Dez, didn't nobody tell you that you can't have this nice a tank with LEDs?!?! Guess you missed that memo.

Also, very nice! Carry on :-)

Don't think that' I'll be able to get the full clam from top down unless I had a wide angle lens. The phone was all the way at the top of the water suface and I only captured 3/4 of the clam.

tank is looking awesome.

Droooool

Here's a quick video of clips we took of the tank last week.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAx2B...NiOXZaMO-Grjkg

Loved that video! Love your family vacation vids too btw! #CreepersGonnaCreep

Thanks Kien. The vid was all taken and edited from my phone. Youtube is an easy way to store videos :). Judging by the # of views of my family vacations, I'd say it is mostly family members that are sharing our vacations.....and the creepers. Ha ha.

I enjoyed the video of your tank.
Thanks

Your tank has more plates than my cupboard. Love it!

Or more shelves than a closet. More tables than a spreadsheet...

The best of all is it is a family tank and a beautiful one by the way

Wow
 

I can't wait to go through all 98 pages of your journal tomorrow when I'am busy at work :)

Shoebox in front if my clam for size reference.

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Are you ever tempted to BBQ that bad boy?

Yummy ;)

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New addition last week. It's eating flake food already.

Amazeballs!

Be prepared, those little guys turn in to giant food vacuuming machines! 50% of the food that goes in my tank is specifically for my cowfish, and he's still always hungry. If I don't give him his morning clams (yes, plural) on time, he'll take it out on me by munching on the tips of my favourite acro colony.

They also LOVE nori once they figure out they can eat it.

best advice I can give you, they bigger they get, the bigger they seem to prefer their food. Mine absolutely loves Ocean Nutrition's formula one gel cubes. He's the only fish in the tank that will eat it, so when he was small I used to cut a single cube in half when I fed frozen in the evening, but now that he's over 10 inches from horn to tail he'll eat an entire cube of it in 2 slurps.

Nadine wants you to take him out of your tank and bring it over here :D

Good to know. Thanks for all of the tips and tricks. I bought it pretty much as soon as he landed. It didn't eat for a couple of days but learned quickly. Already he's super curious. That's how I got the picture. I had my phone out and he came snooping so I snapped a picture of him with my phone. I don't ever do much with my tank so this guy is kind of exciting. I'm too scared of diseases to add any corals or fish to my tank. Knock on wood I think this guy was a perfect addition.

Yah just be careful with them. They don't seem like they are very agile, but when spooked they can bolt with a surprising amount of speed. Mine ended up inside my overflow box once, which would have required getting his entire body a full inch out of the water. He lost 2/3 of his tail in the process and it's still growing back.

Also, they're very easy to train to eat out of your hand. However, they can and will draw blood if they mistake your fingers for something delicious, like mine just did a few minutes ago when I was feeding it krill. Their lips are outrageously soft, and then they bite down. Ouch.

I remember reading your thread about him in your overflow. That's what kind of inspired me to order the fish in, cause I saw your FTS and thought to myself "wow, a cowfish long term in an sps tank- brilliant!" Thanks for the inspiration!

Dez' Tank Journal
 

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Was enjoying the tank tonight and thought I should take a pic.
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One of my favourite corals. This table is HUGE. I grew it from a 1/2" frag. It has NEVER been fragged even though numerous people have begged me. It hasn't even been accidentally fragged. I'm one proud papa. Although, it will be growing into the glass soon

Beautiful
 

Stunning.

How big is that thing i looks massive

It's about the size of a large dinner plate.

Table Coral
 

Exactly what kind of acro is this table coral Dez? Sorry if it's in the thread, I haven't read the whole thing.

Awesome tank, btw!

I have no idea. It was traded to me as a purple acro. I have never seen any growth pattern like this is anyone's tank in the many years I've been the hobby.

That tank is just stupid nice.

Looks to me like the growth pattern of a Milli! I have a few that are small, and a very large one (10" across) on my mantle that didn't do so well ;)

OH, and give me that cow fish!

Tank is 5 years old today. These pics were taken a couple of days ago.
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nice
That clam is sure getting big

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These are recent cell phone shots. The stag in the middle is just over 19" in diameter. It's almost touching both viewing panes.

Dez, thanks for posting that moments after I post a near empty tank shot :)

Looks amazing!

Beautiful!... Tank looking as good as ever.

:thumb:

Thanks guys. Funny think is that my TDS on the water coming out of my RO has been above 80 for the past year (I haven't changed anything on it in 5 years) and also my water changes are stretching to the 6 week marks now.

Nothing like a tank with large colonies - looking good Dez!

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These are the cowfish eggs on the claim. If you zoom in you can see the baby eyes in the eggs.