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Thanks everybody,
Sorry if the pictures are poor quality they're from a cell phone, tank is a Glass Cages 25x25x33 front pane starfire, The whole idea of the tank was to use as little floor-space as possible and make it easy to move, being in school housing is always a "where too next" kinda thing. Hated the overflow so i knocked it out still don't know how to hide the standpipe, but the tank is drilled into the sump and skimmer, and the return line i've built out of PVC with holes drilled into it as the stand for the rock. Really love it the only sand being a fine layer, all detritus is pushed up and removed. Five gallon refugium in the back. Tank originally was sps before it crashed in April of 2011 so lighting is 250w MH and T5, switching out back to the 20 look here soon 14 is just too yellow, bulbs on order, been overdue for years past the two year mark. Since the crash i havent had the time or resources to fill it back up so stuck with the two fish and let the corals that survived fill in.
Sorry if the pictures are poor quality they're from a cell phone, tank is a Glass Cages 25x25x33 front pane starfire, The whole idea of the tank was to use as little floor-space as possible and make it easy to move, being in school housing is always a "where too next" kinda thing. Hated the overflow so i knocked it out still don't know how to hide the standpipe, but the tank is drilled into the sump and skimmer, and the return line i've built out of PVC with holes drilled into it as the stand for the rock. Really love it the only sand being a fine layer, all detritus is pushed up and removed. Five gallon refugium in the back. Tank originally was sps before it crashed in April of 2011 so lighting is 250w MH and T5, switching out back to the 20 look here soon 14 is just too yellow, bulbs on order, been overdue for years past the two year mark. Since the crash i havent had the time or resources to fill it back up so stuck with the two fish and let the corals that survived fill in.
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Figured i would do an update seeing as how the amazing folks here took my "fish eating" nem and other fish and allowed me to get the fish stocking up to par. Couple orange rics and beautiful favia's added thanks to gonzo, pair of regular ol' firefish and an awesome shoal of blue-eye cardinals (thank you Mike from aquamart for dealing with my neediness with these, you guys ROCK!). I really need a better camera other than my phone...
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Thanks jahmic =], not as nice as most of yawls on here, but it's my baby.
There's 4 T5s on there (25w) one figi purple to make the reds pop, love that bulb. And three blue plus to still get the actinic with some good par. With the tank as deep as it is I needed as much par as I could get, have the fixture 18 inches from the surface and it still burns the lps on the top, sps worked much better birdsnests and such did great at the bottom, may be time to switch back the crash really scared me away from em though.
There's 4 T5s on there (25w) one figi purple to make the reds pop, love that bulb. And three blue plus to still get the actinic with some good par. With the tank as deep as it is I needed as much par as I could get, have the fixture 18 inches from the surface and it still burns the lps on the top, sps worked much better birdsnests and such did great at the bottom, may be time to switch back the crash really scared me away from em though.
Hey all
That tank isn't nearly long enough for a tang! You need to read the post entitled "research your intended fish purchases" you are terrorizing that poor yellow tang! You may also refer to "socialist fish keepers of America"
All of us here at reef cen... Oops wrong forum.
Just kidding!!! Nice looking tank. Welcome back. Thanks for the pix.
That tank isn't nearly long enough for a tang! You need to read the post entitled "research your intended fish purchases" you are terrorizing that poor yellow tang! You may also refer to "socialist fish keepers of America"
All of us here at reef cen... Oops wrong forum.
Just kidding!!! Nice looking tank. Welcome back. Thanks for the pix.
Ahhahahaha! Aww but he was so cute when he was only two inches in the petco tank 
. Oh spontaneous purchases... that's how i acquired that damn nem as well. When life throws you curves you do what you gotta do to stay in the hobby though...
Theres 12 for now, maybe more later but we will see after a few years. I really like them as well, have had anthias in the past and the group cohabitates fine but nothing compared to the shoaling of these guys, they never leave eachother, well other than the few that have started their temporary pairings and leave the group to court.
Will post a few more pics after my new bulbs get here and i can put the UV shield back on the MH, to embarrassed to post pictures of anything other than the lower half of the tank with the way the corals on the top are getting burned
. Oh spontaneous purchases... that's how i acquired that damn nem as well. When life throws you curves you do what you gotta do to stay in the hobby though...Theres 12 for now, maybe more later but we will see after a few years. I really like them as well, have had anthias in the past and the group cohabitates fine but nothing compared to the shoaling of these guys, they never leave eachother, well other than the few that have started their temporary pairings and leave the group to court
.Will post a few more pics after my new bulbs get here and i can put the UV shield back on the MH, to embarrassed to post pictures of anything other than the lower half of the tank with the way the corals on the top are getting burned