Awesome!

What, no smoke from the volcano?

Nice tank!

SORRY?!?!?! whyd you say that?!??!!?
i think i can speak for everyone on N-R in saying that THE MOAR PIX THE BETTAR!
your tank is AMAZING.

wow that a great setup.........

Your tank is microcosm for why I love this hobby. It so incredibly unique - one of the best setups I've seen during my 5 years in the hobby.

Love the close up's, one of a kind truly, will continue following.

Freaking sweet!

I wonder how many people are trying to figure out how to copy this...

WOW!

Wow. This setup is amazing. Nice work!

You took the words right out of my mouth. I was about to reply to that comment saying the same thing!

:raiseshandhigh:

*coughs* lol. I've already linked my boss to this! XD I'm totally keen to try something like this at work.

Maybe I should copyright this! ha ha.....kidding.

A+ for creativity and execution.

Great tank! Very original.

a giant round of applause from me

nice tank im going be fallowing this thread for sure !

Sweet set-up. Makes me want to upgrade.

I can see it now......biocubes with boulders sticking out of them. Posts that say "where are my crabs?" or "water leaking from bottom of tank".

wow this tank is awesome, you have some great creativity. I will be following this build

That is a really cool idea, I love the theme of the whole setup with your house too. It looks really slick.

LOL If you want! Just send me the designs, we'll attempt to recreate it - and then ask for our money back when it all falls apart! O_o

Nah. We have a weird long, shallow tank with a short front, high back and sides we were going to turn into a saltwater special squishy tank for kids to look at. This gives me ideas for rock/waterfall features. I like the idea of including local species too. Cool stuff.
We could totally rig a sump like your underneath this tank, and hang MH's too. See! You got brains ticking!

All I can say is amazing. Very good job Konolua!

wow nicest one i have ever seen wow too cool

Amazing, and clever. Well done!

Thanks for sharing. I forded this tank inspiring a lot of new stuff on nr! Trendsetter?

Pure genius! Awesomely unique! Keep up the excellent work!

AWESOME PICS!!!!



but i think i speak for all of us when i say WE NEED A VIDEO!









plZ

amazing!

All you need now is a birds nest at the top of the volcano.

WOW.
thank you so much for sharing!
wonderful idea!
please keep us updated!

what species of crab is that?

We are going to try an mimic this. It's an awesome and original tank.

Ignore the little chick reefer decal you may find on the outside of your window.... 1000 oaks isn't that far away from me :-)

ABSOLUTLEY AMAZING TANK!!!!!!! I want one now!!!! You have definitely started something!

this is simply amazing.

This is the coolest tank i have ever seen. I cant wait to see it once its all grown it. What a unique and completely original idea!

Good job!

Thanks to all!

It's 4.5 weeks old now and am going through a diatom bloom. Under control but irritating nonetheless. 5 months will be here in no time.

The crabs are a local species, and most likely belong to the family Grapsidae. I believe them to be Pachygrapsus crassipes, but I am not sure. Naughty but fun crabs. Fish selection will most likely be Dwarf Lionfish and possibly a Scorpion fish or angler. The crabs limit the invertebrate selection already, and they will be safe from those fish, so thought that would be fun. I'd do triggers, but the stoneys would be put at risk.

Again, thanks for the comments. Pictures and whatnot to come in the near future (though I guess I need to be careful as everyone wants to copy it!)

Truly awesome tank! Makes me want to run home and start one!
Can't wait to see this grow and develop

Quick question....

Sometimes LR can kinda smell funky if it's in/out of water... Can you say whether or not this tank might give off a stronger smell than a traditional tank?

Oh, and I like your idea of buying a mature mangrove with some nice prop roots to make things go a little quicker.

Well, it's official...that is the coolest #### I've ever seen and I hate myself and envy you for not coming up with the same idea before you had the chance of creating such a wonderful piece of visual bliss. <run-on sentence?

How did I miss this tank over the week...it's by far the greatest tank I've ever laid eyes on...

Awsome job!




:wonders how he could convince fiancee to buy him a volcano tank for xmas...:

This is just rockin my world!

I bet people can do this with biocubes aswell, just pop off the hood, and bam, there you go, but making the rock out the water wet might be problem, but i hope this idea gets your username tagged with it.

(To be honest, im loving this idea as i always found crabs fantastic, i have a whole cube dedicated to different types of crabs, my fav is the anemone crab!

I have a biocube sitting in the garage right now, my only problem with trying to transform it into something like this would be keeping the rocks on the top wet.

can crabs jump?

+1. Do it.

If you do not post more pics + video + 360 flash animation + stock list + design schematics... you will be thrashed

Great tank man. Can't wait to see this thing grow out

Woah gosh....Okay. I don't want that to happen. Since lights are off, I did "spot-light" shooting.

I will take some regular pictures soon. Added a pack of a-little-more-mature mangroves.

Some polyps in the front. They are nocturnal, and they were just starting to come out....




A black (purple) spiny urchin.




Same urchin, just different angle.




Xenia....they washed out in the camera, but I love that colony for some reason so I put it up anyway.




One of the crabs. These guys are not too nocturnal, so it was amazing to get a shot in any way of one of them.




Nudibranch. Colorful guy....wish I had a $2000 camera for this shot...




Right side of the Volcano. Algae growth is healthy, and pokes of coraline are starting. Once I get to 5 months, my SPS are coming in!




Here is a Mithrax crab, just like an Emerald Crab. Cool guy. He's actually more aggressive than the the other guys, though he is not (mostly) a protein eater like they are.

Gonna try some more spot-light shots. Maybe I will post if I get some good ones.

Night.

spotlight shots are neat - cool pics!

Thanks!

Got a couple more....




Just a neato shot.




Crazy loco shot. That is the urchin in the middle. The thing is freaky enough as it is when the picture is clear!




Boring red mushrooms look cool through ripples.




So, I got the crab to come out and every picture I took was awful. He went back in but at least you can see his coloring better.