160 gal Teatro aquarium, updated

[jeanlee411]

Originally Posted by lobsterboy

ok, so FFWD, a week, i have gotten the sand in and rock work in, i went with a super basic lay out, as i like to have lots of room at the top for fish to swim. also, put in a 45 pipe fitting, for the return, water is blowing across the tank now, its awesome.

2 damsels are in the tank now, and are eating well, even though they have the whole tank to them selves for now, they still find the time to chase each other. right now, we just have a single 39wt t5 on one side of the tank, i have two double 54 wt fixtures that a friend is going to hook me up with, so when he gets back from va-k I will make a trip to see him. I am kinda playing with the idea of having two pendents over the two open spots over the tank (the tank has a massive bracing in the center), but I think a combonation of t5 fixtures is going to win. BTW, these will probably not be changed out every 2-3 months.

cool that you have some salt to stare at at work.....the work tank could get the leftover home tank bulbs?......what kind of rock is that looks like field stones?......good job there bi

[lobsterboy]

Welcome great to have your first post.
its great having the tank at work, lets me go to the soft side every once in a while. I was thinking the same thing about the blubs, there are only 5 that are the same size, the other 2 blub fixture is 54wt but none the less.

The base rock is travertine, i use abit of this on all my setups.

and whats up with the "bi" ? u from the EC ? I better put East Coast, as there might be a few people out there havin flash backs thinkin
Electric Circus, Whoop whoop.

[lobsterboy]

ok, i thought the "bi" was abit curious, as doug fishytime and pazzle are the only ones that would use it here, and i went back a few pages, and found the same post by fishytime.

I been dupped. haha.

[soapy]

Originally Posted by lobsterboy

The base rock is travertine, i use abit of this on all my setups.

Any particular reason for the travertine?

[lobsterboy]

one reason is thats its extremely porous, some have cool shapes others are just slabs. I would like to get a huge slab of it and just have coral growing on it. Bommie styles.

[lobsterboy]

well, its been awhile.

so all of my fish moved into the teatro tank and will be part of the teatro display.

After waiting and waiting for those toad stools to open, they never did I thought they were toast, then I started using the coral vit, and things are incrediable.

heres the pics.





the restaurant;s most favor piece, from Red Coral

[Coleus]

well done. Very nice