Our 100g don't know what yet build

[TraceyB4602]

So we have been in the process of building our 100g tank for awhile now. We set it up back in march and then viciously got kicked out of the place we were staying, but now its back up and running and staying that way. Its been up for about 7 weeks now and doing perfect.

I thought I would start a build thread so we can track the process of it and you guys can observe comment and give advice.

So here is what we have,

100g SW possibly reef in the future
110 Aqua Clear HOB Filter( he stocking our cart at Foster & Smiths as we speak for our ref.)
CPR Aquatic Aeroforce 2 HOB Protein skimmer
6 Lamp T5 HO w' LED lights
2 Marine Land Maxi Jet 900 Powerheads
100+lbs Live rock

Livestock:
2 Maroon Clowns
1 Three-Striped Damsel
1 Blue Damsel
1 Yellowtail Blue Damsel
1 Female Tomato Clown
1 Strawberry Pseudochromis (Dottyback)
1 Christmas Wrasse
1 Long Spined Sea Urchin
2 Condy anemone's ( 1 white & 1 purple)
20+ Hermits
10+ Turbo snails
10+ Bumblebee snails
A few Feather dusters ( magically popping out of our rocks)

Enjoy, I know I will when I look back and see what we've done.

 

[TraceyB4602]

Those were before, this is now:

The first pic is what we sculpted first, but then we figured it wasn't safe enough when we bought the urchin who likes to shuffle things, so we moved it around and did the next picture.

Next is a pic of our 2 maroon clowns ( thunder and lighting) and the blue damsel ( blue lighting) and also the white condy.

In the next picture you can see Ketchup our Tomato Clown and Oreo the three striped damsel

 

[TLTGF]

How are the damsels with aggression? Typically damsels don't like each other, maroon clowns are part of that as well...

Just curious about your experience.

 

[TraceyB4602]

Sherbert our wrasse
Ketchup again
Oreo close-up
The purple condy

 

[Heera]

Welcome to the world of saltwater

I am building a 75 upgraded to 90 gallon too.

I see you are choosing aggressive fish. Please check the compatibility chart at http://www.liveaquaria.com/general/compatibility_chart.cfm
You may have to make some changes in the stocking list.

Clowns would love the anemone. See this clowns to anemone compatibility http://www.fishlore.com/clownfishanemonechart.htm chart.
. So you can ensure hosting will occur. As you may know anemone's need alot if light. Possibly metal halide for 24" deep tank. Which lights will you running???

Any live Rock? Or live sand?

 

[Heera]

Oh you beat me to it. Looks great

 

[TraceyB4602]

How are the damsels with aggression? Typically damsels don't like each other, maroon clowns are part of that as well...

Just curious about your experience.

Well at first the blue damsel would bug the yellowtailed but now they all found there own spots and no problems. The three-striped I never had an issue with at all.

The clown I want to say may be a mated pair. They never leave each others side. When we put in the Tomato clown one went into hiding so good that we thought the tomato ate him so we were going to return the other maroon so he wouldn't get eaten but as soon as we tried to catch him they other came out from hiding like he was saying don't take my friend!!!

The most aggressive 2 I have are the dotty back and the blue damsel. But only when someone enters their territory.

 

[TraceyB4602]

Welcome to the world of saltwater

I am building a 75 upgraded to 90 gallon too.

I see you are choosing aggressive fish. Please check the compatibility chart at Marine Compatability Chart
You may have to make some changes in the stocking list.

Clowns would love the anemone. See this clowns to anemone compatibility Clownfish Anemone Compatibility Chart chart.
. So you can ensure hosting will occur. As you may know anemone's need alot if light. Possibly metal halide for 24" deep tank. Which lights will you running???

Any live Rock? Or live sand?

I forgot to post that in my first thread darn. Yes I have a Aqutic Life T5 HO 6 lamp lighting with the night LED's. I also have live sand. 100+ pounds of live rock.

 

[TraceyB4602]

Death Star the long spine urchin ( sorry on the quality had to use an Iphone pic he wasnt out when I had the digital

Lola the pseudochromis darting out of her hole and then a side shot

Juice Friut the Yellowtailed Damsel

 

[TraceyB4602]

Good pic of Blue Lighting

The clowns

The hermit crab that took on the pink shell (yes!!!)

 

[carey]

looks great, you've come a long way baby lol

 

[Rhino]

Hope you did not buy the a

 

[Rhino]

Hope you did not by the aq 110 from any place other than amazon it is only $50 there

 

[TraceyB4602]

We bought that awhile back I don't know how much we payed but we are ordering a sump next week so it will be going on my 45g.

I bought some new additions for our tank the other day for jonathan's birthday

He wanted a domino damsel so I got him one of them, and also a bi-color chromis, it looks line a race car hah I call him speed racer, and lastly I bought him a firefish goby. He is awesome I love his "antenna" of a dorsal fin

 

[TraceyB4602]

I hope he doesn't see this post he doesn't know about the firefish yet lol

 

[scubasteve03]

Very nice tank love your fish selection

 

[carey]

Nice fish choices! Off to a great start!

 

[TraceyB4602]

So Jonathan has been extremly busy the last 2 days building a new tank stand, and assembaling a DIY sump. This all means that the whole tank had to be disassembeled, everybody taken out of the tank,rocks de-scaped and rescaped and everybodody put back in. Also we bought a new RO/DI system and he brewed water for 24 hours straight... literally he stayed up all night lol. So now are tank is full of fresh RO water.

He's not up to typing what he did right now, but he will post at some point. I'll attach the pictures now so you can at least see what was done : ) Very Exciting!!

 

[TraceyB4602]

That was the sump but here is the whole tank with stand picture, also included the rescape it pretty much looks the same but more color now. He moved the base rock to the top so it can change to the pretty colors too. Right now they are still pretty white from being hidden.

 

[TraceyB4602]

and some more tank shots:
Our first Polyp yey!!