Murdoch's 160G Tank Build

[doch]

Well... the second casualty of the tank swap is now somewhat official. I haven't seen my flame hawkfish (one of my favortite fish) in about 6 days. I've been holding onto hope, but I'm no longer optimistic. Crap.

[phi delt reefer]

very nice;


whats your bulb combo? Love the greens you have in the tank. Normally i HATE green for almost every damn coral is green or brown but you got the good greens

[fishytime]

Sorry to hear about the flame.... I have one and he's one of my fav fish

[doch]

Originally Posted by phi delt reefer

very nice;


whats your bulb combo? Love the greens you have in the tank. Normally i HATE green for almost every damn coral is green or brown but you got the good greens

Well, I guess that the answer depends on which pic you're refering to. The 2 most recent pics are of my old tank before we moved to Fort Mac. The lights were 2x kz Coral Light II, 2x KZ Fiji Purple, and 2x KZ Super Blue. The pics before that are of the new tank whick I'm running 9 bulbs (broke the 10th). 4 New Gen, 3 Super Blue, and 2 Fiji Purple. The other bulb that broke was a fiji purple... I'm kind of leaning towards another New Gen to replace it.

[doch]

Well, I sold a few pieces of equipment today. One of them is the lights that I had on my 55. Since they would not have fit my new tank or the frag tank very well, I just purchased a cheap ebay LED fixture for the frag tank. This fixture apparently got the Dez seal of approval, so... I'm in! Hopefully it works out well.

[doch]

Well, we're on vacation in bc right now, and had the chance to stop in at oceanic, and j&l so far. At oceanic, I put my name on a 'chilli pepper monti'. It's awesome.... Kind of a mintgreen with bright red polyps! I went to bed that night thing about it, so I had to call back and hold it.... We'll grab it on our way back. J&L.... Wow! phase don't tell my source how much I spent there! Got a majestic angel juvi, a PAIR of dracula shrimp gobies, some shrimp, a rainbow monti frag, and hopefully a few more thumbs to come in the shipment they expect on wednesday! On the way back, we'll stop in at ocean aquatics! My wallet it's happy that we don't live here! Lol

[doch]

Sorry kids, no pics. Still on vacation, everyone crashed, and I'm hopped up on monsters. Had the opportunity today to hit ocean aquatics.... Sweet store! Good thing that I don't live in this area! Between the big 3.... I'd be broke! (they've already drained me pretty good!) J & L... Wow. That is all. From oceanic I picked up a couple of cultured colonies the nicest being a yellow stag with pick tips! From oceanic... Some high end stuff from the states. Some pink zoas w/green skirts (don't remember the name.... Then a chili monti, a something our other bonsai, and a birds of paradise, thanks to paul for the hook up on that one.... It was a mix up that he really didn't have to fix.

Fantastic stores! Nuff said. I'll post some pics when I'm back and settled in a little.

[doch]

Sorry kids, no pics. Still on vacation, everyone crashed, and I'm hopped up on monsters. Had the opportunity today to hit ocean aquatics.... Sweet store! Good thing that I don't live in this area! Between the big 3.... I'd be broke! (they've already drained me pretty good!) J & L... Wow. That is all. From oceanic I picked up a couple of cultured colonies the nicest being a yellow stag with pick tips! From oceanic... Some high end stuff from the states. Some pink zoas w/green skirts (don't remember the name.... Then a chili monti, a something our other bonsai, and a birds of paradise, thanks to paul for the hook up on that one.... It was a mix up that he really didn't have to fix.

Fantastic stores! Nuff said. I'll post some pics when I'm back and settled in a little.

[doch]

These first two are of one of my favorites. Colored up REALLY nicely since the upgrade. Trust me, the pics do not do it justice.


These 2 are of a Sunset Mille I picked up from OC. It use to be green and pink, but it's turned all hot pink. Fine by me!


Little Bali cultured colony I grabbed from Ocean Aquatics while I was down there.

Purple Mille from RCC - Still trying to color up... slowly but surely.

Purple Hornets from RCE

Sour Apples, OC

Sunny D's, OC

Red w/blue tips mille - Dez

[doch]

Pink Birdnest

Rainbow Stylo

Snappy's Convexa... still hoping to get the really nice reds that this one is famous for. I've fragged it a couple times and have it in different spots in the frag tank, so hopefully I can figure out the secret!!

Deep blue/Purple Mille


Purple Tipped Valida (WAY nicer in person!)

Galaxay Green Birdsnest, OC



DOn't know why, but I tried this pic 15 times, and couldn't get it to focus properly. Sorry. Little Maxima on the left, and Crocea on the right.