DIY acrylic tank build

[disaster999]

heres a small update, this is what my SPS looks like right now. it doesnt look too happy. is it because i dont have enough flow, or is it my water? there was a recent drop in alk so im not sure if that affects anything

sun coral

some green zoas

here are the 2 baby clowns. you can clearly see which one is the male and female

lastly, never in my mind i would find this snail here. anyone wanna take a guess?

 

[disaster999]

little update, finally had my canopy custom made and my ghetto light i made slid right in.

heres what the guts looks like

 

[emm0909]

That looks really sweet with the top open like that. Do you have a piece that sits down on there or do you leave it open all the time?

 

[disaster999]

Yeah, I have a cover that goes in the opening. Took it off for the picture. Gonna order the stand later on to finish the whole tank and move it somewhere else

 

[emm0909]

That canopy is looks good. I think your stand is great but a matching one would be slick. The tank is looking great too. I'm really happy you got it under control. Seems like you were having a lot of troubles with it once you got it set up over there.

 

[disaster999]

No doubt, I'll be getting a matching stand for sure. gotta think what I'm going to do with my current stand and my old tank.

The tank is coming along nicely, and yeah, it was giving me lots of problems at first. Dying fish, melting corals, algae problems...etc. it was really frustrating at first but you'll get a sense of satisfaction once you get everything control.

Ill keep you posted on how my tank is doing.

 

[Bluephish13]

How are them sps/and other corals doing now under the t5ho with slrs? any bleaching?

 

[disaster999]

other corals are fine when i switched to slr, but the sps coral bleached a little. after it got used to the light its started to come back. it still hasnt fully recovered yet. im sure in a few months it will return.

 

[disaster999]

heres what the tank look like with the cover on

 

[disaster999]

think ill do a small update, i let the clowns out into my tank and they are doing good. i think they are still a bit small, but are adapting to my tank. got 2 new fish as well, a red scooter blenny and a watchmen goby of some kind. not really sure what it is yet. also got some new zoas

on with the pictures

 

[disaster999]

havent updated this in a while, thought i would update you guys on my tank. nothing changed much, just added a few more SPS frags to the tank.

pink birdsnest, quite a bit of growth
8/20/09

9/28/09

orange with green tips birdsnest, most obvious growth
8/20/09

9/28/09

teal acro. not much growth in 14 days, but colored up pretty good
9/14/09

9/28/09

monti caps, it was pretty big at first, but i cut it down to a few pieces.

toadstool, compared to other corals, they are pretty expensive

 

[disaster999]

some other random macro shots

 

[shawna1972]

Thats really nice! What kind of blenny is that in the pic? Blenny right? He's so cute!

 

[disaster999]

thats a red scooter blenny, the other fish is a watchmen goby

 

[gregod]

looking good, nice photography!

 

[shaggss]

wow, disaster......great lookn tank....going to bump this to see if your still around!

Great photos. What camera/lens are you using?

Have sent you a PM.....