The one with a snubbed face was an ugly looking bugger.

Good stuff. Would have probably been more work up front, but will save you down the track. 

Whack some pics up when you get a chance. 

Sohal copped a solid whipping for the first couple days, seems to have been accepted now and is eating frozen and a few pellets. Still confused by the Nori sheets.

I tried to dissipate the aggression with bulk feedings - desjardini, orange shoulder and naso look like swimming footballs.

Clown tang is also putting one some weight, was pretty skinny when it went in. 

Orange shoulder looks like its about to transition to adult colours, is a muddy yellow now.

Darren - The Fish Doctor can also help. 

Bumped into Jules at Vebas on the weekend. 

Picked up a couple more fish - Sohal Tang (brave or stupid, haven't decided yet) and a Yellow Coris Wrass. 

The Sohal is still copping it a bit from the powder blue, hopefully subsides in the next few days. 

The tang group is now; Powder Blue, Orange Shoulder, Clown, Sohal, Yellow, Desjardini and a Blonde Naso. 

I think a 2 -3 more wrasse and 3-4 more tangs and I'm done. Probably go a Yellow Eye Kole Tang, Convict, Blue and maybe either a second blonde Naso (female) or Yellow. 

Added a 6 line wrasse and a Clown tang. Both are tiny, hopefully they don't destroy my tank in time. 

I think from now on, I'm only adding fish that can serve a purpose for me. Which is pretty much wrasse for pest eradication and tangs for algae eating. 

A small group of yellow coris would be cool.. 

Hi Steve

Without having seen the set up or anything like that. But by the sounds of it, the set up is incredibly neglected. 

Personally, I would nuke all the live rock and start over. There are lost of different ways to do it with acids, sun and bleach etc. I reckon the reward of starting with the seeded rock would be far outweighed with all the nasty algae pests that would likely come with the rock. 

Thanks, 

Thanks Craig, glad you've enjoyed it. 

Tank is now 5 months old - super young for a reef. Tank has now also been featured on Dalua Australia's facebook page. Dalua is the distributor Illumagic (the lights I'm using), which is pretty cool for such a young tank. 

Can't wait to see what the tank will look like in 12 months from now. 

Thanks mate, a lot of time, effort and money has gone into it. Starting to see some rewards. 

The set up isn't perfect by any means, and am still battling some issues. The sand is a bit of a mess with what looks like a mixture of diatoms and a weird short haired brown algae. Being a young reef, hopefully this will just go in time. I also have been battling nasty vermatid snails. They aren't the end of the world but look unsightly and can irritate corals. 

haha. No chance, look up some Golden Trevally fishing pics. 10-15kg brutes.

Thanks. 

Dazza - just go the whole way and do a reef. I was keen on marine fish, to be honest they only get in the way when looking at my coral.

I've got a few really special SPS coming next weekend, can't wait.

On a similar note - Saw a heap of juvenile golden trevalley at Ocean Reef Aquarium yesterday, they were tiny ~4cm but awesome to look at. Was so tempted to drop half a dozen in my reef tank. Couldn't handle the headache down the track. 

Some photo updates. 

The zoas and one chalice arrived yesterday. I must say I'm thoroughly impressed with the colour and size of the zoa colonies. Site states 10+ polyps, but most are 20 + with some even around the 50 polyps. Oceanarium are a quality outfit if anything is chasing corals, delivered to your door. I've done 2 orders from them and have been impressed both times.

My one main regret with the tank is i didn't make the stand shorter, to make viewing from above easier. The top down view in my opinion is the best view for a reef tank.

Some of the zoa colonies aren't completely open as they had only been in the tank a few hours when the pics were taken. Photos are nothing amazing, just iphone pics. Started using an app that balances the blues so the pics are actually fairly accurate with colours. My rocks are actually that pink/purple.

Nah no Darth Maul's. 

To be honest, i doubt they are all the same species, just collectively known as Zoanthids. 

Can definitely see differences between the 'varieties' in terms of polyp size and the structure of the actual polyp. 

yeah it is a strange aquarium choice. Most people buying a marine fish that grows huge and trying to keep it in full FW. 

I'm sure there are some people who have had short to middle term success. My guess would be that the vast majority would be dead in under 5 years. 

Calc Reactor is the way to go - set and forget.

I thought FW keepers gave things strange names. These are the zoa's that are arriving today; Rasta's, Strawberries with Cream, Canary Yellow,  Flourobscene, Golden Nugget, Blueberry mint, Purple People Eater,  Gob Smacker, Vulcanism and Chameleons.

To add to the ones i already have - Orange Bam Bam's, Red Dragons, Neon Green and Eagles Eye's.

Haven't added many corals for a while - have a big heap of different zoa's coming today.

Price on black rays is coming down rapidly!

Ticking along....

Thanks mate.

Been chatting to the guys at Reef Secrets over the east - going to get a shipment of new corals sent over in the new year. They have heaps of great SPS - just need to hold out until then which is tough.