DIY Concrete Aquarium 5,000 gallon - Anderson Family Reef

[Cell]

Have you posted a full fish livestock list anywhere? A current list on the first page of this thread would be awesome. In case your mini-ocean isn't keeping you busy enough...

 

[dca22anderson]

Isn’t the eel going to eat the little fish?

I think he eats all the cleaner shrimp and smalls I put in there… I try to overfeed him and keep him full… little trade off for such a cool eel but most of the fish are doing great with him… he is one of the more friendly eels and being a dwarf eel he’s stayed pretty small…

 

[dca22anderson]

Have you posted a full fish livestock list anywhere? A current list on the first page of this thread would be awesome. In case your mini-ocean isn't keeping you busy enough...

Fish list 4/01/2023

TANGS:
Black
Yellow (3)
Purple (6)
Scopas (2)
Desjardini sailfin
Sohal
Clown
Fowleri
Eyelined (2)
Yellowfin
Powder blue
Blue
Lavender
Tomini
Orange shoulder
White margin unicorn
Humpback unicorn
Spotted unicorn (2)
Blue spine unicorn
XXL Vlamingii
Blond naso

FOXFACE/RABBITFISH:
Foxface (2)
Majestic foxface
Orangespot rabbitfish

WRASSE:
Yellow coris
Mystery
Sixline

CARDINAL:
Pajama (10)
Banggai (4)

ANGEL:
Flame Angel
Coral beauty

BUTTERFLY:
Copperband

Blenny:
Lawnmower (3)

DAMSEL:
Green Chromis (2)
Azure (4)
Blue (2)
Sapphire
Springer (7)

CLOWN:
Wyoming whites (3)
Onyx (2)
Lightning maroon
Pink skunk

HAWK:
Flame

OTHER:
Mono (3)
Golden dwarf moray eel

QT:
Queen angel

 

[dca22anderson]

Received some sweet frags from Fraghouse corals this week. All are looking great and doing good!!

 

[squidarcher]

I think a large wrasse like a red coris or formosa would look great in there

 

[748S911]

School of Anthias ?

 

[dca22anderson]

School of Anthias ?

Would love that at some point… great idea!!

 

[dca22anderson]

Full tank and equipment room walk around… nothing is permanent but it’s working for now with the gear I have… LOL!!

 

[dca22anderson]

Long version of underwater feeding

 

[flagg37]

That coral has really taken off. I remember not too long ago it was pretty bare.

 

[lubeck]

when I look at your tangs I feel like any tank (under 1k gals) is too small now.

that sohal is purdy

 

[Clanger]

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The time has come to build out another sweet large reef.

Here is my last one: Anderson Family Reef - 1200 Gallon Reef


This time I will build out an in wall 720 (8'x3'x4') and a 740 (9'x4'x33") in the fish room.

Hell fire !.. b.e.a.utiful, definitely going to enter the lottery on Friday

 

[Bpp124987]

What water parameters do you run? Amazing how that coral has taken off

 

[dca22anderson]

What water parameters do you run? Amazing how that coral has taken off

4/03/23

Ca 500
Alk 11.2
Mg 1350
Po4 .60
Salt 1.025
Nitrate 55
Temp 77commercial probe / 81.7neptune probe

I turned off my two part dosing for now till I drop back down to Ca 480 & Alk 10…

 

[flagg37]

Po4 is still elevated but the corals don’t seem to mind.

 

[748S911]

when I look at your tangs I feel like any tank (under 1k gals) is too small now.

that sohal is purdy

I was thinking the same thing today, now I look at tangs in smaller tanks and makes me think about how big they get how much swim room they really do need. (especially the Sohal)

 

[dca22anderson]

I was thinking the same thing today, now I look at tangs in smaller tanks and makes me think about how big they get how much swim room they really do need. (especially the Sohal)

That sohal and clown never stop swimming… and they move fast!!

 

[dca22anderson]

Just got this new book from Tony Vargas! There are some great systems in there!! Great information as well… can’t wait to dive in a little deeper when I get a moment!!

 

[dca22anderson]

Some new additions:

3 Cleaner shrimp, yellow coris wrasse, melanarus wrasse, and a springer damsel. (For the frag tank)

Also visited Sunnysidecorals.com last night. Jeff M has some AMAZING corals!! Thanks Jeff for all you do to keep us loaded up with sweet corals!! (Picture is one of many flawless coral tanks he has rocking)

Super stoked to get the new corals in place from Jeff M to grow out for years to come!!

 

[dca22anderson]

That thing is a monster!! Thanks Jeff M!!

Little Jason Fox snow cap monti… I’ll move it down next dive…