New tank...

[Teeb]

This is my first real SW tank. My BC8 has been doing great, but just not enough room to do much. I'm still waiting on a few things before it's "complete", but it's most of the way there.


58g RR tank/stand
Coralife Aqualight Pro 36" 150w (upgrading soon to Phoenix 14k and 96w PC)
2 Koralia 1's
29g sump
AquaC Urchin fed from a Quiet One 1200
Coralife Aqualight Mini FW sump light
Quiet One 2200 (upgrading soon to a Q1 4000HH)
~60lbs of LS
~70lbs of LR

3 Green Chromis
Sixline Wrasse
A few SPS, zoa and paly frags
4 Turbos
6 Bumblebee Snails
8 Nassarius

It's my first experience aquascaping something with more than 3 pieces. Feel free to critique.


http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww304/davisfamily2009/aquarium/DSC00451.jpg

[dmweise]

Very nice! The rock work is awesome.

[ErikH]

That looks very nice! It's all worth it once those sticks grow! :p

[MeteorFlower]

Very nice! I like how open you made your rock structure.

[dmweise]

You've got some great shelves for corals. Some Acans, Duncans, or Euphyllias would be awesome. I'm kind of an LPS junky though. :D

[aquasport24]

Good job,,may want to add more powerheads, two K1's won't be enough flow for that tank. I am thinking 2 k3's or K4's .

[txav8r]

Great start for a "first real tank"!

Looking good!

[Mr Cob]

Great job! The rock structure is clean and open...lots of room to add more corals and for the current frags to grow out. They will really take off once you get your new light.

Are the plugs mounted? Just curious.

[joelb]

looks like you have some good equipment and the fish are still alive, thats always good. how are the corals looking, happy? good luck

[rockmp]

looking good. nice rock work!

[allan]

I like it dude. Will color up nicely in a short time.

I don't know if it's accepted practice or not, but I always take a pair of dikes and cut off the peg part of those frag disks. Not crazy about them, but with the peg off I can glue the disk to a piece of rock and it looks more natural IMO.

If you want some Chaeto for your fuge... LMK and I'll give you a huge handfull or two, critters and all.

[Teeb]

Thanks, I'm probaby going to be picking up some K3's, the K1's aren't cutting it. I ended up trading out a bunch of the SPS that were in there. They just weren't my style. I did pick up some Tubbs and killer acro. I just swapped out all the bulbs and went with a 20k, it's very blue now. I'm thinking I might need to go to the 14k-15k range, but I do love the way everything looks under the 20k. Anyone have any experience with 20k 150w and growth. I think it's going to be a little lacking.

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww304/davisfamily2009/aquarium/DSC00461.jpg


This is beautiful in person, pictures do not do justice.

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww304/davisfamily2009/aquarium/DSC00456.jpg


This pic sucks, but you get an idea of the color.

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww304/davisfamily2009/DSC00455.jpg

[dmweise]

What is that tube on the bottom left corner?

[Teeb]

It's a thermometer.

[Teeb]

Sump pics now that it's cleaned up a little. I'd like to pull the lava rock out and do a sand bed, I'm just not convinced that I want to go through the hassle yet. Any recommendations for the sump? Should there be any type of livestock down there or just sand/rock/cheato?

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww304/davisfamily2009/DSC00464.jpg

[ErikH]

wait till you see mine. :)

[Teeb]

A pic of my BC8 while I have the camera out.

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww304/davisfamily2009/DSC00467.jpg

[clone]

dang, on the come up.