_Aaron_
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Thank you.
Thanks, I'm having some issues at present. Hopefully once I get over them and things settled down I'll update the thread with some pics.
Shallow SPS Cube
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Thank you.
Thanks, I'm having some issues at present. Hopefully once I get over them and things settled down I'll update the thread with some pics.
jackson6745
Yeah Yeah
Beautiful tank and amazing photos. I really enjoy looking at these photos. I hope to see you post many more 
reeffreak75
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Beautiful!!:eek1:
clownman33
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wow one of the nicest tanks I've seen!!
poormansreef
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Speechless. Keep it up.
79chopperdr
I killed ALL that Coral!
Awesome tank and photos, I'm signed up now.
Love the angry gramma! Do you mind sharing the full file, that might be the best wallpaper ever!
Love the angry gramma! Do you mind sharing the full file, that might be the best wallpaper ever!
Arkayology
Active member
Can we get some more top down shots? Your photography skills, and your tank, are amazing.
_Aaron_
New member
Beautiful tank and amazing photos. I really enjoy looking at these photos. I hope to see you post many more
Thanks, I'll post some more in a bit.
Thanks everyone.
I'll try and do some early next week when I have some time off.
_Aaron_
New member
So, update time. The tank has taken a bit of a nose dive. I've had some loses, some pests have reared their heads again after thinking they had gone and being clumsy I've smashed 6 months of growth on a couple of corals when trying to remove the dying pieces. Other stuff that is unaffected by what's been going on lately seems to be doing well.
I have monti nudis back, I've binned 2 corals so far. I've got a H. chrysus but it seems more interested in swimming up and down than picking at stuff. I have a silver belly on order and my LFS has a monti wrasse in but I feel it's way too big to add to my tank, I really dislike adding fish that will be cooped up without decent swimming space. I'm not adding any more montipora species to the tank at present, if the wrasses control the situation then I may later down the line add some more. Stuff is well encrusted to rocks so removing the majority of montis would mean ripping the tank apart and breaking them up in the process, if I do that I may as well just bin the lot. If I lose the battle then in the new year I will stick to pest free SPS species and starve the nudis out, rescape and fill the tank with another 4 or 5 big clams on top of the 2 bommies.
I've traced what is causing my cyano, I disturbed the sand bed and it was black underneath where they cyano was. After siphoning out sand with a water change it absolutely stunk of sulphur. I'll be continuing to siphon out the sand bed with each water change until eventually I'll be left with a 2 inch bed.
Anyhoo, some pics. I've not really taken that many of late as I've lost a bit of enthusiasm but here you go.
Plating Monti by --Aaron--, on Flickr
Pseudocheilinus evanidus by --Aaron--, on Flickr
Pseudocheilinus evanidus by --Aaron--, on Flickr
Slipper Coral by --Aaron--, on Flickr
Slipper Coral by --Aaron--, on Flickr
Slipper Coral by --Aaron--, on Flickr
Pistol Shrimp by --Aaron--, on Flickr
Sunspot Goby by --Aaron--, on Flickr
Pistol Shrimp by --Aaron--, on Flickr
Pistol Shrimp by --Aaron--, on Flickr
I have monti nudis back, I've binned 2 corals so far. I've got a H. chrysus but it seems more interested in swimming up and down than picking at stuff. I have a silver belly on order and my LFS has a monti wrasse in but I feel it's way too big to add to my tank, I really dislike adding fish that will be cooped up without decent swimming space. I'm not adding any more montipora species to the tank at present, if the wrasses control the situation then I may later down the line add some more. Stuff is well encrusted to rocks so removing the majority of montis would mean ripping the tank apart and breaking them up in the process, if I do that I may as well just bin the lot. If I lose the battle then in the new year I will stick to pest free SPS species and starve the nudis out, rescape and fill the tank with another 4 or 5 big clams on top of the 2 bommies.
I've traced what is causing my cyano, I disturbed the sand bed and it was black underneath where they cyano was. After siphoning out sand with a water change it absolutely stunk of sulphur. I'll be continuing to siphon out the sand bed with each water change until eventually I'll be left with a 2 inch bed.
Anyhoo, some pics. I've not really taken that many of late as I've lost a bit of enthusiasm but here you go.
Plating Monti by --Aaron--, on Flickr
Pseudocheilinus evanidus by --Aaron--, on Flickr
Pseudocheilinus evanidus by --Aaron--, on Flickr
Slipper Coral by --Aaron--, on Flickr
Slipper Coral by --Aaron--, on Flickr
Slipper Coral by --Aaron--, on Flickr
Pistol Shrimp by --Aaron--, on Flickr
Sunspot Goby by --Aaron--, on Flickr
Pistol Shrimp by --Aaron--, on Flickr
Pistol Shrimp by --Aaron--, on Flickr
Scotty freddy
New member
Amazing photos Aaron some of the best macro shots I've seen! Tank is awesome what ever your doing keep doing it great job!
_Aaron_
New member
Hi mate.
It's a shadow of it's former self. My problems continued on after the Monti Nudi's and Red Bugs. At the start of January I lost 6 out of the 8 of my Clams, including my centrepiece which was my favourite piece in the tank which was a huge blow for me. A few weeks later I suffered an 18 hour power cut, by the time I got a generator together the temperature had dropped down to 19 degrees. After that I had bleaching and most of the sensitive SPS slowly stripped. I pondered on whether to carry on for a good few weeks and decided to add more LPS corals and soft corals to make things a bit easier. Also, I'm moving home later this year so I will be shutting the tank down at towards the Nov/Dec.
The remaining SPS have grown well over the last 3 months and things have stabilised, I have one coral that exploded and is a few mm from the waters surface. I have some nice LPS and soft corals in there for some more diversity. I'd say I'm about 60% SPS now.
I'll post some pics shortly.
It's a shadow of it's former self. My problems continued on after the Monti Nudi's and Red Bugs. At the start of January I lost 6 out of the 8 of my Clams, including my centrepiece which was my favourite piece in the tank which was a huge blow for me. A few weeks later I suffered an 18 hour power cut, by the time I got a generator together the temperature had dropped down to 19 degrees. After that I had bleaching and most of the sensitive SPS slowly stripped. I pondered on whether to carry on for a good few weeks and decided to add more LPS corals and soft corals to make things a bit easier. Also, I'm moving home later this year so I will be shutting the tank down at towards the Nov/Dec.
The remaining SPS have grown well over the last 3 months and things have stabilised, I have one coral that exploded and is a few mm from the waters surface. I have some nice LPS and soft corals in there for some more diversity. I'd say I'm about 60% SPS now.
I'll post some pics shortly.
BigAl2007
Active member
Wow! When you update a thread you don't play around.
Pictures look GREAT! I'm glad to hear things have stabilized for you now. That's GREAT news.
Sorry to hear about your centerpiece. That sucks. I'm confident this tank will be just as amazing if not MORE so after the move. Can't wait to see what you do with it.
Thanks for the picture update
Pictures look GREAT! I'm glad to hear things have stabilized for you now. That's GREAT news.
Sorry to hear about your centerpiece. That sucks. I'm confident this tank will be just as amazing if not MORE so after the move. Can't wait to see what you do with it.
Thanks for the picture update
