NICE! Can we get a side shot?

+1

Is that a scelornephthya? How is it doing? What are you currently doing for feeding?

Check out this vid of the non-photo tank at AOP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQoBnZe7URs

Sure, I'll take a few sometime this week. Stay tuned...



Not too sure on the ID, it was sold as a typical "carnation coral". i'll be borrowing nips' book on them to figure it out. It'd be fantastic if it's a stereonepthya but I somehow doubt. We'll see.

As of right now, I'm using the syringe pump for a mixture of roti-feast, some of this Phyto paste. I add by hand freeze-dried cyclopeeze, frozen mysis, some reef chili, and a pinch of GP diet. I need to place a FM order soon, within the week or two.

Wowee a video of that tank~ That AOP tank is a hands down favorite. I'm still trying to figure out why I haven't visited this tank in person, considering it's right here in my neighborhood.
Thanks for the link! The write-up on the system is awesome.

From a distance, it looks like scleronetphthya...

The AOP tank is one of the first places I need to visit next time I'm in So. Cal.

A few shots of the corals in there now:





So I figured out that the African gorgonian I had is actually non-photosynthetic, despite LiveAquaria's claim that it was photosynthetic. When it was in my other tank, it never had the polyps open and it wasn't doing well. I decided to throw it into the NPS tank and bam, full polyp extensions and it stopped all tissue loss. So I guess it'll be staying in this tank.

And here's the sideshot I promised. Sorry I didn't get to clean up before I took the shot, been super busy with school.

As you can see, I still need to fill up the tank a little more, work on the tinting, and I should probably move the koralia to the other side. Things to do, not enough time. Story of my life.

This tank sucks

Is that a filter pad waded up in the sump area? If so how do you get at it to replace or clean it?

looks good....


any plans fer a substrate?

maybe some rubble?

there's a removable cover to the sump area, i just have to lift the cover, and stick my hand in to take it out. I used it to help seed my tank mostly, I think I'm probably going to just remove it soon. I don't see myself as having the diligence of rinsing it enough to keep it from being a nitrate factory.

thanks pismo. I'm thinking i'll add sand. Since it's easier to add sand than to remove it, I figured I'll run it for a few weeks without sand just to see how I like it.

sweet.

Looks pretty rad so far! I am totally digging the aquascaping

thanks guys i know it's not the prettiest thing yet, but I figured slow and steady is the key.

One last cool shot:

way cool. love the contemporary stand!

whats that tank with the led fixture i spy?

just my main MEW 10G.

hey mew you may like this.
http://glassbox-design.com/2009/non-photos...orgia-on-video/

dang thats what ive been thinking about for a long time. looks good.

Need A FTS today after the 16th of this month you will be DQ if no FTS is Posted on the main Thread
http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=214206

so I'm probably DQ'd from the contest.
I decided to sump the tank, cause hooge skimmer > daily wc.
i've been wayyy too busy to do even regular wcs.





I think I've got too much orange going on in my tank now. :/ Anyone want to trade a red sponge for an orange one?


Some cool weird hitchhiker.

here's hoping that your not dq'ed.

lookit mew with the all professional profile and whatnot! ROFL! Love the tank ^_^

woo, well, even tho I'm not in the contest, the tank continues. I just realized that it's been a REALLY long time since I updated! So here's what's been going on for the past... whatever months.

I decided there was just way too much rock in the tank. It was making me very unhappy. So I took out 2/3 of the rock, and replaced it with.... Rock-mag! Awesome discovery that gave me my tank space back. It's held onto the black acrylic wall by magnets.
I also added 10 lbs of sand. Looking much better, agreed? I should've gone with sand from the start. I don't know why I pushed off sand for so long.

I got a colony of dying suncorals for free. It was really rather sad. Some of it is bouncing back, coming out to eat (sometimes). There's definitely visible growth. Just a game of patience with this fellow I guess.

Enough talk, on to pictures!

Frontal FTS!


Side FTS!


Macro section


Like my pride rock?

I have a few more macros on the other side of the rocks, but too lazy to get them in the pic too. I need more macros! Send me your macroz~
Or maybe I should plant some GSP on the top acrylic portion instead.

What I'm not happy about is that there's too much orange/yellow in my tank. Not a good balance of colors. Thinking of giving away the orange sponge, and finding more pink/red/blue to put in my tank.

Who cares about contests when you already know you've got nothing to prove.

Your tank is awesome-sauce.

I might have some Macro I could send you, PM me.

pretty unique aquascaping...


Look forward to updates

Thanks Weetabix! Sent you a PM~

Maeda: I felt so stupid when I got DQ'd for sumping my tank, but just a few weeks later, I decided against the sump! mew iz dum dumz.

bottyfish: thanks for dropping by! I'll try to remember to update more often.

i decided to scour the lfs for macros instead of doing my lab report.

My finds:



Someone also kicked me some long-strand gsp. Still waiting for them to open up though. Well, gsp lawn, here I come!


I also moved over some of my other macroalgae, and took some pics of them too!
Rhodopeltis. Grown a bit since I've first gotten it. Kinda cool next to my gorgs.


No idea what this is. Anyone else have a clue?

beware of the brown stuff!

i keep rolling around in my head the idea of redoing this tank in a rimless version of a 20 gallon long.

this sort of tank really needs the extra length to make it work.

aye or nay?

Do eeet!

update? all the pictures are unviewable ;[

This tank still alive?

mew is on an extended holiday