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I just got done rearranging the tank with black apoxie sculpt. The corals don't seem to mind the chemical. Everything is pasted down pretty well now and the structure is built up some. It is definitely taller. I might have room for more corals now too. I'm going to wait for the apoxie sculpt...

Yay! It's Sunday morning, which means it's time to mess with the tank.

Lol, no big deal, Joe. Thanks for the help and advice. I'm glad you are following along. I'm just kinda liking this barebottom thing for now. It seems to be doing well for me so far. By the way, this weekend after I epoxy all the rocks, I'll probably also cut up the GSP and glue it to the...

I was just cleaning the tank and I bumped the rocks a little and everything shifted. Oops. I think this weekend I will take out some of the rocks and epoxy them together and finally epoxy the montipora in place. I might break it in two and glue part of it onto the plastic side of the tank. I...

Lol :D

I'm not that fond of sand beds anyways, especially in these small tanks. The ease of maintenance siphoning out the crud on the bottom with every water change can not be surpassed. I've added that seachem fuel 1mL two times this week and I'm starting to see some hair algae growth. I'm...

Good thing that the tank sits three feet from the sink. ;) Blood shrimp eh?

Lol! The tank sits on four points. The bottom doesn't even sit in the counter. I guess I could slip something under it but it's not really a big deal to me. I'm thinking about adding a snail, a peppermint shrimp and a cleaner shrimp. I know adding inverts will increase the bioload but I...

Meh. It's not really a price. It's a quality and quantity issue. We will see.

Looking online for black sand that I can live with. Nothing yet. I'm carefully selecting three or four more frags for the tank and I'm trying to be picky. Anyone have suggestions?

Well, I have a 5g reef tank with 12 years experience. Big tanks take a lot of money for lighting and equipment. They also take a lot of money to fill up with corals if you are impatient for them to grow in. A 40g breeder tank is a perfect starting size for corals. It's just big enough not to be...

Its not really that bad if you KISS it. adding another level to your skills can be intimidating, but you could gain confidence with time. Starting out with cheap soft corals and gaining experience as you go. If money isn't really too big of a hurdle for you to get over, then you could easily...

Your skimmer should be going crazy if you have cyano in the tank. If you are good at growing GHA, consider possibly making an algae scrubber. Skimmers are great, and they do a good job mechanically filtering out the dirt and waste in a tank... but sometimes more is necessary to achieve...

Looks like your tank maintenance capacity is "topped off" You could always go "reef."

Beautiful tank Richard!

looks good. I love the look of rimless tank. Nice Kessils.

I've been following Richard Back on Facebook. He does have a beautiful tank. I definitely will be going to MACNA 2017. I hope to see a few friends there!

Thanks Cory and Richard. Yeah, I took some time off away from here and time off from the hobby. My new job gives me a little more economic freedom to do what I love. I don't know if I am really going to post anywhere else on the forums for now. Just keeping a low profile. I am really...

You would think that the pics are coming from a DSLR, but it's actually my Google Pixel phone, if anyone was interested in knowing what camera I was using.