My 55G - Under Construction

[IrishPride]

Will be posting Pics eventually...but figured I'd start a thread to share some pictures of some of the fish I have collected.  I have started out with a 55g F/O tank back in September 2011.  I have a couple smaller tanks on the go as well to date.

Having browsed numerous pictures of members tanks and enjoying all the awesome pics, I have decided to transition (slowly of course) into more of a mixed reef system (you can chime in anytime now Blob..... )

I'm debating on leaving the 55 as is, but adding another 100+ gallon system at some point in 2012.

My apologies for the size....have to practice

 

[Blob-79]

 

[TORX]

Pics are great, makes me want 3 cardinals even more!

Hope to see more soon enough.

 

[IrishPride]

Thanks Torx.  I was really bummed out when his mate died.  He has never been the same since.  One of my fav's for sure.

Here's a few more.  Still trying to work on my photography skills...

 

[pulpfiction1]

looks like your getting the hang of it,is that a grey coloured mushroom?not looking great to me but i might be wrong

 

[teebone110]

Nice pics! What kind of wrasse do you have there?

 

[phi delt reefer]

think its a solar wrasse.

 

[IrishPride]

Phil - kind of a purplish colored umbrella leather.  That one seems to wax over every other day - I don't get it.  The other one is about a foot away from it and it's always out (as you can see in the pics). 

Nice pics! What kind of wrasse do you have there?

Hey Teebone - that is a Solar Fairy Wrasse.  He is a great fish to watch.  The kids just love him.

 

[pulpfiction1]

ok,i had one a long time ago,was nifty looking when it would close at night and open again after the lights came back on,still newby at the coral thing as far as identification goes

 

[IrishPride]

No worries Phil. 
Any ideas as to why that leather waxes over so often?  I've moved it around the tank numerous times and nothing changes...

 

[phi delt reefer]

leather corals "shed" regularly. is that what you mean?

 

[IrishPride]

leather corals \"shed\" regularly. is that what you mean?

Yep.  Sorry.

 

[pulpfiction1]

http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/coralcare/ss/sscoralshedding.htm

dont know why one would more than the other,article is 5 pages long

 

[IrishPride]

Good read.  Thanks Phil.

Here's some pics with night lighting.  I'm trying to get a decent shot of my bicolor angel but he won't sit still!!

Kind of blurry.  Sorry

The marks on the back of the tank are from me being stupid...should have painted the back of the tank instead Greenhorn...

That one's for you Mark!

Awesome chunk of GSP from IA

CocoWorm

 

[TORX]

Thanks for that killer shot of the cardinal. Might have to use it for my background for a while.

Will have to order some one day soon.

 

[phi delt reefer]

Updates jason, updates

 

[IrishPride]

LOL.
It feels like forever since posting on here.  Life has been very busy lately and my tank has kinda sat idle for a while.  My coraline algae has taken off nicely and my softies are all doing well too.

Im getting some red hair algae that is starting to worry me a bit.  Other than that, things havent changed much. I did manage to scope up a T5 6 bulb fixture with controller for a good deal though.