TinyGiant Posted October 16, 2012 Author Share Posted October 16, 2012 yesterday morning i came downstairs to a collapsed rock structure sadly its the side with the arch... so i no longer have an arch. I think the orange monti cap grew too large and offset the balance.. so now i have a different looking column. I'm not the fondest of it yet.. so i might move things around again. hate when that happens. with tanks i've had in the past i usually rearrange the rock work alot. I've had the same structures in this tank since i set it up.. which is pretty amazing, considering how bored i usually get with the arrangements. So now i get to play a little. I do really miss the arch though. Quote Link to comment
dormreefer Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 On your march 13 post with the clown/zoas the ones to the immediate right are Solar Eclipse? If so I finally identified one of my frags haha Quote Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted October 30, 2012 Author Share Posted October 30, 2012 On your march 13 post with the clown/zoas the ones to the immediate right are Solar Eclipse? If so I finally identified one of my frags haha correct. Quote Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted November 13, 2012 Author Share Posted November 13, 2012 (edited) i finally had the time to sit down and give a good look at my left rock column to see if i could get my arch back after the collapse... not only did i get the arch back I feel i improved it . its more delicate and a little more interesting. here is a quick cell picture of the column here is after the collapse.. a quick repair of the structure: here is before the collapse.. the way the tank was for almost 2 years (old picture but you can see the structure here well) Edited November 13, 2012 by TinyGiant Quote Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 well.. its been two years already! tank is still doing great. I havent added much in last couple months.. but i do get a new frag from time to time in trade or at the monthly club meetings. I had a collapse a little bit ago and lost my left arch. I put things back together rushed in disgust and frustration but eventually a couple weeks later had the time and ambition to get it back to where it was. I think i actually improved it a little. So things were going well until like a week or so ago cleaning the tank the other side started to top over. I was able to grab it before it fell. The right side top rock with the caps, pink birdsnest and 6 or so other corals are all on one rock. This rock was epoxied down but over the last couple years the epoxy fell off and the rock was just delicately balancing there.. It was only a matter of time before it fell too.. So the other day i was able to take some rocks from the frag system and get the column way more secure. Another plus is that i was able to rotate the rock down a little more to give the sps more room to grow upward. all in all i'm happy again with the way the tank is looking Here are two full tank shots ( video was uploading still at time of post so it might take a while for it to actually be available) Video: Quote Link to comment
JamesHL88 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Still inspiring Tiny. Full colonies look great in the scape. Quote Link to comment
jlbzixxer Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 looks amazing, doesn't even look like a 55g look way bigger. Quote Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 thanks guys! i need to get my hands on another small yellow tang.. i had mine for a year and a half and he was always healthy and ich free.. one day i found him upside down in the rockwork.. next morning he was dead.. also lost my 6line wrasse. I was expecting that though. When i first got the wrasse (was a donor) he had a little white dot on his side.. then a couple months ago the dot went away but the wrasse had a large hole where the dot was.. then i think it he fell victim to it. so i have a couple fish i want to replace.. i might skip the 6line and try and get a nice flasher wrasse.. thats something i've always wanted. i've been giving thought to getting rid of my tiger tail cucumber too.. He does a great job but i find that i have way less pods in the tank than i did before he came around.. The bottom is always clean.. but a high pod population would be nice too.. Quote Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 video is live now Quote Link to comment
Fnard Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Wow, everything looks great! Congrats on the longevity of the system. One quick question, I see in your video info that you have replaced a few bulbs due to going bad, but have you had to replace any due to usage time? Quote Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 Leds don't have a half life like.flourescent and incandescent bulbs do. If a led is working its good. If its bad it burns out.. The ones Ireplaced were mostly my original bulbs from before this tank. I had a 5g that had 8 bulbs or so over it. But Itook the optics out and some of the leds came offf the heat sink. So Ithink the ones that went bad were my fault. I haven't had any or thye newer ones go bad yet Quote Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted July 9, 2013 Author Share Posted July 9, 2013 Its been a while since i posted some updated pics.. I recently rebuilt the right side column with a rock that fit a little better. The awesome coral combo colony i had at the top of that column ended up getting full of majanos.. so before they ventured further in the tank i took the rock out, broke free my pink birdsnest and stuck a different rock in its place. I think it will look sweet once it fills in. My huge ORA green birds nest has been restarted too. It grew too large for the tank so i had to break it up and sell it. I have tons of frags from it in the system downstairs and have one larger piece upstairs that i am restarting the colony with. anywho.. here are the pics! Quote Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted September 17, 2013 Author Share Posted September 17, 2013 I'm turning my 33L frag tank into a sump and setting up a new dual 40Breeder system for frag storage and growth selling the Light link to for sale thread: http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/333389-gu10-custom-fixture-for-48-tank-55-or-33l-ideally/ Quote Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted October 27, 2013 Author Share Posted October 27, 2013 new pics! http://www.flickr.com/photos/tinygiantclothing/sets/72157636990000955/ Quote Link to comment
frankdontsurf Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 This tank looks great, I would love to see yearly updates of it! Quote Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted February 21, 2020 Author Share Posted February 21, 2020 After 5 years of borderline neglect... i bought some new live sand, rearranged the rock, bought some snails and an algae blenny and took a picture. cant believe this tank has been up for about 9yrs now. Still lit by gu10s. In the 12years i did a full replacement of bulbs once and then replaced about 6-7 as they randomly failed over the years. looking forward to putting some more time into it. Quote Link to comment
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