I've finally gotten my act together enough to get started on my 16g display tank.
Here's some info on it:

TANK
16g acrylic custom purchased from acrylicman on ebay.
Measures 15 x 15 x 16 and has a false back wall with overflow and built-in sump/refugium in the back.
I haven't added the dividers to make it into a refugium yet, but plan to at some point.

LIGHTING
I currently have a 2 x 40w PC fixture on there, but plan on putting my 150w MH w/14k Phoenix bulb over it after the Mid TN Frag Swap on 1/19.

OTHER EQUIPMENT
MJ900 in back compartment returning water into display through two locline arms
Koralia 1 in display for added circulation
75w Stealth heater

LIVE ROCK
Approx 12-15 lbs. well aged rock.
The 8 lb. main monster piece is a gorgeous piece of LR that I traded pudge1515 for. I've had it for about 7 months.
The remaining rock is Marshall Island rock from Premium Aquatics that I've had for about 1 1/2 yrs.

LIVE SAND
None, I'm going barebottom on this.
This is due to the fact that one of my bad reefing habits is that I'm not very good at keeping up with vacuuming sand. I'm good at removing detritus in BB tanks however, so this seemed the logical way to go.

FISHIES
None yet.
I'm planning on adding a pair of Green-Banded Gobies and one other fish.
I've been considering a Blackcap Basslet or one of the cooler wrasses. I'm open to suggestion on this.

CLEAN-UP CREW
Asst. snails including some of the self-propagating ones from tashayar.
No hermits cause I don't like 'em. They're always knocking corals over and irritating them, troublemakers.

CURRENT CORALS
Blue mushrooms from tashayar
Monster Chameleon Mushroom (rhodactis, I believe) with 1 or 2 babies
1 Superman Mushroom
1 Green Hairy Mushroom, may be sold or traded, not sure yet
Green Striped "Rainbow" Mushroom with a couple small babies
Slightly faded Candy Apple Pink zoas, may be sold or traded
Small frag of Fire & Ice zoas, not sure if I'm keeping or propping
Small frag of starburst yellow/gold zoas that are morphing into pink
Beautiful showpiece colony of Blowpop zoas
Kermit zoas growing on LR
Blasto merletti from mvite
Kenya Tree
Encrusting Green Gorgonian
Small amt xenia, more to be added
Red Lobo brain, to be sold or traded
Sm. 1 head Purple Torch frag
Sm. 2 head Green Hammer/Torch frag from ebin
Sm. Pink and Green Frogspawn frag

CORALS TO BE ADDED
Holy Moly, there's a lot! These are all currently in my prop tank.
Red Mushroom w/a couple babies
Pink yuma from dshnarw
Blue ric
Nuclear Green Palys from BibleSue/MarvinsReef
BibleSue's Blueberry Smoothie zoas, with cool red macro growing on the frag
Cool-shaped Fire & Ice colony from tashayar
Watermelon zoas
Pink zoas from DeMartini
Pink zoas w/black circle from BibleSue
Purple/Pink zoas from BibleSue
Northern Lights Palys from BibleSue/Zoanuts
EvilMel's Green Skirts zoas
Bam-Bam's zoas from cee
Orange/yellow zoas from BibleSue/Caesar777
Armageddon/Devil's Armor zoas (not sure which) from cee
Eagle Eye zoas from ezcompany
Hydnophora
Green Pavona from SPerry
Christmas Favia from Sperry
Super Cool Clove polyps from Caesar777
Orange Monti Cap from ebin
Blue Polyp Purple Monti Cap
Purple Monti Digi from nano-paul

Whew, I think that's it! I plan to add more Monti Caps and encrusting Monti's but don't know for sure which ones yet. I also plan on adding other SPS at the top of the rockwork as I become more certain of the tank's stability.
I have a couple of pieces of cool red macro that I plan on encouraging to attach and grow in the crevices of the main centerpiece of LR.

I've got it set up so that it is viewable from 3 sides with corals wrapping around all 3 sides of the display.
Mushrooms, yuma's and rics will be on the bottom left side of the display. Zoas will cover the rockwork on the right side. SPS will be on the top portions of the rockwork around all three sides.
There will other miscellaneous corals in the front and pretty much here and there all over.
Here's a couple of frontal FTS:





Below are a couple of shots of the left side of the tank. The bottom to middle of this side will be the mushie, yuma, ric section.





The right side still has too much coralline on it to get a clear shot, but I don't really have much corals on that side yet either.
Let me know what you guys think!

I'm likin it, looks good.



Me thinks you are gonna need a bigger tank.

looking good....seamless corners is a nice touch.

I like it. Definitely looks good. How the heck are you going to fit all of those corals in there???

That's what I'm trying to figure out!!!
It will definitely be a challenge, and I am already compiling a list of things that I'll probably be selling to make room.

Whats up there in the fuge thing? cheato and... Mushrooms??

me like. needs more sand though

That's looking great Weetie! I can't wait to see it with the 150MH.

Looks great! The big crab that got me started in this hobby used to live in that mushroom shell, it brings a tear of nostalgia in my eye to see it in your tank!

It's a temporary thing and won't be there long.
It's a little bit of chaeto, the 2 red macro pieces I'll wedge into crevices in the LR, and some mushrooms and encrusting green gorgonian frags that I haven't mounted yet. Since they're loose, I needed a place to keep them til I sell them, trade them, or take them to the upcoming frag swap on the 19th.

Great start Weetie!

That's the original hermie's shell?
That's awesome!
HBD to your tank, tasha!

Cuervo, I've had the 150 MH over this tank before, and it looks awesome, it brings the colors out so much better than the current fixture!

Cool stuff, Weetie!

No- not the zebra hermit- I had a striped brown hermit at the very beginning. My husband's boss went to FL and came back with shells for us. One of the shells had a crab in it. I couldn't let it die, so I mixed up some IO and put it in one of those 2-gallon all-in-one tanks. When we moved to WI I finally set up my 10 gallon. It shed its skin many times and became huge, knocked-over a lot of corals in that shell . He died about 2 years ago.

I think it's so cool you have so many different corals from so many people here in your tank. Truly a "nano" of NR.com.

You're off to a great start!! I can't wait to see it in a few months.

I know, I love that too!
I was afraid that putting everyone's names next to the corals might be too much text or too confusing to read, but I really wanted to show all of the NR members who had a part in this tank.

nUgZ, this tank is gonna be chock full in just one month, did you see the list of what I'm still gonna be adding from the prop tank??!! At that point the only changes after that will be grow out and encrusting of corals over the aquascape, and the addition of fish.
It's gonna be interesting though, I've never tried anything quite like this before.

Looking Good Weetie

You got me inspired the other day. I have moved some of the zoos from my prop tank to my personal tank & mounted them on the rock below the bubble. I have neglected adding to that tank for too long.

Time for you to post on YOUR tank thread with PICS, PICS, PICS!!!

I just finished trying to scrape the coralline off the right wall of the tank, and my fingers may not uncramp til morning. There is some serious coralline on there, I think I need a reef-safe coralline solvent!

Great start! I hope my coral list is as extensive as yours someday. It will definitely be kewl looking when it's crammed full. I love watching corals grow and fill out spaces and mix in with one another. Should be very kewl with the number of corals you'll have in there. Lots of things to watch interact.

Bill

I plan on getting some pictures after church tomorrow (Oops! today!) since I mounted stuff after the lights were out. I'll have to start a thread on the Prop Kitchen re-model soon, too! HGNRTV

Just to let you know I'm tagging along, Weetie!

So far, so wonderful!

BibleSue has a tank thread? You two really need to put links in your sigs!

--Diane

Here ya go!
http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...=141684&hl=

OK, OK,....yes 'He Lives!' or rather, 'I' live.....of course 'He' lives, 'He' has always been, and always will be.
Glad to see you get this thing up and going. I've seen it for over a year now, waiting and waiting. Of course I'm not one to talk, my AP24 still sits here empty, in fact it's a year old now.
I'll have to come check it out, in person.

Love it!!!!

Thats a nice little custom tank you got there!

Welcome back! Let us know when you get ready to fill that tank with more than water & rock! Actually, if you need help getting motivated to get started on the water & rock, just let us know & we can bring the kids to occupy yours & Weetie & I can join your wife in cheering you on!

Looks like a great start Weetie. I also love the purple torch.

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Weetie, you're a sweetie!

--Diane

And I have cute feeties!
(they're partial to fuzzy socks)

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YAY!

More please??

Well, I'm back from the Frag Swap.
It was utterly, insanely busy there, at least for us.
We sold a lot of stuff but we still have plenty left as well, so keep an eye out for a "Leftovers" listing in the Classified Forum soon!
As far as the stuff I got for this tank, I got a fat 1 polyp frag of X-men zoas and a pretty pink zoa frag from SPerry which looks really nice.
I got an orange ric and a $5 yuma with really unusual colors that are hard to describe. Kind of a cream base with pink and maroonish polyps/bumps.
And much to my surprise, I also got an Ocellaris Clown, the first fish I've had in 12 yrs.! It was a total impulse thing, which I don't usually do. It's captive bred from Sustainable Aquatics. They were selling them for $10 at the end of the show, and I just couldn't turn it down, especially after BibleSue commented on the fact that my kids would love it. I knew she was right of course, and that was the clincher. He looks awesome in my display tank, but I haven't been able to get him to eat. I've tried frozen mysis, live tigger pods, Arcti pods and spirulina flakes, all to no avail. I hope he adjust to his new home soon cause we like him.
Does anyone have any suggestions on getting him to eat?
I ended up deciding to keep the Brain for this tank, he's just too cool and my husband really likes him too, so...
This tank is shaping up to look really nice, I'm really enjoying watching it.
I'll try to get pics to post later, I'll have to get the camera from my sister when I see her tonight.
We missed Clifford513 and varanus47, but got to see Sperry, arwndsh, dzones, Esabasard, and Fanof49USA, all very cool people.

You might try soaking the mysis in some garlic. Hope he does ok.

+1 on Garlic, Weetie......always has worked for me (Fresh and Salt). Meaty stuff and Flakes...

*GASP* and give Nemo garlic breath??!!!
'Kay, I'll try it.

Give him a Tic-Tac after dinner.

How do the kids like the new fish?? I'm sure it's a big hit. Can't wait to see the pics.

The little guy was looking a little happier tonight and I saw him eat a few of the Tigger Pods I put in.
I'm gonna try more Tigger pods tomorrow and the next day, and then try frozen mysis again after that.
I wasn't able to get the camera tonight to take pics, but BibleSue posted some on the Mid TN Frag Swap thread.
The kids have a little step stool they placed in front of the tank so they can stand up on it and see the fishy!

Here you go!
Arrived at home to one very excited little boy.



Worn out from all the excitement!


The 2 year old was so funny the next morning. I picked him up & stood in front of the tank. It took him a minute to spot the fish. When he did, he just stared with a very serious face, looked at me with an excited grin on his face & turned to stare & study the tank. I think he was wondering how a fish just appeared in the tank! I wish I had a picture of that. Priceless!

That's great. I'm glad he's eating and I'm sure he'll be fine.

Seemed about time for some new pics.
Enjoy!


My new $5 yuma and a ric I picked up at the Mid TN Frag Swap


Got this from the Frag Swap as well. It was sold to me as an X-Man, but I'm not sure that it is. At any rate, I really like it.


One corner of my mushroom garden.

More shots from the Mushroom Garden:

Great pics of the family. Milana loves the fish too.

Can't beat those for $5. That mushroom garden is really coming along nicely.

Bill

This is my brain on 14k


A little group shot, Cloves, mushrooms, purple torch


Blasto Merletti

The obligatory FTS:

Looking good.

Thanks, and thanks for stopping by!
It's nice to see you on the forums again.

Here's some more close-up pics:

nice