latazyo's official tank build thread

[Reefer Wannabe]

Well, I don't want to die yet, so...


Lookin' good Leighton! (Except for that little rat in the last pic--J/K, it looks like an Ewok).

 

[JxMetal]

what in the world is all over that return on the left?

Looks good though! just like my tank. A bunch of frags all over. :lol:

 

[latazyo]

bubbly disgusting hair algae

my returns are over the back so the snails can't access them

 

[latazyo]

another new fish...pink skunk clownfish...just sweet

picked this fish up at Beldt's a few days ago

obviously using a $200 camera from 2004 is not the way to shoot fish

side view of tank w/ skunk and longnose

 

[JxMetal]

Looks good, how are you keeping up your calcium? just curious

 

[latazyo]

Im not

I dont even have a test kit, nor do I know what its supposed to be anyways

that is something I might look into

as for now I do monthly water changes

 

[JxMetal]

:lol: Might want to look into that in the future. :lol:

How many SPS pieces you have? Any clams? And I think coraline takes up calcium as well.

I could be wrong though.

 

[sirreal63]

Coraline uses calcium, alkalinity and magnesium. I wouldn't depend on water changes to keep your levels correct as they rarely are correct in salt mixes. Alk is used up quickly.

 

[latazyo]

what I meant to say is that at this time, since I have no testing equipment or money to buy any calcium controlling equipment that I am not even attempting to control the levels...

I didnt mean for it to sound like I was trying to control it via water changes

so far the SPSs are growing very well, so something must be right (might be lighting)

luckily (since I hate coraline) the coraline hasn't been growing much (on the panels at least, which is all I care about)

scraping coraline off acrylic = bad everytime I do it, so as long as the purple stuff is lacking, Im not sweating it

anyways, Jeff, to answer your question (let me go count)

11 SPS:
2 - monti cap (orange and olive)
1 - monti digi (orange)
1 - monti danae (superman)
1 - green pocillopora
3 - misc (no idea what they are, got them from Chad)
3 - millepora (pink, green, yellow)

0 Clams:
I said zero

 

[JxMetal]

I think it's time for clams! They're great. :lol:

 

[beaupierce]

Hey man, The tank looks awesome hopefully i can "grow my tank" as sweet as yours have been.

 

[latazyo]

I should probably post an update pretty soon, its finals week for us so maybe within a few weeks

 

[beaupierce]

Sounds good. Good luck and let me know if you have any last second questions that I could help with!
Beau

 

[latazyo]

UPDATE: sorry everyone for the lack of updates, summer semester has been a real dog

anyways, I regretfully announce that I lost my favorite fish, the longnose hawkfish...a believed carpet surfer (the body was never found, but I have 3 dogs, so they probably got a snack)

I am also pleased to announce that I "may" have sucessfully battled monti eating nudis
for more information search for "praziquantel" and check out my thread

I have a few more pics to update

I picked up another monti cap, a purple rimmed green monti cap, in the background you can see the superman that was believed to be eaten by the nudis (white strip down the middle)

some new acro frags

I have an extra 20L "fuge" plumbed into the system, however it is completely viewable, so I am going to add some "non-reef safe" stuff to it

I am doing this because I think there are a lot of cool "non reef safe" things (i.e. choco chip star, coral band shrimp)

so Im looking for some suggestions for a fish to put in the non reef safe section (i.e. dwarf lion)

anyways, thanks for looking...as always

 

[latazyo]

updated FTS, probably the last

 

[latazyo]

here's a video I took of the tank today

the soundtrack is awesome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXQkeRzJjN8

 

[Reefer Wannabe]

I'm never gonna dance again...

Looks good.