My tank has 2 sides.
Volume of tank is 300 gallons.
Front and back views Click the images for a big version of the pictures.
Recent pics
Nov 14, 2009
Regal Tang
Purple Tang
Neon Goby
Fairy Wrasse,
unknown type
Super-male Lineatus Wrasse
A very nice well-behaved fish, that's bigger than all my other wrasses,
but never shows any hint of aggression. We love him. Expensive but beautiful.
Bangai Cardinal
2 cardinals are paired, and the 3rd cardinal
(2nd picture) used to get chased and bullied.
but after a few months, he rejoined the school.
Fungia spp. plate Coral
A coral
psamacora or pavona ? It's a coral of some kind.
Dec 2009
Frogspawn Coral
euphyllia divisa. Growing nicely larger in March '09.
Torch Coral
2nd picture in May 2009
Growing nicely, and diverging into extra branches
a different frogspawn
I split it into two
euphyllia glabrescens.
Green star polyp
growth @ Nov 2009
Clownfish
amphiprion ocellaris
Green Bubble tip Anemone
Added Nov 17, 2009
Green Bubble tip Anemone
He hangs below a rock at night, and extends polyps into the light during the day.
another plate coral
Has been doing very well in Feb and Mar '09. Its growing larger and it sometimes shows its polyps.
Moon Coral
Favites spp.
Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
Coral acropora austera
A fish has been biting the tips off this coral. Sept 2009.
but maybe acropora cerealis. See little crab living in this coral.
An anemone
In May 2009 he split into Two anemones.
Maxima Clam 1
Crocea Clam 1
Crocea Clam 2
Crocea Clam 3
Crocea Clam 4
Green Brain coral
trachyphykkia spp. The 2nd image shows polyps extended during feeding.
New brain coral 2
added mid May 2009
nighttime with polyps extended
Red mushroom anemonies
Bellus Angel
Sally Lightfoot crab
Growing nicely. In early March it lost 1 of its legs. By the next molt
in late March, the leg had fully grown back. Amazing.
Chromis
Banded Trochus Snails
Snails with spikes
looks like star polyps, but could also be clauveria or anthelia
Hermit crabs
survey Nov 2009
Elephant's ear
mushroom anemone
Stone Crab that lives in a hole
This small stone crab still lives in this hole, many months after I first realized he is there. May 9, 2009.
Elephant's Ear
Mushroom anemone
Rhodactis mussoides
2nd picture shows it curled up temporarily into a ball. Super cool.
Dec 2009. Only a few of these left.
Lawnmower blenny
Pom pom crab
I put him in my tank at the beginning, and never saw him for 8 months. But as he gets bigger, I see him more often. Last seen mid Nov, 2009.
A worm that lives in my sand.
Red Scooter Blenny
added April 16, 2009
Gold Midas Blenny
added April 16, 2009
Yellow Target Mandarin Goby
added April 16, 2009
Bristleworm
Toadstool Leather coral
Added April 26, 2009.
Noticed on May 1, 2009, that something has been eating a big hole into the side of it.
In Dec, 2009. It survived and grew taller.
new Coral 2
bottom is dying in Dec 2009
new Coral 4
new Coral 5
Bottom is dying, Dec 2009
new Coral 7
dying, Dec 2009
Black Mithrax Crab.
Blue spotted Jawfish
Two spot goby
Priest-hat Urchin
(Tripneustes gratilla)
(Sea Egg, or Hairy Pincushion Urchin)
Chalk Basslet
Indigo Dottyback
Zebra Dart Goby
Nassarius Snails
Copepods
Copepods,
I think, not sure.
Orange Sponge
Added Oct 4, 2009.
tips becoming clear, Nov 2009
Dec 28, 2009. clear tips worsening.
Orange Tree
sponge
Added Nov 10, 2009
Star polyps
Added Nov 10, 2009
Platygyra
Added Nov 10, 2009
Aussie brain coral
Added Nov 10, 2009
Blood Red Fire Shrimp
Added Nov 10, 2009
Purple Tile Fish
Added Nov 28, 2009
Another crab in a hole
In dec 2009, I saw the legs of this hitchhiker crab living in a hole. Amazing that he lived for a full year before I saw him.
Purple Coral Banded Shrimp
I've seen him twice in 6 months. He lives deep under my rocks. Last seen Jan 16, 2009.
other notes: Also there is one pistol shrimp in there.. never seen him yet. But I hear his clicking noise. Last heard late Nov 2009.
My tank volume is 316 US gallons, 1196.57 litres. includes tank, sump & tubings. Subtract something for rocks.