Reef_Geek's tanks

[Enigma]

Breathtaking.

[Reef_Geek]

Thanks!

(I get that alot... try to fit more rock in there....)

[Enigma]

Do you have any issues keeping the glass clean, where you can't squeeze something in to clean it? If not, I would love to know your secret.

[Reef_Geek]

Originally Posted by Enigma

Do you have any issues keeping the glass clean, where you can't squeeze something in to clean it? If not, I would love to know your secret.

Wow... great observation. YES, there are places that are a pain in butt to get into... here's my tool. Just a Brillo® pad attached to my plastic putty knife via a rubber band. I use the narrow putty knife from Rona® (in the paint section) as it's cheap, doesn't scratch glass, and gives me the 7" reach working in the tank but short enough to still give leverage to apply pressure from the handle.

[Enigma]

Handy!

I'm very conscious of rock placement when it comes to keeping things clean. I go for minimal rock in my displays, typically. But, with my contest build I may need to add a lot more rock than I originally intended (to keep within the water volume restriction). Your tank looks so nice and clean, and there is no evidence of neglected glass in the photos. It eases my mind quite a bit.

I need to follow you around the city purchasing corals. We've got pretty similar tastes in a lot of things. A bunch of your specimens are on my "must have" list. And, you've found them locally!

[Reef_Geek]

I'm all around the city for work, and it has its advantages. 1) I get to scope out LFSs often if I'm in the area, and 2) I get to buy stuff and hide them in my reef tank before my wife gets home...

[mrhasan]

Aha. So that's why you got all those rocks in your tank? Nice move

Originally Posted by Reef_Geek

I'm all around the city for work, and it has its advantages. 1) I get to scope out LFSs often if I'm in the area, and 2) I get to buy stuff and hide them in my reef tank before my wife gets home...

[Reef_Geek]

65 gal reef, now without micro bubbles




added mummy-eye chalice from Gold's Aquarium



Added Powder Blue Tang (Acanthurus leucosternon) from Gold's Aquarium



Frag tank



added Purple Dottyback (Pseudochromis porphyreus) to frag tank from Nixon



Synchiropus picturatus came out a few times.

[Reef_Geek]

Synchiropus picturatus. This guy just loves swimming around my tank without a care. My Synchiropus splendidus (same tank) is seen maybe once every second day.



Bought the nice Two Little Fishies veggie magnet. Yep, over priced for what it is... but worth it to me. I'm clipping nori and don't have to fuss with a suction cup... or as previously, trying to wedge the nori in my glass cleaning magnets.

PS- nori $3.29 for a 20 sheet pack at Superstore. Roasted nori, for sushi.



This cryptic bugger... had this guy for about 3 weeks. Finally caught a photo! He's a Geometric Hawkfish (Plectranthias inermis) which is actually not a true hawkfish member... but more closely related to Anthias. Just convergent evolution to the same behaviour of perching and ambushing prey.



3 foot 65 gal reef Oct 13, 2012.