found the sexy :)
I don't know how the peppermint was caught maybe he wasn't doing all that well one can never tell with shrimp.
I feed mine a mix of New life spectrum,nori, and shrimp pellets.

I was looking through your early shots and I would suggest picking up some more LR and going higher up on the back wall as it seems like the rockwork is a little shallow and shrimps would probable meet eachother on regular basis.

Here is a shot of my tank a little while ago for an idea and I still want to go even higher on the back wall:

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I think having more LR would be beneficial in terms of filtration and creating more spots where shrimps can hide and sleep when the other ones are out.

I will take another shot today and post it as my corals grew like crazy over the past two weeks or so.

Ive got 40lbs in there I can't fit anymore LOL

I am moving to a house in the very near future and will have to dismantle the tank anyway. I can add some more hides to it at that time.

Can you take a pic of the setup now? Perhaps I'm looking at older pics and I'm curious what the scape looks like.

Here is the tank after 2.5 months. I tried to create as many caves as possible in order to have the little critters get away. The back side of the wall is made out of 3 layers of rock stacked on each-other and they are not glued; I'm hoping the tiger pistol shrimp and the goby will not create a rockslide anytime soon :)

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Looking great Chris. get some Ricoridas for the sides on the sand and couple Acans or open brain for the front. also I would move the power head on the side or move it a bit up , and add a piece of live rock on the top of the rock your yellow poly is and mount your frogspawn there :biggrin:

Hey I still have the two pieces of rock from you :) so most likely I shall rescape soon and go higher on the back wall.
Also I cant take up space on the sand as my sand-dollar will hate me :( and hes doing a fine job of keeping the sand mighty white :)

In regards to the power-head... I hate that damn thing, its big bulky and casts a large shadow in the tank :( not to mention I have to clean it of algae on weekly basis.... very annoying.
I have a list of things I want to buy and cant do them all at once unfortunately; its either a MP10, Tunze ato or upgrade my D90 DSLR to the D7000 and sell the D90. I went to J&L on Sunday right before stopping by your place to get something and was very undecided so I didn't get any tank upgrades.

I had to pull the tank apart to get the pistol out of there!
I added an extra bit of rock and well "urchie"
here's a few snaps with the Sony tx10
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just a quick recap
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Well I made it 8 and a half weeks with NO FISHIES!!!!!
I think I earned myself a clownfish don't you?
I also axed that coral tree skeleton (the one covered in cyano) the cyano was gross making the zoas p'od and the aptasia liked it. so I scrapped it.

I moved my tank to our new house with zero issues it now has a prominent place in my kitchen and not in a yucky basement suite.
This is my new friend "Nemo" I wanted to call him Fezzik but my brother in law came over and was like OH LOOK OH OH OH ITS A NEMO HI LITTLE NEMO!!!! OH YOU ARE A CUTE NEMO!!!! FOR THREE FRACKING DAYS. I've never seen a trades person Harley nerd gush like a little girl before.
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While the beast was disassembled I took the time to reshape my rockwork and add an extra "cave"
I also pulled the xenia as 5lbs of rock covered in it gets crazy FAST!

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So it's been just over a month with the clownfish!!!
I rehomed the coral banded as he was eating my peppermints. He is doing just fine in Steve's eel tank!
I added a hectors goby,cleaner shrimp and a very small occ. As well as a few more frags!

Glad to be finding some success. Is it normal to want to redo my rock work AGAIN! I want more of this kind of look but I think the livestock would be mad at me.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielp...n/photostream/
how do you guys stack your rockwork so tall! I don't suppose any of you guys wanna come help LOL.

Also Rustydog gave me this I think it's pretty. I love candycanes.
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Steve has a stunning scoly coral that looks like a nuclear cupcake and I want it soooo bad. But I've spent enough cash at his store this week.
moving up in the tank world! Next tank a red sea max S line! (hey a girl can dream right????)
http://reefbuilders.com/2011/10/12/r...s-400-500-650/

how did u put the GSP on the back of ur tank ?

Your tank looks very good, you should be proud of it and in time it will only mature with more grow.

Thanks!
I took two small pieces of gsp and did my waterchange.
When the top of the tank was empty I put a drop of superglue on each piece. I put one in a high flow area (it took off) and one in a low flow area. (it survives but hasn't grown.) I'd love to have my whole back wall covered but I don't have enough flow. I'm using the Koralia nano power heads.

So I'm now entertaining the idea of an 80 gallon tank...hahhaa (matter of time)
now to find a contractor out here to see if my floor can deal with 1000lbs of fish tank.

It wouldn't be set up for another 6 months or so as there is too much going on and I love my biocube but I think it's time to start hunting for glass. I'm looking at either the 80gallon fluval osaka or the 60 gallon solana. If I have to go new it will be the solana otherwise I don't buy that stuff retail EVER.
a couple bucks a gallon is all I like to pay for a non specialty fish tank.

Well, I just finished hauling in a 75g tank which I picked up on canreef for my upgrade from 34g tank. The 34 is actually a really nice size, however the 75 is kinda the sweet spot for me.

Now I'm curious if my floor can handle that much water...
Does anyone know how to determine how much weight the floor can handle?

the heat wave nuked most if not all of the coral in my tank yesterday
looks like I lost 80 percent coral 2 snails and my new cleaner shrimp.

If it's as rough as it seems I take the tank down. If some of the coral comes back (the leathers are ALL toast) I'll keep it running.

my tank spiked to 90 degrees over a 12 hour time frame. I ran a fan over the top and ice in the sump to try and bring it back but the damage looks like it's been done. I'm not sure if I should start over if I can afford the investment again. Plus the upgrades,or If I should flip a coin and part the tank out.

Im sorry Aysha.

Don't make your decision too quickly. Give it some time, you just had a major disaster and it can feel like too much. You may regret it later if you throw in the towel right away.

HI Aysha, I was setting up my new Reefkeeper lite controller and I could not help but think of how it might possibly save your tank from many disasters including the one above.

I strongly suggest to invest into one of these as I have a feeling a system like this would have most likely saved your tank unless the temp in the house is 90+ degrees.

For example I have mine setup to do the following:

- 3pm turns on ecoxotic stunner led strips
- 5pm it turns on the MH light
- when the temperature reaches 80 it turns on chiller and pump (both on the same socket; this uses a splitter from dollar store) - it stops it when it hits 76
- if the temp reaches 83 the controller turns on a fan to blow above the surface and move the warm air out (i dont like to use this due to unwanted extra water evaporation) - this is set to turn off if the temp reaches 77
- if the temp reaches 86 I have it setup to turn off the MH/led blue light and run chiller/pump/fan - system turns the lights back on once the temp reaches 77 and turns off chiller fan at 76
- 1am turns of the MH light
- 2 am turns off the ecoxotic stunner strips

I haven't been able to test all the programing above as the temperatures haven't skyrocketed, but so far its working as intended.

In case of power failure for a short period of time, the unit will not turn your MH lights back on for 15 minutes to allow proper cool-down of the bulb and ballast.

The above are all achieved with the lite version and no extra add-on modules or controllable power bars

I believe many stores sell the lite version for 119.99 and after trying it, I have to say it is an absolute must; anyone not running something comparable is taking huge gambles with their fish-tanks and reefs...

Currently under the 34g cube I used to have a digital controllable power bar (which I'm still fighting to understand and properly set) and two mechanical timers (each timer takes up two lots in my power bar) along with a temperature monitor... needless to say I've spent about 80-90$ with tax included and they dont come near what the ReefKeeper does for me right now.

The best part is the fact that it can be upgraded for many other applications down the road if needed and it already can do many other functions which I haven't looked into quite just yet.

I've looked into those ginu, I think I will invest in one soon.

So I made the grown up decision and put my biocube up for sale ...
BECAUSE I GOT A NEW TANK:mrgreen:

60 gallon starfire cube with 30gallon sump currently running metal halide but will swap out for LED's .
it's got an internal overflow which is kind of obnoxious but I'll cope.

I looked at what a chiller and new lights for the bio would cost and decided I'd rather have a bigger tank . Bios don't gain any resale value when you jam 300.00 in lights in them!

I figured most of the corals were nuked and I'd have to go big or go home.
~Aysha

Grats on the 60g. I just got a 75g as well and have to drain to level the thing...

I would recommend to try LEDs before purchasing a chiller as you might not necessarily need a chiller with LEDs.

Currently I'm looking at the radions and I will get one pretty soon but man they not cheap by any means... I'm wondering if they will drop the prices since more companies are coming out with more affordable competitive LEDs

And please get an aquarium controller... You or anyone owning an aquarium will not regret investing in one. Best purchase hands down.

I'll be going shopping in the next few months. I have to wait for the new aquarium to cycle before I do anything.
lol too bloody exciting.

I doubt I'll need a chiller right away I'd rather spend the money on a fancy skimmer or something.

the aquarium controllers are on my list for sure now that I have a bigger aquarium.

Yup u highly doubt youll need a chiller with leds also, I turned my heater down 5 degrees for summer, and its maintained about 77.8 avg.

stupid question, but can I move the stock from my old tank over to my new one without issues or will I have to cycle the new one from scratch?