Dougs Reef

[Doug]

[LoJack]

you got some pretty good looking livestock there

[Madreefer]

Those are some nice clams. Have they attached themselves to what they're sitting on?

[Doug]

Originally Posted by LoJack

you got some pretty good looking livestock there

Just need to keep them healthy now until their new home is ready. See those two small frags on far right. They bleached for some reason. Not sure if they will come back.

Originally Posted by Madreefer

Those are some nice clams. Have they attached themselves to what they're sitting on?

Yes they are. Three are on pieces of travertine and the baby maxima on the frag disc it came on.

[Doug]

I sure hope the bubble algae takes its time growing back and stays of my frags and their tiles. You would not believe how much I scrubbed from those rocks.

If that happens to my new rock in my 50g................I QUIT.

[Doug]

Tanks all landscaped. And no sand. Or eggcrate...

Most likely to much rock for all the twig reef designs... I assume my fishies will love it though.

I cycled it for almost a month in the closed tub but now I see its cycling again after the build. Tank is covered to keep the light from the rock for now. Pretty high phosphates coming from it, so using lots of GFO.

[LoJack]

Originally Posted by Doug

Tanks all landscaped. And no sand. Or eggcrate...

Most likely to much rock for all the twig reef designs... I assume my fishies will love it though.

I cycled it for almost a month in the closed tub but now I see its cycling again after the build. Tank is covered to keep the light from the rock for now. Pretty high phosphates coming from it, so using lots of GFO.

I did a fairly minimalist aquascape this time around because I really liked the open look in the tank and just a really nice mountain-scape with arches. Looks more like an archipelago. However, when I do my next build … I am going to focus more on hiding places for the fish.

While I love the look of my hardscape, it's very difficult to add new fish, and to keep peppermints away from my hawkfish and butterfly without them getting eaten. There just isn't enough hiding places in my tank at all.