Tank looks awesome!

Holding pieces for you guys! Happy New Year!

Dan, thanks! Glad to see you at the shop again! You guys are doing a great job!

While going through the memory card in my camera i found these pics. These two were probably the last pics taken before the AEFW got to the corals.

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps8cb123bf.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps0674a7c8.jpg
Sigh... Glad I was able to capture the tank one more time before the outbreak.

120 Resurrection
 

It's been a long four months since I tore down the 120 and I have to admit... It was the best way ( for me) to eradicate the flatworms and to be certain they will not come back. Today is a special day ( besides being Father's Day) as once again, the 120 is being filled with water again.

I've made some changes... 1)Two new light stands bolted behind the tank ( thanks, Jon! Awesome job on them! ). Each stand will be supporting a Mitras 2) dropped the mp40 and mp60 for two Tunzes. 3) I've filled the bottom with sand
4) eliminated a lot of rocks and to go with more of a simple and open concept look.

I am still making more new water for the tank tonight so it won't be fully up and running until tomorrow however, I was able to snap a few pics to share... Hope to share some better pics in a day or two... Tank is still cloudy from the sand.

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps107b96f5.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps0ab155d0.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps2616ce72.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps3fe50019.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...psc53a43bc.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...psb752867f.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps8b2547f5.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps8375a4d8.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps34528231.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps284e17fe.jpg

I love the new layout buddy!. Glad too see you getting up and running again. This time your tank will be better then ever.

Jon, thanks! Could not have made it this far without great friends in this crazy hobby.

love the new scape Wayne!

Yup, love the layout. I'm a fan of those islands and lots of negative space on the sand. Lookin' good!

Looks good!!

Love the new scape!! Looks amazing. I'm sure it won't take you long to make this thing back into the beautiful beast you had before.

Love it buddy! I can hardly wait for it to be ready for frags.

Looks ready now :)

Awesome Wayne! One of the pics of the scape reminded me of the Olympic stone hedge icon, the torch has been lit.....;)

YAY! Welcome back and I too am digging the aquascape! Looks great R2 !!

There are a whole lot of frags waiting to go in.....

Thanks! I was quite concern with the scaping at first but it all seemed to fit together easier than what I had anticipated. I still have a box of Marco rocks in case these ones don't work out. Hope I won't need them.:biggrin:

Thanks all for the kind words. It will be fun to get this tank going again. Hope I will be able to get the growth like I had before and I will be ever so careful this time around. :wink:

Kien, thanks! Receiving your support gives me some hope. :biggrin:

You guys are awesome! So how many corals did I say I will limit too? :lol:

Think it was 25?

Thanks, Brad, that sounds about right. So I will have to be very selective of what I put in the tank. Gosh, I think I have already hit the number... :redface::redface::redface:

I am pretty sure you are way pass that limit. lol

Really liking your new 'scape dude

Thanks! Got lucky and all it took was 15 minutes! Now, what am I gonna do with a box of unused ( and hand picked) box of marco rocks? :question:

Haha! Frag racks don't count

I'd be interested in that box of Marco rock for my 210 if you're gonna sell it :)

I'll have a better idea in a month or so. Shoot me a pm when you want them. :wink:

Omg.. I can see a 120 with 10 plus frag rack in it

Day 2: tank looks much clearer today. Here are some fresh pics...

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...psc3dccd8d.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps29a03c88.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps84c9075f.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps849be5d5.jpg

I really like the tunze 6105s. Dead silent and puts out lots of flow... Why did I not buy these earlier? :question:
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps9fdfa7ab.jpg

Mitras putting on a lightning show...
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps7c125040.jpg

Finally got around to set up the Eheim 1262... Two yrs later.
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps49b0cfca.jpg

Vertex alpha 200... Over two yrs old and running strong! :biggrin:
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps92c6b1d5.jpg

Getting the Apex ready...
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps22531970.jpg

That's all for now...:smile:

I think I would rather settle with ten frag racks then ten tangs. :wink::twised::twised::twised:

you need a show tang. something in the acanthurus family.. Achilles, sohal, etc etc

I think I'll stick with wrasses for now. Brad and Rich says I'm only allow to have 25 corals ( mind you, if people want to toss fragments in to the tank that should be ok so long as its not of my doing :twised::twised::twised:) so now I have all this open space there should be enough room for a few more wrasses. getting a show tang just means I will someday have to upgrade to give the fish more room to swim.

One tang.. Gem tang

As for wrasse?? sky is the limit. just leopard along, there is red, black, chaoti, potter, African blue star and etc..

And fairy wrasse on the other hand?? Don't even get me started.

Well Wayne.
I read through the your whole build thread. I had no idea you had your ehiem 1262 for sooo looong.. lol.
It's in now. So all is well.

You had a lot of really really nice coral in there. I am guessing you will have more around 50 frags in your tank within the next 4 months.

Anyone else want to guess.?

And again. The new layout looks great. Fish are going to have a lot more room to play. Well at least for the next year until those corals take over.

I need to come by and take another look.
See you

I think we should start a poll for how many frags Wayne will add over the next 12 months.

1-25
25-50
50-75
75+

Anyone know a betting site we can link to?

New scape looks like a nice canvas to start from buddy :)

Just a FYI. I'm going to do monthly checks and remove anything over 25 pieces. :) Wayne will thank me in a year.

Dammit why didn't I think of that. I could have stocked my own frag tank with that idea...
You win this one

He did say any thing on the frag rack doesn't count....I gotta feeling its gonna be 25 mounted on the rock work and 75 on frag racks. :twised:

That's an understatement

uhmmm... don't you guys work? Brad, when did you become the frag police? :twised: