The scape is AWESOME!

keep up the good work

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Very cool. I'm jealous.

actually theres only 70lb's of that rock in the tank... and about 20 or so more in the fuge...

the center piece is 50lbs and the rest are all super light! i love this rock

all of the "base" rocks holding up my scape are sunk all the way down to the bottom of the tank... hopefully this will keep everything from digging under them and causing everything to tumble down lol

should also mention the sand bed isnt that deep, its just really uneven at the moment. the back of the tank is almost barebottom.



i bought all they had

if he gets another shipment in i'll let you know

i tested the water for the first time today (3rd full day in the tank)...

The API tests:
Nitrite: .025
Ammonia: 0
pH: 8.2

The Salifert Test:
Nitrate: 50ppm
Alk: 9.6dkh
Calcium: 350ppm

I dosed for the calcium and alk to bring em up a bit.

finally the water is extremely clear...

the rics are waiting to move in....

omg... I LOVE your rocks!

why do you have the nozzle on your koralia, though?

well they arent anymore lol... they pop off like crazy!

seems in every picture theres a hidden nozzle... almost like the wheres waldo game?

2 are currently sitting in the garabge and 2 are tucked away in the back of the rocks that im not going swimming for

have any of you tried acclimating a whole fish tank?

instead of removing all of the coral and fish from the 30 gallon and using the drip method

i was thinking this would work... i could just remove 5-10 gallons of water per day from the 30 and replace it by 5-10 gallons of water from the 125. After doing this for a few days the 30's water would be the 125's...

thoughts?

Sweet upgrade

WANT!

hows italy?



one of my room mates surprised me with them

he got the whole lot for 200.00 (20 rics and a bunch of them have several mouths)

very nice dude.....i have like 2700 invested in my RSM right now so i feel ur pain....and i'm not done yet!!! lol

yea mine will be all up and pretty for hurricane season.

+1 ^^^^

the CUC has arrived....

and they're all looking a little like this...

the hermits are taking turns jumping shells and the snails are all stuck together lol.

That rock is incredible

How do you plan to support life in your tank if you suffer a power outage during hurricane season? Do u have a generator for your reef? I'm just curious I live in SW FL ...

we have a generator... hopefully i'll be able to keep it alive if we have one

hmmm updates.

Ammonia 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 10ppm


My calcium is really high tho... 500ppm

my package from carlton's tank came in today.. amazingly packaged

pictures soon

I must say...that is an AMAZING scape. Great job!

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You will be ok with that. When I used Oceanic mine always stayed in the 500-600 range.

i actually used oceanic to fill up the first half of the tank and then i got talked into buying some other salt... i'll post the name of it when i get home.


an update...

i added 2 of my clowns into the tank sunday when the nitrates were around 50ppm... b/c the bioload from adding everything from the 10 gallon into the 30 in a day was just to much... nothing in there was looking happy!

i figured id rather risk it with the 2 clowns and not risk the whole 30 crashing...

i got lucky... the clowns are still healthy and the nitrates had dropped down to 10ppm last night when i checked it

i'm not sure if this really helped... but i did dose the tank with "One And Only Nitrifying Bacteria by Dr Tim's Aquatics"



"Bacterial additive developed by Dr. Timothy A. Hovanec, the renowned expert on nitrifying bacteria. Unlike many other bacterial additives, fish can be added immediately after use. Eliminates new tank syndrome, instantly creates a biofilter, and naturally removes toxic ammonia and nitrite. Use when setting up a new aquarium, or after water changes and disease treatments to quickly establish a natural biological filter. You cannot overdose with this product - use entire bottle to treat aquarium. Keep refrigerated for longer life. 2 oz treats up to 30 gallons. Choose Saltwater or Freshwater formulas. "

Nice tank I just upgraded from a 20l to a 55 to a 75 in 4 months and now I want bigger!!!! Wheres pics of the OWNER of this tank?! ::wink wink::

lol, i started with a 15 gallon biocube, moved to a 30 gallon long... and then picked up a 3 gallon picotope and 10 gallon a long the ride...

everythings going in the 125 now... i'll probably never see the sexy shrimp again lol

Youre about 2.5 hours away from me, keep me in mind if you ever frag stuff, Id trust something coming from just a few hours away. Im fixing to start stocking my 75, I have about 120lbs of LR, 80lbs of LS, a peppermint, a cleaner, a yellow watchmen, a hippo, and a maroon clown. I also Have a baby BTA that my clown loves. and some random zoas. oh and 1 piece of birdsnest. Im running (2) 250 se MHs and 2 t5s for actinics

where are you located?

Pensacola. I just updated my profile

Great looking tank....love the scape too. Cant wait to see more progress!!

I am getting ready to move to a new house in a couple of months and i am already trying to figure out what, where, and when to get a bigger tank....i want at least 100 plus....for now though my 29 bio cube rocks but there is nothing like starting from the begining..... good job

ah funnn.

we were there not that long ago

i wish i was an expert shipper... i'd post this list of specials a guy has here and ship them out to whoever wanted some...

sexy shrimp... 3 for 12.00
helfrichi firefish 2 for 49.00
duncans 6.00/head
occ clowns 5.95/ea
firefish 3.85/ea
purple firefish 12/ea
yasha haze goby 19/ea
naso tang 13/ea
powder blue tang 22/ea
pink/red yuma 40/1 leaf

and the list has probably a 1000 items listed...

wow, good prices, I want some more zoas though, even with all my goood lighting I still like zoas

they have a bunch of zoas on the list... 9.00 for small colonies... but it doesnt have colors/names

i found my first fire worm

unless your hand is swelling or it's eating your corals... don't even bother being bothered. they are more then likely eating tank poo

well it fell out of a rock i was moving around... so he got flushed lol.

thats an insane price for two helfrichi

u have a flaming prawn goby how is he and is he paired with the shrimp i would like some info on them for i might be getting some.

Holy cow that filled in quick!

the sad part...

the only new items i bought came from carltons tank.... the ones i posted earlier in this thread lol

everything else came from the 30 and 10 gallon tank



i put them in the 3 gallon tank... ive only seen them once since lol and that was last night during feeding time.... i cant say id recommend anyone buying one unless you get it as cheap as i did $28.00

i heard they are very shy but acclimate and come out more and i believe they are nocturnal. where did u get it for that much?

a guy here runs a "fish store" out of his laundry room lol... he orders whole sale once a week and he marks up all live items 30% and not 300%

omg i wish u could ship.

blue spotted jaw fish for $39 his prices are crazyy

so if you have a local reef club and you have a large group of people wanting to order stuff i'd imagine his supplier would probably sell to you... all of their contact info is on the email list he sends out if anyone wants it to give it a try...

in todays economy i cant imagine any retailer shooting down a large order

The tank looks very nice pff. The rock work almost got lost under all of the livestock.

haha its lost....

i moved most of the zoas onto the rocks now

How did you manage to cram all that in those two tanks?

i think it looked better in the 30 then it does now...

all of the colors have kind of dulled out on the zoas.

Sweet ass tank! Can't wait to see what it'll evolve to in 12 months time

at first i thought the topic said 12 gallon and then i realized it was 125 and i was like damnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnUHGIUAENF&$*Q#U#ROIAHF

hahahhaha

really nice tank