brad908

I currently have 3 tanks running Mangrove, Macro, mixed reef Planted Mangrove Tunnel (currently freshwater and 7.5 weeks old)

Got an email about your post, didn't realize its been since December 2015. I think I got pissed off at the fantasy football league here for giving out participation trophies and never signed back on haha. This tank won TOTM on Nano-Reef for November 2016. Posted this 4 weeks ago:

The #1 reason is definitely failure, by a long shot. Then "life" as #2. Luckily I haven't experienced #1 and #2 hasn't been much of a factor. I've lived in three different houses in the last 2 years, including one cross country move, but I enjoy having a tank and I usually keep them pretty low maintenance, so I don't feel like the tank is a "job"

600 lbs of rock in a 500g tank? Are they looking for a mountain range in the tank?

haha

Really don't know if I can come back to the cold winters and hot humid summers. I've gotten pretty accustomed to the weather here and suffer with an fluctuations. Plus I am trying to become an Instagram star, so the east coast would really kill my vibe. Back to DC would be our first choice though for any East Coast city. We still keep our eyes on row houses in Old Town and Capitol Hill.

Look how miserable the mangroves were when I first started lol

All the corals are at least a year old (most likely 2 years old since they came from ERC when I moved to California), and the macros were transferred from the old 18" cube. I keep the macro's trimmed, so you won't see much more growth from them. The only thing that can really "grow out" is whatever I decided to put on the rocks. I am thinking Dragon's Breath and zoa's. The mangrove's are over a year old as well. The only new thing in this tank right now are the gorgonians. But yeah, the only way this tank is getting broken down is if new job offers pop up and make us move again.

I've skimmed through some of the thread, are you just building this because you're bored and retired? Because a water cooled LED fixture might by the most pointless thing in reefing equipment.

Yea, the milky white water from adding new sand gave it a nice look. __________________ I broke my ELOS ATO, so I need a replacement, and I need an auto feeder before our Christmas vacation.

They grow quick. That's way trimmed down to when I took them out from the old 18" cube.

Unique corals. They had 20% off on black Friday and they do $15 shipping within California. Think I might stop going to the LFS and only go through UC. The LFS 10 minutes away always has diseased fish and the rest are in the East Bay, which isn't convenient at all and a $5 toll going across the bridge.

Thanks! Glad I've gone with a ton of fish in this tank, makes it so much fun to watch. 16 fish are currently in the tank, and I suspect the chromis number will always fluctuate since they always kill each other. Probably max the tank out at 20 fish.

I can't stop staring at the tank, so I decided to take some pics. Water is a little murky, but the fish are looking great. All are very active. Murky long view

I'm looking at it now without the 2 6700k t5's on and it still has the nice green centers. Think the picture just got washed out.

Hmmmm idk. Here is a pic from that 18" cube I had when I first moved to California I think it might just be stressed a little from a long dip and it hasn't been in the best water conditions over the last few months of transferring tanks.

Thanks! Thanks man. They're just regular Duncan's I got from ERC a while ago. Maybe they look a little more brown/orangish from not being under blue light?

Quick pics before water change. Obviously the scape is still a work in progress.

Always a relief to come back from being gone for a week and the tank looks clean and clear. I ordered 10 chromis, 3 lyretail anthias, and a rainford goby on black friday.