hahah i just woke up been a late night up working on the tank untill 5 this morning but i do have stuff to take pics of and i got alot done last night including a massive hole in my hand (got pics of that too)


really happy today as a friend and me are going in on a j&l order and im getting the apex :):):):) yee haww!!!!!!

Me too, I was up until 4am draining the 4" of water off my shop floor. I have a drain line from my huge RO system and my dad decided to redirect it. Needless to say it filled my septic tamk and back flow into my shop floor drains.

An apex sweet I snagged a Proflux 2ex for a smokin deal.

brutal nothing worse than water on the floor early in the morning, i was wondering what you were doing up so late i think we were the only ones on here that late lol the profilux is an awesome controller and the apex will be my first ever so its exciting to walk into a new stage of the hobby:):)

well here is an update on where i am in the tank and what i have or have ordered and waiting for::

48"x48"x20h"
100g sump
low flow refuge 20g and built in frag tank 20g
4x250w fishneedit halide pendants on custom made aluminum octagon light ring
36 x 3w dimmable leds (blue/white/royal blue)
vertex in-180 skimmer
apex-lite
3l zeo reactor with start-up package
brs dual stage media reactor for carbon
no-name return pump 600gph throttled back for returns for frag tank and refuge
filter socks
3 x 250w heaters 2 running 1 for back up
numerous koralias to be replaced by vortech mp40
coralife compact florescent 6500k for refuge



there are still some stuff i need to get but i have what i need to keep it running and ill gather up the rest as time goes by, last night i added rock and sand and wayne brought over some salt so im where i need to be there( thanks wayne your a lifesaver) im still gonna need some more tonga branch and some more porus rock i didnt realize how much aquascaping room there is in a 4 x4 cube lol lots of islands and in the predator side lots of room an open space......tank is almost cleared up this morning im about to run some new carbon and clear up the tiny bit of yellow in it and in a day or two im gonna log my first water tests. the rock is all cured but the sand is gonna create quite the spike judging by the smell lol so no dead shrimp or fish or uncured rock needed.


when i get a chance ill do a video and a walk around basically there are three sections the predator side is a more open look with barely any rock as there will be some massive sand and rock movers in there...ie. dragon wrasse


the reef side is done in two parts one part with a massive rock cliff that will stick up out of the water like the volcanoe tank does and then around the back corner it will all be tonga branch entwined everywhere and which way with very little coral more of a place for schooling fish to swim in and out of. i am in the process of hunting down some very high or large pieces of liverock for my mountain now as we speak:):)


other than that its all little things sooooo i guess thatrs another story:):)

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cant help but think about my stocking so ive been thinking about it and heres what im going with so far:)


for the predator side:

snowflake eel
dragon wrasse
fu man-chu lion( is it possible to get a pair??)
lemon peel angel
*** i want to add a butterfly fish but cant decide on which one any suggestions would be greatly appreciated:)***8




for the reef tank:

pair of bangai cardinals
pair of mandarins
yellow tang
sailfin tang
leatherjacket filefish
small scholl of chromis
pair of cinnamon clowns




for the most part im sticking with fish i have experience with the only fish from the lists i havent owned are the fu manchu and a butterfly fish.im interested in any suggestions for more fish in the reef id like to keep it limited to small fish and ones that are out and about:):) thanks all:):)

No worries! Anytime! I just picked up two more buckets of Reef Crystals :lol:

hahah nice buddy im gonna have to look into gettin a pallet to keep this badboy going 25g a week thats a little over 8 buckets a year just in water changes alone lol:):)

I had a pair of cin clowns and they got really aggressive had to move them out.

How about a Coral Beauty or a Blonde Naso.

ive always owned a pair of cinnamon clowns and they def are aggressive my female killed the male after a year together i introduced another male and it took a few weeks to warm up to each other, now i only have the male but hes always attacking me my female was around 4" i love the cinnamon clowns as ugly as they get and as mean as they are to their handlers ive always found them to be great clowns to own:)



the blonde naso for me would be too many tangs my yellow is quite aggressive and if i get a juvie sailfin it will become large quite fast so those will be the only two large fish in my reef. the coral beauty is nice but too common for me def a nice fish though.:):)

how about wrasses anything you guys would recommend that will be reefsafe and i understand most of them have an awesome appetite for inverts:)


i think im gonna lean towards smaller colorful or unique fish for my reef :)

I have a six line and a coris wrasse and getting a checker board and flasher wrasse as well.