45 gallon tank journal

Poseidon · #1 03-20-2009, 05:29 AM

Well I've been lurking around this forum for four or five years now. Last fall I purchased a biocube 14-my first saltwater excursion after over a decade in freshwater. Anyway, I was bitten by the saltwater bug and I have now upgraded to a tank that I purchased from fellow canreef member Canadian. The tank measures 24x24x18, with a false acrylic wall in the back. The viewing/display area is more like 24x18x18. Currently there is no skimmer, will definitely be adding that down the road. For the lights I've got a 24" Sunlight Supply Tek T5 fixture 4x24watt.
I set the tank up this past Monday and transferred the livestock over the following night. On Thursday I added 20lbs or so of great live rock that I purchased from Buddyboy. Anyway, without any further ado, my tank:

Note the old Biocube and the size difference

Anyway, I'll post more pictures in the future once the dust has settled down... Thanks for looking.

mseepman · #2 03-20-2009, 04:05 PM

Looking good. Cubes are great tanks...they always look sharp!

Poseidon · #3 03-23-2009, 12:15 AM

I'm trying to put together a wish list of fish and corals that I would like to add to the tank yet. So far I'm considering a dwarf flame angel, some more lps and some hardier sps down the road once I've upped the flow in the tank. Any suggestions or comments would be appreciated.

Pazil · #4 03-23-2009, 12:18 AM

Looking great!!

Boomboy · #5 03-23-2009, 01:26 AM

looks great, cant wait to see more pictures.

Poseidon · #6 03-25-2009, 05:20 AM

i have to beef up my cuc. I'm wondering if there are any suggestions for numbers of astrea snails, cerith, nassarius, hermits etc.