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Old 04-28-2013, 09:51 PM
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So... 50lbs of lr later....





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Old 04-28-2013, 09:52 PM
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So here we go! finally had a day off of work and it's time to make the jump. First thing i had to do was get some shelving brackets from home depot so i could suspend my 24" light fixture above the tank and allow the beam to spread out enough that i wouldn't have any shadows. With that task done, and my coral thoroughly ****ed off, I began moving the 20 lbs of LR from my small tank into the new one... a few changes in formation later i think i have it where i want it. Man it's so much easier to plan an aquascape with plants and wood than it is with rocks! my first idea was to basically build a central pillar around the overflow box but that didn't look right with the rock mixing and matching so i did more open top water and a random rock formation by putting together the rocks that seemed to fit together.. just trying to do a natural feel but i've got rock from two different locations so it's a big mix and match anyway... let me know what you think, or any ideas you have. The next thing was moving the coral across... i figured id go at about the same water level with everything like i had it in the other tank but now the light is so much farther away i'm not sure what the best move is. I suppose it's going to be a wait and see scenario. If you guys see anything that looks totally off please let me know... i'm still a rookie reefer.

These pictures were taken about 10 minutes after i was done so that's why the coral is all closed up.... besides the xenia which stretched out almost immediately









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Old 04-29-2013, 03:19 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fafGzPSLyI
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Old 04-29-2013, 03:47 PM
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Really looking good! your sinularia is really pretty, look like you really have the bug now!
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Old 04-29-2013, 05:06 PM
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thank you very much pinkreef!!! i love having this much space to play with... now it's time to decide if i want to switch my planted 125 over to salt! lol
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Old 05-05-2013, 10:01 PM
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Quick update, got some frags off of Kelly (KPG007) today... as well as a couple more damsels, and so that is a perfect reason for a photobomb update



no idea what this one is called

branching GSP... hasn't opened up yet

apparently easy SPS... forget what it was called (i know there's a theme here)

beauty zoas (that is my official name for them)

galaxy something

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