265 gallon setup

[niloc16]

big change today. i got rid of both my vortechs and installed a tunze wavebox. this thing rocks. extremely easy to setup. it drove me nuts all last night i couldnt hook it up so as soon as i got up this morning i went swimming. i was a little bummed out though as to where i had to place it. it is at the end of the tank that is visible from the hallway. i just couldnt fit it at the other side because of rockwork and other tunze/wavebox setup. but it is not too nasty looking. i went with 2 6200 magnets. i was a little worried because they are rated for 3/4" glass max and i am at 7/8" but they still hold very well. you are probably going to think i'm a little loopy but an hour after it was installed the fish seem more relaxed in the tank. i'm assuming because of the more natural feel of the current. also there is a couple sps that the PE is already improved where usually these pieces didnt extend well until night. needless to say i'm stoked i went this route. almost had an overflow, thank god the wife wasnt there. i was trying to tweak it to get the max wave and i went just a tad bit more. i looked in the stand for something and heard a weird noise. the wave was crashing over the eurobracing. at first i was freaked out but after i had a huge smile thinking this thing is AWESOME. about 7" from the output of the box i mounted a new bright green monti frag last night. 5 mins after the unit was on it at broke a piece off the frag. what a chore it was grabbing that little piece. it is only about 3/4" by 1/2" frag but i couldnt just leave it there so i dug it out and mounted it somewhere else in the tank. i'm curious to see the growth difference of the two pieces being in different locations.




any input on the name of this piece would be awesome. not a clue what it is but i'm thinking it may color up really nicely. it has some purple/blue hues to it.



this is the monti frag before the wavebox attack