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Looks great. Yes the powerhead is a good idea to provide circulation of the water around the live rock. If you decide to get some corals in the future, you definitely need the water flow. Don't you just love clownfish? They are my favorite fish of all time. :fish2:

That looks more like STN versus bleaching. How's the water flow. Did you dip the coral? Acclimate?

Wow 3 ponds? I admire you. :thumb:

I might go the BP route in the future, but prefer to have the option to experiment with different carbon sources for now. If I get cyano, I"ll switch to vinegar. I might go the route of prodibio or zeostart3 as well. That green mat is a gardening mat from the dollar store. lol I don't ever...

This looks absolutely amazing Bige. Good work. Time for an update on how the pond is going. :popcorn:

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone. :dance: 2013 I did finish mounting everything in the cabinet. Just to explain the sump a little bit. I have a 200 micron sock on the drain. I replace this once a week. Then I have the carbon on the hanger so that I can knead it daily (yes I like...

Thanks James. I'm learning to play with the ISO on my point and shoot camera so hopefully some future images will look nicer. :thumb: Hey Bige. I just saw your pond thread. That some awesome build you got going on. Going to subscribe to it for sure. The MP10's are currently on 70% for...

I was wondering if it is possible to have my topic renamed? I tried contacting a mod regarding this last month but had no response. Anybody know who I can contact? Or if this is allowed?

I can't believe the size of this coral. It's so perfect and colorful. Outstanding.

Whoa that is so awesome. Is that a castle in the tank? I love it. It will be so sweet when coraline grows all over the surface.

Wow looking great. I love the design of the tank and stand. That sump is so neatly organized too. Have you thought about cutting a piece of blue acrylic to cover the overflow box? It's a little distracting. Maybe just to me?

Hey that star fish looks so wicked. :thumb:

Wow awesome aquascape. I love it. Good job. Maybe you can teach me how to grow zoanthids? Mine hate my tank.

This was my experience as well. Then the smaller ones get stunted because they don't grow at the same pace and can't compete for the food. I find they then form a natural pecking order and the smallest two become the runts.

I vote reef. What about some dwarf lionfish instead?

Hey don't be jealous. It only took me 10 fish tanks, and a lot of wasted money to get to the one that I'm finally satisfied with. Hahah. Keep aspiring to be better than your last tank and you'll definitely succeed. :thumb:

Thanks for looking. I still need to setup my protein skimmer and auto doser. Updates will only occur on a weekly basis. Cheers Chizer :fish1: & Bunoi :fish2:

I decided to re-aquascape prior to adding sand in. I prefer the Iwagumi look of just having two islands instead. And in goes the sand. It's maybe 5lbs of Oolite sand? A good 1 inch only. I plan to never siphon it but will stir it up regularly. That plus the 3 Vortech MP10's, it moves around a...

This is suppose to be a pink millepora. Notice the polyp extension? And the happy couple are digging their new cave that I made for them. It's a penthouse mansion. I made an extra large cave for their breeding purposes. They are actually going to breed soon so that's exciting. Every 14...

Tank Transfer - Day One (Dec-13-2012) All of these images are 30 minutes after the transfer. I can't believe how happy most of my SPS are. They already have polyp extension. To be fair, the 90 gallon tank is bare-bottom as well :facepalm: so there are no ammonia spikes. If you are doing your...

Let's Get Wet Leak test was a complete success. That is 8" of water in the sump right now. I'm going to have my ATO in there to keep the water level steady for the protein skimmer. Notice how my emergency line sits above the water line. I did this on purpose so that I can hear if my primary...

Thank you. I'm glad your coming along for the ride. :thanks:

Finish the Plumbing Everything has been glued together, but the down pipe connected to the 45 is not. The two herbie stand pipes are not glued in. The main siphon has a union then a gate valve. Here you can see the emergency drain. The main drain will have a filter sock on it with a...

Update Now Chizer, pose for the picture. Oh no, I think Bunoi is going to spend her days underneath the tank stand. I also picked up a 9 outlet powerbar. This plus the RK PC4 and I'm all set. It's 36" long and fits on the top back wall (inside the stand) nicely.

Thanks Bige. Glad your around to follow this thread also. I'm not sure on how I want to finish it in the future. It does look great the way it is right now though. I do have the check valve on the return line too, plus extra room in the sump for all the water. Always good to use 3 fail-safe than...