Welcome to my (near) Zero Maintenance Reef!

[killerkukoo]

I took this today


And fed my acantho the other night

And fed sone Goni

And I took these pics in different lighting, they don’t even look real in person it’s like they were colored with neon markers

Tank side view - not best pic hit shows my magnet branch and how the torch are floating mid tank, and how clean the sand is even in the back of the tank using my methods

The palythoa grandis colony in front center is deceptively larger than it appears. Top view reveals the true colony

Ultra grade Cynarina

And some random pics

I would be interested in learning about your tank maintenance methods. mind if i DM you?

 

[VintageReefer]

I would be interested in learning about your tank maintenance methods. mind if i DM you?

Go ahead

 

[VintageReefer]

Interested in what could be a center piece in a tank full of them.

love them! second the above! its hard to imagine something more stunning! will be waiting to see what else you have up your sleeve

You have no idea what I found haha I’ve never seen this and I have to rearrange to make room.

But other new stuff came yesterday!

Got this ora metallic green birdsnest

A Garf purple bonsai

A baby jawbreaker with lots of red already

Ordered a dragon tamer but got what appears to be a grail…we shall see what it grows into. I’ll be happy either way

And a shot of all the new residents

 

[twentyleagues]

I have always liked the garf was one of my favorite sps corals. I think I like purple and green as a color combo ppe zoas, garf, purple green hammers, miami hurricane. Yes that Torch will be nice either way I agree looks like a grail to me too. I thought a dragon tamer had more gold/orange to it.

 

[VintageReefer]

Just few pictures. Looks like we have a dragon tamer after all!

And coming soon…

 

[VintageReefer]

Evening photo bomb!

Zoa garden hidden behind torch garden

Lobo, shroom, moseleya, favia, scoly, Duncan’s and more

Acanthos doing great

Left side

Center

Floating Sps shelf top left

Banana HG 6 heads

FTS

 

[smitten with ocean life]

love it! so what was your secret hopeful addition the other day???

 

[VintageReefer]

I don’t have it yet but a price has been negotiated and I’ll just say I need to clear a 6” section on my sand bed for it

I stand by my teaser. It will be a dominant attention grabbing item in the tank

It’s going front center right in front of the palythoa grandis colony. Everything else will be shuffled around

 

[VintageReefer]

Rotated the zoa island shelf so they get better lighting and so I can photograph them better

Mixed my cardinal back in

Rainbow plate getting good extension in the new spot but less light, may have to move this again

Blastos are recovering from too much light, the stripe pattern is returning

Rainbow Goni being moody

 

[VintageReefer]

Moved the rainbow plate, color is much better now
Day spectrum

With windex

Birdsnest looking good

Rainbow Goni

Jawbreaker

Full tank shot + some closer full shots

 

[VintageReefer]

Had to do some rearranging to make room for tomorrows arrival, super excited!

Moved some torch and frogspawn and made a floating euphyllia island

I’m not proud of this but gotta do what I gotta do

Free space made front and center

Tomorrows arrival will be a stunner!

 

[VintageReefer]

Still opening up but lookin good so far!
24k rainbow acanthophyllia!

Sorry for weird angled display shot, trying to prevent reflections of my patio door blinds! Better pics to come later tonight!

 

[VintageReefer]

Crazy in person!

Tank shots

Prooof I have fish! I caught two on camera

 

[smitten with ocean life]

glad youre happy with it!

 

[revhtree]

Gorgeous corals and congrats on the success so far!

 

[VintageReefer]

Added anthias and suddenly my fish don’t want to hide anymore
2 lyretail anthias, Tomini tang, yellow coris wrasse, purple fire fish, lemon damsel, cardinal fish

 

[VintageReefer]

Photo Bomb!

 

[garmyn]

i just found this thread and it is stunning - everything about it - i think the anthias were a perfect choice and if you're going to do more nps a blotchy would be so cool also. i'm inspired by your low/no maintenence - would you ever consider doing a video? even a quick one would be great; i would love to watch your tank in action. keep up the amazing work.

 

[VintageReefer]

i just found this thread and it is stunning - everything about it - i think the anthias were a perfect choice and if you're going to do more nps a blotchy would be so cool also. i'm inspired by your low/no maintenence - would you ever consider doing a video? even a quick one would be great; i would love to watch your tank in action. keep up the amazing work.

Thank you!

The anthias have completely brought the tank to another level. For whatever reason several of my fish are shy despite no aggression, and going to photograph the tank they always hide. The anthias come right up to the glass for me and have given the other fish a confidence they have been missing, the activity now is night and day difference than it was last week.

I don’t have a YouTube account and don’t have a desire to make one

Fish list:
Cardinal
Male and female Lyretail anthias
Yellow coris wrasse
Purple fire fish
Tomini tang
Lemon damsel

 

[VintageReefer]

Got 6 / 7 fish in one picture!