ChrisTran May 31, 2008 May 31, 2008 I am back to the hobby after more than a year break. Although i was successful keeping a 75g mixed reef before, there were too many things I wished I could redo. Now is my chance to start over again and i need to make sure i make it right. I am one of very few Wamasers who down graded, and here it is a new 60g cube. The tank is being cycled and there is much more things that will need to be done. Here are couple pictures that I took today, and I thought I would want to share with the community. Chris
reefhunter May 31, 2008 May 31, 2008 Sweet! Welcome Back... I have some of your old corals you sold me if you want frags...
ChrisTran May 31, 2008 Author May 31, 2008 Sweet! Welcome Back... I have some of your old corals you sold me if you want frags... Thanks for the offer. It will be at least another month before i can introduce the first sps to the tank.
EBR May 31, 2008 May 31, 2008 Cool -- welcome back. I always like to form factor of a cube, especially when you can see from at least three sides. My dream tank is a 4 foot cube (well, only 2 ft tall), in the middle of a dedicate room with a center island that conceals the overflow. Ah, we can all dream, eh? Anyway, the 60g looks really nice -- looking forward to more pics! Matt
mexicanjavafish June 1, 2008 June 1, 2008 how in the world did you get the rock like that on the left-hand side? it looks like it's floating, that's awesome.
ChrisTran June 1, 2008 Author June 1, 2008 how in the world did you get the rock like that on the left-hand side? it looks like it's floating, that's awesome. Glasscages
ChrisTran June 1, 2008 Author June 1, 2008 (edited) I have removed about 15 lbs of rocks to give more open look to the tank. I hope my ATI Master Bubble 200 skimmer could handle the rest of the filtration. Before/Now Front View Left Side View Right Side View I have removed about 15 lbs of rocks to give more open look to the tank. I hope my ATI Master Bubble 200 skimmer could handle the rest of the filtration. Chris Edited June 1, 2008 by ChrisTran
jamesbuf June 1, 2008 June 1, 2008 I really liked the suspended rocks on the first setup. Curious to know why you took most of them off? I agree the bottom rocks looked a little jumbled and needed to be opended up.
ChrisTran June 2, 2008 Author June 2, 2008 I really liked the suspended rocks on the first setup. Curious to know why you took most of them off? I agree the bottom rocks looked a little jumbled and needed to be opended up. I have 2 Tunze 6055 in the tank. I was concerned that the suspended rocks will get splash off by the Tunzes, so I decided to removed some of them. I also cleaned out some of the rocks at the bottom to make room for fish. While waiting for my tank to go through a nitrite cycle, I am planning on my live stock, and I have some questions regarding the fish below. I would like to keep one of the reef safe wrasses, but they are known as jumpers and my tank is open top. Is anyone keeping any wrasses in a open top tank? Yellow-head jawfish is another jumper. Since it likes to build a burrow at the bottom of the tank and my tank is 2 feet tall, how likely do you think this fish will jump out of the tank? The third fish that I would like to add to the tank is a clown goby. I like its bright yellow, but some online research says that it may nip at sps polyps. Does anyone have any experience keeping this fish? Bartlett
jamesbuf June 2, 2008 June 2, 2008 I have 2 Tunze 6055 in the tank. I was concerned that the suspended rocks will get splash off by the Tunzes, so I decided to removed some of them. I also cleaned out some of the rocks at the bottom to make room for fish. While waiting for my tank to go through a nitrite cycle, I am planning on my live stock, and I have some questions regarding the fish below. I would like to keep one of the reef safe wrasses, but they are known as jumpers and my tank is open top. Is anyone keeping any wrasses in a open top tank? Yellow-head jawfish is another jumper. Since it likes to build a burrow at the bottom of the tank and my tank is 2 feet tall, how likely do you think this fish will jump out of the tank? The third fish that I would like to add to the tank is a clown goby. I like its bright yellow, but some online research says that it may nip at sps polyps. Does anyone have any experience keeping this fish? Bartlett
ChrisTran July 15, 2008 Author July 15, 2008 The tank is almost 3 months now and here is some update pictures of my LPSs. Scolymias My most favorite Scolymia from Bendalat Acans CandyCane and Frogspawn SPSs and other animals will be uploaded later. As of now I have a pair of true percs, a midas blenny, a cleaner wrasse, and a shrimp goby. My tank is a 60g rimless cube, and I would like to add couple more fish. I am looking for fish that won
jason the filter freak July 16, 2008 July 16, 2008 The Scolymia look fantastic, maybe some sort of hawk fish?
dshnarw July 16, 2008 July 16, 2008 Nice tank! re fish: If the rockscape still looks like that, a small group of cardinals would look awesome under those ledges.
Vader December 31, 2008 December 31, 2008 WOW....That really came out looking great. I'm new to this hobby and would love to have my tank look like yours in 6 months, what are you dosing and what products are you using?
ChrisTran December 31, 2008 Author December 31, 2008 WOW....That really came out looking great. I'm new to this hobby and would love to have my tank look like yours in 6 months, what are you dosing and what products are you using? Thanks guys, I am using Aquamedic Twin Reefdoser and 2 part medias from BulkReefSupply.
Smoothtriqueter January 11, 2009 January 11, 2009 Very nice, my tank is only about a month younger and no where near nice. I am new to the hobby in general though. I like the clams.
lhcorals January 11, 2009 January 11, 2009 Hey Chris tank looks really good, even better in person. Really nice pics, i need to get you to my house to take pics of my tank. Keep up the good work. See you soon.
ChrisTran January 11, 2009 Author January 11, 2009 Thanks guys. My tank is still young and there is lots of room for improvements. I would like to share couple new additions from ORA. Borealis Joe The Coral Red Planet
reefhunter February 15, 2009 February 15, 2009 (edited) FISH TANK SHOT CHRIS!!! Bust out that D90!! Edited February 15, 2009 by reefhunter
ChrisTran February 15, 2009 Author February 15, 2009 Thank you ! Here is my latest addition I will work on a FTS soon.
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