Lemon's New 183 gallon fruity tank!

[Cannon7]

Coming along very nice.

 

[LemonLemon]

dustin, cannon, thanks for the nice comments.

the tank is cycling now so there' won't be much updates for now. but i can assure you guys when it's done, it will be quite exciting to watch haha.

 

[ctmgardea]

You are doing an amazing job on this tank! Thank you for sharing it with us. Rock work looks great. I am going to be setting up my second tank 36x30x30 your tank is a great inspiration.

 

[LemonLemon]

ctmgardea thanks!

it's a great honour lol. to be an inspiration while still cycling.

 

[LemonLemon]

anyway some pictures from my old tank...

a white bar maculosus juvenile. sad i don't have it anymore. the white bar variant is very rare and this one is captive bred from taiwan.

 

[LemonLemon]

some pics of my old tank..

 

[LemonLemon]

my old rhomboid wrasse. my favourite. had a harem of them. 1 male 3 females.. this guy spawned once in my tank which i think is the first case of rhomboid wrasse spawning. i haven't heard of anything like this before too.

 

[LemonLemon]

 

[Bello]

Beautiful aquascaping!!! Wouldn't really change much at all!!

I remember your old tank on RC, thought it was really awesome, especially with the fish.

Looking forward to seeing how this one progresses!!

 

[Cannon7]

Beautiful!

 

[Crab Rangoon]

Very nice I'll definitely be following along, as my tank I started this spring is 36x36x27 and focused on Angels & Butterflies w/a BF list very similar to yours. This makes me want to tweak my own scape a little bit, but I'm trying to keep my hands off the rocks :\

 

[LemonLemon]

bello,cannon thanks again very much!

 

[LemonLemon]

crab rangoon, if you really like your current scape, then don't touch it. most often than not once you touch it, you will never get it back to how it was, and it could end up with something you don't like.

 

[FuEl]

thank you zaheda. i was lucky i guess. didn't even specifically choose them.

but the height from rocks to water surface is 6 inches.... i think that's too high right?

You should really plant a mangrove on that rock. Imagine a mangrove tree growing out from your tank. :spin2:

 

[LemonLemon]

So the tank has been running with liverock for more or less 2 weeks + added in 5 table shrimps prior to cycling and this were the results after 2 weeks.

the readings have came back 0 ammonia 0 nitrite and about 30ppm nitrates.

did a water change after that

added in a pair of very stable Paracentropyge multifasciata that were feeding aggressively. They always say it's never wise to add angels to a new tank. But i've had plenty of experience with this fish so i guess i will burden the responsibility.

They're very active, and feeding very well.

 

[LemonLemon]

And also added in 6 of these http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=17319609#post17319609 which i caught. it's an exciting fish!! and it's very unlike any blenny i've ever seen. they have very very curious social behaviors and seem to ENJOY the company of each other rather than kill each other like other blennies.

it's nice to see them swimming upside down from rock to rock in a 183 gal. tank

 

[LemonLemon]

Also added in 6 juvenile Cirrhilabrus melanomarginatus.

3 of them will be given away though. i feel 6 is a bit much even for a harem.

the pictures can be found in this thread where i've posted them, and also asked for some help. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1871553

anyway, all fishes were added in within the span of over a week. and have been properly acclimated to aquarium life already.

 

[skippyreef]

LOve the pics of the old tank!!!

 

[elijaher]

Wow nice looking colors of your old tank. Fts?

 

[LemonLemon]

skippy, eli, thanks for the comments.

feeling really crummy today... woke up to find one of my dogs dead

mum's really really sad. so am i.