PTXReef's 95 WAVE - First Tank!

[PTXReef]

Hello! This is my first saltwater tank. So excited to finally get into it after a decade of freshwater !

Current Set Up (Started on 7/2019):
95 gallon wave aquarium
RedSea50 ReefLEDs (2)
Reef Octopus Classic BH-2000 HOB Protein Skimmer
AquaClear 110
AquaTop Wave Maker (2)

LiveStock (Fish):
Yellow Tang
Blue Hippo Tang
Ocellaris clownfish (2)
Yellow watchman goby
Tiger pistol shrimp
Blue legged hermits (4)
Brittle stars
Recent additions:
Mandarin goby
Cleaner shrimp

Corals:
Toxic hammer
Purple tip hammer
Frogspawn
Pink torch (cristata)
Acans (rainbows, blues, oranges)
Green favia
Green candy cane
Pulsing Xenias
Green toadstool leather
Pink finger leather
Kenya Tree coral
Green goniopora
Ricordea Mushrooms
Pocillopora
Some kind of montipora
Some kind of leptoseris

The Journey:

Day 1 (About a year ago July 2019):
Got a Used 95 Wave Aquarium. Repainted the stand and checked for leaks!

July 2019: A week later (Took me awhile to make all that RODI water to fill the tank):

September 2019 (First fishies and corals in after diatom/algae cycle!):
-2 Ocellaris clowns
-Blue Hippo Tang
-Sailfin Tang
-Yellow watchman goby
-Tiger Pistol Shrimp
-Turbo snail

-Green candy cane
-Pulsing xenias
-Green goniopora
-Kenya tree

January 2020:
Lots more corals!
Proud of the candy cane growth (1h to 3h) and brought back the green favia (got it when it was bleached and didn't know better )

Realized I do not have many full tank shots (will definitely take more).
Flash forward to....

July 2020 (Today!):
Changing the aquascape:

Currently trying to fatten up my mandarin goby. Have tons of pods in the tank but am not sure if he is getting what he needs. Tried can o cyclops, mysis shrimp, spiralina brine, pellets (all enriched in selcon), but have not seen him go after anything.

Also looking into getting a clam !


Thanks for looking!

 

[PTXReef]

I posted on R2R originally, want to update on here as well!

July 13th Tank Update!

Favorites (as of now):
Loving the two mandarin dragonets and obsessed with my new maxima clam!

Female Mandarin with the maxima:

Male Mandarin hunting copepods:

Favorite coral:
My toxic hammer that I got as a 1 head frag is trying to split into 3 heads
It looks like a fidget spinner when retracted at night

Thanks for looking!

 

[PTXReef]

July 20th Tank Update:

Looks about the same as a week ago but planning to add an ATO (maybe the tunze one). I’ve been religiously topping off about half a gallon before and after work. Hopping the ATO will make the process easier and water salinity more consistent. Also looking into hanna checkers because these titration color changes are so tough to read accurately.

All inhabitants have been looking happy, especially after a water change (that big pink leather was all droopy before it).

Thanks for looking!

 

[Coral reefer]

Welcome.

 

[max_nano]

Welcome, looking good! What kind of media do you have in that HOB filter? That clam is neat

 

[PTXReef]

Welcome, looking good! What kind of media do you have in that HOB filter? That clam is neat

They are the Biomax pellets that come with the Aquaclear110!