My 55 gallon diary with pics.....

invertical

invertical

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This isn't the best tank in the world, but I have put a lot of time and effort into making things I can't afford...lol...kinda like a poor mans tank if you will.....
Full front shot with the lights on....crappy lights i know.


Same shot w/o lights...

Left front side...

Center front...

Right side front...

Side shot..sorry it's a bad shot...

Now for a few critters.....here is my arrow crab at home

Bozo my clown fish...

And my coral banded shrimp and decorator crab spider...

I also have 2 turbo snails some hermits, a fire goby, a lawnmower blenny, a nassarius snail, a new green mushroom polyp growth, 5 sponges (came on LR) and lots and lots of tube worms....I will update when new things arrive... let me know what you think!
 
dse

dse

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nice.
i have a few things tho that i experianced...
that boxing shrimp will turn evil i swear it yeah they all nice and cuddly and BAM they want a fish

also looks like you have bubble algea. thats one thing you do need to get rid of.
also are you planning to make your tank reef or fish only?
if reef you'll need better lighting but you already metioned that in your first post. imo get T5's and MH's or just on or the other depending on money/your style you want

also more live rock would benifit you and the fish/critters/tank.
also i would buy 2 more power heads on the other side of the tank and one in the middle.
i would personally put covers on the opening(s) of the pipe work jmo.
but like i said nice tank and i hope your havin fun with the hobby
 
-tara33-

-tara33-

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this is a great start, really nice tank and so many options, and i had a boxing shrimp for 3 years and he was great with my fish all you do is make sure he is fed some nice little chunks of shrimp and he'll be happy are you putting corals in there, if you cant update the lights you can always just have a whole bunch of mushrooms and zooz but you will have to put them up high, you might need some more rock to do that
 
invertical

invertical

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well the lights are slowly going but i'm going with a 4bulb t5ho setup as soon as I can...the shrip is scared of my fish and I keep him on a balanced diet of shrimp and blood worm cubes...same as my crabs....i'm working on the rock...lol...we all know how that goes...I live in a small town with one fish store, and the pickings are slim..2 of the rocks I got from my sister when she was on her honeymoon in Cazumel, Mexico. Thanks for the comments...I need all I can get lol
 
invertical

invertical

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it's only $2 a lb cheaper at the lfs....I did manage to get my hands on some very well established LR at a place further away....lots and lots of sponges, a few corals totally coated with coraline....I got 2 rocks that weigh a total of about 8 lbs for $40...not bad at all for what my lfs sells...it's basically wet base rock with red slime algae.
 
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