued' from my mom's tank...where he was near being killed. Now he acts all gangsta in my suburbia tank talking about being from the hood.

Corals and whatnots-
Assorted mushrooms varying from HUGE to teeny, hairy to striped.
Green star polyps. One large and 2 teeny colonies.
Pulsing Xenia. I've diagnosed it as bipolar. Some weeks it looks fantastic. Others? Just kinda....bleh.
3 corals that I bought as 'capnella'...they look like pink tree corals.
button polyps
flower anemone
another ritteri anemone that is MIA the past few days
new yellow polyps and what I believe is a blue lollypop tunicate on the same rock.
2 peppermint shrimp
a buncha crabs
and snails
Also at LEAST 200 small starfish...just teeny ol' regular ones....does anyone else have these? They are just tan and don't bother anything...just eat algae.

Sorry this is so long.

[Condiman]

:welcome: to Coral Forum Nice looking tank how long has the tank been setup and I do also have alot of those tiny starfish

Awesome Tank... How Are Your Paremeters Becuase You Have A Lot Of Fish In There So You Might Want To Check Your Levels Often Becuase Your Tank Water Can Still Spike. Your Corals Look Awesome. I Like The Yellow One In The Left Side On The Sec. Picture What Is That?

[arockkid]

The tank has only been running since about June, having moved up from a 12 gallon mini-reef...that was up for another year? Year and a half maybe?
By the way, I am proud to say, I have never lost a fish!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go me!

[arockkid]

I keep an eye on the water...I use Chemi-pure in the filter...do my water changes, etc. The fish are also quite small, with the exception of the CB angel. I've also been contemplating upping to 40 gallons, because I really like the Oceanic 40 stretch hex.

[arockkid]

Yellow? On the left or right? The one on the floor of the tank are just the yellow polyps....on the RIGHT are star polyps.

WOW, Those Are Awesome Starpolyps... I KNow The Strech Hex That Your Talking About Becuase I Was Looking Into Buying That. The Only Bad Thing About It Is That The Tank I Think Is Either 36 Or 32 Inches At The Longest Part OfThe Tank And The Fish DO Like To Swim BACK AND FOURTH So In Some Cases It Is Good And Others Bad. I Dont Think It Is That Big Of A Deal...

[arockkid]

Right now my tank is only 21 inches wide. You guys are starting to make me feel bad. I wish my fish could talk so I could ask if they were happy. But it's not like I have tangs or anything.

Lol... Yea Your Right, Go With The 40 Gallon Stretch

[Zack]

Hey
I must say i have never seen that rock work before and it looks great. Your tank is very very nice, WOW! :shock:

Your Right I Never Saw The Rock Work Either... Looks Great, Kinda Looks Like Little Mountains

[Paidbychrist0825]

kinda looks like a jap reef. all that open space on the bottom of tank. "i give it two very enthusiastic thumbs up fine family fun" oh no. im quoting clueless... off to the shrink

[arockkid]

It's not on purpose....I don't know how people get all their rocks to stack up so nicely. I don't want to glue them and not be able to rearrange later...so I can only make little stacks. But if it looks like little mountains, it works for me!!!

[microreefguy]

very nice tank.

[H3R0]

i stack the hell outta mt rock, trick is be violent when it doesnt work :badgrin:

[microreefguy]

uhmm...what's a jap reef?

[Paidbychrist0825]

its a japanese reef. they like to stack their rock differently then us americans. they have it in piles in the back, and a whole lot of open space on the sand bed

[microreefguy]

what's the american way? covering everything up with LR?

i try to leave some kind of open substrate, thought that was the best thing to do.

[Paidbychrist0825]

its just a litle variance. ill look for a link to a pics of a japanese reef. anericans tend to have a pile that spans the whole length of the tank, the japanese tend to have some lr in an arch shape like a C on its side laid down in the sand

[microreefguy]

cool...thanks.

[nanoman123]

im jealous......... i wish my 10g looked that good...............

[Paidbychrist0825]

sorry, i couldnt find a japanese reef pic.

[microreefguy]

that's ok, thanks anyways.