sir_dudeguy
Active member
Finally got my new 16g bowfront up and running yesterday and today. I basically just broke down my 29 which only had live rock, corals, and snails/inverts in it and put pretty much everything directly into this tank with new sand.
Here's some pics of it as of 4 minutes ago. Its just a bit cloudy still. Oolitic sand is the worst for waiting for it to settle!!!
Here's the full tank shot.
Closer tank shot
My hammer coral not fully open yet (just put the corals in so they're not all the way open since its only been about 10 minutes)
My frogspawn...i'm hoping that once i get my new lights the colors will change a bit and it will be less brown...but the pic shows it more brown than it really is.
Some sort of long polyped toadstool baby that isnt open all the way.
and here's my favorite coral...just kidding!
Also, i'd like to ask a question...I had originally planned on using this 29g tank next to it as a sump and have extra rock in there (and experiment w/xenia as a natural filter and a couple other things). But i'm sort of really liking the 16 with just the HOB filter (i'll prolly add a powerhead or another/larger HOB once it all clears up a bit). Its really quiet right now. I'd have no problem just rigging up a 10g ATO.
I've got the HOB overflow and all plumbing/return pumps needed to make the 29 a sump...but i dont know if i really wanna do that anymore. If not, i have no clue what to do w/all the base rock in it now....maybe i'll just convert it to a FO setup, but i dont really care much for FOWLR tanks to be honest...idk
here's how it will look if i use the sump.
Last thing...what would be a good couple/few fish to put in? I got the deep sandbed that would be good for burrowers. The only fish that i've seen that i really want right now is a barnacle blenny...everything else is a toss-up.
Here's some pics of it as of 4 minutes ago. Its just a bit cloudy still. Oolitic sand is the worst for waiting for it to settle!!!
Here's the full tank shot.
Closer tank shot
My hammer coral not fully open yet (just put the corals in so they're not all the way open since its only been about 10 minutes)
My frogspawn...i'm hoping that once i get my new lights the colors will change a bit and it will be less brown...but the pic shows it more brown than it really is.
Some sort of long polyped toadstool baby that isnt open all the way.
and here's my favorite coral...just kidding!
Also, i'd like to ask a question...I had originally planned on using this 29g tank next to it as a sump and have extra rock in there (and experiment w/xenia as a natural filter and a couple other things). But i'm sort of really liking the 16 with just the HOB filter (i'll prolly add a powerhead or another/larger HOB once it all clears up a bit). Its really quiet right now. I'd have no problem just rigging up a 10g ATO.
I've got the HOB overflow and all plumbing/return pumps needed to make the 29 a sump...but i dont know if i really wanna do that anymore. If not, i have no clue what to do w/all the base rock in it now....maybe i'll just convert it to a FO setup, but i dont really care much for FOWLR tanks to be honest...idk
here's how it will look if i use the sump.
Last thing...what would be a good couple/few fish to put in? I got the deep sandbed that would be good for burrowers. The only fish that i've seen that i really want right now is a barnacle blenny...everything else is a toss-up.
The hammer has nice color too.
I'll be trying to put corals on some random things eventually too. Like growing zoas on a beer bottle or something like that would be pretty cool i think. I saw a local guy who had one of those scuba diver tank decorations (the ones that bubbles come out of the mask) and he had gsp growing on its head, so it looked like he had hair lol. And then eventually it was all purple from coraline too.
