Fordris First SW setup (85 gal.)

[Fordris]

I have been into fresh water for over 10 years now so im not new to aquariums but am very new to salt so i decided to start small (only 85 gallon lol) I know i wanna reef tank haven't decided exactly what kind (hard to decide when i like every piece of coral i see lol) . I am moveing in a few months so i figured now was a good time to learn how to maintain salt levels etc. when i move i plan on adding a sump to the tank right now im running two hang on the back filters. the first picture was how i started the second picture is a week or so later with more live rock and my wife went out and bought a decorator crab who was i to stop her lol

[Fordris]

Oh and after reading the forums here i am gonna try to move all my live rock more to the middle to get good current behind the rock.

[ReeferRob]

One great start! What kinds of fish do you hope to keep?

[kgood1]

Ncice start. I can't wait to see what it becomes.

[Fordris]

the wife wants to do clown fish i don't really care about the fish as long as it has color im more interested in the corals personally lol tho other day when i was window shopping at the LFS i did see a benny i liked and gobys are cool to. I really like the Purple Brush Gorgonian and might get this and focus the tank around it.

[Sir Patrick]

Great start man!

[Rabidgoose]

Very nice, neat and clean. How big is the crab? I would keep an eye on him as you move forward with your reef. Crabs make me nervous....:big_grin:

[Fordris]

its been too long since the last time i checked in just been really busy with the new house and the new salt water setup :) been spending alot of time messing with it . here are some more recent pictures of what my 85 gallon reef has become.
On a side note yeah the crab got moved lol put him in a 29 gallon i set up trying to get some coral he stole off of him lol.
Finally got my Purple Brush Gorgonian wahoo!

[Sir Patrick]

Wow!! Tank is coming along great!!!

Got a fish list? Curious about what ya got in there!

[Rabidgoose]

:thumbsup: Looking good!

[Fordris]

Fish List
2.Green Mandarin Dragonet (male and female , they have done the mateing dance up the glass but from what i know they wont breed unless the tank is very very tall)
4.Green Chromis
1.Six Line Wrass
1.mated pair of Clown Fish
1.Blue Hippo Tang
1. Bi colored dotty back
1. Algae Goby
1.Purple Linkia Starfish
3.Peppermint Shrimp
(removed fish)
1. one spotted Fox face ( got removed after i got stung by him )
1. Engineer Goby ( Got Removed and put in a fish only tank i have because he was messing up the rock work too much with his engineering skills lol)
1. Coral Beauty Angelfish ( Got Removed and put in a fish only tank Because He was nipping my purple brush to death ) special note: after more research i think he was actually just eating the dieing tissue.



Coral
Silver Gorgonian

LPS
Torch coral
Pagoda Coral (Cup Coral)
Raptors peace coral (frag won from last year swap)
Hammer / Anchor Coral (Euphyllia ancora)

Soft Coral's
Blue green sympodium
Yellow Polyps
Colt Coral
Clove polyp

Chalice's
Watermelon Chalice
Purple Chalice

Zoanthids/Pallys
Bam Bams

SPS family
Red Planet Acro
Grape Monti
Brown Pavona
Green Pavona

Mushroom family
Bullseye mushroom AKA Tonga bluemushroom
Green/purple mushroom
green Hairy Mushroom colony

[Fordris]

Wow im sorry lol this is sooo out of date, I will update it this morning , hopefully an updated stock list and new pics will be up soon . it looks nothing like this anymore lol.

[larryandlaura]

It's about time Shane!

[Pat-O]

Looks Great,
Im in the exact same situation you where in in the first post right now. I have been doing freshwater since i was young and decided to try salt just a couple weeks ago.

[MizTanks]

Looks Great,
Im in the exact same situation you where in in the first post right now. I have been doing freshwater since i was young and decided to try salt just a couple weeks ago.

Quoted wrong post*

[Fordris]

yeah its been amazing to watch it grow and change. sorry for the delay on pictures keep getting distracted with children lol so i'll prob post them Monday when there in school.

[Sir Patrick]

Cant wait to see the pics!!!

[MizTanks]

Wow im sorry lol this is sooo out of date, I will update it this morning , hopefully an updated stock list and new pics will be up soon . it looks nothing like this anymore lol.

About time slacker!!! lol Looking forward to seeing the changes, pretty much the coolest part of watching a tank mature don't ya think?