dear journal,here we go again-200g build: to be continued.....on to new dreams:)

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Llamarama

what happened to your other filefish?? where did you get the new one? I need one as mine didn't make it through the whole anemone getting chopped up and poisoning the tank episode

My carpet ate my first one and I just hot mh second one from aquarium illusions took it right from the box lol they go realllllllyyyy fast so j jumped right on it

[reefwars]

hey all i need some advice or for someone to brainstorm on what im gonna put in my tank lol so heres the layout the tank is as you all know 4x4x20" .....it has a section dived off at 36lx24wx20" origional plan was to house my snowflake eel.i believe its just about 75 gallons.

so all in all i have a " L " that is 130 gallons and a box that is 75 gallons

i was thinking possibly aggressive tank or non reefsafe in the 130 and do a mini reef in the 75 or i could do it vice versa have a small predator section and large reef any thoughts???

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Picked up another 75 lbs of live rock yesterday so I'm up to about 130lbs and the rest will be tonga branch if I can find some dried. The rock I got last night has some really cool pieces and I got to pick out the best pieces from around 400lbs swweeeeeeettttt!!!!!!

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here is a pic of some of the shapes i have i think its really nice with lots of holes for corals especially zoas


















if anyone likes this rock i have a friend who has alot for sale its 5$/lb but has some real nice pieces big or small cheers

[Myka]

Is that rock dry or live? You got some sweeeeeeet pieces!

Is it too late to take the divider out and just have one big tank? That's what I would do! Either that or move the divider so that it is half and half. I think it would look funny the way it is...? Got a pic? I'm assuming the two-tanks-in-one will share a sump? Might not be a good idea to have a predator share water with your reef. Predators tend to have big turds.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Myka

Is that rock dry or live? You got some sweeeeeeet pieces!

Is it too late to take the divider out and just have one big tank? That's what I would do! Either that or move the divider so that it is half and half. I think it would look funny the way it is...? Got a pic? I'm assuming the two-tanks-in-one will share a sump? Might not be a good idea to have a predator share water with your reef. Predators tend to have big turds.

its all live rock a friend of mine has a overload of it i went through about 200lbs to pick out this stuff i was looking for specific pieces , hes got a load more for sale but no ads made just selling to friends etc.


here is a pic of the tank it is divided in half so from the front view you would see half and half and the tank is a full walk around tank with all 4side viewable. they will share the same sump and im literally still in the air about what to do with my two halfs see i have a snowflake eel hes still a juvie now but he will get bigger and then bigger again lol and soon he will start seeing food where he didnt see them before so he needs his own area .....so i think anyways.....that he will go in the 75g part pretty much to himself with a load of zoas .i will do a full on reef in the 130 lps/softie with the rock in the picture for one side and a mix of that rock and tongabranch on the adjacent side with some hardier sps and maybe some nems. im excited to own shrimp again lol my eel really likes them and after my last eel ate 5 cleaner shrimp in one night i wasnt taking any chances with this guy lol

the pic is a crappy pic but the left side of the pic will be the front so you will see a bit of both and then the 130 will wrap around the 75 in a " L " shape

[reefwars]

lol sorry here is the pic lol

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the next rock i buy will be tonga branch i will be buying dry rock and seed it in my liverock bin untill needed im hoping to buy around 60 lbs of it

[Myka]

Uhm...I probably missed something, but there's a crack in the glass?!

Honestly, if I had that tank I would consider it such a shame to not have it one whole tank. I would buy a 6' 125 for the Eel. Cool to watch them swim one side to the other imo. That way you could put a few more predators in there put a giant chaeto filter in the sump. But that's just me. I would love to have that tank, I have always wanted a square tank with a center overflow.

[reefwars]

Sump should be here next weekend along with replacement glass, light ring to mount my halides will be here by the end of the month. J finished the stand yesterday and got some 1" s&m foam for under my tank.

Lately alot if lights have fond there way into my house lol so here's what I got snd here's what I'm thinking

I have:

4x 400w pendants and ballast plus reflectors(no bulbs)
2x 250w fishneedit pendants and ballasts
48" Hamilton 2x175w metal halides plus actinics and ballasts
250 w mh retrofit plus ballast that runs 3x250w mh's
6 bulb t5 54w
4bulb retrofit actinics 39w

would you belive out of all this the only two I'm gonna use are the 2x250w fishneedit pendants I'll be buying 2 more I was also looking at the Cree led's and was thinking about buying 24 it would be 6 between each halide. Where my tank is only 20h do you think they would be alright?? thanks all

if someone has 2 250w fishneedit pendants and would like to do a trade for something in the list pls let me know