30gal - new photos :)

[Agnate80700]

Ok so this is my 30 gallon fish only /w live rock

What do you guys think of my rock setup, I was thinking about adding a piece or 2 to go in front of that jigundo pump.

just for kicks, a shot of the puffer and a shot of the cream angel

 

[Zagz]

Tank is looking very good. Congrats on getting it set up. You could either add some rock if the pump bothers you, it doesn't bother my eyes any.

 

[melosu58]

Looks pretty nice

 

[roka64]

That's awesome rockwork! Is that a trigger, I see, in the 1st pic? Those guys might start to get a little crowded, pretty quickly.

 

[Agnate80700]

Yeah its a trigger, this tank will only be around for 6 or 8 months though, before i move up to a more perminant 75 or 90 gal tank.

 

[roka64]

Cool, I'd shoot for the 90, if you can. I think that trigger might cause the puffer some problems as well.....But, I could be wrong.

 

[drobertson]

I like your rock work, and nice pictures.

 

[blazeyreef]

Yeah its a trigger, this tank will only be around for 6 or 8 months though, before i move up to a more perminant 75 or 90 gal tank.

actually, IMO it looks like a saddled goby, they get like 4-5 inches........at least thats what I have read... but they are beutifull none the less!

*edit* misstype, I ment toby, not goby

 

[Agnate80700]

blazey - i think what roka, and what i responded to, was the topmost photo, the little guy down in the right corner, hes a bursa trigger. the toby i took a main shot of is a bluedot (i believe) toby. so far they dont bother eachother, everyone pretty much hangs out.


Some new stuff.... I put one of the flat rocks in front of the pump just so i didnt have to see it, and also installed my 1st attempt at a moon light. I think it came out pretty nice I now have the moon light on a timer to come on when the main light goes off, and vice versa.

I saw a aquarium-safe LED in-tank light thing, and I turned it into a moon light using some clingwrap to disperse the light, and just stuck it up in the awning/canopy flourescent fixture. Just angled it to shine down the slope of the rocks.

(note: the shot was a 30-second long exposure, so the light looks a lot more intensly blue than it really is) I put all my equipment away before I looked at the picture and didnt want to get it all back out lol.

this is with a little light in the background just to give some definition

this is the only cut I had to make

my magic cling-wrap dispursion.... uh... module.

 

[roka64]

That's awesome! I love the "magic cling-wrap dispursion.... uh... module"! LOL!

 

[Agnate80700]

Some new photos

This is a shot i snapped while my toby was sleeping. Creeeeeepy!

This is my tank with the critters labeled. The only missing thing is a cleaner shrimp that was hanging out behind the rock

Another shot of the tank, minus the red labels.

And the sump. Looks like a jumble of rock, water, cat and equipment but I swear it works like a charm!

 

[blazeyreef]

well as I cant read the red words (sorry) is the angel a korean or emperor? they both get big but I do believe you will need a 75+ for him...

 

[Agnate80700]

Its an imperitor, and I am in the process of shopping for a 125 gallon (see thread in coral getting started hehe)

Currently he is about 1.25 inches, SUPER tiny (hes actually the smallest fish I have in the tank lol) Ive never seen one so small, and at $40 I had to jump on the chance to pick it up.

 

[blazeyreef]

oh well in that case...
he is a CUTIE! its my moms favorite! have you seen the adult coloration yet? http://www.geocities.com/suonnoch/Oman/emperor1.jpg (first one on google LOL)

 

[chase33]

Nice work

 

[Agnate80700]

Yeah blazey, i cant wait heh, although i thoroughly enjoy the juvenile coloration too... such intense blue its almost unbelievable. It was a toss up between a imperitor, an annularis, or a majestic and the size/price was the winner (I was leaning towards an annularis but the more i read the more i understand they can be maybe too aggressive and territorial so I think my choice was a good one)

 

[msamsonz28]

Nice job on the moonlights! I got motivated by your pictures to do the same thing for my 55 but it just doesn't seem to do the trick. I put two led lights on and it doesn't spread out like yours seems to and they are very dim. I think I wasted my money.

 

[Agnate80700]

Yeah the leds by them self are pretty direct. Do like I did and put something over them to dispurse the light (I used the glad press-n-seal stuff) i just folded up a square of it and put it in front of the light