your pretty lucky, about 2 years is where starving dollars start to die off, the problem with them is each type has a spicific food requirment and 99.9% of the time a tank doesn't support the right food. this ontop of the huge amount of sand bed you need for them gives them a very pour sucess rate in tanks.

Steve

So it's been way too long since I've updated this thread. The tank is doing well. I had a little bout with Cyano a while back and after trying all the natural methods, decided to treat.
I've reached the stage where I'm getting some battles between corals and so I need to do a little cleanup to deal with it. Dreading that job as it's tough to decide who stays and who goes.
Here are some pics of how it sits now.
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http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...psa42aa5ab.jpg



http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps128e78a4.jpg

http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...psc856119d.jpg

http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps1499becd.jpg

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What did you treat with? What happened to your pod population while this was happening?

I used chemiclean at a slightly weaker dose than suggested. My problem wasn't terrible, just more than I could tolerate. The pod population appears fine...still everywhere.:biggrin:

looking awesome Mark! I need to come over again and get my fix, your whole system keeps me awake at night! Awesome! Let me know when you do some clean up.

Looks good Mark.

Thanks everyone. I love how it's coming together. At first I was nervous about how much water space I left above the rock but now that the coral is growing in...it's taken shape nicely.

Mark the tank is looking great my friend, just watch out for that Doug fella out there he is bad news :lol:

Look at all those corals! Awesome Mark!

It's filling in nicely. Sometimes it's fun to just watch the battles. It the end, it could look very cool and more natural. Plus it's also less work!