My 44g Reef - Week 3 - LOTS of pics!

[andsoitgoes]

Well - all is starting to come together nicely, the diatoms are on their way out, and the tank is meeting and EXCEEDING my expectations. I've spent a fair bit more than the $500 invested into the tank, but to be honest, it was the best deal I could have gotten by far.
Anyway - pictures speak louder than words!
Main tank shot - a little blurry, but you get the drift:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/npapageorge/44g%20Cube%20Reef%20-%20Week%203/2007-01-05-44gReefweek3001.jpg
My Sailfin, I was so hoping I wouldn't need to use the flash
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/npapageorge/44g%20Cube%20Reef%20-%20Week%203/2007-01-05-44gReefweek3002.jpg
Shot 1 of my anemones and SPS
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/npapageorge/44g%20Cube%20Reef%20-%20Week%203/2007-01-05-44gReefweek3004.jpg
Shot 2 - anemones plus some chromies!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/npapageorge/44g%20Cube%20Reef%20-%20Week%203/2007-01-05-44gReefweek3005.jpg

More anemones - They're BTAs, think I'm a bit obsessed? Yep...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/npapageorge/44g%20Cube%20Reef%20-%20Week%203/2007-01-05-44gReefweek3006.jpg
Y'know - I don't remember what the name of this SPS is, but it's pretty - has recovered nicely from the move
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/npapageorge/44g%20Cube%20Reef%20-%20Week%203/2007-01-05-44gReefweek3007.jpg
My Zoas, Shrooms, Hammer and a few other things - strange thing in this pic is that there are actually 2 hammers, one is being covered by a large mushroom. Go figure.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/npapageorge/44g%20Cube%20Reef%20-%20Week%203/2007-01-05-44gReefweek3008.jpg
Finally, I have my Colt Coral where I want it, it's away from anything that could bother it and gosh it looks happy
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/npapageorge/44g%20Cube%20Reef%20-%20Week%203/2007-01-05-44gReefweek3009.jpg

[andsoitgoes]

Another money shot of my tank - including my sexsi light ^_^
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/npapageorge/44g%20Cube%20Reef%20-%20Week%203/2007-01-05-44gReefweek3010.jpg
I remembered the name of the coral on the frag you see here for all of about 2 minutes, golden something. And there's my Saiflin, some anthelia and if you look by the shrooms, you'll see a poor section of zoas hiding and stuck:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/npapageorge/44g%20Cube%20Reef%20-%20Week%203/2007-01-05-44gReefweek3011.jpg

You could say I'm addicted to shrooms!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/npapageorge/44g%20Cube%20Reef%20-%20Week%203/2007-01-05-44gReefweek3012.jpg

This anemone shot pleases me.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/npapageorge/44g%20Cube%20Reef%20-%20Week%203/2007-01-05-44gReefweek3013.jpg


okay - so from what I was told, this is a leopard wrasse - From the research I've done, it seems they're rare. Is that the case, or a bunch of hooey?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/npapageorge/44g%20Cube%20Reef%20-%20Week%203/2007-01-05-44gReefweek3017.jpg

Draco, my mandarin in a better shot than I could have expected. And joy, I have a ton of diatoms on my sand. Oh, and he's being chased by my Wrasse

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/npapageorge/44g%20Cube%20Reef%20-%20Week%203/2007-01-05-44gReefweek3018.jpg

Side view of my tank and my wee watchman goby!


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/npapageorge/44g%20Cube%20Reef%20-%20Week%203/2007-01-05-44gReefweek3025.jpg

And that's it! Happy days - things are going well, tank is doing great. Very happy am I!

Next project, SUMP/Refugium!

Nick

[Chaloupa]

I have the same wrasse Nick...love it...bought it from J&L and it eats everything and anything I put in the tank...I had a different leopard but it did not fare well, they are a bit tougher to keep depending on the actual type of Leopard wrasse.....Nice tank...it is coming along well..you must be very very happy!