Russell's 5'x3'x2' 225gal in-wall

[Reefer Rob]

I can't believe I haven't seen this, I've been away too long. Does that ever look good, and now your tank is bigger than mine! Looks like I'm going to have to hide my coral cutters

Lets see some updates.

[Slyguy00]

Man that looks clean!

[whatcaneyedo]

Or at least it did look clean. I haven't been cleaning the back because I want the overflow box to disappear. Later this winter I may cut and mount a sheet of blue acrylic along the back wall on the inside of the tank... but for now this is how it looks.





Recent purchase from J&L.


This thing has always grown like a weed.


Somewhat less recent purchase from Frag Garage.

[Madreefer]

Lookin good Russell. Wheres all the fish?

[whatcaneyedo]

Of the seven only two (the Tangs) generally swim out in the open. The rest prefer hiding in the rocks or in plain sight. I have two more fish in the sump that will eventually make it into the display but they aren't open swimmers either... That Porcupine Puffer at Total Pet would make a nice active addition but I just don't trust Puffers, especially large ones.

[Doug]

[whatcaneyedo]

I keep messing things up but since I had to take some pictures today anyways I thought I'd post a little update. A few alkalinity swings and a power outage or two did a number on a few coral so I did some demo and shuffled a couple of things around. In a couple of months I should be happier with the ways things look but at the moment I just see too much empty space and dead skeleton. Also it would be nice if the incredibly fat power blue tang would stop nipping at the coral!





Behind the scenes in the rats nest not much has changed. Feeding PE Mysis 3x a day means the skimmer foam head is damn near perma-crashed. I am also haunted by dreams of larger reflectors or a series of LED pendants.

[Dearth]

Russell's tank is something to Behold in person I thought his old tank was impressive but this one blew it away