Saturday, March 22, 2008

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Livestock

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Corals

Acropora:

Atlantis purple death lokani - Acropora lokani
Atlantis ocean blue hoek - Acropora hoeksemai
Atlantis big branch bansai - Acropora sp.
Atlantis metallic red cytherea - Acropora cytherea
Steve Elias blue stag - Acropora sp.
Oregon tort - Acropora tortuosa
Yellow tort - Acropora tortuosa
Blue tort - Acropora tortuosa
Purple hoek - Acropora hoeksemai
ORA Nathan's green millepora - Acropora millepora
ORA Scripp's pink millepora - Acropora millepora
ORA blue millepora - Acropora millepora
ORA Chip's Acro - Acropora sp.
ORA Indo purple-tip - Acropora sp.
Tricolor valida - Acropora valida
Blue tipped tenuis - Acropora tenuis
Blue tipped formosa - Acropora formosa
Green slimer - Acropora yongeii
Forest green millepora - Acropora millepora

Montipora:

Red monti cap - Montipora capricornis
Green monti cap - Montipora capricornis
Green confusa - Montipora confusa
Green digi - Montipora digitata
Orange digi - Montipora digitata
ROAB Superman digi - Montipora digitata

Other:

Pink and purple birdsnest - Seriatopora hystrix
Prism favia - Favia sp.
Several Acanthastrea lordhowensis spp.
Pink chalice - Echinophyllia sp.
Snow chalice - Echinophyllia sp.
Frogspawn coral - Euphyllia paradivisa

Fish and Inverts

Fish:
1 Desjardini Tang - Zebrasoma desjardini
1 Purple Tang - Zebrasoma xanthurum
1 Yellow Tang - Zebrasoma flavescens
1 Christmas Wrasse - Halichoeres ornatissimus
1 Six-line Wrasse - Pseudocheilinus hexataenia
1 Flame Angel - Centropyge loriculus
1 Pixie Hawkfish - Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus
2 False Percula Clownfish - Amphiprion ocellaris
3 Carpenter's Flasher Wrasses - Paracheilinus carpenteri
5 Lyretail Anthias - Pseudanthias squampinnis
5 Bartlett's Anthias - Pseudanthias bartlettorum
9 Yellow-tailed Blue Damsels - Chrysiptera parasema
13 Green Chromis - Chromis viridis

Total: 44 fish

Invertebrates:
1 Derasa clam - Tridacna derasa
1 Maxima clam - Tridacna maxima
2 Skunk cleaner shrimp - Lysmata amboinensis
2 Queen conchs - Strombus gigas
25 Astrea snails - Astraea tecta
10 Nassarius snails - Nassarius vibex
1 Tongan nassarius snail - Nassarius distortus
3 Strombus snails - Strombus sp.
2 Trochus snails - Trochus sp.
5 Cerith snails - Cerithium sp.
4 Blue legged hermit crabs - Clibanarius tricolor
3 Sand-sifting cucumbers - Holothuria sp.
2 Serpent starfish - Ophiocoma sp.

Updates:

03/20/08 - Received order from ReefHotSpot.com for 1 Desjardini tang, 3 Carpenter's flasher wrasses, and a derasa clam.

Aquarium Equipment

Display:
- 96x31.5x24.5 in 3/4" glass. Front and right panes are PPG Starphire.
- 1" SSB.
- 2 x 1.5" drains

Lighting:
- 2 ATI Powermodul 8x54w

Circulation:
- 2 x Tunze 6200, 1 x 6100, 1 x 6212 Wavebox on 7095 Multicontroller
- 1 x Tunze 6080
- AquaMedic OR6500 return on WavySea
(Approximately 17,000gph or 55-60x turnover)

Skimmer:
- ATI BM250 -> ATB L in a few weeks

Sump/Refugium:
- 75g sump
- 30g refugium

Miscellaneous:
- Remote DSB - 20g Brute
- Octopus Dual Calcium Reactor
- Two Phosban reactors
- AC Jr - DC8 and DC4 -> ReefKeeper Elite in the near future

Hello and welcome

I decided to make a blog about my reef aquarium. I figured it'd be easier to put all my thoughts/pictures/etc into one spot that is easier to search than a forum thread.