Coral pics

[Sherita]

Some of the stuff in my tanks. I will update every once in a while. I have three tanks right now. 72g custom mixed reef, 12g nano mixed reef and 10g zoa tank. In the works are a 75g cube frag tank and a 75g aggressive tank. Hope you enjoy my pics :)

http://www.rosehillwindhounds.com/Saltwater/DevilsHandpolyps.jpg

http://www.rosehillwindhounds.com/Saltwater/Seahareeye.jpg

http://www.rosehillwindhounds.com/Saltwater/yellowtang2.jpg

http://www.rosehillwindhounds.com/Saltwater/Superman%20Shroom.jpg

[Pennies2Cents]

Nice... :-) cool pics.

[Scream311]

Awesome Shrooms Sherita !

[hobogato]

wow, those first two are really nice pics! would love to see a fts when you get a chance.

[Sherita]

As requested, a FTS. It's a bit overexposed, I'm still learning.

http://www.rosehillwindhounds.com/Saltwater/FTS72g4Jan2011.jpg

Scream311, I kinda collect shrooms of the more unusual type. Like this:

http://www.rosehillwindhounds.com/Saltwater/OrangeRhodactis.jpg

http://www.rosehillwindhounds.com/Saltwater/GreenShrooms.jpg

[Scream311]

Wow ! Very Nice Collection. Thanks for Sharing with us ;-)

[Kristy]

Dang Sherita, nice! I see what you've been up to!

By the way, with that many tanks you'll soon be making us look like just casual hobbyists. :D

[hobogato]

awesome! how long have you had the elegance coral?

[Europhyllia]

Gorgeous stuff and great pics!

[Pennies2Cents]

Awesome FTS... Bet is looks much much better in person... Would love to see this on the tank tour.... ;)

[Kristy]

Would love to see this on the tank tour.... ;)

Gonna be a big road trip all the way to Santa Anna, TX. :D But that tank might make it worth the drive, followed by a stop by Brownwood for some BBQ and cobbler at Underwood's!

[Sherita]

I've had the elegance about a month or so. He was given to me by someone that bought it not knowing what it was (for a THREE WEEK OLD TANK!!!!). Unfortunately, it's dying. Like so many others, I am having no luck with this one. These need to be left in the ocean, or in a species specific tank. So sad.


awesome! how long have you had the elegance coral?

[Sherita]

Scroll coral - macro shot

http://www.rosehillwindhounds.com/Saltwater/Scrollpolyps.jpg

[Regric25]

I love the FTS. Thanks for sharing.

[Sherita]

Anyone that ever gets out this way is more than welcome to stop by (cell 325-214-0135, borzoi@web-access.net). Right now there are three tanks to see, but I am working on my 75g aggressive and 75g cube frag tank today. Sumps are built, working on moving the aggressive into place in the newly remodeled guest room. Aggressive residents will be: dwarf golden moray, picasso trigger and dwarf lionfish. I will start a build thread once I get a bit further along.


Awesome FTS... Bet is looks much much better in person... Would love to see this on the tank tour.... ;)

[Sherita]

A few more :)

http://www.rosehillwindhounds.com/Saltwater/Ricordia1.jpg

http://www.rosehillwindhounds.com/Saltwater/Toadstool2.jpg

http://www.rosehillwindhounds.com/Saltwater/BubbleCoral.jpg

[Sherita]

My 10g zoa tank

http://www.rosehillwindhounds.com/Saltwater/ZoaFTS4Jan2011.jpg

And some xenia

http://www.rosehillwindhounds.com/Saltwater/Xenia.jpg

[beamer]

I wanna know how you get your corals so open and so big. I'm new to corals but I'm having trouble keeping them alive. Give me some tips plz!

[Reefer4ever]

I wanna know how you get your corals so open and so big. I'm new to corals but I'm having trouble keeping them alive. Give me some tips plz!

Have an established tank, 4+ months(this mostly applies to sps). Have good lighting( T5, halides, etc). Maintain excellent water quality for sps( lps and softies like it(a little) dirty). This would mean about a 10-20% water change every week. Flow is very important. You can not have an mp40 blowing directly into a frogspawn/torch/zoanthids because they would close up, and eventually die. Just a gently turbulent flow is nice. Don't over feed, either. Someone else fill in the gaps, because I'm tired and probably missed a few things. Good luck Beamer :)

[Sherita]

beamer, my tank is about 10 months old, here's what I do. Routine water changes weekly, 15-20%, I run pretty good lighting (2 x 110vho + 2 x 175 mh) on a 22" deep tank. Sump with refugium, skimmer, and carbon is run at all times to keep chemical spats between my corals under control. I have very few sps, but tons of softies, leathers and lps, my tank runs pretty "dirty" due to feeding, hence the weekly 20% water changes. I like to feed, my corals like it, so I am willing to trade off for water changes and more maintenance. I feed enriched brine, reef fuel, phytoplankton, cyclopeeze and coral frenzy pretty much every other day. I allow no fish or other creatures in my tank that would aggravate my corals, this includes any kind of fish that perches on stuff. My tank water comes from an ro/di systems that is tested for tds every time I turn it on, I do not "salt hop", but stay with one brand all the time. I dose daily for alk, about every three days for ca, once a week for mg, because I have so few sps, my ca needs are not great. My refugium is on a reverse lighting schedule and is loaded with chaeto.

If you are having trouble keeping corals alive........what kind are they? Many corals have specific needs that should be met in order for them to thrive, including water quality, lighting, feeding schedule and type of food, and parasite control/eradication. Softies are usually the easiest to start with, shrooms are almost bulletproof. Why don't you tell us more about your tank so we can help ya out :)

[ErikH]

Wow! Both tanks look really nice. :)