My go at an NPS tank

[deacon hemp]

Well its been a looong time since i posted up a tank so here we go. The tanks a starfire solana,mp10,soon to be deltec mce600,not sure on lighting yet possibly a PAR38. There is only 2.5 watts of LED moons over it now. The tanks only 5 weeks old with cured rock and live sand and i didnt really get a cycle. I threaded the rock with a bent acrylic rod to get the arch.
Im regretting using purple putty :mad2: and all the current corals were lfs saves by me. The pics dont do the tank or rockscape justice really.
FTS
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dendro
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aussie balano
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[ashtree68]

Nice looking tank, very clean, I've been wanting to do a smaller tank like this before.

 

[SAZAMA]

hope that rock is steady, but looks great brother

 

[deacon hemp]

Thanks guys,the rock was drilled and has a 3/8's acrylic rod through it attached to a sheet of acrylic thats under the sand bed,its very stable.

Im grabbing some new colonies next week ill keep an update here.

 

[9thwonder]

Very nice. Is that a 34g solana?

 

[deacon hemp]

Yes its a solana.

 

[coltrref]

very nice

what eats the dendro?

 

[deacon hemp]

I feed frozen mysis and cyclopeeze 2-3 times a week colt...Ive added a sweet new dendro colony with 1" heads and purple skin. I am also trying to bring back a black crinoid thats been at my work for 8 months,figured it had a better shot in my tank.

 

[deacon hemp]

Just an update.

New diogorgia nodulifera (probably spelled that wrong)
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Aussie balano
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Dendro
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New jumbo fathead dendro colony,puttin out a bunch of babys
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Black feather star om trying to save
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[deacon hemp]

Best i could get for a FTS was a top down.
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[nanshaw2001]

I think it looks great! Don't sweat the purple putty....bet it will be blending w/ coraline in no time!

 

[CuttleKid]

Tanks looking sweet. I love the rockscaping. Very unique and creative. What are you feeding the Crinoid. I've been looking into getting one in the future. Keep us updated on your tank. I know it's going to be a stunning display.

 

[deacon hemp]

Nanshaw im affraid coraline doesnt grow in this tank,i dont know if im going to add light over it besides moonlights.

Thanks Cuttlekid i appreciate it. The crinoid im (trying) to save from work had been scraping by for close to 8 months,im not sure ill be able to regrow it and make it thrive. I feed it ocean nutrition nano coral powder,high quality frozen cyclopeeze,and im starting up FM products next week. It looks like he eats but im not sure to tell you the truth,they are known to reject foods that arent perfect size and flavor,maybe this is a myth as ppl here keep them easy.