144G Half Circle Mixed Reef

[Carmen]

Originally Posted by danny zubot

Its gonna be sexy! I love the dual over flows with the gap in the middle. It would be perfect for a frag wall, or a number of other cool applications. If I had a tank like yours I'd put my caps in the middle. Any thoughts on what you'll do with that space?

Thanks Danny
I think it's kinda a neat little spot too! Not sure what exactly I will do but thought it could showcase a nice piece. Have abit of a pedestal type formation in there now. Time will tell as to what ends up in there!

[Carmen]

Tested nitrates and they are at zero.
So I picked up a couple pieces of rock from the 72G to finish up aquascaping. Wasn't quite as easy to steal from the 72 as I thought since it's pretty jam packed with coral so moving stuff around is tough! Just grabbed 2 rocks that I wanted and may be one or 2 others that I can change around later once the transfer happens. Had to take a few corals back too since I just have no room to keep them in the 72G. Nothing that is too demanding just some big easy corals, taking up space. Corals actually acclimated really well.
So the aquascape for now consists of 2 formations. One with a small "tunnel" through for swimming/hiding or the shrimp cleaning station like in the 72G! I wanted to leave a clear area through the center so you got a feeling for the true depth of the tank. Ofcourse not 100% happy but am going with the basic structure anyway. Small rocks ontop will likely be exchanged for coral pieces.
Also started adding sand today. Will take me a couple days to add the sand since I just haven't had a whole lot of time. So gonna be looking at a cloudy tank for awhile...




Sump plans not exactly worked out just yet and skimmer on back order...
Thinking about setting up a temporary sump in the meantime.

[The Grizz]

Looking good Carmen, do you want to come up to Red Deer and set my rocks to, sounds like you have more patience then I do, lol. Going to start mine tomorrow, hope it looks HALF as good as yours.

[JDigital]

Looking great Carmen! look forward to seeing it once the sand settles.

[Carmen]

Sand settled, finally relatively clear. Sand was cleaned and reused and was still a little smelly even after extensive cleaning. Nitrates up to 5-10 but not bad considering.
Hard to get a good picture of the aquascape but whatever. It will look completely different covered in coral anyway.
Excuse the cords and extra powerheads. Need to buy some new powerheads eventually.

[JDigital]

Looks great with the sand bed.

[Carmen]

Well, started messing around with the aquascaping again since I wasn't really loving the right rock wall and wanted to have more space infront. Created a V wall instead with a direct path down the center to the back wall. Really LOVE it because it creates much more depth!
Tank is abit cloudy so I will take pics tomorrow!

Starting to hate maintaining 2 tanks 20 minutes apart. The 72 has started to show some high nitrates (40!)..ugh! Combination of messing around rocks, removing some rocks(biological filter), skimmer not skimming properly, and Mom being a little too generous on the feedings. Brought it down a touch with a WC and fixed the skimmer. CUT the fedings too. Hopefully it settles down!

144G is doing well. Starting to see the ugly diatom bloom already. Plumbing and sump still on hold.