34G SPS Solana

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Thanks for the pics! They look awesome. Yeah, sorry, I went to bed. I'm an hour ahead and not a morning person at the best of times and I've been staying up too late and dragging my butt into work far too late lately so at the early tender hour of midnight last night I actually hit the hay. My strategy backfired BTW, I still had trouble getting up and I still got into work late. AND I forgot my laptop at home, so yeah, I'm totally on fire today! Whoowee! My horoscope said to expect good things today.

Anyhow, they look good, they look really good. Thanks for the pics.

I think for the most part, colour is dependent on lighting and they do sorta change in intensity over time sometimes but it's a give and take sort of thing. My green guy is probably around 12" in diameter and it's still fairly bright green, he was tiny when I got him maybe 4"-5". So anyhow no real reason to expect that it will dullen up over time.

Do you think that the 250 is enough with it being on the bottom? I notice it tends to 'reach' up sometimes, kind of extending towards the light maybe? Starts to look like a toadstool coral when that happens. It really stretches its foot a long way. When it does this, its tentacles are the longest and also most extended they ever get.

Really too bad but I think I am going to have to redo the rockwork to keep the nem happy. And soon. I have noticed its already starting to get shaded a bit by some overhanging rocks and corals

I bet it would be happier if I gave it more room and light.

But I will wait to get a skimmer running on the tank for a few weeks I think before I start to move/remove some LR.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Got the Tunze 9002 a few days ago and after modding it to fit in the back, modding the tank to get it to fit and building a riser stand for it, its in the tank and working...well!

I am pretty impressed with how well this thing is preforming already. Nothing like some of the big skimmers I have used over the years but I didn't have high expectations. It has exceeded my expectations for sure.

Also glad I added it because the amount of crap it pulled out in the first night was kind of scary. Never going skimmerless again!

[Delphinus]

How's the carpet doing now? Still reaching up?

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

How's the carpet doing now? Still reaching up?

Missed this...a few weeks ago now.

The anemone is driving me crazy. I think its just a really bad idea for the size tank. Unless I get rid of everything else and only keep the nem lol.

I removed about half the LR from the tank (only about 10 lbs. now) and also removed many corals but I still don't think there is enough room. I moved the anemone off the glass and put it down on the bottom. It has stayed there overnight but who knows...the thing loves to move.

I am on my blackberry now but when I get home, I will take some pictures of the tank as it is now.

[noirsphynx]

Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

The anemone is driving me crazy. I think its just a really bad idea for the size tank. Unless I get rid of everything else and only keep the nem lol.

I've actually thought about finding a Solana and having it for just a blue carpet & a pair of black percs. I think it'd be neat.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by noirsphynx

I've actually thought about finding a Solana and having it for just a blue carpet & a pair of black percs. I think it'd be neat.

Yeah I think that would be really awesome. I just don't want to do that with this one and I don't want a second tank. I am seriously thinking about selling the anemone and getting some kind of soft coral for the clowns instead.

Since this is my only tank now, I don't want to dedicate it to just the carpet anemone.

For now I think I will just see how things go. As long as the carpet stays where its at now, it's got lots of room and can't harm anything. But if it starts to move, I will probably sell it.

[Carrera75]

Your Solana is looking pretty sweet man. Great job man!
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