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

[fishytime]

Looking pretty snazzy there Denny....looking forward to seeing it after you do the transfer.....

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by fishytime

Looking pretty snazzy there Denny....looking forward to seeing it after you do the transfer.....

thanks doug, tell ya one thing though im frightened to death to do the transfer lol i was afraid to add my clown even though all my tests say its fine and even though hes doing fine my eyes are on him like a hawk lol kinda like watching your kids go to school for the first time (im guessing lol)

im gonna add a tester coral a finger leather and a common blue zoa frag and see how they do. all my parameters are right where i want them and after my clown settles in a bit more im gonna do a decent water change.

when i do take down my zoa tank ill get lots of little presents now that all my algae is gone i noticed i have a dozen zoa frags behind my rockwork that need rescuing and im curious as to what they all are lol

ill have to get you and laurie over one of these nights for a beer and some insight cheers

[MarkoD]

i havent really read the whole thread... but is that 2 tanks? are they joined somehow?

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by MarkoD

i havent really read the whole thread... but is that 2 tanks? are they joined somehow?

Yup, it's a 200g tank with 75g sectioned off for a fowlr the other 130 is gonna be a full on reef . They both are running off a center overflow for a gull viewable walkaround tank. Each section is equipped with a herbie style overflow with 1 1/2" plumbing.

The sump is a 100g with built in frag tank and refuge, system will run full zeo and activated carbon and monitored via apex controller and my iPhone

in my 75g will be a snowflake eel, Fu Manchu lion, dragon wrasse, lemonpeel angel

in the reef the skies the limit but the back is all tonga branch with a bare bottom for small fish, the side will be a liverock mountain extending out of the water and the front will be for exotic Lps or nem's and lots of swimming space for the bigger fish

[MarkoD]

thats really cool. i like the idea of the tank.

but if it was me i would have just made it all reef and set up a separate tank for the fowlr. with such an awesome tank, i think the dividers take away from it.

but maybe thats just me

[reefwars]

If I could I would lol only one tank allowed in the house according to the boss, I've had a few large reefs and started with fish only's .... After having just reefs I get bored, fish aren't enough to entertain me so fish only didn't interest me either. The idea of this tank is to get it all in one neat little maintance free package. Even though it's divided in two the tank has four main sections....predator,tonga reef, cliffside,open plain . With these four sections I should be able to get quite the diversity of reefs in one. If I could have left the predators unfenced I would but they'd make quick meals of the reef cheers

[MarkoD]

lol i suppose its a different story when you have "bosses" to consider....

i use to bring tanks into my house monthly almost and my parents always just shook their head.

now i have 4 large tanks and they come downstairs to enjoy them and show them off to their friends