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Thanks to everyone who followed my 20L project

so now that I've moved and the new tank is settling in, its time to start a new thread :D

 

1st fts :) 8/8/10

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tank specs:

tank: standard AGA 29 gallon (30x12x18) drilled 3/4" drain, 1/2" return

filtration: 15 gallon sump

- 1st chamber: filter floss, chempure elite, phosguard, CPR R2+ with rio 600

- 2nd chamber: 9 gallon fuge, 15lbs live rock, cheato

- 3rd chamber: Rio 2400 return

In display

- 20 lbs of live rock

Standard: custom built with redwood, and stained

Lighting: -24” sundial T5HO, with back to front blue+, giesmen midday, aquablue special, blue+

- 2x powerbrite LEDs 460nm

 

fish list:

- 1 O. perc

 

Coral:

Sps

Monti caps- red, neon green, green w/purple polyps

montipora verracusa

unnamed encrusting montipora

bali slimer

tyree ponape

 

lps

 

Acanthastrea Lordhowensis

-Reds, white and red w/ green centers, and orange w/ hint of rainbow

Acanthastrea echinata -green/brown

 

Euphyllia

-hammer, frogspawn, golden torch

 

gold cloves

 

softies

 

various ricordea florida

green ricordea yuma

green rhodactis

red mushrooms

pulsing xenia

 

various zoas/palys ... list is getting too long

 

soon to be added!!!!!:

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and plumbing a 5.5 prop tank

 

more pics in a few!!

thanks for looking in

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new shots the finished Zoa/sps branch

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new shroom ridge

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froggy survived the move

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echinata trio

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as did the dendros

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left

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middle

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right: mentally replace the janky frag racks with the branch until it cures :lol:

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and the frag rack

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Loving that setup! Glad the move evidently went okay too, those can be a pain sometimes. Did you glue all that rock together (the branching "tower")? I'm assuming so, otherwise you're a master aquascaper LOL

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Loving that setup! Glad the move evidently went okay too, those can be a pain sometimes. Did you glue all that rock together (the branching "tower")? I'm assuming so, otherwise you're a master aquascaper LOL

 

thanks!!!

yea the move went ok as could

and yes I put that branch together, 6 tubes of super glue gel and 1 tube of epoxy and im very happy with it, now its curing

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chemist- I know it was about time :D, i just couldnt start a new tank thread without a fts, id have a mutiny on my hands

 

gats- thanks! I just have to wait for the branch to cure

 

 

 

I also need to set up a new fish list ... im down to just 1 clown

 

 

im thinking a

a black oc. clown

wrasse (smaller flasher perhaps)

tail spot blenny

and a goby of some sort that sifts the sand bed

 

 

and ideas?!?!?!

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chemist- I know it was about time :D, i just couldnt start a new tank thread without a fts, id have a mutiny on my hands

 

gats- thanks! I just have to wait for the branch to cure

 

 

 

I also need to set up a new fish list ... im down to just 1 clown

 

 

im thinking a

a black oc. clown

wrasse (smaller flasher perhaps)

tail spot blenny

and a goby of some sort that sifts the sand bed

 

 

 

and ideas?!?!?!

Pellet trained manderine for sure

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Pellet trained manderine for sure

 

I've actually put a lot of thought towards a mandrin, they are awesome fish, but between lab, school, and polo I don't have time to baby a fish like that, they also need well established tanks, and well mine isnt :lol:

 

YWG and pistol!!!

 

thats a good idea

 

I had always wanted a dragon goby but could never find one small enough at my lfs.

 

They'd get to big for me, and they hide a lot from what Ive read, I want social fish!

 

YAY!

 

I know

 

I just picked up some SICK acans from Kraylen today and he tossed in some awesome sps AND!!!!

he gave me a 5.5 tank for free, he is the man, between him and latte alone my tank is gonna be awesome, i can just feel it :D

Pics of those after I finish my data reduction from my qPCR :D

 

also, I've changed my mind about plumbing the 5.5 into the 29 system because:

1 )Its a lot of work

2) I already have it set for the water flow of the 29, and I really don't want to mess with it

3) If something were to happen to the 29 and I lose coral, id like to have a back up system

4) it'd make it a lot harder to move

 

so ...

Im gonna make it an aio!

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PICTURES!!!!!

 

I dont know any of the names of the acans ... ill be em later thanks again Kraylen!!

 

this one is pink, orange, red, and you can't see it but theres some green in there too

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2 heads of this, the rim that looks clear now is a aqua blue/green

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this beast

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the new kids on the block

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lord heaven

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micromussa recovering nicely

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NEW SPS

 

left- powder blue staghorn, right- i dont remember the name, but its gets a crazy blue and green

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ora red planet :D

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and the torch doing its thing

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thanks for looking in and thanks to Kraylen!

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nice i want a frag of that huge red one!

 

 

Ok... I'm gonna give eveyone fees weeks to settle after the move and then I'll do some

cutting

 

 

Those look incredible!

 

why thank you

 

What do they really look like? lol

 

actually they are bright green with yellow mouths and the polyps are super small =D

that pic was under the 2 blue+ and the powerbrites and white balance to the geismen midday,

here is one under full light spectrum back in the 20L

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MORE PICTURES!! with no white balance :D

 

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so many colors!

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you can see the green in this one

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dr pepper

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psuedo jokers

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lotr post move/frag

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blue ric fully split

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rhodactis and babies

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i thought this looked cool

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so many mouths :lol:

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this is one way to frag zoa's

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even more pics :D

 

sps ... all the cool kids are doing it

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ora red planet

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1 echinata...

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2 echinata ... 3 echinata

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