surf&turf January 7, 2017 Share January 7, 2017 Looks awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ben A January 7, 2017 Author Share January 7, 2017 Looks awesome!! Thanks, I still need to "skin" the metal stand but the reef is doing pretty well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben A January 7, 2017 Author Share January 7, 2017 I dont run a reactor anymore. My 150 gallon stock tank refugium is finally able to handle the load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzaguy January 8, 2017 Share January 8, 2017 Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime January 10, 2017 Share January 10, 2017 Thanks, I still need to "skin" the metal stand but the reef is doing pretty well. I feel you on that. I was going to do piano white acrylic with magnets. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben A January 10, 2017 Author Share January 10, 2017 I feel you on that. I was going to do piano white acrylic with magnets. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Where were you going to get the acrylic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben A January 13, 2017 Author Share January 13, 2017 (edited) So I added a few new members to the tank with a Divers Den order. Added a Burgessi... round 2... and a first for one of my tanks, a yellow pseudochromis. I have never had a psudochromis before so this should be interesting. I find myself enjoying watching the yellow pseudochromis guard his new cave and aggressively eating food when I feed my tank. Its a bit more of a tan color, or pastel yellow, than I would like, but that may be it just hasn’t developed the bright yellow color yet or its still adjusting to the new tank. Even if it never gets the bright yellow coloration, its still a great addition. The Burgessi and my yellow tang are working out some territorial issues. I was very surprised that my yellow tang took such offence to the addition of the Burgessi, as they look nothing alike and are different species. The Burgessi is eating, even some flake food, so as long as he doesn’t start munching my red carpet like the last one did and he doesn’t go on a hunger strike it should work out this time. Due to the natural progression of my tank, it does not look like I will be able to add any timid fish to my tank anymore. My large group of anthias is down to one, none were lost to disease, all were lost to stress induced starvation. I know anthias can be tricky under ideal conditions but I do enjoy seeing a large group in a tank and it’s a bit disappointing that my tank is not the right environment for them. It also means that flasher wrasses are no longer an option. Its not worth the money and loss of life to continually add more anthias to the tank. Not going to spend $$$ on a flame wrasse pair to have them die a week later from stress. I believe I am going to try a small group of yellow tail damsels. I have always stayed away from any damsels, ok I know clownfish are damsels but I don’t count them, but I think my tank has moved far enough into the semi-aggressive category to risk a small group of three to five yellow tails. It's not like they are going to bug my monster of a lawnmower blenny or my pair of gold maroon clownfish. If that doesnt work I can afford to dump blue/green chromis in 8 at a time every five months until I can get a stable group. (QT all of them of course!) Edited January 13, 2017 by Ben A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpu933k January 13, 2017 Share January 13, 2017 When I added my burgessi, he initially went at it with my bicolor angel and became king of the tank. I recently added a whitetail tang and he went at it with the burgessi (and bicolor) and is now king of the tank. Interesting thing is that my burgessi is the biggest consumer of nori (actually of all the food) in my tank, which I didn't expect. Maybe that's why there's the aggression (they see each other as competitors for the same food sources). Keep an eye on that burgessi as mine picked at a small RBTA I had (which I then removed) but left my larger RBTA alone. But then when the larger RBTA split, he picked at both of the smaller splits (which stressed them out and one split again). I've been removing them as I can, but do not plan on keeping them in the tank with the burgessi anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben A January 13, 2017 Author Share January 13, 2017 I dont worry about my RBTA, my gold flake maroon pair kicks the **** out of anyone who dares look at it in a way they dont like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben A January 19, 2017 Author Share January 19, 2017 So I started skinning the metal stand. I used premium pine boards and pocket hole joints to connect everything. I still have to put the sill on the top, and either paint or stain the wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben A January 21, 2017 Author Share January 21, 2017 (edited) Finished with the "skin" now I just need to paint or stain it. I also bought a new ATI hanging kit and changed out the old one that wasn't long enough to reach the ceiling. I didnt realize it until now but the floor of my basement is not level, so with the tank and the light level the skin looks off. I need to put some shims under the right side to level the stand cover so it all looks level. Edited January 21, 2017 by Ben A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben A January 21, 2017 Author Share January 21, 2017 Old ATO reflectors vs brand new replacement. I bought the fixture with all eight reflectors in this poor condition, not sure how they managed that but finally got around to replacing them. I only had the fixture for 2 years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben A August 3, 2017 Author Share August 3, 2017 Tank has gone to a new home: http://wamas.org/forums/topic/82844-105-ada-build/ New tank setup coming soon. Will be an Oceanic 156 gallon that I bought from Der ABT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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