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Here are a few quick shots. Sorry this last one is blurry but it shows off the other side markings. Hard to get good shots they are so quick

Thanks Roni I'm going to post a few more pictures if them.

Tom thanks I'm glad I got them.

Thanks for the kind words.

Thanks, unfortunately I lost my wellsophyllia at the beginning of January. I had it in a position where the flow was too high as well as the light. I tried to move it but was too late.

The tank has settled in nicely for being a few months old. I am very happy with the Radion and the growth and color I am getting from the SPS. Overall I am very happy with where the tank is to date. I will be adding the GHL stand alone dosing pumps soon. I was able to meet a few of you at the winters meeting this weekend and look forward to seeing more of everyone and their tanks. Also I picked up the Black Ice clowns at the meeting. Here are my latest shots

On Jan 7 I added the AquaMaxx HOB-1 Protien Skimmer FTS

tank shots 12/5/11 on 12/20/11 livestock was with additions below at top I got some pictures of my new additions to the tank which are: ORA Blue Cali Tort ORA Hyacinth Birdsnest ORA Pearlberry Acro ORA Gecko Green Bobs Moore Blue Acro Loisetteae Stag Blue Stag Seattle Sparkler the frags are really great. The Hyacinth still needs to color up but the rest are coming along. Here is a list of the livestock up to these Livestock: Corals SPS ORA Green Tip Orange Birdsnest ORA Purple Tip Stag ORA Frogskin Acro ORA Purple Nana Acro ORA Ponape Birdsnest ORA Blue Millepora ORA Hawkins ORA Turquoise Stag ORA Rose Millepora ORA Miami Orchid Stag LFS Orange Cap Monti LPS ORA Red Goniopora ORA Blue/Purple Hammer Local Red/Green Wellsophyllia Soft 13 Ricordia Red/purple Zoanthids Pink Zoanthids Fish 3 Fire fish 1 YWG 1 green chromis Also CUC of 60 snails, pistol shrimp, CB Gold shrimp

I added 12/4/11 ORA Turqouise Staghorn ORA Hawkin's ORA Rose Mille ORA Miami Orchid Stag FTS with Radion over top

Added on 11/20/11 I have the following ORA coming Purple Tip Stag Blue/Purple Hammer Frogskin Acro Purple Nana Acro Ponape Birdsnest Blue Millepora. FTS 11/27/11

I did not want to put all in one post so please bear with the progression until present Added some Ricordia, LPS, sps & Zoa 11/14 FTS

My 37 g set up As of 11/13/2011 I am trying to do a small tank with as little equipment as possible. 6 years ago I had a 92g Bow front with all the Bells and whistles that was a mixed reef with heavy SPS,LPS and loads of equipment. I had to sadly break it down when we decided to hard floors and do built ins on the level of the house the tank was on. When doing the built ins 6 years ago I built the cabinets with reinforcement to hold a tank on each side and wired a load of electric underneath. Of course its been 6 years before I got around to getting back to the hobby. I am so impressed the new gear so I wanted to go simplistic this time--So here is my set up.. 40 g starfire glass tank Ecosystem 40 Refugium JBJ Nano LED Light custom cut acrylic cover VorTech MP10W JBJ T3 Digital Heater/controller BRS Top Off Dosing Pump 5 g tank for top off using KAlK Eco Tech Radion XR30 30 lbs Pukani Dry Rock BRS I also use an RO You will note that I am not going with a protein skimmer at this time--I had great luck with this 40 Ecosystem on a 40 before growing SPS for over 5 years on a previous tank without one. I found once the first several months are over after lots of water changes as it stabilized it was not needed--we will see. I also tried a different approach this time going with dry rock. I thought I'd do everything from scratch and avoid the hitchhickers that plagued earlier tanks. I used Dr Tim's to cycle the tank which took 3 weeks to get everything to 0...I also have had not Phosphate issues with the rock but test often as I have seen other threads with bad stories..My experience has been great...Just cleaned them really well before starting...Love the nooks and crannies awesome rock!!! Live Stock Cheato in the fuge.. did not start with enough Ocean pods to seed Green Chromis Yellow Watchman Goby and Red Pistol Shrimp 3 Fire Gobies Gold Banded Coral Shrimp Cleaner Shrimp Clean up crew in after 2 weeks used the 33 hex from reefcleaners included 45 Dwarf Ceriths,12 Nassarius,14 Florida Ceriths,12 Nerites I added 3 emerald crabs, 2 porcelain crabs & 3 serpent stars Corals Monti Cap LFS Green Tip Birdsnest ORA LFS Wellsophyllia "I still call them that" LFS Pink zoanthids--Lord of Rings LFS Red Goniopora --ORA local store I will attempt to load pictures as I am not the best photographer please excuse At this point I am at 5 weeks and my levels have been constant and good. I am getting some green film and have started doing some water changes. i believe I have overfed a bit as well as my light cycle is at 12 H. Here are some pics it may take me a few uploads JBJ Used some compact lighting as it cycled as I waited for the radions

Just wanted to thank you for your recommendation of this forum on your thread from reef central. I live in Springfield and saw you were from Arlington so it's good to see other hobbiest in the area near by. Just joined today. Again excellent tank build and the new sump is really nice.