So I finally broke down and bought new bulbs for my tank:

Here is a pic of the tank with the old bulb's:

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/newbulbs.jpg
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x.../newbulbs2.jpg

And here is picture with the new bulb's, can't really see any difference in the color of the bulb's because the old one's where the same k rating:

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/oldbulbs.jpg
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x.../oldbulbs2.jpg

A few new additions:

Picked up a couple frags at frag fest, zoa's in the middle of the pic

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/100_3508.jpg

Green Monti & Orange Monti from whatcaneyedo:

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/100_3507.jpg

A really great frag of zoa's also from whatcaneyedo (very bad pic):

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...100_3514-1.jpg

Torch from Doo:

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/100_3512.jpg

Moved my brain to the middle of the tank under the center brace and is loving it:

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/100_3511.jpg

Really need to re do the rock as I am running out of room , lol. Here is what the zoa, shroom & clam section looks like now.

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...h/100_3514.jpg

looking good Greg, can't wait to see it in person. That is a sweet torch :)

Really need to make some change's to the rock but just need to find the time and the energy to do so. Plus the wife hate's it when I make a mess in the living room. :twised:

looks good, where did you the the new bulbs from? What brand of bulbs did you get?

I went with a full KZ set-up this time, got all the bulbs from my good friends Kevin @ Red Coral Calgary.

that tank is looking great Grizz love the lenght of it too .lots of swimming room

white sand
 

your tank is gorgeous man, my nano is only a year old and my other is in the process of a transfer, can i ask u how you keep your sand so white? mine seems to look like crap lol does it just come with time or do u have alot of sand sifters

Well not all of it looks that good :lol: I know for sure that I still have 1 sand sifting star but there should be 2. Also have an orange spot sand sifting goby that move's and cleans sand ALL DAY LONG. He lives under the rock that is covered in GSP so I move it around once in a while to different parts of the tank.:biggrin:

I would like to have some more sand stars and a blue spot goby but don't think the orange spot would behave.

Short update: Have not had time to re-do my rock but everything seems to be happy and healthy. Zoa's are growing like crazy, branching hammer has some new heads growing out nice, galaxy coral is super bushy. The only thing that is weird is my GBTA has moved under a rock and wont come out. Once I have this huge project down I will get the tank back to the way it should be.

New additions added last night from a trip to Calgary:

Yellow Coris Wrasse

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...cture027-1.jpg

Mandarin

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...cture021-2.jpg

Red Star ( I think that is what it is called )

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...Picture031.jpg

Red Knob Star

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...Picture032.jpg

RTBA and the rock it came on

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...Picture033.jpg

I have changed some of my bulbs to see if things get better as far as growth and polyp extension. Took out my Figi Purple and Super Blue and replaced them with some 12,000K bulbs I have never used.

So now I have a mix of Coral Lite 10,000K, Oddyssea 12,000K and New Gen 14,000K. If it looks like things are improving I will pick up some new / better quality 12,000K bulbs as the Coral Lite and New Gens are only a few month old.

Looking at getting a controller, not sure of what kind yet but it will either be an APEX or Reef Keeper. Picking up a NextReef reactor for pellets from BW and going to convert both my TLF 150's to run carbon.

Grab some ZeoVit additives from Red Coral Calgary as well.

they look good, I might just have to come out and see them :)

Or just come out and hang the xmas lights that my wife has been trying to get me to do for the last month but to busy, she is so ****ed at me ATM.:twised:

Hey Greg! Nice new additions...you might want to keep an eye on that red knob starfish though. They are not exactly "Reef safe". They have been known to eat soft corals, clams, other starfish, etc...

Cheers!

+1 if you have an urchin its days/ minutes are numbered. That red knobby star will also take down that new orange linkia. I had them much on corals too.

This one came out of a full mixed reef tank with many stars and urchins without any casualties but I will keep an eye on it for sure.

WOW I have only had the different bulbs in for not even one full day and I am already seeing a difference. My Duncans are starting to come back out, Clams are happy and wide open and my cup coral is showing some polyp's again.

Told Yeah!!! HEHE...

Hey were are the pic's of the new clams. I wanna see my babies in your tank.

They are right here :biggrin:

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...Picture040.jpg
http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...Picture036.jpg

Clams are not fully opened yet, but great placement. Hopefully they like it and fully extend soon.

The little one keeps moving around and will not stay put. They are slowly adjusting and opening more, at least they are open :biggrin:

:twised::boink::boink: Pic's.

YA YA I know, the wife good camera is in the shop so I will have to take some with my crappy camera. Maybe next week I will get to it if I get caught up with work.

Been so long I could not resist!:lol:

Ya I figured that. Have not had a lot of time for the tank but going to get at it over xmas. Going to redo the rock, add a controller, a NextReef MR1, finish my canopy, change both my TLF 150's back to carbon and put a cooling fan over my sump to help with the temp issue I have. once that is done NEW PICS WILL BE ADDED for sure.

look like you are going to be busy for this Xmas

Yep not going anywhere, the family is coming here for a change and I am taking a week off for the first time in ten years. The hardest part will be the rock rework.

This clam (lower one) does not look to happy I would keep an eye on it.
I lost one that looked the same sometimes they just go and die just like that.
Just my 2 cents I could be wrong.....
The rest looks great though wish I had room for a eight foot tank.

He is a new transplant, pic was taken only a few hours after being in the tank and then my retard of a orange spot goby decided it was a rock and preceded to try and move all the sand out from under it.

oh that makes sense then it is just spooked just looked kind of funny in the picture.

I finally broke down and re did the rock work over the last 2 days. Added loc-line to the returns from the closed loop, so now each return has 3 return ports and I must say I really like the flow now.

Bought a very gently used Snapper return pump for the main return. Going to take out the 1200 gph pump and put this in it place.

Also pick-up a NextReef MR1 reactor for NP Pellets but don't have enough pellets left in my TLF 150 to put in service just yet.

Next items on the agenda is a controller and some new lights. For the controller I am either going with a GHL Proflux 2ex that Ken @ BWA has or the ReefKeeper Elite. I must do a little research on the Proflux first. As for the light I am almost certain I am going to go back to MH with 2 - 48" fixtures, each fixture has 2 - 250w MH 15,000K bulbs, 2 - 54w T5 that I will put in either some KZ Coral Lite or UVL Actinic White bulbs. the fixtures also have 3 dual moon lights each.

Once I have the light's I will have to finish the canopy of the tank as my wife wants me to put a shelf above the tank just below the picture that is hanging on the wall.

So here is a FTS as of today not TOTM worth but doing my best, picture quality is crappy because I had to use my iPhone, wife's camera in the shop and I suck a photography.

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...2010LTS001.jpg

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...2010LTS002.jpg

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...2010LTS003.jpg

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...2010LTS004.jpg

Enjoy and I hope to get more done over the holidays and update again

hey greg if you ever decide to go with some more power for halides i have 4 400w pendants/ballast/reflectors for sale:)

Thanks Denny but I think the 2 - 250w MH will be more then enough for my depth of tank.

Looks great, I particularly like the end shot looking down the length of the tank. :)

Thanks Tony it is a work in progress isn't it. :lol:

A few new additions to the reef in the last week or so.

Added a Powder Blue Tang, could not help myself when I went in to Blue World and seen them. So nice and heathly and eating well. He is a little stressed out for the move but is doing great eating good and out in the open. Picked up another Bangii Card as well, here's hoping I get a mated pair as so as they find out each other is in the same tank:lol:.

Added a McCorsker's Flasher Wrasse from Red Coral Edmonton as well as a nice blue Crocea clam, thanks Steve. Was a little worried about the Flashers Wrasse yesterday when he was just hovering kind of stuck to the overflow. But today when I fed the tank there he was happy and eating great.

Stopped at Aqua Marine ran into Doug and Laurie (what a cute couple those two are) and wouldn't you know it but a little green brain followed me home.

Still have to put the MR1 and the Reeflo Snapper into service and pick-up my GHL Proflux 2ex controller yet plus order my new light's but it is all coming together once again.

Pictures will be coming soon as I get a new waterproof camera.

Greg, If you are getting a Profilux you need the T5's I have and Dimm2 Power bar I have. Dimmable T5's are Frickin AWESOME!!

It's 2 (2x54watt) ballasts with waterproof endcaps and 4x 48" ice-cap reflectors. It might mean building your own rail as opposed to a fixture and mounting a couple of MH reflectors, as opposed to an enclosed fixture but the result is well worth it.

Let me know if you're interested and we can hammer out a price!

That could be interesting. I am looking at getting 2 new fixtures that have 2-250w MH and 2- 54w T5's. I was talking with Steve at RCE and he gave me a neat idea to use 2 of my existing fixture with color only bulb like actinic, Fiji purples and such to add some different color spectrums.