conix's 75G

[conix67]

As the "Reef Crystals" bucket doesn't really fit in my living room, I'd been looking into ways to build a small stand to hide it under. I was thinking of complete DIY stand with similar look and color as the tank stand.

I found something that comes very close to it, without much of DIY from Ikea and decided to use it instead.





It's supposed to be black-brown, but looks quite brown under certain lighting condition. Anyway, it blends in well, and hides my ATO container.

With more hidden space available, next step is to add larger water container for ATO, 15G high will fit nicely inside, and I already have a glass lid for it. Also, a decent size containers (slim and tall) for 2-part solution would be needed.

Anyway, today I found a mystery creature on my green monti digi. looks like either a snail or nudibranch.. what could it be?? Crossing my fingers hoping it's not something bad..

[conix67]

Just got a pocket digital video camera. Tried it out on my 75G tank and it looked decent, so uploaded my first Youtube video. Take a look -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h8iC4diwzo

[muck]

Great vid!! Thanks for sharing.

[conix67]

It's been a while since last update. Not much have changed, which is a good thing I guess

Changed some bulbs for a change. I've got 6 T5HO retro fixture, two of the six have been replaced recently

old:
UVL 75/25
Giesemann Actinic+ (old)

new:
KZ FIJI purple
KZ superblue

Rest of the bulbs are the same. The effect is not obvious, but red/purple are enhanced without putting red cast on everything. Here's some random shots, taken with my D50/35mm lens, some taken with a magnifying glass in front (macro effect).

Hairy Acro



Monti digi garden



Close up of Styropora



Close up of green Tongan mushroom



Close up of orange rics



Close up of pulsing Xenia



Close up of frogspawn



What used to be long and stringly powder blue anthelia. What a transformation! These tiny polyps don't look anywhere near what it used to be like.



OK. Finally, FTS from an angle.



For those in GTA, I have monti cap/digis and birdnest frags from my tank for sale. The ad has been posted in gtaaquaria for local reefers, if interested let me know. I really need to clear out my frag rack..

[cuz]

nice colors!!!

[conix67]

Here's live cam of my tank

http://ustream.tv/channel/conix67

Not very high quality but it's realtime . Not sure how long this will be on but have a look!

[Sunee]

Great tank, I love the colours!!!

[globaldesigns]

Kudos to you, I must say one of the most vibrant tank for colors that I have seen in a long time.