404 gallon - round 2.5
 

I am in the process of a "do-over" on my 400 gallon display so I thought I'd start a "build thread" so to speak.
Here is a picture of the tank with a couple of hundred pounds of rock already out. (yes it is a big mess but who cares? It's getting a revamp and will be empty pretty soon. The only reason it isn't completely emptied now is I need the rock to support the the critters my mandarins & pipefish feed on) To save power I disconected some of the lighting on the RH third of the tank which is now barren.
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ps84fa63ae.jpg
Anyway I have added some "non-polluted" live-rock to seed the new dry rock in a 120 gallon tank that I am using for the transition & rock curing process. I moved a T5 fixture over the tank so I can keep an eye on some test corals & I added a pair of true percs to help with the cycle.
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ps9d03b762.jpg

And there it starts the fun or rebuilding a piece of the reef in Greg's home. ..the coral master at work....will be following along. ...lots of pictures...:biggrin:

Where did the corals go?
 

Here is a partial shot of some of them crowded into one of my prop tanks. They seem anxious to move back to the reef. :wink:
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...psfda82d4b.jpg

The new "scape" will be featuring some of the sweet shelf & branch rock I got from you. :wink: Cure baby cure!!

Here's some shots of a few corals that are in storage & patiently waiting for the move back to the display.

Hawkins Echinata
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ps289b934a.jpg

Tri-color Vermiculata
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ps75f1b656.jpg

Meteor Shower
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...pscb74c2c6.jpg

Peach Prostrata
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ps5e844c43.jpg

Pacific Chaos
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ps446e05e6.jpg

Sarmentosa
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...psdd3113b2.jpg

Fijian Blue-tip Red Hyacinthus
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ps94f71889.jpg

A few more

Exquisita
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ps563567bf.jpg

Crocea clam
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...psd3599a4b.jpg

Maxima Clam
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ps62fac355.jpg

Grape Humilis
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ps38b4dca5.jpg

Misc zoas
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ps962becb8.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ps9ab8ba8f.jpg

Florida Ricordia (starving for light so although healthy they are getting a bit faded)
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...psf6c5d613.jpg

Yellow Tip Rose Mille
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...psd6465f3c.jpg

Shocking Pink Mille
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...pscdaf24be.jpg

I discovered today that I have a "vivid" setting on this camera and it makes the colors pop more so they look much closer to how they look in person. :biggrin:

Your prop tank is nicer than 90% of peoples regular tanks haahaa!

First thing I noticed was the better quality pics! Good job!

Omg Greg.! I have to agree with Scott... Your "prop" tank is awesome!

~Tony