Ravenmore

Yup - I'm familiar with Sanjey. Bright guy. Thanks for the links. I need to catch up with his work.

Thank you. He is just just blowing up like crazy. Since I have had him, he has many new small "polyps" or stems that are growing out. He was in my 110g, and I just placed him in this 80g just a few days before this pic. I really like the purple tipped pink plate coral. How long have you had it? Feeding them seems to be the problem - they come from sand/muddy surfaces in very murky high nutrient waters and I'm told they have a hard time getting enough food in our tanks. I have heard of one or two lasting long term but I believe they were being target fed. I've tried them twice and both lasted around 6 months. I tried target feeding the 2nd but didn't have much luck.

Thanks all! Mr. Cob, that'd be awesome - thanks! C Lo - yeah, I don't want a lot of high maintenance animals. I want to keep it as simple as possible.

Nice looking tank! Good luck with the gonipora though. I've never seen one survive long term in an aquarium.

Thanks! This is a very old tank though. It's a 75 gallon that I had, that I gave to my parents for 5+ years that they are now giving back to me. Some of the rock has been in the system for almost 12 years. Due to live stock choices over the years the pod and worm population has taken a hit. I haven't seen a single bristleworm since I've taken the tank back. The tank is currently lit with a dual 150 watt halide fixture, which is much less than I would normally run. I'm currently exploring LED's, which weren't around when I left. It has a remora skimmer and a 10 gallon - soon to be 20 gallon - refugium. Not much in the way of corals: Closed brain, Bubble coral, Frogspawn (with clownfish), lots of shrooms, some random zoos and palys, and a few leather corals. Might focus on stocking with zoos and ricordias - they look cool and are hardy

Hey all - returning to the hobby after being away for a while. My parents gave me their tank. I'm currently trying to restore it from a hair algae break out, so no pics yet. One thing I've noticed is that the pod/bristleworm population seems to be non existant. Is there a good local source for revitalizing this? Cheers!