Love the tank!

Well I cant believe I missed updates for october.....
Looks like I didnt even take any pics until now.....doh!
Heres what I have for today
right side (view from my desk:biggrin:)
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/k...d/DSC_4456.jpg
middle view (view from wifes desk)
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/k...d/DSC_4463.jpg
left side
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/k...d/DSC_4508.jpg
I know everything looks blue, somehow I managed to reset my camera to default and i'm still trying to get it back to my prefered settings.

The echino is coming along nicely:lol:
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/k...d/DSC_4467.jpg

Looking great, that hammer colony looks pretty happy :biggrin:

Looking great. Beautiful chalice. I wish I could find some nice ones at an affordable price. It makes J&L's $200 "ultra" chalices look like lumps of mud.

What a great little tank! Can I ask you a couple questions.

Are you feeding your duncans in this tank? (For me the temptation would be far too great to feed them.. and everytime I've done a small tank I alway send up overfeeding and then have a messy little tank on my hands).

Which brings me to my next question because .. wow is your tank ever clean. Not a lick of hair algae, cyano, or diatoms, or valonia, or caulerpa. What's your water change schedule like and how much do you swap out at a time?

If this tank isn't proof that you can do a nice nano tank without a skimmer, I don't know what is.

Also I'm curious how you have your heater setup, is it fit into the back chamber or do you do without a heater?

Wow, those are some great questions!!!

I feed my duncans once a week, I use a turkey baster with the return pump off, and I usually give them 2-3 mysis shrimp each. Very time consuming but well worth it( as you can see!)

There is a little algae growing on the front of the top rock, looks a little like hair algae but purple. There is also a little sprinkling of brown on the sand, but really thats about all I've had to deal with(knock on wood)
I do 5 gallon water changes every 2 weeks.....thats it.

And yes, the heater is in the overflow chamber with some LR rubble.

Thanks for the most excellent compliment!!:mrgreen:

This is my acan from top down.
Anyone know what kind of acan this is?
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/k.../DSC_4524a.jpg

A gorgeous one :wink:

Another close up:smile:
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/k.../DSC_4480a.jpg

very nice zoas. I have some very similar to those. Don't zoas look so much nicer in a macro picture.

Yes I very much enjoy a zoa macro shot....especially when they are mine:mrgreen:
Heres a couple more.
Thanks for looking.
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/k.../DSC_4486a.jpg

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/k.../DSC_4518a.jpg

Yuppers its the kind that should be in "MY TANK" love it man tank is looking Sweet

Thanks:biggrin:

Close up of my alien eye chalice......
Frags for sale soon, just waiting for them to grow out a bit.
PM me if you are interested.
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/k.../DSC_4512a.jpg

Love your zoa macros as well as the super low (yet long) ledge you have in your tank.

Chalic Frag $
 

I would love a frag of the chalice. I'll give you $50 for a frag.

deal, let me know when you want one.

Your alien eye chalice looks fantastic.
I had one years ago but for the life of me can't recall what happened to it.

Thanks

I dont even remember where I got it. I've almost lost it a couple of times, but its always come back strong. One of my favorite corals for sure:biggrin:

I have to admit, I never really liked softies, but this little guy was all brown in my wifes tank, but it had a hint of green in it, so I put it in my nano back at the end of september and its really coloured nicely.
What kind of coral is this?
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/k.../DSC_4672a.jpg

anyone?

Looks similar to a Kenya Tree.

Tank is looking awesome though! So clean!:biggrin:

If it's green under regular lighting it could be a palau nephthea like the one I have. If it's only green under actinics then maybe a kenya tree as suggested.

Its green under the regular light.
For some reason I'm having trouble getting the white balance right with the camera on this tank....but yeah its always green.

Maybe a green finger leather. I have one that kind of looks like that too. Is it stiffer like a leather coral or more swayey like a kenya tree?

Wow, I wish that was the veiw from my desk. Beautiful. Want one of the frags from the chalice. :razz:

Man do those zoo's ever pop under those T5's!! Looking good!!:mrgreen:

Don't forget you'll need a final pic for December 1, thats next Tuesday! :biggrin:

where did you order your bulbs from. name i like the color.
might have to pull the nano out!

The bulbs are 2 URI 24" 24W 75.25 T5 Fluorescent Bulbs and 2 24" Powerchrome T5 - AquaBlue +. I bought them at j&l aquatics.

Well I guess these are my final pics for this contest, I dont know which pic to use as this is a 3 view tank.
Thanks for everyone who took the time to comment on my build, I hoped you all enjoyed this thread.:biggrin:
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/k...d/DSC_4819.jpg

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/k...d/DSC_4869.jpg

first pic is killer!

I lose :wink:

Thanks:lol:

All I can say is Wow!

nice
 

nice, Very nice, We need three photos, there's three sides to the tank!

Final tank pics tomorrow Dec 1st (I see you've already got yours here but am compelled to type this anyways :razz:)

Guess its about time I posted another pic.

August 10 2010
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/k...d/DSC_8366.jpg