Im BACK! (with pics)

I know ive been MIA for a while but ive been really buisy with my first semester of collage. the only thing that has really changed is my saltwater setup as progressed and is extremely STABLE!!

ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
nitrate 0
calcium 480
phosphates <2
ph 8.2
sal 1.025
alk good

It is a 24 gallon aquapod and the inhabitants are

Fish
1 ocellaris clown
1 black onyx ocellaris clown
1 six line wrasse
1 green reef chromis

Inverts
5 Dwarf blue legg hermits
2 turbo snails
4 nassarius snails
1 button snail ( I had 2 but one of the hermits decided it was time for a new home)

Corals
Green Star polyps
Blue Star or clove polyps
silver xenia
pink pulsing xenia
eagle eye zoos
radioactive green zoos
green and yellow zoos
green mouth button polyps
Purple hairy mushroom
green striped mushroom
green hairy mushrooms
blue spotted mushroom
Green porcilapora

now its picture time!!

 

yay! welcome back! awesome pics!!! very colorful

 

WOW! YUM, YUM YUM! Now that's looking amazing! well done!
What lighting are you running?
ps are your nitrates really 0?

 

Welcome back Wolfgang - great pics! I like those green/orange zoanthids. Very nice.
Mike

 

I'm running a 14k 150 watt MH (sunpod) and since ive changed from the stock lid my temps are 2 degrees cooler! I'm hainging at 78 but summer is around the bend.

YES! my nitrates are really 0. I was as suprised as you. I haddnt done a water change in about a month so I bought the usual 5 gallons and tested the water when I got home and lo and behold it was actually 0. I shook the seccond bottle very well and I'm using an API kit. I still did the WC though to get my calc back up from 450

 

Beautiful tank and good to see you back. How was your first semester?
Carol

 

beautiful...

Perhaps if I ever figure out this freshwater ill have a look at saltwater tank.. right now.. I have my hands full with the freshwater tank LOL.

 

welcome back Woflgang!
As always your photos are amazing! Your tank corals are breath taking.
I have not seen a black and white clown before, and together with your other clown... beautiful~

(thanks mike.. what is the green/orange plant? ohh a zoanthids.) That one caught my eye right away
... but the blue shaded, turquoise coral is amazing. Heck, they ALL are!
Thanks so much for posting the photos.. ;D a person can dream can't they?

 

Welcome back.

Love your black onyx ocellaris clown!