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COMAS Rocks!
Howdy everybody!
Jess and I have decided to rejoin the reefing community once again after an extended leave from the hobby and thought we'd share our tank build with everyone. This is going to be a very slow and cheaply budgeted project but at least it'll get us participating in the hobby that we've so missed. That being said, here's what we've got going:
We'll be using our 58g setup, which currently is set with 2 x 36w T5's + led night lights, Couple of korallia power heads, an oceanic bio-ball filled sump powered off a "I have no idea" return pump. Good chance most of the equipment will be modified, updated, or outright thrown out of the setup but it's enough to get us running and cycling while we plan for the rest. I do want to retrofit a couple more bulbs (for my lovely LPS), I hate the sump setup but it's their and until we figure out something better with the lack of space, it's being put to use. Basic plan is simple enough, we want a pair of black and white ocellaris clowns again, and in all likelihood, some bangaii's again. We'll most likely keep the stocking to a bare minimum to keep water quality as optimal as possible and focus more on the inverts. I'm still in the process of rummaging through a garage full of all the leftover equipment, tanks, etc. to find useful items for this setup. Here's a pic I took after cleaning the tank up, little pre-aquascaping, filling and leak testing.
still need to toy around with aquascaping alot. We've got so much rock sitting around the garage and so many possibilities on how to decorate with it, I just picked out the biggest and most porous choice pieces we had that would fit in this tank. That's about it for the time being. We'll keep pictures up to date. Missed you all and hopefully will be able to rejoin COMAS within the next week.
Just for fun however, here's one last pic to show ya'll the hobby jess and I have been participating in for the last couple years.
Gabriel Thomas Moore - dob 1-23-2010
and yes... he loves the fishies!!!! :bounce1:
Jess and I have decided to rejoin the reefing community once again after an extended leave from the hobby and thought we'd share our tank build with everyone. This is going to be a very slow and cheaply budgeted project but at least it'll get us participating in the hobby that we've so missed. That being said, here's what we've got going:
We'll be using our 58g setup, which currently is set with 2 x 36w T5's + led night lights, Couple of korallia power heads, an oceanic bio-ball filled sump powered off a "I have no idea" return pump. Good chance most of the equipment will be modified, updated, or outright thrown out of the setup but it's enough to get us running and cycling while we plan for the rest. I do want to retrofit a couple more bulbs (for my lovely LPS), I hate the sump setup but it's their and until we figure out something better with the lack of space, it's being put to use. Basic plan is simple enough, we want a pair of black and white ocellaris clowns again, and in all likelihood, some bangaii's again. We'll most likely keep the stocking to a bare minimum to keep water quality as optimal as possible and focus more on the inverts. I'm still in the process of rummaging through a garage full of all the leftover equipment, tanks, etc. to find useful items for this setup. Here's a pic I took after cleaning the tank up, little pre-aquascaping, filling and leak testing.
still need to toy around with aquascaping alot. We've got so much rock sitting around the garage and so many possibilities on how to decorate with it, I just picked out the biggest and most porous choice pieces we had that would fit in this tank. That's about it for the time being. We'll keep pictures up to date. Missed you all and hopefully will be able to rejoin COMAS within the next week.
Just for fun however, here's one last pic to show ya'll the hobby jess and I have been participating in for the last couple years.
Gabriel Thomas Moore - dob 1-23-2010
and yes... he loves the fishies!!!! :bounce1:
I'd love to start breeding some bangaii's again and it's definatly been part of the "back in the hobby" discussions that me and the misses are having.
