donnieG Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 So enough lurking, time to post my tank. It's been up and running since January 2011. Hardware: Biocube 14 w/ stock lighting 2 x 24 W PC stealth 100 w heater Mods: cut the tab between chambers 1 & 2 InTank media basket with poly fiber pad on top, then purigen in the middle and lastly chemi pure elite on bottom maxi jet 900 coming soon: 2 PAR38 lamps by Evil custom glass top Glazers skimmer from PicoAquariums.com Flow Koralia nano 240 Inverts: 3 Nassarius snails 1 black turbo 1 atlantic turbo 1 emerald crab 1 cleaner shrimp 1 peppermint shrimp 1 blue tuxedo urchin Fish: pair Ocellaris Clowns Randall's Goby/ pistol shrimp pair Corals: Bubble Coral Frogspawn War Coral Blue Favia Open Brain Duncan Colored Brain Ricordia various zoas lemme know what ya'll think. I'm admittedly not good when it comes to gluing and so forth so the frags were done poorly but they're actually growing over the rocks and the rock work is joined together poorly too but I'm redoing everything once the new lighting gets in. I'm no photographer but my wife is so maybe I can talk her into taking some shots when the PAR38s get in. without further ado.... pichers Link to comment
doppelganger Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 haha love the pic of the urchin with the zoa's stuck to him. Nice bubble as well! Link to comment
donnieG Posted May 4, 2011 Author Share Posted May 4, 2011 I'm a fan of the rock work haha love the pic of the urchin with the zoa's stuck to him. Nice bubble as well! Thanks guys! Yeah when I first saw the urchin had a hitchhiker I laughed and when he picked up the second I was rolling. I guess the zoas don't mind too much, they open up most of the day and the urchin runs laps around the tank so they get light from all sides. I'm afraid the new PAR38's will fry the LPS with the current scaping, I might have to change it. The goby loves it though Link to comment
naughty Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 do you ever have trouble with temps in the tank? mine consistently runs too high w/ the stock lights producing so much heat and idk what to do about it... Link to comment
altolamprologus Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Tank looks great!! I love the pic of the zoas on the urchin Link to comment
donnieG Posted May 5, 2011 Author Share Posted May 5, 2011 do you ever have trouble with temps in the tank? mine consistently runs too high w/ the stock lights producing so much heat and idk what to do about it... I only had problems when the tank was in a room with too much sunlight. Temps would get to 80-81(one day they were 83) so I moved it into my living room which is generally cooler and gets less sunlinght. Temps are steady between 77-78. Next I'm going to remove the hood and stock lights, that should really cool things off as well. Looking good. Tank looks great!! I love the pic of the zoas on the urchin Thanks !! I'll get some better ones up soon of the urchin. I don't have matt's skills though haha. Link to comment
uwwmatt Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 I don't have matt's skills though haha. Practice makes perfect! Link to comment
thirdchild Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 I like your aquascape Any my urchin steals my zoas too. They're like little kleptos. Link to comment
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