GrandeGixxer

Reviving an old thread, does anyone have any local? Thanks in advance!

The tank has gone through a lot of changes, trials and tribulations over the last 9 months. I will post some pictures in a couple of days when I get the chance. Additions: one of the clowns died a few months ago, I just replaced him last weekend at MACNA. I have a very small Red Sea Sailfin Tang(Tang police, please look away) and some sort of wrasse( I don't remember which kind). My future fish on the list is a Leopard wrasse and a yellow coris wrasse and the fish stocking will be complete.Many corals have been added. I am pretty much out of room except for 2 places that I need to fill. Then I will just let everything grow out. About 4 months back, my house was struck by lightening and it fried my Apex. It was back and forth between Neptune Systems and I a couple of times and it took over 2 months for me to get everything back up and running properly and stable. it was a very frustrating time, without that stability, I lost a few corals. Everything is now operating properly and pretty stable for a small tank. I wish I would have gone with the XR30 instead of the XR15. Just for that extra punch and saturation. Acros do not do very well. Montis do great though. I am running the DoS with the Apex, it works well. The IM Skimmate skimmer skims pretty well as long as I keep it clean. In the future, I will upgrade the MP10's to the QD and before next summer, I will get a new chiller that doesn't sound the I brought my home AC unit into the house. Pics to come!

Thank you very much! I do plan on attending the meeting.

I have an innate cup for mine. I was using it in my Nuvo 16. It fit in there. The part that didn't fit was the magnet, I could have removed it and glued it to the wide side of the skimmer instead of the narrow side and it would have worked, but I figured I'd give the IM skimmer a shot. It is skimming fairly well now that it has broken in and I have a small bioload in the tank. I picked up a couple frags from Quantum today. I'll post some pics tomorrow. The Ducati 916/996/998 is my favorite Ducati. I'd love to find a nice one just to have one of these days.

I am in Waldorf Maryland. I posted a link to my tank up ^^. I will add pics as the tank progresses in the build thread.

Thank you! I'm a single guy and I like my toys.

2014 MV Agusta Brutale 800. Inline triple, beast! Here's my other bike.

Are there any APEX gurus in this group?

Since I am going to be fairly limited on space, I think I am going to get a real nice frag pack from one of the high end places and just let everything grow out. Are you referring to the rims on my bike? I like the green, it really makes the bike stand out.

Oh ya, I am sure it was way different. Vietnam and all that. If I stay past 20, I will have to go on Sea Duty again. I don't think it'll be worth it but who knows. Time will tell.

Wow, that is a lot! I don't know if I will go over 20. The way things have changed, I don't think I want to.

Here is a link to my build thread. http://wamas.org/forums/topic/70829-joes-im-fusion-40/?p=635974 I have been in the Navy for almost 16 years now. 4 to go!

The stand I got from Lowes, it is a bathroom cabinet. I wanted to get a marble slab for the top of it but they wanted like $400 so I made this one out of tile. Much cheaper! The IM skimmer is the one for the Skimmate midsize. I am not sold on it yet. The way they did the rear chambers, my Tunze skimmer doesn't fit by about a quarter inch. I am sure IM did that on purpose. :(

I started this tank a little while back(mid November), Just started stocking it. Here are the specifics: IM Fusion 40 with Custom stand 2x Vortech MP10's Radion XR15 Ecotech Reeflink IM Skimmer NS Apex with AFS and soon to be installed Dōs for 2 part once it is needed Tunze Osmolator The only stock I have in is so far is some clove polyps, a couple different Palys and a pair of Black Ice clowns. Future stocking will include Mostly SPS. I will add more Z/P as I find nice ones that I like. Some Ricordia and a couple clams. For fish, I want to also add a pair of Borbonius Anthias, a Helfrichs filefish and possibly a Potters angel. As you can see, no expense was really spared on the equipment for this tank, I want it to be my best tank ever! Thanks for looking and stay tuned for updates!