175g Saltwater predator tank - Update:Aug 10th/10- FISH ADDED

[snow1]

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Pics of the plumbing:



Overflows:
Right side:
Left side:
The tank at it's new place:

With canopy on top:


Thanks all for looking and more updates to come. My dad told me since this is your first time at salt why didn't you go with a bio cube? I told him go big or go home.

[reefwars]

The flower thingy you mentioned that dives back in the hole if you come near it what does it look like?? Can you post a pic?? Chances are it's a pest hitch hiker like aiptasia if it's the case best to kill em now before they over populate and they will very fast. When you buy more liverock Try to buy already cured rock or rock from a healthy system that us pest free, curing your own liverock is very easy. Cheers congrats on the new tank I'm liking the square rectangle thingy lol

[snow1]

After consulting my best friend google it does look like aiptasia. I"ll have to find it tomorrow. I only saw a small bunch and it's all piled in now so I can't find it...

SO does this rock look like it alive?

[snow1]

Oh and as for the LR I was going to buy it from a fish store for $3.50LB but I will look around to see if I can find some used.

[snow1]

Oh and for the "LR" there seems to be bacteria in it which makes it LR but it doesn't seem like any of the LR I have seen in the past....

[reefwars]

Of there's life like anemones and coraline algae plus the millions of bacteria you can't see it's alive and as the cycle completes bacteria are going to multiply and become it's own ecosystem.

Liverock takes many forms and comes from many places most people can't tell you where it comes from I have somecweird looking pieces and I've seen even weirder and nicer pieces in different tanks round, flat, branched, smooth, sharp, hard, brittle ... one of the most enjoying parts of your tank you'll have is custom picking out your liverock and trying to visualize it in your tank

[reefwars]

Same here liverock sells second hand for around $5/lb and up to $10 at lfs

[Bloodasp]

The idea of a live rock is not that because there are a whole bunch of critters crawling on them, well there are but what is most important about having live rock are the bacteria that live on them. They become your natural filters.
And also just from the price of the rock you are buying from the store i am assuming they are not live rock rather they are dry rock or base rock. Just a hunch but i could be wrong. Most LFS if that is where you are buying it from sell them for at least $10 per lb.