Sonicboom's 180 build in Tampa

[Sonicboom]

just a small update on the rock wall, it is 98% complete and only needs to have the gaps filled which i can do with 2 part, but i am going to wait until i can mount corals in those spots. I also need to move the structures from in front of the overflows to climb them as well. I will probably wait on that until two weeks since i have been traveling back and forth to Chicago and will be in NY all next week.

Photos do not do the rock wall any justice and there has been an explosion of copepods on the front glass.

 

[reefjunkie86]

Good job it looks great.

 

[gregrocks79]

Looks awesome dude!!

 

[Sonicboom]

Thanks guys! it was a ton of fun making it and each panel came out a little better than the last.

 

[SNAKEMANVET]

Tank is looking great,about to start my180 build soon.My bangaiis stay in and under my Rbtas ,they go near the mag female clown runs them off.Got 14 baby bangaiis now in my refugium.

 

[Sonicboom]

Thanks snakeman!, my banggais keep aborting the clutch 1/2 through the term. Only once did he carry full term but released after midnight and I fell asleep. The other odd thing is the female banngaii has gone into my rbta twice.

 

[Newbie Aquarist]

I have to agree that rock wall is pimp. The tank looks amazing.

 

[Sonicboom]

Thank you Mr Dwayne!, I need to post up a new pic, I moved rocks around a lot more so they don't block the wall.

 

[iced98lx]

looking good, will be excited to see how that looks after a year of grow in.

 

[Sonicboom]

looking good, will be excited to see how that looks after a year of grow in.

Thanks, i can't wait and have migrated almost all frags and larger colonies to the wall

 

[SNAKEMANVET]

I see my baby bangaiis near the top of the aquarium in the corners the morning after.I have no fish that mess with the young.I catch and put them in my refugium to grow up.I try to really fatten up the male before he holds again.

 

[Sonicboom]

Yea, you are lucky pretty sure my bangaiis themselves are eating them.

 

[Sonicboom]

so just another small update, I have a second Hydra 52 arriving in a few hours so i will have

Hydra 52 Hydra Hydra 52

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most of the rockwork has been redone or replaced with tonga, coral frags are turning into small colonies and i couldn't be happier with coloration.

 

[Mark...]

So what changed? The previous picture looks more mature. Looking good my friend...

 

[Sonicboom]

So what changed? The previous picture looks more mature. Looking good my friend...

Haha, my wife said the tank looks desolate now, I replaced a lot of the rock structures with bleached tonga branch and they haven't colored up yet, I also sold the torch and giant mat of gsp. With all that it is a lot more open and looks emptier. I am also going from 98 leds to 150.

 

[Mark...]

Haha, my wife said the tank looks desolate now, I replaced a lot of the rock structures with bleached tonga branch and they haven't colored up yet, I also sold the torch and giant mat of gsp. With all that it is a lot more open and looks emptier. I am also going from 98 leds to 150.

You da man! Always tweaking...lol

 

[gregrocks79]

You da man! Always tweaking...lol

I think you mean twerking. He loves that stuff lol

 

[gregrocks79]

Tanks looking dang good, J! Loving the tonga!!

 

[Sonicboom]

Thanks Greg! Got a giant bin of it at a great price. Replaced most of my rock with it.

 

[iced98lx]

How's the new rock working out?