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Yup, I love the combination and I am seeing the difference in growth. As far as the tank looking fuller...I went on coral collection spree right when I got the zoas and palys from you...i got some nice pieces from John (Copps), surf&turf, Bruce (bbyatv) and some other member....all those frags are growing really nicely

Ken - nothing compares to the build you are doing but thanks for the kind words. That reminds me...I need a tour of your tank room someday. I have to convince my other half about the kind of build we should do in our next house.

Big shoutout to everyone at ERC and Marco for the wonderful fish. All the new fish are coming from ERC and I am just amazed by the service provided. The photos below don't do justice to the beautiful coloration of the fish.

Thanks Isaac...still work in progress.

FTS from yesterday View from the side - The corals I got 4 years ago from Evan and Travis are visible here Back of the tank - the side you see coming up the stairs

I finally got some time and took some pictures of my tank this weekend to start this thread. For those who don’t know me, I started my first reef tank in Dec 2010 which was a 6 gallon pico and then upgraded in 2012 to 36 gallon tank. Upgrading to a bigger tank wasn’t an easy decision as my partner and I had an agreement that we wouldn’t get a bigger tank until we moved to another house. One of the reasons for not getting a bigger tank was also because we didn’t think we could have a bigger tank on the second level of our current house. Anyways, long story short we started the upgrade planning process in late 2013 but somehow we didn’t get anywhere especially since we didn’t have time and we are not handy at all so we wanted someone to come in a build our tank. Then by chance we ended meeting Mark Callahan in Jan 2014 when he was in DC area and he agreed to take on the project. And after 6 months we had our dream tank. Tank Dimensions: 72 x 22 x 30 Glass Aquarium - It was custom built due to the dimensions and where we wanted the internal overflow. 36” tall Steel Stand Acrylic Sump & Refugium: 60 x 18 x 20 Lighting: 3 x Ecotech Radions + 2 x Giesemann Razor T5 Light Bars i.e. 4 Bulbs Water Movement: darkroom Flow Diverter, Vortech MP60 and MP40 Return Pump: Water Blaster 7000 Here is one time lapse video which I did during the build phase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fEYQFMVz5U The first picture I took after the lights were mounted temporarily before tank finished cycling Here is the episode Mark did recently on my tank build https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWrhvOaYlfo I knew I wanted a bigger tank like the one I have today when I first saw Evan (Der ABT) and Travis’s (trockafella) tank back in 2010 when I went to grab one of my first coral frags from them and I still have some of those corals in my tank today. Its great to look back and realize so many members of this amazing group (members and LFS) have helped in one way or another.

love the aquascape. Looks like everything is settling in quite well. Like you I got a trio of fatheads too and I really like them

wow Jan, you did it again. Beautiful tank

looking nice...love the green milli

wow! stunning

Looking great!...I have seen the tank in person and its amazing...the pictures don't do justice to the colors of the corals.

Wow! love it

tank is doing well and Its been up and running for little over a month. few things are still pending to be completed but tank is running okay with just my transferred inhabitants. I need to start a thread so I can myself look at the progress but I currently just don't have the time. Hopefully I can take advantage of some downtime next month and get the tank thread started.

very well thought out and beautiful setup...loving it. Will you be doing behind the scenes tour?

Yes, these are the first pics. I have been really busy lately but hopefully I can get the build thread started soon.

+1

I loved my pico and nano tanks aquascape. I used E Marco mortar for both of them and I think it really held well. If I were to do nano again then I would go down the same route. This was turned into this But now I went real simple with my latest tank

Nice tank, looks pretty good. Fluval edge is my favorite pico tank

Beautiful clams. Always had a soft spot for maximas. Looks like I need to get in touch with Marco

Looks great. I love pico reef tanks

Interesting thread. Tagging along

The new tank build started today and this tank is going on sale today if I can get all the pictures and details. If anyone is interested in this ELOS Midi then please PM me.

love the video and tank is looking great. Congratulations Isaac!

+1 to that

wow really nice. Great job growing those colonies.