Just the Tip! 36x24x12 45g Reef

[gemini aquarius(t)]

yooo. I saw this tank on a ONE on ONE.... and I tell you WHAT.......... it is FAYA:uzi::uzi::uzi::uzi::celeb1::inlove::dance::thumbsup:

Thanks man! Pleasure meeting you. We need to get some trades going on soon! I want some of your euphyllia

 

[knukles55]

Man I'm digging sun coral island lol

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

I moved some corals around today, and glued a lot of the random zoanthid frags I had floating around down to the top flat rock that I have deemed to be "Zoa rock"

Also, the Cynaria and scleronepthya that I had moved into the nano tank, I moved back. The Cynaria didnt have space to fully expand when the dendros and tubastreas were out all the way, and I don't think the scleronepthya had enough food in there to sustain itself. It went downhill pretty quickly. We will see how they recover in this tank.

Note to myself: I changed the reactor media yesterday and put half carbon and half phosphate remover.

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

Man I'm digging sun coral island lol

Thank you! Its pretty annoying when all of your fish are PIGS and won't let the sun corals eat in peace, but at least I know there is a ton of food in the tank, so nothing should starve!

 

[knukles55]

Yeah I only target feed at night to my scoly for that exact reason fish would love to rip the food out of his mouth if they had the chance

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

Haha I know how that goes. The leopard wrasse is the most bold in my tank, but the chromis pair really does not care about my corals well-being

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

Update:
Got a new skimmer yesterday. Swapped out my Bubble Magus 3.5 for an E-shops S-150. Plugged it in last night and Im already getting some nice foam in the collection cup. I think I will end up making it a little drier skimmate, but for now I want to see what this thing can do.

Also, the Red Gorgonian has been suffering lately. Despite a lot of feedings (which I have moved from 5-6 days a week down to 2-3 because of algae issues) he is losing a lot of tissue and I think he may be a goner. Really sad about this because he was doing very well for a long time, but the leopard wrasse is almost constantly picking at it and keeping it closed so I can't feed him enough. For now he is in the 9 gallon and the yellow gorgonian will be the new featured piece on Sungorgian Island

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

Heres the new (used) skimmer



pics before the gorgonian went downhill. Rearranging the island today,

 

[knukles55]

Holy crap how this tank has come along its looking really good

 

[rovster]

How do you maintain your sand bed? Mine looks like crap, unless I siphon it before taking pictures, then it looks like yours, LOL! It drives me insane!!!!!!

I love your tank. So simple and well laid out. Love the differences in color and textures.

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

Holy crap how this tank has come along its looking really good

Thank you! I appreciate it.

How do you maintain your sand bed? Mine looks like crap, unless I siphon it before taking pictures, then it looks like yours, LOL! It drives me insane!!!!!!

I love your tank. So simple and well laid out. Love the differences in color and textures.

Thanks bud! I use a turkey baster once a week or so, and in the mean time, a lot of flow, the watchman gobies, conch, hermits, and cucumbers take care of the rest.

 

[tonyyloww]

This is a 40gal right?

 

[Miguelh1302]

The combination of colors in your tank are off the chart, great working pulling it all together and picking what goes where, specially the rock work

 

[Lilmatty5dimes]

why are you changing skimmer? i had that one on my list to possibly get for a 30g build. how did it work for ya?

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

This is a 40gal right?

yeah, 45g. probably closer to 37 gallons of water though in the display after rock, sand and corals displacement

The combination of colors in your tank are off the chart, great working pulling it all together and picking what goes where, specially the rock work

Thank you, the rock work I will take credit for, but I have to shout out my fantastic girlfriend for helping me decide where things go. She really has an eye for it. I just try to keep it happy where she thinks it would look nice. haha

why are you changing skimmer? i had that one on my list to possibly get for a 30g build. how did it work for ya?

well you can buy mine

If my tank was a LITTLE smaller, and I fed a LITTLE less this skimmer would be perfect, but I am a big fan of over skimming by double, and I wasn't quite there with the bubble magus which is rated up to about 80 gallons. For a 30 I think it would do wonderfully

 

[Miguelh1302]

Thank you, the rock work I will take credit for, but I have to shout out my fantastic girlfriend for helping me decide where things go. She really has an eye for it. I just try to keep it happy where she thinks it would look nice. haha



Keeping it happy where u want them is the tough part lol, am having the worst time moving the fans around to keep my anemone where I want it lol

 

[tonyyloww]

Were did you get it. I wanna do a 40.180.40. And run all of them together on one sump.

 

[Lilmatty5dimes]

well you can buy mine

If my tank was a LITTLE smaller, and I fed a LITTLE less this skimmer would be perfect, but I am a big fan of over skimming by double, and I wasn't quite there with the bubble magus which is rated up to about 80 gallons. For a 30 I think it would do wonderfully

what are you asking for it? shipped to 32927.

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

I think it's sold but pm me your number and I will text you a quote if it falls through