Our 40g Island waterfall

[Cody]

Very cool! I enjoyed catching up on this thread, looks incredible!

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Originally Posted by lastlight

that looks so naturally lit it's awesome. i'd never guess this was a new setup it's got a rich, mature look already.

love the euphyllia pile and the floating scoly.

must also be nice to have the world's most hyperactive cardinal

thanks buddy , i could trade some zoas for pics lol stupid cell pics are ruingin it all lol

Originally Posted by Skimmer Juice

MMMM floating scollies

mmmmm doughnut!

Originally Posted by Cody

Very cool! I enjoyed catching up on this thread, looks incredible!

glad you like it buddy , looks much better in person and was a fun build debating on a sps theme tank next hehe

[Madreefer]

Looks pretty cool. Does it smell though?

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Originally Posted by Madreefer

Looks pretty cool. Does it smell though?

Thanks man , we get asked that a lot but it doesn't at all I even asked guest to tell me if it did as I figured I slowly got use to it lol
But the verdict is it doesn't

One major design flaw on my part though , corals at waters surface look cool but only until your return pump dies while your at work xmas eve , corals were in the air all day we didn't lose anything really but did get me to think about getting the controller hooked up to it.

[Madreefer]

Originally Posted by reefwars

Thanks man , we get asked that a lot but it doesn't at all I even asked guest to tell me if it did as I figured I slowly got use to it lol
But the verdict is it doesn't

One major design flaw on my part though , corals at waters surface look cool but only until your return pump dies while your at work xmas eve , corals were in the air all day we didn't lose anything really but did get me to think about getting the controller hooked up to it.

Yea but in that really big fish tank the tide goes in and out and corals are subjected to air and that big bright light they all survive

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

And I thought my tank was overcrowded. Based on today's pics, I can double my corals and still be okay. Good to know.

Looks totally awesome, btw.

Anthony

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Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

And I thought my tank was overcrowded. Based on today's pics, I can double my corals and still be okay. Good to know.

Looks totally awesome, btw.

Anthony

Thanks Anthony

We are trying to group corals based on knowing how they act and grow , for example the scoly and lobos only have feeders on the large polyp and are small at less than an inch , it would take a few years for these pieces to grow into each other and the feeders currently only have access to the bottom or skeleton of the piece above it .

I worry about the bubble as it almost touches the scoly but I only had the bubble fight with it the first day it was in , since then it doesn't see it as a threat most likely because of the angle and flow direction , this will likely change as the bubble grows large and fast though so at any given time the scoly can come off its glue and small tower.

We're going to fill in the gaps tonight with zoanthids and then we want to finish off the stand skirting And doser shelf in the next couple of weeks .

Got some good news last night as I noticed that the pink lemonade acro has covered its base and colors are almost back , this is the first real signs of improvement since dosing too much Alk thinking it was vinegar so I may add back more sps , right now it's only a couple acros and a montipora setosa in there the rest are patiently waiting and healing in the frag tank lol

Also finally got confirmation that our Pom Pom crab is still alive and doing well found it's cave last night Under a chalice and until now she's remained pretty elusive lol even snapped a blurry pic lol

Happy new years everyone!!!


Denny and Ruth

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and some full tank shots , a mix of blues and whites

[Myka]

Looks great!

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Originally Posted by Myka

Looks great!

Thanks mindy

Not bad for a tank that's all dry rock lol we still have plenty of zoanthids to add we're doing that part slowly polyp by polyp but it's getting full we are maxed out on fish but do plan on some more inverts (porcelain crabs, some more anemone shrimp etc)

Overall though we have had prctiacally no issues with this tank and everything is getting along fairly well

Over the next little while we are going to finish the stands exterior as well I need to make a mesh cover somehow for the guard dogs (big jumpers)

Once this is done I guess we will have to walk away for a year to let it fill in tightly or set up another lol kinda wish We went 36 x 36 or 48 x 48............


Hmmmm I wonder if a larger upgrade would fly so soon lol



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I want to lol