Sharkey18 December 17, 2012 Author Share December 17, 2012 (edited) What fish to get next? My QT is empty and being cleaned. My Dt has: Large Regal Tang Large Yellow tang Medium Blue tang Smallish Kole tang Smallsih Tomini Tang 4 lyretail anthias 2 oscellaris clowns 1 fat algae blenny Thinking about adding some fairy wrasses, a copper band, and maybe a different type of anthias. Suggestions? Edited December 17, 2012 by Sharkey18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallreef December 17, 2012 Share December 17, 2012 Blotched anthias ... I like fairy wrasses... carpenters are very pretty... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkey18 December 19, 2012 Author Share December 19, 2012 Tank surround going in! Should be mostly finished by tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallreef December 19, 2012 Share December 19, 2012 LOVE IT!!! have you decided what exactly you are doing yet>???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraffitiSpotCorals December 19, 2012 Share December 19, 2012 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incredible Corals December 19, 2012 Share December 19, 2012 (edited) Oh boy so many options. Love the progress so far! Edited December 19, 2012 by Incredible Corals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkey18 December 19, 2012 Author Share December 19, 2012 Well since you asked.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surf&turf December 19, 2012 Share December 19, 2012 That will look sweet!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind December 19, 2012 Share December 19, 2012 This is going to look nice. Will the bottom ledge be one big slab of stone? That would help hide the black trim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkey18 December 19, 2012 Author Share December 19, 2012 Well, the bottom is going to be a flat tile, not the stone. Since the tank is recessed, not flush with the wall there is a little setback ledge. The flat tile will allow us to place our coffee on it in the mornings. I also painted the trim so that whatever is left showing won't be so obvious. They are coming back at 9am so hopefully i will have some cool pics tomorrow. Also expecting fish from live aquaria tomorrow. Blue reef chromis that will be spending 6 weeks in QT. I need another QT tank. This process takes too long.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind December 19, 2012 Share December 19, 2012 That's kind of what I was thinking, just a thicker piece then a tile. I'm looking forward to seeing some updated pictures tomorrow night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkey18 December 19, 2012 Author Share December 19, 2012 Update: Still need to do trim around the tank and bottom tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind December 19, 2012 Share December 19, 2012 That looks awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan S December 19, 2012 Share December 19, 2012 Laura! So Awesome!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallreef December 19, 2012 Share December 19, 2012 OMGoodness that was fast!!! it looks feakin' AWESOME! I love that stack stone tile! LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan December 19, 2012 Share December 19, 2012 WOW!!! Wtg, Laura. that looks fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunWyrm December 20, 2012 Share December 20, 2012 Wow that's perfect! Amazing job - I love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surf&turf December 20, 2012 Share December 20, 2012 +10 amazing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkey18 December 20, 2012 Author Share December 20, 2012 Thanks everyone! I love it so much.... I honestly can't believe its mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote2k December 20, 2012 Share December 20, 2012 I see a finished tank exterior wall contest coming up... Steve Outlaw is a shoe-in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBVette December 20, 2012 Share December 20, 2012 Great job! Looks amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epleeds December 20, 2012 Share December 20, 2012 that is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Weaver December 20, 2012 Share December 20, 2012 Nice!! I love it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der ABT December 20, 2012 Share December 20, 2012 ah man stone looks great, gonna be a very nice ...err already is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkey18 January 31, 2013 Author Share January 31, 2013 So it's been a while and a lot has happened. I keep delaying an update, but I'll never catch up if I don't just post it today. Seems like all I do is "work" on my tank. Lighting and coral update: I am still running Jon's graph on my radions. The brown frags that I put in originally have started to color up really really well. I also bought all of Ryan's SPS when he broke down his tank. A lot of those frags browned out as well from dipping, QTing, and having insufficient light on my coral QT tanks. I have remedied that by buying two AI Sols from Oldreefer. Frag tanks are now looking pretty good, except for the fact that are too full of brown corals waiting to color up.... I added a lot of the corals from Ryan and the ORA group buy to the DT. Some are doing better than others but I think most if not all will do well in the long run. A lot of the frags that I added when I first moved back in ( November 2012) are looking great. Colored up nicely and encrusting. Super excited. Fish Update:I have not added any new fish to the DT, but I have a bunch in QT: Two bluehead wrasse One Linespot wrasse Three Swallowtail Angelfish (one male, 2 female) Six Blue reef chromis AT Quantum reefs I have 2 Rhomboid wrasse ( 1M, 1F) 2 Red velvet fairy wrasse I am still a few weeks away from adding to the DT and it is killing me!!! An interesting event is taking place amongst my lyretail anthias. I had a single female for quite a while. Maybe a year? I then added 2 females and a male to the tank. As I expected the single female and the male sparred a bit but weren't doing any damage. Well, "She" decided that she wasn't having none of "him" in her tank and about 2 weeks ago starting turning into a male. As of today she is probably about halfway transitioned. So now I will have 2 males and 2 females. Not sure how that's going to work out but I suspect I will have a male maldives lyretail FS soon. A few small things I did. I originally had the refugium draining directly into the tank. (the idea of pods and all) But I didn't like the look of having another return dropping into the DT and the glass holes overflow was adding way to many micro bubbles. So now the fuge is plumbed directly into bank of 20's. Much better and less plumbing. I added better lights to the refugium and am finally getting some macro to grow. Still on the to do list: 1)Set up the ATO 2) Set up the dosing system. 3) Figure out how to stop bubbles in the 20's. The glass holes overflows produce TONS of bubbles. 4) Figure out what powerheads I need in the 20's to use them as sps frag tanks. Flow through the 20's is very low because 1) top 20 is the refugium and 2) overflows cause too many bubbles. I bought some koralia 600's and they don't do anything.... need to upgrade. The 2 20's with the AI SOLS are growing massive amount of cyano. I am sure there is more but that's it for now..... Recent FTS: but the pic sucks.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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