Reef Chicks Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 This tank is about 3 months old. I have been waiting to finish everything on it, which I did yesterday. Opinions and comments welcome. Equipment: 2.5 gallon AGA aquarium custom canopy & hood by hogwinslow azoo palm filter nano pump (from fragglereef.com) 25w stealth heater 2 x 18w - 10k actinic & 50/50 blue actinic 2 60mm fans 1 blue LED Livestock: 2 lbs of live sand - mixed Tahitian Moon & Arag Alive 5 lbs Marshall Island live rock 1 red leg hermit crab 2 small turbo snails 3 black turbo snails 5 sexy shrimp 1 green banded clown goby purple gorgonian fan encrusting gorgonian 2 kenya trees feather duster cluster green leather (?) 6 different zoa morphs 3 paly morphs 6 Florida ricordea (rainbow, green, orange, 3 pink) 2 green mushrooms neon green gsp pulsing xenia Full tank shot FTS - closeup Light build Duster cluster Some of the rics & neon green gsp Palys & encrusting gorgonian Kenya trees (I think 2 different kinds) Green leather (id?) That's all for now. I hope you enjoyed it... more to come. Link to comment
keeperofthereef Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 wow looks great!!!! awesome tank for sure Need bigger(clearer) pics pls... Will track this one 4oh shizz Link to comment
Reef Chicks Posted March 11, 2008 Author Share Posted March 11, 2008 Yes, pics are a little small & blurry... still working with the camera settings. Its not easy to photograph sealife! I will post some more soon. Link to comment
lilredneckman Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Great little pico! I love it! Link to comment
Eric65 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Everytime I see a 2.5 with custom hood and stand it makes me want one. Link to comment
Reef Chicks Posted March 12, 2008 Author Share Posted March 12, 2008 I moved some things around and I think its looking much better. I will load pics later tonight. Also, I cant wait till a new 25w heater comes in - the 50w is overkill and overheats the tank a bit. Link to comment
Ryan_H Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 tank looks great! that "pink gsp/blue xenia" looks like encrusting gorgonian to me. it's pretty hardy and fast growing though, so don't worry. and the "finger leather" is a kenya tree. they grow like crazy and then start popping off babies left and right, so keep it trimmed as it grows. a pair of sharp scissors will do the job, and then you can mount the frags onto pieces of rock rubble and sell/give them away. Link to comment
Reef Chicks Posted March 12, 2008 Author Share Posted March 12, 2008 hummm... I have a Kenya tree (that I just put in there as a matter of fact, its not in the pics) and it looks totally different from that one. Link to comment
keeperofthereef Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 (Salivating) MORE PICS PLZ Link to comment
Ryan_H Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 hummm... I have a Kenya tree (that I just put in there as a matter of fact, its not in the pics) and it looks totally different from that one. there's a couple different kinds of kenya tree. one is like the one you have, and that i had overrunning my tank, and another is purple and less branchy. there is also a green variant of the kind in the picture. Link to comment
Reef Chicks Posted March 14, 2008 Author Share Posted March 14, 2008 cool... thanks for the ID. I am adding new pics, so I will change the corals too Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 I thought it looked like a Kenya Tree too. Tank looks neat, I really like the custom stand and hood. Link to comment
Reef Chicks Posted March 15, 2008 Author Share Posted March 15, 2008 LOL (keeperofthereef)... ok everyone, I updated the coral list in the first post & enlarged the pics. Also, I had moved things around a bit and added a couple of things, so I updated the pics too. Sorry, I didn't realize I should have just posted, instead of updating the first thread... I'm such a n00b! Oh, and thank you all for your comments. I try, I try. Link to comment
lilredneckman Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Hows the tank doing Pishyaly? Link to comment
Reef Chicks Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 Its going great. I have been snapping shots of the sexies (its now a dedicated tank for them) and plan to upload them soon. My sexy reveal... ha ha ha! Link to comment
Reef Chicks Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 Here they are... Link to comment
KMitch Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 wow very nice-- i have always loved sexy shrimp! Link to comment
uwwmatt Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Where did you buy your lights? ( the ballasts and wiring) Link to comment
Reef Chicks Posted April 22, 2008 Author Share Posted April 22, 2008 The lights were gutted from a dual satellite fixture and I retro'd them in, but they are 2 18w bulbs. You can get the whole set up and retro it from Hellolights. Link to comment
adolfo425 Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 The lights were gutted from a dual satellite fixture and I retro'd them in, but they are 2 18w bulbs. You can get the whole set up and retro it from Hellolights. What happen to this Tank set up did you upgrade or tore it down I noticed you are selling your tank and lights. Adolfo Link to comment
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