Some of the critters in my Reef

A few pics of some of the critters in my nano reef....... Love those clowns, very personable and always together. They push thier little faces right out of the water at feeding time...lol. That redhead goby is a real character ! Lots of fun to watch him zipping around poking his head out of every hole he can. Always seems to want to know what's going on. The watchman is pretty cool as well. Puffs up his cheeks at the redhead once in awhile, but all in all they get along very well.
I have a couple of peppermint shrimp, hermits and various snails...also many feather worms which came as hitchikers....an ugly bristleworm or two which occasionally make an appearance from time to time....and a zillion little brittle stars that hitched a ride in with the star polyps...all I ever see of them are thier legs poking out from the rocks at feeding time....haha....
What a fun tank ! Makes me wonder why I didn't start a sw sooner....this ain't so hard !

Updated FOWLR...now Reef

This tank has been doing extremely well so far. I've had no issues with it at all, don't have to add anything like buffers or calcium etc.... I do a water change on it every week...3-5 gallons depending on the mood I'm in and how much time I have. I don't have a skimmer so I put some filter floss over the outlet of the fuge when I blow off the rocks. After the tank clears I take out the floss, rinse it off and put it aside for the next wc. This system seems to be working very well...so far. Also, I use regular tap water...I have very soft water from my tap, with a PH of 7.8-8.2.....in the tank the PH is fairly stable at around 8.4.

A very nice fella I know who's big time into the "Frag Exchange" has graciously given me a few corals to add.... so my fowlr is now officially a reef. I have a mushroom coral, clavularia, star polyps and some polythoa zoanthids. They all seem to be doing rather well so far on my 40watt 50/50 lighting. I'd love to see what this tank looks like under actinics ...maybe someday...