Some more new corals!

[Lotus]

Here are some new corals I got at MAX (Marine Aquarium Expo). They've only been in the tank an hour or so, please excuse the coraline spots, poor photos, etc.:

Some Ricordea floridas. They're mostly blue-purple, but it looks like they have some orange and green on them.

Some zoanthids with yellow skirts, purple centers and orange mouths.

Some Australian acans. They're purple and green. Not showing good colors under the lights, though.

We also picked up a bunch of free stuff: A bag of Red Sea salt, two T-shirts, two packs of three-part additives (calcium, alk. and mag) from DT Phyto, and a plastic fish.

Bad FTS:

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Wow nice star polyp colony.

New corals look great! The zoas look awesome and Acans are probably my favorite LPS.

 

[TRe]

nice grabs! havnt seen a FTS from u in a while, the tank is looking real mature... all i see are cardinals! got any other fish in ther lol

 

[Lotus]

Wow nice star polyp colony.

New corals look great! The zoas look awesome and Acans are probably my favorite LPS.

Thanks! The GSPs need trimming tomorrow, as they're encroaching on the brain's space. Luckily they're the gorgonian type and you can just snip off fingers.

I love acans. I have some Indonesian ones that have been in the tank a while, and they're a really nice coral.

nice grabs! havnt seen a FTS from u in a while, the tank is looking real mature... all i see are cardinals! got any other fish in ther lol

It's getting more mature. In addition to the cardinals (5 pajama, 2 banggais) there is also an orchid dottyback and a tiger goby. One of our gobies ended up as a crispy critter, and the wrasses also ended up on the floor. We have two clowns in QT that are going into this tank tomorrow. We're looking for another goby (or maybe two -- a clown goby and a shrimp goby).

 

[TRe]

thats cool...no tangs?

 

[Lotus]

I thought about tangs. The one I really want is a sailfin tang, but the tank isn't really big enough (it's 5'). I'm thinking about a rabbitfish to help with the bubble algae, but sometimes they go after zoas.

 

[zoalover34]

what size is ur tank lotus?

 

[Lotus]

It's 60"x18"x24". It's sold as a 125g, but even if full to the top would hold about 112g. I figure it around 105g in real volume for just the tank.

 

[Lotus]

Here are some updated pics:

This one isn't new:

The zoanthids doing well:

Acan looking nice and fluffy:

 

[Cichlid-Man]

I love that Acan. My Acan lord is probably one of my favorites in the tank, fast grower too. Can't wait to get some more color forms like that.

 

[Lotus]

I have an Indo acan that I really like. So, I thought I'd get an Australian one, too. The green on it is much brighter than in the pic. It seems to be coming along nicely. They're a lot of fun to feed, too.

 

[Joe Fish]

You acan is definitely a awesome looking coral.