runningstix 58 Oceanic Upgrade

[spleify]

Looking good Steve-o!!

 

[Padrino]

SWEET SETUP AND THREAD!

i saw a frag tank you had posted with a MH fixture you were selling... Any chance you could post pics of that frag tank setup? i was hoping i would find some in the build thread

 

[spleify]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14188131#post14188131 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Padrino
SWEET SETUP AND THREAD!

i saw a frag tank you had posted with a MH fixture you were selling... Any chance you could post pics of that frag tank setup? i was hoping i would find some in the build thread

Yeah the frag tank, is no more. It popped one night and flooded my loft up stairs and down stairs in my foyer.

Here is a link with more pics of the setup as far as we got. It's all tore down now.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/s...3&perpage=25&highlight=silencing&pagenumber=1

 

[Padrino]

crap, thats blows.. That frag was soo beautiful i want to build on like that only i have no room till i buy a house of my own. then it will happen. Thanks a lot for the link and the ideas

 

[BuddhaKiss]

What's your current list of fish in the tank ? I'm curious cuz I find that my tank could only support 7 small fish at one time. Anytime I added an 8th, I would lose a fish...not right away, but 2-3 weeks later. It never failed. I would add another, and another would die. I find that 7 was my max for stocking capacity in my 58.

 

[runningstix]

Thats interesting.
My current fish list is the magical number 7 haha

-4 green chromis
-2 percula clownfish
-small yellow tang

I have been looking for a showcase fish thats 58g friendly and reef safe and then be done. I wanted to give the chromis away in the upgrade, but my wife would have none of that. I should have went bigger!

What was your stock list in your 58?

 

[runningstix]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14188251#post14188251 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Padrino
crap, thats blows..

Yes, I cant agree with you anymore! We spent a lot of time planning this not to mention the amount of money dropped on the setup. Huge dissappointment. The only positive to come out of it popping when it did was it had no coral in it!

Spleify and I went in to it together Im still bummed.

 

[Ryan95i4]

The new tank looks good, nice build. Just curious why you didnt like the old bowfront...friend of mine is looking at a 72g bowfront, wondering if I should warn him of something.

 

[Robb in Austin]

Nice build. Nice looking dog too!

I have the same setup and this is my fish list:
6 line, 1 chromis, pair Clarki, tail spot blenny, Eibli angel, royal gramma.

The angel has been 95% reef safe. He nibbles on my zoas but has left the clams and other corals alone.

We would love to find another blue reef chromis but one hasn't shown up yet.

 

[runningstix]

Here are some personal reasons why I didnt like my bowfront:

-Viewing, most of the time gave me a headache.
-Scratched too easy at the bow with a magfloat
-didn't like the dimensions
-center brace

I would highly recommend visiting someone or somewhere that has a bowfront before buying it. I liked the unique aspect which is what I started with. It was our first tank. After switching to the typical rectangle tank I would never ever get a wierd shape again. For the sole purpose of viewing!

 

[BuddhaKiss]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14189857#post14189857 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by runningstix
Thats interesting.
My current fish list is the magical number 7 haha

-4 green chromis
-2 percula clownfish
-small yellow tang

What was your stock list in your 58?

I've got a 90 now, but before I upgraded a few weeks ago, I had (actually, I still do)

2 percs
1 cherub/pygmy angel
1 green mandarin
1 firefish
1 royal gramma
1 yellowtail damsel

oh and I agree...I'm not a fan of bowfronts

 

[BuddhaKiss]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14190279#post14190279 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Robb in Austin


I have the same setup and this is my fish list:
6 line, 1 chromis, pair Clarki, tail spot blenny, Eibli angel, royal gramma.

lol, looks like we got another 58 with 7 fish

 

[Padrino]

when i was choosing a tank, i almost bought the 72 Bow... so glad ididn't. for all those reasons and then some!

 

[runningstix]

I got more coral last friday! I will be setting up a frag tank shortly as I am out of realestate already. I have also been cut off by the wife as I have spent way too much on coral.

I will get some pictures tonight.

Newest additions:
-ORA Red Planet
-ORA German Blue Polyp Acropora (Impossible to find)
-ORA Oregon Tort
-Red with Blue tip Table Acropora
-Montipora Undata
-"Blue Guy You" Acropora
-Acropora Efflorescens

 

[Padrino]

sweet can't wait to see them under the light

 

[runningstix]

Here are a few pictures from the mother colonies where I got them.

ORA Red Planet

ORA German Blue Polyp

ORA Oregon Tort

Red With Blue Tip Acropora

Montipora Undata

 

[Padrino]

Wow nice,,, where can i get any of the ORA stuff you just listed?

 

[copeland118]

you are one hell of a handy man
i would have got more then a little purple on the wall i might have burned the house down
nice job
nice tank
keep the pics coming

 

[takayan]

Any updates? I want to see the current FTS! Nice tank!

 

[runningstix]

There have been some changes. I got sick of maintaining two tanks so I sold our false orange clowns and moved our black and white clowns into this tank, the rbta joined them. It was sad to let them go as they were some of our first fish.

I had some unknown issue with the tank and the only thing affected was coral. All my frags were doing great and one day I looked in the tank and nothing was opened. All the parameters were in line but the coral was not happy. In the coming days I had pieces rtn and stn, still dont know what went wrong. Lost a couple great pieces.

I have restarted dosing vitamin c and cut my light cycle down.

I will get some updated FTS as soon as my lights come on today! Thanks for the compliments