swimmatte April 10, 2013 Share April 10, 2013 (edited) I've been a wamas member for around a month now and have really met some great people in this short period of time. My dad had a SW tank when I was young but didn't really know what he was doing, kept fish only, and ended quickly. I have now been keeping Freshwater for quite some time but finally took the plunge into the saltwater hobby a couple months ago. I am currently running the following equipment: 56g Marineland Column Reef Octopus bh1000 skimmer (3) Koralia 750's Aquaclear 70 running Chemipure Elite only. 2 Crappy Fluval Heaters (2) Kessil a150w 15,000k LED's I have purchased a sump and overflow kit, not I just need to get my hands on a return so I can get a sump going. The tank is stocked with the following: (1) Foxface (2) Juvenile occ clowns (1) Six Line Wrasse (2) Peppermint Shrimp (1) Acan Crab Some Mexican Turbos Some Hermits Some Nassarius Snails Random other snails 75 lbs live rock Purple Clove Polyps Unknown Acan Xenia RBTA Pink Tipped Condylactis Anemone Many heads of Frogspawn Many Zoas and Palys Grinch Monti Rainbow Lobo Gold Torch Superman Monti GSP Sunset In July Chalice Trumpet Green Birdsnest Hollywood Stunner Chalice Dragon Soul Favia Crappy iPhone pics to follow..... Edited April 10, 2013 by swimmatte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sachabballi reef April 10, 2013 Share April 10, 2013 (edited) cant wait to see pics sir.... Edited April 10, 2013 by sachabballi reef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmatte April 10, 2013 Author Share April 10, 2013 (edited) Ugh. Sideways.... I'll work on these tomorrow. Plus, I'll hopefully be able to borrow a friends real camera soon. Edited April 10, 2013 by swimmatte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Der ABT April 10, 2013 Share April 10, 2013 looks good, love the Nem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmatte April 10, 2013 Author Share April 10, 2013 looks good, love the Nem Did you turn your head sideways? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkiboy April 10, 2013 Share April 10, 2013 nice- thanks for posting up on here. now we can follow along! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmatte April 10, 2013 Author Share April 10, 2013 nice- thanks for posting up on here. now we can follow along! Thanks. I'm pretty proud of it for the small amount of time that I've been in the game. I should thank you, jauger, ERC, IC, Almon, and many others for hooking me up with a bunch of awesome corals. I also have no idea where I'm putting the corals I'm picking up at the meeting but I'll figure it out. Now I just need my parts to come in so I can get you over to help drill my tank and get rid of all that ugly equipment. Then I'll find a decent camera to take some worthwhile pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surf&turf April 10, 2013 Share April 10, 2013 Looks great, nice start!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmatte April 10, 2013 Author Share April 10, 2013 Thanks! I got that awesome 24" tall corner rock from Josh and plan to cover it in zoas and palys. I think that'll look pretty cool. Really can't wait to get "sumped". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yauger April 10, 2013 Share April 10, 2013 The tank looks awesome my friend. Good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viktoriia April 10, 2013 Share April 10, 2013 Looks Good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Puckstable April 10, 2013 Share April 10, 2013 Tank looks good. Lmk if you need help drilling the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmatte April 10, 2013 Author Share April 10, 2013 The tank looks awesome my friend. Good job! Thanks. The corals and foxface I got from you are awesome and that corner rock is one of my favorite parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmatte April 10, 2013 Author Share April 10, 2013 Looks Good! Thanks! My first batch of LR came from you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmatte April 10, 2013 Author Share April 10, 2013 Tank looks good. Lmk if you need help drilling the tank. I appreciate the offer. Marco said he'll help me with it but ill let you know if that changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkiboy April 10, 2013 Share April 10, 2013 (edited) Tank looks good. Lmk if you need help drilling the tank. I appreciate the offer. Marco said he'll help me with it but ill let you know if that changes. mr. puckstable is always a good addition - tank drilling party at matt's! Edited April 10, 2013 by monkiboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmatte April 10, 2013 Author Share April 10, 2013 The more the merrier. I'll let you know when required parts are acquired and we'll set something up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howaboutme April 10, 2013 Share April 10, 2013 Wow, a lot of stuff in a new tank. Looks good though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmatte April 11, 2013 Author Share April 11, 2013 Lookie what came in the mail today Merry Christmas to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neto April 11, 2013 Share April 11, 2013 looks like a good start, be carefull with the Xenia, it can take over your tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmatte April 11, 2013 Author Share April 11, 2013 looks like a good start, be carefull with the Xenia, it can take over your tank. Don't worry, my new RBTA took care of my Xenia growth two days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sachabballi reef April 11, 2013 Share April 11, 2013 Don't worry, my new RBTA took care of my Xenia growth two days ago. give her a nice piece of krill to thank her for the favor Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmatte April 11, 2013 Author Share April 11, 2013 I probably have 8 or so stalks of Xenia and she turned 4 of them into a grey shriveled mess. Some is beginning to revive itself so I wonder if it all will come back. Either way, I wouldn't be upset. With that said, if this stuff wants to stay in my tank it needs to learn to move in the right direction. The half that survived was sliding it's way to a back corner while the stalks that got zapped was trying to more towards the middle of the tank. Hopefully it learned from it's mistake as it seems my RBTA has now settled on it's new home and is blocking the Xenia's path to the rest of the tank. This would be an ideal situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sachabballi reef April 11, 2013 Share April 11, 2013 Oooh lol it will resurrect don't worry....its like a zombie...no killing it Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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