my tank pics, criticism welcome

[Atarax]

here it is in all its 55gal. glory.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/nicholsbrendan/SANY0164.jpg

here is a rough (not too accurate) coral list:
green brain, kenya tree, tons of zoos, green long tentacle anemone, star polyps, 4 toadstools, hairy mushrooms, finger leather, monti cap, a giant welso, monti digi, snake polyp, colt, red shrooms, purple shrooms, orange plate, red blue-spotted shrooms, green shrooms, trumpet.

and here are the fish:
purple firefish goby,false perc, 3 green chromis, royal gramma, tailspot blenny, golden blenny, hippo tang, yellow headed sleeper goby.

[Atarax]

no words of advice? criticism?

[Pufferpunk]

Nice balance of colors/shapes. I like the rock built up on both sides. It'll look cool when the xenia grows out on the back wall. I'm trying for some xenia & GSP on mine. Great job!

[VLDesign]

Tank will be too small for that Regal tang in about a year. Other than that it looks nice..

[95Harley]

Nice looking tank. I'd add a busy coral reef backdrop to hide some of your algae problems. I did and don't even scrub the back wall now.

I'd also pull the Hippo (ich magnet), even though I love them too. And replace with a Flame Angel. Better size for long term and less health issues.

Other than that, Great job.

[Atarax]

my tank is ich free, and i tried the flame angel a while back, the lil bugger picked at every coral i had.
that algae on the back glass is a mixture of green and pink coraline it has that "wavy" look because i attempted to scrape it off with a plastic scraper. I scraped the majority of the green off last night because my old lady liked the pink better.

[Fishyfan]

Tank looks great...I like the green algae growing on the back

Is that xenia growing on the back? Are you going to let it grow? That would be awsome to have the entire back covered in xenia :eek:

[Pufferpunk]

Fishy, that puffer is scary!

[Atarax]

yeh those xenia started on the rocks below them but moved up fairly fast once they got comfortable. id love them to cover the entire back glass. few more additions coming tuesday, frogspawn and a fiji leather. that should just about wrap up everything i want in this tank. MUCH better pics to come, i have my camera back.

[pirarucu319]

hooohooo:jaw:
instead criticism,i would say..
BEAUTY :D BALANCE:headbang2
nice man..keep postin..
keep'em happy lol..

ANCIENT MONSTER RULEZ :arapaimag :asianarow

[blacktip]

Personally, I love it, especially the fact that you didn't create one massive wall like most people do. Very nicely done.

[Fishyfan]

Fishy, that puffer is scary!

:ROFL:

[redtailfool]

Nice looking tank. I'd add a busy coral reef backdrop to hide some of your algae problems.

Other than that, Great job.


He stole my thoughts ! Good Job on the setup !

[Mantis411]

sweet tank i have one question though, almost directly in the middle of the pic theres a pink thing (seaslug or sea cucumber?) what is it?

[Atarax]

its a cuke. he's climbed all the way to the top left now and has been there chillin for about 3 days. its funny how something so UGLY can be beautiful too, aint it?

[alcohologist]

love the aquascaping. if it were mine, i'd drop the chromis and one of the blennies... but only so i could fit a dwarf angel in there! like a potter's- or flame. haha.
great job with the thriving coral.

[ChrisGray]

i lie the brain in the middle, but i would have bulit up the rock more

[Atarax]

haha! new pics with MY camera.

the first is a full tank
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/nicholsbrendan/HPIM1024.jpg

next is the left side
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/nicholsbrendan/HPIM1025.jpg

then the right side
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/nicholsbrendan/HPIM1026.jpg
and before anyone asks, yes that is a orange plate on the power head. it gets more light and doesnt get covered with sand up there ;)

[AquataHolic420]

i like it, think it looks very nice. lot of money in that little 55G.

[Pufferpunk]

What lighting are you using?

[Atarax]

power compacts. 2 10000k and 2 actinics. and yes i have a lot of money in it, cant wait to upgrade to a bigger one. more debt to come!!

[Mantis411]

thats a awsome tank, love the hippo tang, what kind of soft coral is growing on the back glass?

[scottgeeze]

Looks pretty nice to me.

[Atarax]

thats a awsome tank, love the hippo tang, what kind of soft coral is growing on the back glass?

the highest on the glass are xenia. there are also some hairy mushrooms that have made their way up there as well.
here is a pic that gives a better look at them:
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/nicholsbrendan/Picture038-1.jpg

[Mantis411]

thats awsome, and you just helped me ID the mushrooms i have in my tank, thanks

[Grendel]

Great set up - watch the size of the tang though over the next year.