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[cloakerpoked]

HandofGod, I love the layout and the purple firefish. You've got a really nice tank going on there...sometimes I think I lose the simple beauty of each individual animal and try to cram as much as I can into the space that I have available in my tank, and this isn't necessarily a good approach. Your tank is beautiful, thanks for sharing.

 

[slate55]

Here is my 120 4x2x2 i set up as a peninsula but it now being replaced by a 220g monster

here is the 220 next to the 75g sump
http://www.flickr.com/photos/57804930@N07/5320224075/

 

[slate55]

Here is my 120 4x2x2 i set up as a peninsula but it now being replaced by a 220g monster

here is the 220 next to the 75g sump with the DIY stand in progress

 

[HandOfGod]

HandofGod, I love the layout and the purple firefish. You've got a really nice tank going on there...sometimes I think I lose the simple beauty of each individual animal and try to cram as much as I can into the space that I have available in my tank, and this isn't necessarily a good approach. Your tank is beautiful, thanks for sharing.

Thank you cloakerpoked, there's actually a mate for the firefish, but (she?) doesn't come out very often. There are a few things I'd like to add, but for the most part I'm pretty happy with it. BTW, I love that rock in the middle of your cube earlier in the thread! My middle one is a lot like that, but I had to turn it on it's side to fit in the tank

 

[cloakerpoked]

I'm in the process of re-doing my rockwork in order to accomplish several goals...

1.) I ran out of room in my tank for anything
2.) I had nuisance algae rampant on the rockwork
3.) I remodeled and re-painted my living room

The tank is set back up with 60 pounds of BRS dry figi rock that has been cycling since Thanksgiving. The tank will have several peripheral tanks in the system which will house approximately 200 more pounds of live rock that have been in my tanks. The idea is that someday I may set up a large tank, and would like to keep my show-sized pieces, plus the tank will benefit from the increased biological filtration.

 

[Mark 75g]

here is my tank 175 gallon

 

[Stray32]

Mark, sorry I missed your calls last night man, my phone disappeared on me and I didn't find it until this morning (left it at work). It looks like you figured it out though, nice pic and the tank is looking good! Let me know if there is anything else that you need.

 

[cloakerpoked]

Mark,
Your growth and colors are great! I remember when all of those were little sticks poking out of the rock.

 

[Jabberwock]

I'll take another shot soon and edit this to post the 1 year progression. Here is ~11 months.

Jan '10 (fish went in roughly 1 hour before this shot was taken)

Early April '10

Late April '10 (re-did the aquascape to make things more open, make tank appear larger)

Early Dec '10

Mid-January (1 year shot)
To Be Posted...

 

[Mark 75g]

Thanks, Everything is doing well.

Yeah Jarod I do Need Something--LOL Where are my Zoas!!!!!!!!

 

[Jabberwock]

I guess I can't editmy post after a certain amount of time has elapsed? Oh well...

Here is the 1-year-old (almost to the day) tank shot

 

[cloakerpoked]

That's quite an LPS garden you have up front there, any chance you have a closer shot of those? I know it's not quite in the spirit of the post, but I wanna see!

 

[Stray32]

Thanks, Everything is doing well.

Yeah Jarod I do Need Something--LOL Where are my Zoas!!!!!!!!

Unless you want flatworms, you will have to wait haha. I am battling a pretty big infestation now, but I am finally getting the upper hand I think. All of the zoas you wanted are doing well and can definitely be fragged.

 

[Jabberwock]

That's quite an LPS garden you have up front there, any chance you have a closer shot of those? I know it's not quite in the spirit of the post, but I wanna see!

I'll have to start a tank thread soon... I'd take more photographs but I need to study up on some of these photography posts to learn how to make my camera cooperate. I don't like the results I'm getting (even with custom WB). Anyway, there are various Lords, Fungia, Favia, Culastera, and a few Chalices from midway down. From midway up it is primarily sps - acros and montis mostly. All but a select few are frag-grown, many acquired from the kind folks on this forum. Please forgive the Coraline die-off on the overflow - investigating and correcting that now... For now it is a true "mixed" reef with no real concentration on region or family. I'm sure I'll want to specialize in something someday soon. Anyway, I don't want to thread-jack, so, please, back to the picture show!

 

[pitmindi]

90 gallon display (4 foot by 18 inches by 24 deep) skimmerless tank with a 25 gallon refugium with caulerpa and chaeto - Started 2/2010 "“ 2 nemo clowns, 2 pictilus anthias, 1 hippo tang (2"), 1 dwarf flame angel, 1 mandarin 1 six line wrasse

 

[cloakerpoked]

I love LPS tanks

 

[Stray32]

90 gallon display (4 foot by 18 inches by 24 deep) skimmerless tank with a 25 gallon refugium with caulerpa and chaeto - Started 2/2010 "“ 2 nemo clowns, 2 pictilus anthias, 1 hippo tang (2"), 1 dwarf flame angel, 1 mandarin 1 six line wrasse

Hey Mindi, my brain looks happy!!! Nice to see him doing well.

 

[NaClH2Opgh]

Tank is looking great. Love the coral selection. I just got a red cynaria last week about the same size. How does it do with the elegance right next to it?

 

[pitmindi]

Hi, thanks for the compliments. The last week or so I have moved things around since I was worried about the elegance placed so close to the cynarina. The green brain has deflated and I dont understand why. It might be from the flame angel occasionally nipping at it, but it just recently shrunk. Its not much larger than the red brain now. I have had the elegance about 6 weeks. I moved it to the corner under the euphyllia coral and moved the euphyllia higher so they wont sting the elegance (hopefully)and the elegance has plenty of room to stretch out. The green brain is back to the spot in the picture so hopefully it will inflate again. Arranging coral is tricky! Does anyone know what makes the brain corals inflate or deflate, and is a happy brain inflated or deflated??? The green brain was the size of a cantalope when I first got it from another member, then about grapefruit size since i've had it, now it is like baseball size.

 

[cloakerpoked]

The biggest issue you want to watch out for is tissue recession. In general, the more "inflated" a coral is, the more actively it is trying to feed, meaning that it may not be getting what it's after from whatever is currently going on. Of course, it can also be a sign that something is wrong, so there is no rule of thumb that works all the time. I have learned that we often know our own tanks the best, and if something doesn't seem quite right, then odds are you're right. As to what it could be, the first thing I'd look at is the angel nipping and/or something else stinging it.