Photo #4 - Christmas Wrasse And Corals

saltwater fish - halichoeres claudia - christmas wrasse stocking in 180 gallons tank - Christmas wrasse and corals

Submitted By: mark on 09/09/2009

Photo Caption: Christmas wrasse and corals

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fish tank picture - lots of waving corals

180 gallons reef tank (mostly live coral and fish) - right side of 180 pentagon

saltwater fish - zebrasoma xanthurum - purple tang stocking in 180 gallons tank - purple tang and GSP

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State: Oregon

Country: United States

Description: My reef tank is a 180 gallon corner pentagon which has 48" sides and just under 60" across the full face. Lighting is provided by 2 x 400 watt 14K metal halides run on a pfo ballast and 4 x 95 watt VHO bulbs, 2 x actinic blue and 2 x actinic white bulbs running on icecap 600 ballasts. I have a central overflow running to a 35 gallon sump with a precision marine bullet 2 skimmer and a precision marine calcium reactor. The return is a Iwaki 55rlt pump through a 1" sea swirl. For added water movement, I run a closed loop driven by a Dolphin Ampmaster 3000, and a Vortech MP40 pump. All cooled by a Prime 1/3 hp chiller (summer primarily).

Advice: Be careful when starting this hobby. It could change your life....

Fish Kept: Purple tang, 2 Bartletts anthias, 3 sunburst anthias, X-mas and leopard wrasses. Blue jaw trigger (male), flame angel, blonde naso tang.

Corals/Plants: 3 year mixed reef with wide variety of zoos, softies, montis, acros, ricordia, and large polyps corals. Starting to collect blastomussas

Tank Size: 180 gallons

Quote: "I don't think the heavy stuff is gonna come down for quite a while"

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Great shot. Question tho - when you reference it as a 'Christmas Wrasse', do you mean h.ornatissimus? The lighting in the picture makes it look more like the very similar h.melanurus.