My first attempt on 55gallon

[spiderwoman]

Pardon the quality of photos. I'm still learning how to take photos of our tank. I did learn that using a flash turns everything really sharp, but shadows are horrible so all my pics are taken with no flash.
Also I messed up our background by having a few drops of water fall between the glass and the backing when I was cleaning up the protein skimmer Oh well, I'm blond hehehe
We are going to switch the backing to black, looks better and we have it on our 44 bow fresh water tank.
Here we go...
Condi Anemone
Take a look at the LR behind the Condi and you see how much algie it has. The next pic is after I received a cleaning crew of snails/crabs.

Skunk Shrimp checking out our small Yellow Tang and Ocellaris Clown (5yr old female) and True Percula Clown (6mo old male) try to stick themselves in front of my camera

I just love this one... Skunk Shrimp cleaning out our Tang. Last night I saw the shrimp jump on the side of the Tang and ride around with it.

Full picture of the tank, still a work in process

Thank you for taking the time to look

 

[sepulatian]

It looks very nice so far!

 

[matt b]

looks really good!!! how old is it??

 

[spiderwoman]

it's still fresh meat, 2 months
My husband is the equipment geek and in charge of anything technical when it comes to our 2 tanks and I'm in charge of the living things. So far so good, knocking on wood!
Right now he is getting ready to build a sump and we are already looking for a larger tank for another part of our house. This is a very addictive hobby and I'm sure I'm not the only one saying it

 

[spiderwoman]

Current setup:
55 g all-glass tank with 2 large bags of crushed coral and 1 large bag of LS, 50lb Fiji LR
Magnum 350 Bio-Pro System
Bak-Pak Protein Skimmer w/preskimmer and bubble elimantor
Lifegard Fluidized Bed Filter
2 Stealth heaters
1 powerhead

 

[alex4286]

is an upgrade in the future?
that tang is a no no in that 55gal
i hope you either put it in a larger tank or trade it back to the store in exchange for something else in the near future.

 

[spiderwoman]

Originally Posted by Alex4286
http:///forum/post/2451017
is an upgrade in the future?
that tang is a no no in that 55gal
i hope you either put it in a larger tank or trade it back to the store in exchange for something else in the near future.
Yes sir, I did mention it in my post...
Right now he is getting ready to build a sump and we are already looking for a larger tank for another part of our house.

 

[yannifish]

Nice Tank! What size tank are you going to get?

 

[spiderwoman]

It depends on many things... Minimum 100, max 200... I think. We are still in the planning phases and seeing how well we do with this small tnak. It's definitely a learning experience
We are going to put it inside a wall so it's a see-through in the addition we are building (on hold right now). It will be between my new office and the game room.