My 100 gallon reef.

[michealprater]

Heres one of my harliquin shrimp munchin on a chocalate chip star.


hmmmmmmm dont know if it added it or not. no error message, no attachment shown?? oh well, if it dont show up, nevermind.

[michealprater]

Sorry about the two pics. Posting screen does not confirm that photo has been attached. oh well heres some more.

[Pineapple House]

Those are some nice pictures Micheal! Good work on them! :-D

Moving to 'Rate My Tank' forum though :)

PH =)

[Zack]

very nice! :D

[michealprater]

heres a few more.

[Irisservice]

The tank looks awesome!!
But wow thats a lot of scatches.

Check out this product for scatches
http://www.novuspolish.com

[michealprater]

They are just towards the bottom. Can you use that product underwater?

[Irisservice]

no just exterior.
For in the tank use. Rainbow Scratch Removal Kit

http://www.reeffanatic.com/cgi-bin/mas/category.cgi?item=MK_72000&type=store

[michealprater]

So that is safe for my fish and corals. i dont know, makes me kind of nervous. I would almost rather just live with it until I upgrade to a bigger tank (glass).

[Irisservice]

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[michealprater]

Well, while I'm waiting for the dust to clear, I hope no one has taken true offence to my actions. I wasnt aware of the specific rules and I should have been.

So getting back to normal day to day posting. Here is the info on my 100 gallon flat back hex, Clarity Plus acrylic reef tank.

Inhabitants
300lbs of live rock
2" sand bed
fish
Yellow tang
neon dottyback
Pair of maroon clowns
orange tail damsel
blue damsel
inverts
Pair of coral banded shrimp
Pair of harliquin shrimp
blood shrimp
peppermint shrimp
stars and stripes sea urchin
too many snails and hermits to count.
corals
Hammer coral
unknown leather
devils hand
torch
2 orange sponges
2 different gorgonians
anthelia
pulsing xenia
porcillapora frag
finger leather frag (disappeared into my reef somewhere)
blue, greenstripe, red and purple mushrooms
green star polyps
unknown closed brain
lighting
2 250w mh w/ 12000k bulbs
2 96w pc 10000k
2 96w pc actnic
equipment
penguin 330 filter (bio wheels have been removed, basically use it for carbon)
seaclone protien skimmer
3 maxi jet power heads (1-1200 and 2-1000 models)
and a visatherm 300w heater.

If I had to start over again the only thing I would change is make the sb deeper.
Im also considering adding a sump, uv sterilizer and wavemaker for future improvements.

[michealprater]

If anyone has questions on my setup, I would love to answer them.

[Fiji Live Rock]

A Lion in a 20 GAL :?: :!: :?: :!:

You gotta be kidding me :?: :!: :shock:

Those need at least a 55-90 gal tank!

They will grow up to 13+" in length!

I know...I had one and he was 10 1/2" and ate goldfish the size of fat hotdog in width and about 2-3" long in one bite with just a small portion of the tail sticking out its mouth while it de-scaled it.

You are doing that fish an injustice by keeping it in that size of tank. :(

[Fugly]

Umm dwarf is it? You say the dwarf lion will grow 13+? :?

[michealprater]

Dwarf Zebra Lion fish. Max size 4 inches. Only fish in tank. Thats 1 inch of full grown fish per 5 gallons. Hes only 1 1/2" long now. You call that a injustice. OK man. :roll:

[Fugly]

My point exactly :!: I am not sure he realised it was a Dwarf. :)

[Fiji Live Rock]

Didn't see dwarf...just saw Lion and 20 gal tank. :mrgreen: :oops: :lol:

[michealprater]

No problem buddy. :lol:

[john]

Very natural :D I love the tank