Sharkbait’s 40 Breeder Upgrade

[Sharkbait19]

Thank you so much!! I appreciate it!

I definitely had a general idea of what kind of scape I wanted for the tank, but I wound up ordering the dry rock online, so I wasn’t sure what exactly I would be working with. It wound up coming out ten times better than I would have ever expected though!!

 

[rmorris_14]

Looking good! Glad everyone is behaving so far

 

[Sharkbait19]

Update: added a few new corals!
I bought two Florida ricordeas, a red monti cap, and some Mohawk zoas

 

[rmorris_14]

Update: added a few new corals!
I bought two Florida ricordeas, a red monti cap, and some Mohawk zoas
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Ricordeas are definitely on my want list!!!!

 

[Sharkbait19]

Ricordeas are definitely on my want list!!!!

I’ve been afraid to add them for a while because my first try at shrooms over a year ago went very poorly. I saw them today and figured, why not, they are too good looking!

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

Love my ricordea and looks very similar to yours did we just becime ricordea brothers lol....

 

[rmorris_14]

I’ve been afraid to add them for a while because my first try at shrooms over a year ago went very poorly. I saw them today and figured, why not, they are too good looking!

You got this!

 

[Goaway]

I’ve been afraid to add them for a while because my first try at shrooms over a year ago went very poorly. I saw them today and figured, why not, they are too good looking!

They are very nicely colored. I currently have issues with zoa.

 

[Sharkbait19]

They are very nicely colored. I currently have issues with zoa.

It really sucks when the ones that are supposed to be super easy give lots of trouble.
Hope the issue fixes itself!

 

[i cant think]

Good Luck!
Florida mushrooms are an easier mushroom to keep, IME the discos mushrooms aren’t as easy to keep. I think Rhodactis is a moderate mushroom personally.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Update:
I fastened the frogspawns and all the new corals onto the rock structures!

 

[Goaway]

Its looking very nice.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Its looking very nice.

Thanks!

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

Looking good. Keep the photo reel coming......

 

[Sharkbait19]

Opening up:

 

[i cant think]

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They’re beautiful! Great to see your tank is coming along nicely

 

[Sharkbait19]

Update: Only slightly over a week later, the algae grew back and smothered everything, likely due to the crazy high phosphates in my tank. I bought phosphate remover for my filter, and will monitor the parameters. Hopefully they go down and I can get algae under control.
Luxo is back to being a bully, but hasn’t done anything awful yet. She defends her torch coral with her life, and bites my hand a lot! During today’s water change, I actually had to remove her because she was preventing me from cleaning anything!
I may have to put a divider up in the QT tank. The orange spot blenny has become rather territorial towards the tankmates, and is really going after the kamohara blenny.
Some photos:

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

Looks awesome...

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

I actually just fed my ricordia today and man was it super happy after (used benepets) have you spot fed your ricordias yet? How did they react?

 

[Sharkbait19]

I actually just fed my ricordia today and man was it super happy after (used benepets) have you spot fed your ricordias yet? How did they react?

I spot fed my ricordias for the first time on Sunday with reefroids. They seemed to react very well, opening up more and looking much more colorful and expanded!