It's so on now - 72g Reef build

[Tank2379]

If I was going to do 1 thing differently, it would've been to go with my initial intent and use a black background.

Yeah Black Back ground would be nice.

 

[neilanh]

Few new things today

Miami Hurricane Chalice

A new clam

Here's the new guy with the other 2

Also, my clowns decided to lay eggs today

 

[InfernoST]

That's good stuff, looks great. I thought clowns lay their eggs at the base of an anemone for protection?

 

[jessicasmarine]

So, the green spots are eggs? Nice Clams

 

[fishmonkey]

nice clams. wish I could have some!

 

[neilanh]

Home from work today and the eggs are gone. Expected. I'm actually surprised they made it that long.

 

[jessicasmarine]

just curious, could you have qt'd the eggs and produced fry, Ive got a mated pair and I think it would be interesting some day

 

[neilanh]

I haven't done a lot of research, but I think that's what breeders do. Once the eggs are confirmed fertilized, they'll move them to a seperate tank.

 

[jessicasmarine]

Hopefully I get lucky (or the male clown gets lucky!)

 

[FishEggs]

lol

 

[roka64]

That's too bad, it looks like they were fertilized, but they do need to be kept in a separate tank.....CUC is good at what it does!!!

 

[fishmonkey]

yeah wouldve been cool to have some babies in your tank!

 

[neilanh]

So I've been out of the country for the past month. Thanks to Allen, my wife, and the manager at the LFS for watching my tank, everything survived, although the tank isn't looking it's best.

About 2 weeks ago my wife tells me somehow my ATO failed. I have a dual switch setup (2d switch as a failsafe) but somehow the thing managed to pump in 25+g of water and overflow my sump. My wife, as she's leaving the house one morning, decides to peek and see the floor full of water. She called Sean at Fins and Feathers and he rushed right out to help get the water back stable, as you can imagine the sailinity was shot at that point.

So other than me really needing to get in there and clean it out, all looks pretty good. Not as much growth as I would've expected, but I'm chalking that up to the fact I'm overdue to replace my bulbs. I'll get an updated FTS once I have an afternoon to get the tank straightened up and looking good again.

 

[cooltop]

glad to have you back can not wait to see an updated pic

 

[fishmonkey]

me too. too bad there wasnt much growth...

 

[Tank2379]

Any Picture updates?

 

[neilanh]

Coming soon. I've logged a few hours of maintenance on the tank, so it's starting to look legitimate again.

New replacement ATO arrived today too.

 

[Quartz92]

Your tank has really been an inspiration to me! I have learned a great deal, and it looks absolutly amazing!

 

[fishmonkey]

Your tank has really been an inspiration to me! I have learned a great deal, and it looks absolutly amazing!

me too!

 

[neilanh]

Thanks guys!