When its fully set up this tank is going to look awesome. Looks good right now and its only at 2/3 strength.

Thanks Jon... 2/3 strength with mismatched lighting spectrums!.. :lol:

Well with the loaner light hung and in place.. I was able to mount 7 frags that been sitting in my frag rack poorly lit and not getting the flow they needed.

Welcome to Stick-ville... 5/7 are just that! :lol:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...w/IMG_0277.jpg

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Montipora Confusa:
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Acropora Granulosa:
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All 7 frags:
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Finally starting to gain some trust from the 2 newbies in the tank, which helps get some better pics than I posted previously.

Missed the focus on this guy, but couldn't pass up sharing the pic..
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And one more coral pic that I forgot earlier:
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Man I love them fairy wrasses. I had a pair of bluesides in a small tank and lost them to jumping the same night. (Was away, tanksitter forgot to close the hatch in the canopy that night .. what are the odds! Boo urns. :( )

But, on a happier note, yours has really exquisite purple colouration I don't think I've seen in Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura before. Very cool!

Lovin this tank

I,m in awe of the pics. Very nice, as always.

Looks absolutely gorgeous, I'm in awe of what you've managed to do

Thank Tony.. He is quite the character.. very curious! I can forsee a couple more wrasses in this tank I think.

Thanks guys!


I've been debating about adding a background to the tank. Either Blue or Black, but not sure yet. Any input?

NICE! More pic's! :razz:

I got a bit trigger happy tonight with the camera :redface: Fish pics tonight folks! At least until my coral grows in a bit more. :)

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And finally one "FTS" shot down the length of the tank! Bloody Vortech sure can pull an undertow! Tank has become half SSB and half BB..:lol:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...w/IMG_0460.jpg

Sweet! :biggrin: Wheres the powder brown tang?

I made the executive decision today to not have one in this tank. Convicts are much more docile/peaceful and can get along in pairs/groups. These 2 looked to good to pass up and I wanted something you don't see a lot in other tanks. I have done a fair amount of research on them in the past couple months, and that's the only reason why I pulled the trigger today.

They acclimated amazingly well and within about 10mins were grazing the microalgae in the tank and barely flinched when I would approach the tank. They have been grazing ever since. Definitely one heck of a "worker" fish. :)

My striped bristletooth showed no aggression to either of them at all, so things should stay fairly peaceful.

The Convicts are different and a nice looking fish. Pairs or groups of tangs are always nice to look at.

Kind of looks like you photoshopped that mouth on him so it looks like he is smiling... Might be the beer goggles

They look great Josh!!

Yea, I only know one other person in Calgary with a Convict, and I just met him today! :lol:

nah man, he's just happy. :mrgreen:

Thanks Tony.. I am extremely happy with them.

Couple more pics from last night..

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They all look great Josh! Beautiful! You take great fish pics! Well and coral pics...just an artist at Photography!:mrgreen:

tank is looking great.

Thanks you guys! :redface:

Couple Top Down pics..

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tell your second shooter to gtfo of the way next time :P just joking adds a bit more interest to the photo. looks good

Just when you think you got a tank on the go, life likes to sneak up behind ya and kick your a$$.

Found out today that the landlord is planning to sell the house I currently rent. Thankfully not for 2-3months, and I do have a place to move into after, unfortunately this tank will not be allowed in the other place. So looks like I will be posting up a For Sale thread in the next little while. :sad:

I have been sitting in the background watching this thread and all I can say is WOW that sucks, hope the move goes smooth for you. Someone is going to get one hell of a nice system!

sucks it's gonna go :(

if only you were in vancouver...

So how much you want for it?

WHAT? OMG Josh! That sucks! Sooooo sorry to hear!!!:sad:

Same deal with Laurier. We're both pretty upset, to say the least. :neutral:

The other place I have an opportunity to move into is a friends Townhouse but he doesn't want anything this size in his first home (still being built actually), just in case some horrible leak happened, and I respect that, as a 100G break/leak could ruin his place, and 2 neighbors possibly.

Might be allowed a smaller tank, so I may re-incarnate the 30G tank.. but still need to discuss that with him in detail.

Ah man, sorry to hear. That sucks. It was just getting good too.

Sorry!

Wow..... so sorry you have to sell your tank, glad you have a place to go though. :biggrin:

Yep sucks cause josh just got his tank up and running and mine broke the 1 year marker and everything just started to grow in nicely. was a huge shock to the both of us today

That really sucks, sorry to hear that. Was really looking forward to watching this tank grow

Aww, sorry to hear that Josh. I hope you can run the 30g at least (or maybe something like a 50?)

Dude!:cry:

Aww man thats BS :sad: good luck with the new place

Thanks Leah... A roof over my head is much more important to me than my tank.. My buddy said he will give the big tank some thought, but I doubt he will change his mind.

Me too! :lol:

Yea, I found out last night that the 30G wouldn't be a problem in the new place, so I may try and twist his arm to allow something 15-20G bigger.. but time will tell.

Us reefers be havin' a tough 2010 eh.. :neutral:

Thanks Shawn!

How soon do you have to move?:neutral:

Any luck with the garlic btw?

Been told apr/may/june... or around that time.. gonna leave the tank running for a bit, see how big of a tank my buddy will allow (30G been approved, but I've got ideas for a 30x28x16or17") Really not THAT much smaller gallon-wise, but visually to a non-reefer it may look a lot smaller and be allowed. :lol:


No luck with the garlic yet... how'd that bulb look?

Ya it's all about perception, Right!:wink:

Haven't had a chance to try it yet, been a little side-tracked. Thanks though...perhaps get a chance to try it tonight.