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Nah, they're fine though. There is a wall between the two sections and I put silicone around the edges.

Still have a lot of work to do on the scape

Tank is in. It's big.

I'm interested to see how it looks once they're on. Plan to fill the tank tonight.

Updates from last night. I should be filling the tank tonight

Haha, I was for a while. But now that I actually have it, I'm getting excited again. It's the mangroves that keep me excited. They're gonna love this new nanobox light, so powerful.

Gonna try, but probably not. I still have to finish the stand and paint Killz2 on the sump section. I also haven't finished the rock structure for the mangrove portion of the tank or bought any fiji pink sand. I started off really strong on this build, then faded quickly haha

Loaded in the car Looks like a nice job from the quick look over

Started in March 2011. 1. Standard 20g long 2. ADA 60p and ADA 30c 3. 36x18x18 rimless, only had it set up for a couple months and then moved. Moved to California in October of 2013 4. 18" rimless cube, currently my mangrove tank 5. 24x16x16 rimless, currently mixed reef tank 6. 48x18x14 rimless, picking up today. Will combine my two current tanks and turn the 18" cube into a freshwater planted tank

Change of plans, getting the tank in 2 hours.

Hoping to cancel my afternoon meetings tomorrow and get the tank, if not, Wednesday is wide open. Do you ever go on nano-reef? Giga, "king of mangroves", just set up a new tank. Ridiculous. He grew this mangrove tree outdoors in freshwater for 4 years, the root system is what I dream of. I need to setup an outdoor grow.

I think I've cleaned it twice in the last year. It probably should be cleaned more often, but there isn't much that sticks into the tank, so I would just shove a paper towel down as far in as I could to make it look a little nicer in the display. Then twice I took it completely apart and soaked it in vinegar.

Growth.

Not yet. It was delivered to the trucking terminal but I haven't had a chance to get it. They're only open 9-4 M-F and they're in the east bay, and traffic getting over there is horrible. I have no motivation lol, I hate the east bay. Make sure you get the silencer. The return pump is important too, make sure you can control the flow. I have a hydor l40 but I probably have it turned to like 25%.

It's perfect. Completely silent. I didn't even have my new tank drilled, just using the mame again

Got busy with work and traveling back to NJ to visit family and forgot to pay for the rest of the tank until today. Tank will be shipped today, or tomorrow at the latest. It is coming from LA, so it shouldn't take too long to get here. I've been majorly slacking though, I still have to finish covering all the black foam and finish the stand. Hopefully I can start this on Thursday night and finish over the weekend. I'm also debating transplanting the mangroves. Right now I have 8 in that 8" cube and I am a little worried about the roots starting to choke each other out. I was thinking of picking my 4 nicest mangroves and replanting them, then acclimating the other 4 for freshwater and planting them outside. My worry is damaging the roots during a transplant. They've been in the cube for a year now, so I assume the roots are already pretty tangled up. Do I let nature take its course and let the strong mangroves survive, or break open the cube and gently separate them? Decisions....

I tired to grow a few mangroves outside but my dog got to them haha. I definitely want to try again though as mangroves do grow so much quicker outside and in freshwater.

It was delivered to SCA yesterday. The original plan was to drive down to LA and pick it up, but the tank came way later than expected and I am pretty much booked every weekend this month. Waiting for them to come back about shipping up here. Thanks. I really need to get some aluminum wire and start shaping the branches.

SCA should be the least expensive, by far. It shows as $3,000 on their site. It shows it as a "sale" price, but I don't think they actually have sales. They quoted half the price of Reef Savvy for my basic 48x18x14 with clear silicon and no overflow. Starphire on all 4 sides.

Reef Savvy Miracles SCA Aquariums (they just finished making one for me and the pictures look great. I should receive it next week)

Whatever fits/looks right with the room. My biggest pet peeve is all these oversized tanks I see, but I won't go into that

Tank is finally being delivered to SCA Aquariums next week! Sunday will mark 2 months since payment. Monday will be 9 weeks since payment, lead time was 7-8 weeks. Probably be 10 weeks in total by the time it gets to me, so not terribly off schedule.

Started on the stand This is how the tank will look, same 48" length as the two combined but 2" shorter in height than the pictured tank, and 2" more depth.