Alrighty...

Equipment List;
Pump; Koralia 1- $20
Light; $22- Pendant $60- Ballast
Filter; AC 30- $25 (thanks Atlantis Reef )

Stocking List;
LR; 7 Lbs- $28
Fish;
Darwin Captive Bred Clown- $25
Coral;
Mushrooms (misc);10P- $25
Rics; 2P- $20
Frogspawn; 4H- $20
Lobo; 1H- $20

Total Spent; $265
Budget Remaining; $85

FTS (empty)



Lets Git 'er Dun!

put some water in dat

LOL i already did. 1/2 75g water 1/2 new water. The Clown is currently Chilling in thar and eating pellets!
FTS with rock and temp light will be up tomorrow.

Oooh! your kwik

yeahp.

more pics

I'm tagging along to see what you'll do next

Fine. by popular demand pix will be up in 10.

i dont think live sand is deducted from the budget =D

Really?
Thanks for the heads up man!
your awesome.

Looking forward to it

PICTURES! (full of water )

filled it up just about 3 hours ago when i woke up... too the empty tank pic yesterday and i just didnt feel like filling it up last night.

anyways it has 50% 75g water and 50% new NSW.
ok on to the pix.

FTS. and yes... the tank is oriented side ways... and i meant to do that.


Clownfish. hes misbarred and so cute!


Rockwork Closeup.

water looks clear and that rock looks pretty cool.
Colors on that clow is awesome, i like the lilone

thanks man!

yeah waters pretty clear cuz i used a dish to pour the water into the tank so that the sand wouldnt be disturbed too much. IMO its still a little dusty...

good idea on the dish, i used to do that. But for some reason i stopped.

Now with your LR, is that one piece

what lfs did you get the clown from!?

Nice looking tank. that clown is awesome can i have it?? jk i want to find one like that

thanks.

LR is actually 3 small pieces. it amazed even me at how they fit so perfectly together to make it look unified.


Neptune aquatics.
just wanted to add that i worked there over the summer.

Looks good Nate!! I <3 misbarred clowns...are u gonna have a pair?

Thanks Maria!

yeah misbars are cool! but sadly... since they cost so much... im only going to have 1.

good luck w/ the build

Thanks man!

That is a very cute clown.

Yeahp. he really is!

i'm getting a pair at $40 but it 's charged at $64 or something like that in my budget

Do people like misbars better than full barred?

they're typically more expensive...
I like his because of the darker coloration.
The one i don't get is the one with no bars. Just orange. It looks diseased

Hahaha I think those are so funny.

why?


I like the a little better... reg clowns are cool too though!


yeahp. WAYYYYYYYY more expensive.
Mine is actually supposed to turn completely black when he grows up.
heyyyyyy. i like no bars too!

Oh. My black and white ocellaris are misbars. I will breed them one day...

its gonna be hard but....DOOIIT!
if your successful you could get HELLA $$$.
seriously...

I'd just take Picasso's over platinums any day.

i like how you switched the tank around!!! thats a really cool idear.. good luck in the contest!!!

+1000000! the platinums are too white. A good Grade A pair of picassos way surpass the look of the platinum.


Thanks!
had to make it that way because of space constraints...

Thanks again!

divers den doesnt even have this species of clownfish though. its not your typical Percula or Ocellaris Clown.
they also are not Oynx clownfish either.

wait what kind of clown are you talking about a misbared ocellaris right

Misbarred DARWIN clownfish. this type comes specifically from Darwin Australia.

your rich nate lol

i just 2 20gal longs lol

im not rich. i just save up. oh and i have awesome grandparents.

lucky your grandparents have $$$ im poor lol i need to get a job lol theres a buger king right down the street that im gonna go apply AT

Nah dude, get a job at your LFS.
Hellza discounts.

anyways... more important matters are at hand.

i haz corals in my tank...
was it a bad move to put it in so early.... i used 50% old and 50% new water...


suggestions?
opinions?

how old do you gotta be ?

15.5 with a workers permit.

UPDATE!
okay. i redid my rockscape and added another rock and now it looks like that rock in lion king!
transferred a few corals too!

New corals


New Rockwork



Darwin!


FTS

nice!!!

Tank looks great nate!!!
nope I don't see a problem...I soft cycle all my new tanks...I have schtuff in mines too but no fish yet...I did see some stomettellas and baby snails and hydroids
Just make sure u do at least 10% weekly water changes the first couple of weeks

thanks Adam!


Thanks Maria!
oh ok cool. i know your queen of contest tank so that's reassuring.
yeah im definitely going to do a lot of WC's

i finally got water in my tank! i want that clown sooo soo bad i might get one... or TWO! lol

nooooo.... the clown is gone too bad he looked cool