23.8G Renovation/Upgrade

[Mitchell0605]

Haha yeah. I've got that Frag pack arriving on Monday. I've put in a request for all Acros as I don't have room for a monti and I've got a conformation on that. Great dealer. Free shipping!

 

[dannyb]

Where are you getting your corals from?
What website?

 

[Zer0]

For real.. what site you ordering from? I'm excited to see what you get lol.

 

[Mitchell0605]

Haha knew you would wanna know Danny. It's this one: AUSSIE AQUARIUM CORALS home page
Don't spend to much! BTW if you buy something mention Mitchell to him, he might give me a discount or extra coral.

 

[thincat]

What!!! they don't ship to the U.S!

 

[Zer0]

Dang.. that place has such nice coral.. They ship to Tasmania.. lol.. but not the U.S. That sucks.

 

[thincat]

In a way that is a good thing. They were not allowing any collecting for the longest time. I guess they wised up and understood that it is better to allow permited collecting and decrease the amount of "weekend warriors" sneaking out a coral or two. You multiply this by 1000 weekend warriors and you have a real threat on the "Great Barrier Reef".

 

[Mitchell0605]

And it's got enough threats with Chinese ships leaking oil, coral bleaching and Crown of Thorns starfishes.

 

[Mitchell0605]

Ok picture time! Everyone say yay!

Corals taken out and put in their bucket. If you want a list of them ask.

Me checking to make sure there isn't a Mantis Shrimp in a huge hole I found under a rock before daring to put my hands in the tank again.

What do you think? I've been hearing clicks.

After making sure there was a Mantis I plowed ahead with my aquascaping.

Once completed I placed my new light set on.

All done with the corals not yet back.

 

[Mitchell0605]

Continued...

Corals are back.

Someone's looking happy. Mr Anenome stayed in the tank through the whole move. He was attached to the second biggest rock so he wasn't leaving the tank.

And here's before and after:
Before

After

You can see the change in the light colour. It's a much more crisp white now. And that's only three out of six globes. I'm light acclimatising. That ends this Saturday/Sunday.

 

[Zer0]

Sweeeet! MOAR PICS. Now. k? k.

Still.. the tank looks awesome.

 

[thincat]

I like the scaping. the arch looks awesome. You have a nice selection of corals too.
I like it.

 

[Etunes]

Nice, job. What are the dimensions of the tank? Looking for a tank to fit in a corner in my room.

 

[Mitchell0605]

Thanks guys. I like the scaping too TC. It's chaged a little as the arch fell so now it's a half arch. I'll measure up the dimenstion for you Etunes but remember this thing came with a hood etc. Also it's got curved corners on the front.
I'll do some more pics this arvo. It looks better with the water clear.

 

[Mitchell0605]

Ok weekend project; Cut some acrylic into shape of the lip of the tank, two parts so the light isn't going through it (air exchange area) to stop all the junk floating in the air landing on the water!

 

[harmy4993]

Nice, job. What are the dimensions of the tank? Looking for a tank to fit in a corner in my room.

would be easier if you said the dimensions of the corner in your room lol. you let me know that and ill find you a good tank.

 

[harmy4993]

Ok weekend project; Cut some acrylic into shape of the lip of the tank, two parts so the light isn't going through it (air exchange area) to stop all the junk floating in the air landing on the water!

what junk is floating in the air is getting into your tank?

 

[Etunes]

would be easier if you said the dimensions of the corner in your room lol. you let me know that and ill find you a good tank.

18x18x18 would be perfect. maybe a inch or 2 bigger.

what junk is floating in the air is getting into your tank?

Maybe dust storms in his room? I mean he is in Australia.

 

[harmy4993]

18x18x18 would be perfect. maybe a inch or 2 bigger.



Maybe dust storms in his room? I mean he is in Australia.

isnt that the size zero got? its like a 25g cube i thinkthink he got it for about 100 shipped.

 

[thincat]

"Maybe dust storms in his room? I mean he is in Australia."