that is a ton of light over that tank wow. everything looks happy for sure.

Looks like you are getting good SPS growth from all the AI fixtures!
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Thanks bud! I'm thinking bout swapping the Hydras on the rack and putting them where the Sols are. It's only been a couple of hours and i'll decide when I see how the tank looks in the evening when it's the main viewing time in my home.

Well I have'nt updated lately and i'm trying not too lose to much interest and trying to get that back.
So, the new Hydra 52s are pretty powerful so I took off the Sols from my lightrack and really dont see a difference with them off. So the Sols I guess will be sold. So i'm just running with 2 Hydras and 2 Hydra 52's. I'm experiencing a few tiny spots of cyano that show up every once in a while that drives me nuts. Very minimal but as most reefers i'm very picky and suffer from a little OCD:lol:
I'm thinking it's caused by the algae turf scrubber I built, so I took it off today. I noticed a bit of cyano growing on the screen, so out the scrubbber goes. Thought it may be from spent filters in all of RO cannisters and changed them as well as the membrane. I also took down my 90G frag/refuge tank and replaced with a 25G frag tank and it's now lit with one of my Sols. So in doing that 60lbs of liverock is also out of my system. Other than losing my naso tang all other livestock and corals doing well.

An no pics? Reefers are OCD about that too.

Here ya go. Couple of top downs, the new Hydra 52s are pretty bright and I bleached my corals. I've turned the intensity down quite a bit. But really they are brighter than that, i'm no photographer:lol:

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Picked up a couple of sweet tangs from Paul at Oceanic Corals and they're fitting in nicely.

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Better call the vet, this tank is getting sick! What kind tangs are these?

I think the second one is a Maculiceps tang

Yup your right Jessie. It's also known as a white freckle face tang and the other tang is an orange shoulder tang.

Very nice additions Bill !!

How big is he bill?

The freckled face is 3" and the orange shoulder is 6"

Nice that freckled tang is a favorite of mine BLACK EARED TANG (Maculiceps tang) never got one cause they get massive and have a bad temperament I heard. That fish might need a ride on the bus in a few years :lol:

Haha yea ok bud. But we've been down that road before. I'd be delivering it myself. Good to know that it'll have a place to live when he gets evicted.:lol:

I guess I haven't updated since May. Not sure if guys even read these but will update for my own records I guess.

Well I had to go to CN Academy in Winnipeg for a month so all tank duties were left for my wife and she did a great job.
So home for 2 weeks and we left for 5 days for a family emergency. Well a relative looked after my tank (same one that scratched up my old half circle).
I walked in the house to see air bubbles coming from my returns. Not his fault as ATO was stuck. Come feeding time no orange shoulder tang, no red fairy wrasse and 2 missing yellow headed gobies.
Also noticed that mesh screen is full of gross gunk. Apparently he was too lazy to lift off the feeding door I built to dump food in.

Well now I'm ****ed so figured I'd start to dismantle. First thing I did was take my frag tank down. Too bad as it was jammed packed but in PG you can't sell a frag for $10 that'll sell in Lower Mainland for $50. I only seem to get hits when something is up for free. So in the trash they went. I beleive in payin it forward but I guess it's not the case in this hobby.
After a couple of days and several Corona I've had a change of heart. Plus reading bout the Maxspect Gyre has me intrigued.
Well sorry for the rant.
But hey the tanks looking good other than a few hundred dollars of fish gone:sad:

:sad:

*sad face*

Sounds like you haven't quite thrown in the town yet. Good to hear. Keep on reefin' on!

That sucks Bill, sorry to hear about your losses. Seems problems always happen when your not there to deal with them :(

Pretty frustrating. There is a new Facebook page called Prince George BC Saltwater Community with 30-40 members. You could try selling some frags there. Mostly all they want are mushrooms and zoanthids though. I've been turning many of my SPS into Calcium Reactor fuel lately.

Well I decided to remove some clutter from my tank. Out with the 5 Tunzes I had in there. :lol:

I bought 2 of the Maxspect Gyres. Pretty cool and really happy with how compact they are. Unfortunatley one of them was defective so I only have one running at the moment until I can get parts or a replacement.

I like that they can be placed so high to the water line as they do
not stick out like a sore thumb like most of the un-natural looking things we put in our tanks for flow etc. So my hatred of cords in a tank is'nt so bad as it's not too easily seen:lol: The magnets are fairly strong and the pump does'nt move around at all and no rattling like I had with the Vortechs when out of alignment. I also ike that the cages can be moved to direct flow. Coming with an extra set of propellors is also a bonus. Only complaint is the fancy packaging, could of went with a basic cardboard box to keep costs down and price too.

I'm running the one I have right now at 100% and yes it is a little noisy but not near as bad the Vortechs I once had. Running at it's highest power is necessary right now and i'm glad I went with 2 as this single one is not as much flow as i'd like. The reverse on the Gyres are pretty weak. But over all i'm happy with my decision to go with the Gyres. I can't wait to have them both running together.
More of a Gyre opinion than a tank update but i'm waiting for the 2015 Tank pic thread to open to add a pic.

That's pretty good replacing 5 powerheads with 2. I can't wait for the smaller gyres to be available.

Very soon :)

How are you liking the gyres, did you ever get your second one?

The one Gyre that is working is awesome, it replaced 5 Tunzes.
As for the second one...... no I'm waiting for parts. Bunch of bullcrap as I ordered this thing overnight express on Dec23 and did not receive until Dec29th and was told that the retailer will not warranty. I want a new one but apparently CoralVue which is the distributor says that they are doing me a courtesy by sending replacement parts.
In my eyes the store should be giving me a replacement and they can deal with the so called distributor themselves.

Hey Whatcanyoudo I cant find the group on FB. I wanna join :D

Oops I made a slight typo in my earlier post. The group is "Prince George B.C. Salt Water Community" There are periods between B and C and Saltwater is split into two words. Hopefully now you can find it.

Got any new pics Bill? It's been awhile!

Yea sure Mindy! Here ya go.
I have'nt really been in to my tank for a while. I've kinda lost interest in the hobby and finding it quite boring. Nothing new or exciting about it lately. A month or so ago my Pinktail Trigger decided to tuen in to a serial killer and started killing my fish. Lost a few hundred dollars worth of fish and also have a one-eyed blenny now. So I gave him to our LFS and ordered a Hippo Tang and a Blonde Naso Tang from J&L. Oh and I got a Halequin Tusk a while back. Maybe the upcoming winter months when I put my RC planes and trucks away will get me interested again.

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Well it still looks pretty sweet Bill!!! If you're bored, just set up a new one. OR, you can look after mine for the first two years, and then give it back. :D

Hey, Bill, your tank looks very nice actually. Sometimes boring is good. That means everything is doing well, and easy to maintain. Then you can just sit back and enjoy it without a lot of work.

Great build thread, I love the pink spot goby shot, a personal fav! You've got a really interesting stock list of fish!

Hey thanks guys. Yea everything seems to be going smooth which does add to the boredom.
As with everyone else's tank it looks better in person. I'm not in to photography at all, other than with my drone. I have too many hobbies and don't need another.
Most exciting thing was when I had to dismantle my rock work to get the pink tailed trigger out. I punish myself everytime. Those prickly hard things that grow on the rocks are killer on my hands. Grabbing them and than grabbing zoos is not a fun task. Booked off work for two days after. Funny thing is I know everytime

I decided to take a livestock list and this is what I have:

Hippo Tang
Yellow Tang
Yellow Eye Kole Tang
Blonde Naso Tang
Orange Shoulder Tang
Maculiceps Tang
Red Coris Wrasse
Harlequin Tusk
Yellow Wrasse
Bluehead Wrasse
Vanuatu Wrasse
Lawnmower Blenny
Pinkspot Goby
Coral Beauty Angel
Longnosed Hawkfish
Percula Clownfish X 2
Tiger Pistol Shrimp
I have no inverts and well the SPS I have I don't know what they are.