Don't you hate Cloudy tanks...

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...e/IMG_1133.jpg

it might be cloudy, but its holding water:wink:

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Dry rock with seeded rock plus some live rock in the sump. pretty close to the final rock layout

Moved the fish over from the 50 gallon and added a bunch of rock from that sump to this sump. It was nice to see the tang able to fully "spread his wings". I had always felt bad about having him in there but he never seemed stressed so i never removed him.

Fish include:
Tail spot blenny
yellow tang
kole tang
2 true perc clowns
Blue chromis
3 Orange striped cardinals
6 line wrasse

Probably not going to add very many more fish. maybe a small angel and a hawk fish of sorts. but not for a while

Still deciding on lights so only half the tank is a lit.
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will you be transferring the coral over too, or leaving the 50g running?.....what are the dimensions on this bad boy?....it doesnt look like your typical 90g....

I will be moving the corals over soon. I have to decide/wait on a light for this tank so for the time being i will have the AI fixture or as soon as i figure out how to hang it over the tank the sunpower fixture that i had previously. I moved all of the zoas over because i didn't think they would be as pick as the sps.

Tank is an euro-braced inverted 90. so 48" X 24" X 18". I have a 30 gallon breeder tank underneath that i added baffles to for the sump. I am probably going tripod shopping tomorrow so i will try and get some photos of everything.

I really like the aquascaping. Nice and open

thank you. I was thinking of going for something like Lobsterboys revised tank. Turns out 50lbs of rock was too much for that. I am pleased with how it turned out. it will look a little bit different after i get the seed rock off of the Marcorocks (thanks CaCo3REEF) and to the sump with the rest of the live rock i already have in there.

Its been a while. There have been some ups, and there have been some downs. but here it is:
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Rainbow acan. still acclimating to the light.
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http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...e/IMG_1185.jpg
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trying i identify these ones:

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http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...zetyle/AOG.jpg

Things have been pretty much on auto pilot lately. I have added a few fish

Current stocking list

Peppermint candy cane hogfish
Two bar rabbitfish
multicolor angelfish
two misbar/semi-picasso clowns
Dragon faced pipefish
two bangaii and one panama cardinal
Flavivertex pseudochromis

might add a kole/tomini tang, but i think that might be over stalking it a bit. Any thoughts?

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...e/_MG_1288.jpg
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Little bugger moves too quick, and my camera skills are subpar.
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Forgot to add. Ive started the basic 4 of zeovit. I wanted to see if i could get anywhere close to what John (lobster boy) created with his reef. Its going to be a long journey

Oh for the love of ...... geeeeeeez. :( This fish is insanely difficult to get over here in Calgary. It's like unobtainium or something.

What I don't get is why in other cities it's not impossible. Grumble, grumble, grumble.

Anyhow seriously though, nice score. Very jealous!

I'm in 12 months of zeo myself and trust me I am nowhere near not even 1/10th of lobsterboys success yet. Persevering for bit more but man either it just aligns perfectly and poof, nice tank .. or .. not..

Ive seen it quite regularly on the suppliers stocking list. We actually have another one at our shop at the moment. I'm flying into calgary on the 24th i wonder how hard it would be to bring a fish aboard for you?

nice tank!! I'm getting a cube! I'm so EXCITED :mrgreen: I have to figure out a nice unique aquascape!

Wow Jon,

Love the new fish! Is the rabbit as teeny tiny as he looks and angel is just gorgeous.

It's ok - thanks for the offer though. I gave up waiting and went with a virgatus instead. Very similar. I just like the blue on doliatus (they have more blue) and of the virgatus and doliatus I've had in the past, the doliatus was a better eater of valonia. What's especially funny about that is that because the rabbitfish ate valonia, so did my sailfin tang (it's like he got irritated that someone was eating food - and if there's food to be had then by golly he gets dibs on it - but after a moment of weakness and I sold the doliatus, the tang was like "Oh thank goodness I don't have to eat that crap anymore. It tasted terrible!")

I'm not sure how easy it would be to take a fish on a plane. If it's carryon then they're going to want to xray the package which seems like a bad idea for the fish - and if it goes in the hold then it has to be an extra piece of luggage and hopefully it's all insulated and heated ok - and some airlines don't let you carry saltwater on the plane because of its corrosiveness - I'm not sure how the industry gets to ship the stuff but probably for the most part it's part of the freight arrangement between companies - that may not extend to passenger traffic. Basically it sounds like a hassle to me.

Thanks for the offer though! Hopefully one day an LFS over here will see one on the list and remember my request - although I doubt it :lol:

Thanks for the compliment

The Rabbitfish is a little bigger than a credit card. Favourite fish in the tank right now, mainly because he ate all of the grape caulerpa that hitchhiked in.

I was really hesitant to put in the angel, but the wife kept begging for him. So happy he isn't a polyp nipper.

well. Had a really crappy run of things lately.
Cliffs notes:
-wanted to try tweaking coral colour a little bit so i started ZEO.
-stopped dosing prodibio, took gfo offline as required.
-started to notice some good coloration and increased growth.
-Started getting some cyano, and hair algae
-started losing fish
-hair algae and cyano exploded to epic proportions.
-removed zeo, started doing bi-weekly water changes, and replacing gfo weekly.
-hang head and mourn the loss of five fish.



Moral of the story... If it ain't broke, don't fix it...



I am going to be upgrading my return pump in a little bit to help with water turn over through the sump. i was also debating on swapping out the dosing pumps for a calcium reactor. In the last two months i have had my ago pump water into my alk container, and two hose clamps come undone and pump ca and alk into my stand for a few days.

Since i've been focused on training for the cross fit open, it doesn't help that i have not been paying as close attention to the tank as i guess i suppose i should be.

that sucks Jon.....sorry to hear about the losses:cry:.....what did you loose?

the two bar rabbit fish, two semi-picasso clowns, dragon faced pipefish, and potentially a flavivertex dotty back.

Its kind of weird that non of the corals or inverts are being affected by whatever is in there. seeming like its some sort or pathogen or something. no signs of ich, no cloudy/pop eyes.

I am brainstorming on whether i should pull the fish out and put them though hypo salinity or some broad medication or (more likely option) leave them in there and just keep them fed with vitamins and garlic.

We have another tiny two bar rabbit fish at the shop. I am debating buying him and putting him in with my seahorses. He would eat back my calurpa problem in there and since he can crazy to his hearts content probably would not contend for food with the ponies

Jon, again sorry to hear of your losses. :sad::sad: Have you tried using a UV sterilizer? I don't have one but have been considering getting one...

If you want to set up a Q tank, I can give you some chloroquine to try...

Thanks Brad. I'll do some reading on it. I was following your thread on Velvet. Does it linger in a tank like copper does?

That sucks Jon.. Hopefully you can figure out what's going on soon.

Finally a happy note. My bangii cardinal released his babies! Luckily i was watching as it happened. I quickly ran and scooped them up and got them into a breeder net with some cheato. I tried to get some photos but i could not get them with my dslr. Ill try some point and shoot ones tomorrow. Sooo cute!

First Piece of coral breaking the surface
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Right side
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Left/Middle
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Full tank shot
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Damn, looking good Jon! :biggrin: Time to frag that baby!

Thanks buddy. If you were closer i would cut a few for your build.

Still need to clean out some of the clutter. mainly the coral on the sandbed.

Phone pics

Baseball sized miami hurricane soon to be up for sale
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Golden Chalice also for sale soon.
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Orange and green acan
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My favourite fish (White cheek tang)
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Maxi-minis
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Mohawks
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...927_204918.jpg

Wow Jon everything really took off! Beautiful. The gold chalice is doing really well for you:mrgreen:

Playing with the phones camera, and seeing if it could get any good shots of stuff i want to sell. Here a few photos

this milli is about a foot across
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Red planet and setosa (phone camera doesnt pick up all of the colour/vibrance)
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Purple people eaters (zoom isn't so good)
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...208_182027.jpg
Purple Death
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Clam #1
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Clam #2
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Goniopora (about 8-9" diameter)
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Wow I love that blue millie.

wow, it's looking shagadellic in there! Nice :-)

Jon, great pics and the clams look very happy there... Any chance that these are the new clams at BW? That blue Milli needs a hair cut... Can I help?:biggrin:

At a foot across that milli must be one hell of a show piece nicely done! that goni is awesome too.

Thanks, Its actually not blue, its hard to describe but its a white colour. so i guess its an "arctic" (note dead) edition. i will try and get a better photo of it

That clam is from the last batch of primo ones. I'll be going into the store today i'll snap a top down of the clams for ya.

So what's your husbandry schedule like these days?

To be Honest its fairly minimal. Since getting a job at a lfs that does maintenance, my motivation for cleaning my own tank and been reduced to almost nothing. Currently i do about a 10% water change every 2 weeks, clean the glass and skimmer weekly. I had a terrible hair algae problem from the marco rock i used to start the tank so i feed the fish once every 2-3 days as a habit from trying to over come that.

when i remember i dose pohls extra or sponge power or zeo food at a half dose. Usually its what ever bottle i reach in and grab

wow Jon Your tank is nicely grown out, love that milli

Jon, no need. I was in yesterday and took a few top down shots. At that time none of them were fully opened for any great pics. Ronnie started a thread on this under Van Isl. I'll try to post some pic later today. So about that blue milli...:wink::wink: