^^^yep! It's just hard to see in the photo. I wanna try and get some zoos growing in it.. but there is not much light.

Here is my acid trip FTS! lol

I was thinking of upgrading my pump to a maxi jet 1100 which is 294 gph. I'm doing a lot of sps coral so do u guys think the maxi jet would be a good choice? I also have a korolia 1.

The zoas look tight in that pic above.

^^^ya the pink palys look green in the pic! I fraged them today and it went as smooth as a babys bottom haha

Thats great. How many polyps did you frag?

Only 3.. Just to test out my fragging ability LOL.

Nice tank Ando, I'm here for your Rio experience updates :-D

haha thanks giantBen! I will let u know.

How's your flow coverage with the K1 where it is? I have mine in about the same place and was thinking about moving it. I am not sure that the back right and front left are getting good coverage. Our scapes have similar footprint.

It's getting a decent amount of flow but I think I need more.. that's why I want to get a Y locline where the return water comes back into the tank... Then I can move it into two different spots.

Try the MP20, that will give you some really nice flow.

read the entire thread tank looks nice! question are you doing any dosing to your tank or just weekly water changes

I dose my tank with B-ionic calcium and alkalinity. I also do a 5 gallon water change a week.

Thanks for checking it out.


-I just got a Rio 6 pump for more flow in my tank.. should be receiving it in a few days.

I have the RIO too and its great. Keep an eye on the small filter that is installed in the pump. It was clogging up pretty frequently and I eventually just removed it.

Thanks, That is what I have herd.. I will probably just take it out.

Alright well today I picked up some nice frags and a yashi goby!

A guy who lives near me has a website http://www.gtaquatics.com/ so I just went over and got to hand pick my frags! I was very stoked on what I got! He started his website recently and is very smart and knows his stuff!

Tomorrow I will post pics when lights come on!

Frags I got-
purple people eater zoos
Armor of god zoos
eagle eye zoos
mean green zoos
rotten bannana (he calls them this) zoos
Sick yuma mushroom
huge orange ric
and a green and purple plate coral that is about two and half inches
rainbow clove polyps *freebie*
oo and a awesome yashi goby (he's cool)

picks will be updated tomorrow!

anyone know what size locline I need so I can make my return into a Y...I ordered some from Drs fosters and it was too big! DOHH!

Alright lads hold on to your horses bc here are some sick new frags from (gtaquatics.com) I didnt get a pic of the blue tubs they were not open and the yashi goby was hiding. pic will be coming soon.

big ol' ric


green and purple plate coral its probably three inches


pink and green yuma


Armor of god zoos (on the right) purple deaths zoos (on left)
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rotten banana zoos on left and eagle eyes on right


Right side


Left side


FTS

nice tank!!! i like it!!!

Thanks! I can't wait until 6 months down the road to see all of the growth!

Looking great!

Thanks again.

Anyone dose magnesium?

I dose B-ionic calcium and alkalinity... and was also thinking dosing magnesium... I guess it's supposed to keep the calcium and alkalinity levels steady.

anyone?

Here are some pics of my DIY light stand. It's made out of solid aluminum. Check it out. It's not finished yet but it's almost there. What do you guys think?

-? I may paint it black im not sure yet..I kind of like the metal look of it.

Looks like it's turning out quite nicely.

Is that galvenized steel or aluminum?

It's solid aluminum.

What color do you guys think would look good?

I could polish it out so it looks shiny like a mirror, or just leave it like how it is which looks like a flat shine to it, or just paint it black.??

Also to hang the light I got 1/8 inch steel cable. Should look very nice!

Natural would look nice and save you on paint. Maybe a dark blue would look nice as well. Everyone does black, but I honestly probably would if it was me. What color is the stand, maybe match that?

The stand is black.. That what I was thinking to do just make it black.

Here is a pic of the finished product.

Looking good Ando, now you just need to sit back and watch the coral grow out.

Thanks.

Sit back crack open an ice cold beer and enjoy! lol

The problem with this hobby, for me anyway, is that building stuff and problem solving is almost more rewarding then the end product. This of course means my tank is never finished!

Ya I feel like I'm always doing something to the tank. cost's too much money haha

When I first got the tank I was like I will eventually upgrade my lighting and pumps way down the road...It ended up being about two months and I had new lights.. then a new pump...new tank stand... never ends lol

I finally found my yashi goby that I got last monday finally saw him today skimming around for the first time... I though he had died..

I did also add two new fish. yellow watchman goby and a fairy wrasse.

Looks great, it turned out real nice and professional!

looks good man!

Just curious tho, I have a BC29 with the same Nova Extreme Pro light..what made you want to hang your light? I just have mine sitting on the tank's top right now. Was it to provide more light coverage?

The plastic leg the hold up my light broke. So I decided to make something to hang it. I did have the light's just sit on my tank but it gets to hot.

Thanks for looking.

Ahh..that sucks about the legs, but it still looks pretty good man

From one 20" Nova Pro owner to another - u have any idea if they're coming out with any new bulbs for the 20" ?

I though a month or two ago I read something around here about them coming out with some new bulbs... But who knows? I sure hope so!

new frag.. a australian duncan. has 1 head and a little baby growing off the side



and some gsp

I dig the light supports, nice and simple. Pretty slick.

Thanks coldzero!

I like them to..They are nice and clean.

Here are some random shots.. I was bored.

GSP



aussie acans



yuma thanks to Glenn



are these fire and ice?




Armor of god

Cool stuff.

Thanks. Wish I could take better pics...

so are those zoos fire and ice??

Nice Frags
I do!!!!!!!

Spankey Im on it saturday!

soon to be in my tank!!

Thanks 50-50 is good!

Alright. I will let you know how it goes tomorrow.