The new fish for my tide pool
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...t_F/pajama.jpg
One of about 10 encrusting pink sponges that came on my live rock
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...t_F/sponge.jpg
Corals
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...t_F/coral3.jpghttp://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...t_F/coral4.jpghttp://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...t_F/coral5.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...t_F/coral2.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...coralclose.jpghttp://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...nt_F/monti.jpg
More mushrooms
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...nt_F/stag2.jpghttp://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j..._F/redmush.jpghttp://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...ent_F/rics.jpg
tank shot from below
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...ent_F/rsm2.jpg

Nice Pajama Cardinal. I had a couple, lost them in a ammonia spike.

Here's an updated picture of the sump in the RSM stand. I shortened the lines so get rid of some clutter. The ATO float is in the back left corner and the skimmer is a HOT hanging behind the cabinet. I didn't have enough height in the stand to put the skimmer inside the sump. The reason for so many lines in the sump is it feeds and returns from three tanks, has an ATO line and there is a skimmer supply and return.
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...t_F/Sump-1.jpg

Here's the skimmer and Phosban Reactor (filled with Zeovit and carbon).
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...skimmer002.jpg

Here's my new carpenter's flasher wrasse
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j..._F/wrasse2.jpghttp://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j..._F/wrasse3.jpghttp://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j..._F/wrasse4.jpg
and a chalk bass
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...t_F/chalk1.jpghttp://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...t_F/chalk3.jpg
Here's a lettuce nudibranch in the top corner of the tank
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...nt_F/nudi1.jpg
and a coco worm in my Nanocube 6
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...nt_F/coco1.jpg

That's a pretty cool nudibrach!

New Camera
 

I picked up a new camera last night (Canon S5 IS) so was playing around with it tonight.

Here's my new Highfin Perchlet
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_0120.jpg http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_0156.jpg
Left Handed Crab at base of coral & other stuff
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_0268.jpg http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_0274.jpg

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_0301.jpg http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_0165.jpg

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_0101.jpg http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_0173.jpg

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_0182.jpg http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_0193.jpg

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_0208.jpg

looking good :)

Snail on Snail on Snail
 

Slipper snails attached to the back of a Turbo snail
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_0425.jpg

Here's a picture of one of my Green Clown Gobies
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_0378.jpghttp://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_0627.jpg
A better picture on one of the Nudibranch's
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_0602.jpg
and a closeup of some macroalgae
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_0359.jpg
Here's a couple new full tank shots
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_0353.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_0356.jpg

Scroll Coral
 

Scroll Coral Daytime (left) and night (right)
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_0639.jpghttp://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_0774.jpg

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_0712.jpg

Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse flashing
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...ofIMG_0821.jpg

Brittlestar on the glass this morning
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_0892.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_0885.jpg
Newly discovered cucumber hitchhiker
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_0903.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_0860.jpg

Here's the tide pool tank rearranged to fit the Paly rock I got from Neil on the weekend. http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...pyofely036.jpg

wow! great tank(s)!!!

that brittlestar is friggin huge!!! any problems with it eating any unsuspecting inhabitants?

so far ive only found two small micro brittlestars. but ive been debating about whether to get a bigger one or not.

The green brittlestar is a carnivore and will prey on fish. The other varieties are scavengers and are reef safe.

Four clams
 

Wow three clams ! I just started my max a week ago and i cant wait to add a nice clam.

Is the lighting sufficient for them?

The clams aren't in the RSM. They are in the 9 inch deep tank next to it with metal halide lighting (my tide pool refugium hooked in with the RSM). You can see it better a couple pictures back. I've been told you can keep a clam near the top in a RSM.

Congrats on teh new RSM. I've been really happy with mine so far.

One of my turbos likes coming right out of the water. Here it is from earlier today on the shore. I must not be feeding him enough. He is regularly out eating the algae above the water line.
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...ofsnail003.jpg

Here is why clams are better kept in an open top tank. The top half of this picture is a clam viewed over the top of the glass. The bottom half is the same clam viewed through the glass. You can't see any of the greens when looking through glass. Florescent blues look dull purple through glass.

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j..._F/clam013.jpg

I was having problems with my light (ballast and bulbs) and found it wasn't intense enough for the clams so I upgraded the light over my shallow tank from the Viper 70 to a 250 watt metal halide. The light is too intense for the zoas and mushrooms I had in there so I did some major rearranging. Here's what the three tanks look like now.
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...rent_F/rsq.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...rent_F/tpd.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...rent_F/ncs.jpg

some closeups
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j..._F/clam015.jpghttp://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j..._F/clam019.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j..._F/clam037.jpghttp://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j..._F/clam039.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...rent_F/rsw.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...ent_F/tpoh.jpg

My snails always get above the water line. all types margs and turbos. the new set looks great. quite the sand bed in the one tank.

your last post i believe is of the max and it looks like you have gotten rid of one of the original PH's and added a koralia in its place is this the case?

No, it is a "Hydor FLO" attached to the stock Red Sea powerhead nozzle

The deep sandbed in the Nanocube 6 is for a jawfish

Here's my latest addition hiding under a clam. It's a Frogfish. The Pajama Cardinal had to be moved to another tank to make room for this guy. They can swallow fish close to their own size so aren't compatible with much else. Great fish for a clam and urchin only tank.
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...ent_F/frog.jpg

Here's a picture showing the diffence in light between the Red Sea Max and the 250W metal halide over the open tank
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j..._F/clam003.jpg

I'm tired of my urchins tearing up my SPS so decided to setup another tank to move the urchins to. I picked up a 90 gal, a 67 gal and ASM G1-X skimmer used for a third the cost of my RSM. This will be setup as a FOWLR tank with a refugium in the sump setup as a second display.
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_1184.jpg

So this is tank #4? Sweet! I'm planning tank #2, and am out of room already.

Finally got a jawfish for the deep sand bed in my nanocube 6
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...ofIMG_1214.jpg
Frog fish day 1 and 10 days later. It is closer to the rock colour now
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...Copyoffrog.jpg
)http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...ofIMG_1236.jpg

Nice jawfish i have a pearly in my RSM. he is awsome lots of personality. give him at least a week befor he starts to dig........ i hope you have a good rock base.

Near the top of page 7 there's a picture of the sand base. It's a mix of sand, live rock rubble and crushed shells

sounds good. i was just wondering if your rockscape was on the glass bottom,or had a rock base as the jawfish will dig out under EVERYTHING. it took 3 monthes but mine finally fell due to all the mining. had remove everything and redo the entire structure.

The tubeworm is sitting on the bottom glass.

There are three rocks in the tank. The biggest central rock is epoxyed to the back glass of the tank so won't move. The other two are smaller rocks sitting on the surface so will need to be turned right way up every so often as they get tunneled under.

He was busy the first night and already dug a couple holes.

Here's a picture showing the growth of the Coco worm in the Nanocube 6:

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...ent_F/coco.jpg

The Jawfish is settling in nicely
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_1358.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_1344.jpg

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_1403.jpg

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_1481.jpg

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...F/IMG_1498.jpg

Frog Fish...
 

Brent - Just wanted to say hello and ask if that Chromis is living on BORROWED time with your Frog Fish??? :lol:
Kent a.k.a. NaCl+H2O Fish

Kent, Welcome to Canreef.

The Chromis is a great way to tell if the Frogfish needs feeding. When the Frogfish starts to show interest in the Chromis I know it is time to feed the Frogfish.

When the Chromis disappears I will know that I waited too long ;) I find the Frogfish more active and easier to feed frozen silversides with a live fish in the tank.

Brent - That Chromis better hope you don't wait TOO long or go on vacation! :lol: Love your Frogfish avatar!

Well, I certainly hope no Chromis Police are tracking this thread! :lol:

Reefmack - PLEEEEEZZZE! There are NO Chromis Police in Canada! :lol:
Kent a.k.a. NaCl+H2O Fish

Of course there are - it's a worldwide organization - a branch of INTERPOL! :wink: