AlanM October 9, 2013 Share October 9, 2013 You could count the sump as one tank since it is technically in the room and has stuff growing in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sachabballi reef October 9, 2013 Share October 9, 2013 LMAO give him time...it will be accurate again soon enough... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bengeeee October 9, 2013 Share October 9, 2013 Just incredible. Well done, corals look great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fscbishop October 10, 2013 Share October 10, 2013 darn that's a beast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Puckstable October 10, 2013 Share October 10, 2013 This thread gives me the urge to eat chocolate ice cream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime October 10, 2013 Author Share October 10, 2013 You could count the sump as one tank since it is technically in the room and has stuff growing in it. Lets go with that. LMAO give him time...it will be accurate again soon enough... Don't jinx this, haha. Just incredible. Well done, corals look great! Thank you very much! darn that's a beast Skimmer reference? This thread gives me the urge to eat chocolate ice cream. Mission accomplished :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sachabballi reef October 10, 2013 Share October 10, 2013 no jinxing...just stating the obvious...lol you are going to run out of room before you run out of obsession...I feel another tank coming eventually.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime October 10, 2013 Author Share October 10, 2013 Well, I was going to wait till I completed this to share, but with the death of the Achilles, and the STN of the highlighter stag I figured I'd share before I, in the words of Jenn, became completely done with SPS and made the switch. Maybe this will give a glimpse into why I want to keep my SPS: Was fine last night: Eating: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sachabballi reef October 10, 2013 Share October 10, 2013 LOL....man they do look good...I didn't see anything on the stag though...how bad is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime October 10, 2013 Author Share October 10, 2013 It's a huge frag, about 8" probably. It was mid level on all of it, about quarter shaped sizes. Just that one frag. I just diced the whole thing up : / Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sachabballi reef October 10, 2013 Share October 10, 2013 bummer...but best move....sorry....its not your week is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime October 10, 2013 Author Share October 10, 2013 bummer...but best move....sorry....its not your week is it? It most certainly is not. I feel like I'm coming home and working on fixing problems, just one small thing at a time. It was a beautiful medium sized colony, diced by my sloppy hands, maybe all the frags will make it, who knows. At this stage I just want to sit back and relax, take some time to enjoy the fruits of my labors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sachabballi reef October 10, 2013 Share October 10, 2013 Your hazing is almost complete into the big tank club.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkiboy October 10, 2013 Share October 10, 2013 photos look awesome, sir. looking good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallreef October 10, 2013 Share October 10, 2013 It looks really nice Isaac! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime October 10, 2013 Author Share October 10, 2013 photos look awesome, sir. looking good! It looks really nice Isaac! Thanks! Plugging along, hopefully it all doesn't die on me. Enjoyed this shot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad908 October 11, 2013 Share October 11, 2013 Looking good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roni October 11, 2013 Share October 11, 2013 Tank looks great. Haven't had a chance to keep up but really like the aquascape. Sorry to hear about the achilles and the stag... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime October 11, 2013 Author Share October 11, 2013 Tank looks great. Haven't had a chance to keep up but really like the aquascape. Sorry to hear about the achilles and the stag... Thanks! I'm glad the aquascape is a hit, I was worried that it wasn't going to be successful, but I'm not so worried anymore. Two expensive losses in one week, I'll chalk it up to a learning experience. Just waiting on my CS3 to finish breaking in, and I'm in business! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sachabballi reef October 12, 2013 Share October 12, 2013 I think you should throw some more rock in....looks empty... Sent from my Kindle Fire using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonloco October 12, 2013 Share October 12, 2013 I think you should throw some more rock in....looks empty... Sent from my Kindle Fire using Tapatalk 2 I love it. IMO, not empty, lots of hiding spots for your fish, very colorful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime October 13, 2013 Author Share October 13, 2013 I think you should throw some more rock in....looks empty... Sent from my Kindle Fire using Tapatalk 2 I've debated throwing some more rock in, but I can't seem to put something together with the rock that I have that I love. I think if I could do anything with the middle, I'd do some tonga branches, or of the like, keep it open. I love it. IMO, not empty, lots of hiding spots for your fish, very colorful. I'm pretty keen on it as well The arch has some really porous holes in it, and some reach all the way through. The fish really do enjoy it. I'm adding 3 more fish at the end of this month, and then I'm done with my fish list. I'm still debating the corals, what I want to keep, how I'm going to do it, etc. Slowly clearing off my frag rack in either FS's or putting frags on rocks. I put my extra MP40 back in tonight, as well as added my other MP40. My SPS extended their polyps further out immediately. I'm now officlaly running two JB40's and two MP40's, all fairly low, which is MORE than enough. The MP40's are hooked up to a battery backup, so I am less concerned about power failures than I was before. I think down the road I'll probably get a battery backup for the Apex. I'm already looking at buying a couple of splitters and chaining the MP's together, the JP's together, and the lights together, running off the Apex. Does anybody know if that will work, or will it draw too much power? The CS3 is nearly broken in...I think. The collection cup has gone from overflowing almost to just above about half an inch. Hopefully in the next couple days I'll be skimming out some gunk! Here are some pictures of how I designed my hood, so I can easy access and work on the tank. The lights easily slide up as well, but the hood is super easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Rhoads October 14, 2013 Share October 14, 2013 Looking very good! Do you manually raise and lower the hood, or is it done with a motor of some kind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime October 14, 2013 Author Share October 14, 2013 Looking good Thanks man! I completely missed this earlier. Looking very good! Do you manually raise and lower the hood, or is it done with a motor of some kind? Thanks Jason, I need to have you around soon, it's been too long. It's a manual raise, lifting up can be done with just a finger on each hand. To bring it back down, I have to unscrew each corner again. Rob was telling me about somebody who had a motor do the exact same thing on theirs. I like the idea, but honestly it's novelty, kind of like a swabbie, IMO (watch me get a swabbie soon.) I'm sitting in the living room on the laptop (I have spent an extraordinary amount of time out here since the 150, and I'm debating rock in the middle. I'm really, really, really, happy with the way it looks. However, I'm adding some more fish at the end of the month, and I think hiding spots are going to be needed in order to prevent territorial aggression. If not now, then certainly when some of the fish start getting bigger, like the Hippo, who can easily fit just about anywhere right now. I'm contemplating getting some BRS tonga rock and putting an open structure in the middle, slanted a little bit to the right. Something that goes up on a diagonal slant towards the monti, but is still open. If I could get some fast growing zoas and palys, I could make quick work of covering it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallreef October 14, 2013 Share October 14, 2013 I like that idea for the rock there Isaac.....I think a little bit of height would be nice too...like a peak coming out of the middle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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