Tank is setup

[Haddonisreef]

Is that tank form reefingcolo? Any how everything looks great!

 

[marwes]

WOW! What a great transition from your first pictures. That yellow leather is looking beautiful. Del would be proud. Can't wait to see the pictures of the clowns. They will have a hosting place soon.

 

[djmod45]

Yeah, the items in this tank have been around like the town bicycle . The Kenya Tree and Waving Hand Coral are from Stugray , and the live rock and most of the other coral from our buddy Del. Then the tank is from Reefin', clown fish are from kazadi. Pretty prowd of myself almost everything I got from the generous people in the forum so I got a cheap start to say the least. Unfortunately my camera sucks at taking action shots so taking pictures of the fish hasn't been succesful. I'll have to borrow someone's . Almost forgot to mention that my good friend Marwes is helping me out with a GBTA for my clownies to host in. Ok enough spilling, it's just hard not to be excited!

 

[JodiLynn]

It is awesome how people on this site help each other out. It sure makes the hobby less expensive. Ben and my tank wouldn't be NEARLY as cool without all the free and/or really-cheap-they-should've-gotten-more-but-wouldn't-accept-more stuff people have given us.

Its nice to know that there's still nice people out there.

 

[djmod45]

Yes, because of all of the kind people on this forum I would be in no man's land right now! The grand total for my setup including livestock, filters, PC lighting...is $615. You can't beat that! Hate to tease, but pics are on the way...

 

[djmod45]

Well, it was about time I added some new pics for how the tank is going! Unfortunately, the Midas Blenny I just got was the only fish photogenic for my silly digital camera...but enjoy the sure to be blurry pics! (still need pics of my mated maroon clownies and yellow tang)

The Midas Blenny in his spot of choice:

Now this is crazy...this is some hard coral that I saw growing on some of the live rock that I got from Del and it's happy and growing like crazy! What eludes me is the fact that I have a 75 gallon tank with only 220watts of light (power compacts) and they are still thriving. I guess it's best not to question and just watch the show :bum:

And, a small frag of xenia I acquired that has turned quite quickly into a monster! (you can see a clown taunting me as he leaves the pic)

 

[rkl303]

Looks like you need to invest in an emerald crab dj. Very cool coral though.

 

[djmod45]

Already have, the little punk decides to eat the other forms of algae in the tank though ...planning on buying 1 or 2 more here in the next week though to hopefully remedy the problem.

 

[djmod45]

Ricordea during feeding time. Diameter is about 4 1/2". Biggest head is roughly 5 1/2". Enjoy

 

[pnsnowboard]

looken good

 

[djmod45]

Well, I got the day off of work and I was right by Home Depot so I decided today was a project day! I wasn't really pleased with the flow in my tank though it had been doing fine up until now. Below is what the setup looked like before:

So, I went to the plumbing section...bought a 10 ft length of 3/4" PVC and tons a joints and doodads and came up with this as the output:

After only maybe 20 minutes of work with a hacksaw and getting everything put together the end result was :

So far it looks like it'll make a big difference I just need to figure out what is the right combination with the two outputs...and eventually I'll be buying a stronger pump so I can have more fun :bum:

Ideas suggestions?

 

[djmod45]

Oh, forgot to mention that a week ago was the tanks 2 month anniversary and 2 months in the saltwater hobby...without all of you I'd be nothing! I'd say the tank is coming along rapidly so I'm pretty excited

 

[craftytony]

Looks like things are doing good...good luck!

 

[djmod45]

Time for another blurry addition to my tank pics! This is the GBTA that I put in my tank yesterday which is still recovering...but on the upside the clowns found their new home within 5 minutes. Pretty incredible, anyway enjoy!

 

[djmod45]

Well, had my first tank crisis yesterday which is never fun The xenia that I had in my tank began perishing quite quickly so I started checking all the parameters and noticed that there had been a spike in salinity. I rushed to change out 5 gallons of water but unfortunately it was too late for my poor xenia. The good side to this story is that everything else managed fine...so if anything the xenia was the indicator that saved my tank. Glad that's over with

 

[djmod45]

Well, I decided it was time for another round of pics of all the new corals that I have picked up recently. Some of the great people that helped me out in purchasing these were svoChuck and BrokeColoReefer just to name a couple. For your viewing pleasure :

Alright, as you can see on this one the GBTA that I picked up from svoChuck is very happy with it's new enviornment. From the foot that is anchored on a rock below it is extended out 9"...pretty amazing. These two pictures show just what I mean.

Alright, the following three pictures are corals that I picked up from BrokeColoReefer which I must say I'm impressed with. I was also impressed with Ryan, a very nice gentleman . I received maroon, yellow and pink zoos from him along with a leather and what appears to be some xenia.

A bit of sad news...the Midas Blenny that I received for Christmas has come up missing in the last few days. I have a closed top, as well as having checked the overflow and the refugium I am out of ideas. I can only hope that he shows up!

 

[marwes]

Wow, great stuff! Hope you find your Midas Blenny soon. The tank is looking great.

 

[BrokeColoReefer]

thats clove polyps cody! nice meeting ya!

 

[emoutz]

Do you think the GBTA is stretching toward the surface because he wants more light???

 

[FCdenzreef]

my friends xenia died off too but about 3 weeks later little ones started to grow back, maybe the same will happen with yours.