My new 210 starfire journal
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maxalmon
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Current inhabitantsYellow Tang
Purple Tang
Hippo Tang
Flame Angel
6 line Wrasse
1 Perc
1 Green Chromis
1 Purple Fire Fish - it's mate went carpet surfing
Yellow Watchman
Over the next few weeks I will be adding:
A small harem of Purple Queen or Bartletts anthias, maybe 5 or 7
Several Purple Firefish - maybe 4 or 5 more
Bangaii Cardinals
Blue Spotted Jawfish
Mandarin (s)
Blue Throat Trigger possibly a Sargassum Trigger
Tangs
Chevron Tang
Naso tang
Black tang
Sohol Tang < the very last one to be added
Still working on the wrasse stocking list
Lineatus Fairy Wrasse < I really want a pair of these!
Red Velvet Wrasse
Exquisite Wrasse
Scotts Fairy Wrasse
Mystery Wrasse
Hawaiian Flame Wrasse
Picaso Clowns, I'm searching like a madman for a pair
Purple Tang
Hippo Tang
Flame Angel
6 line Wrasse
1 Perc
1 Green Chromis
1 Purple Fire Fish - it's mate went carpet surfing
Yellow Watchman
Over the next few weeks I will be adding:
A small harem of Purple Queen or Bartletts anthias, maybe 5 or 7
Several Purple Firefish - maybe 4 or 5 more
Bangaii Cardinals
Blue Spotted Jawfish
Mandarin (s)
Blue Throat Trigger possibly a Sargassum Trigger
Tangs
Chevron Tang
Naso tang
Black tang
Sohol Tang < the very last one to be added
Still working on the wrasse stocking list
Lineatus Fairy Wrasse < I really want a pair of these!
Red Velvet Wrasse
Exquisite Wrasse
Scotts Fairy Wrasse
Mystery Wrasse
Hawaiian Flame Wrasse
Picaso Clowns, I'm searching like a madman for a pair
maxalmon
Active Member
Originally Posted by clown316
dude.. you are my idol. i only have a 29 gallon biocube.. one day.... I want that.
Thanks....Sometimes I wish I had a 29g, so much easier to maintain...
I've been putting off installing these high volume fans for a while, I'll connect them to the Neptune controller to only come on when temp hits 81. You won't be able to see the fan vents because they are on the right hand side of the tank
dude.. you are my idol. i only have a 29 gallon biocube.. one day.... I want that.
Thanks....Sometimes I wish I had a 29g, so much easier to maintain...
I've been putting off installing these high volume fans for a while, I'll connect them to the Neptune controller to only come on when temp hits 81. You won't be able to see the fan vents because they are on the right hand side of the tank
wangotango
Active Member
Looks nice max
You wouldn't by any chance have any comparison pics of the same piece of coral behind regular and starfire glass?
-Justin
You wouldn't by any chance have any comparison pics of the same piece of coral behind regular and starfire glass?
-Justin
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eaglefan
Guest
Awesome tank, I love the dairy.
aloysiusii
Member
Originally Posted by maxalmon
Thanks guys!.
Figured it was time for an update, life's been really crazy so the tank was kinda on hold for a while, kinda cool to setup a new tank like this and not have a cycle....LOL
Removed about 100lbs of LR, I'll replace it with 50lbs of really nice tonga branch thats on it's way, will take a few weeks to cure. Remember that this is a LPS/Zoa/softie tank so the aquascaping is a little different. I plan on fragging all my zoa's onto the tonga branch, then LPS and softies in the rockwork.
I actually removed all the LR and started over as I realized that I forgot to place the maxijets and Koralias behind the LR. There are a total of 4 hidden powerheads that are mounted at the bottom of the tank, some aimed up, some aimed thru and 2 that are aimed sideways, this ensures that there is very little detritus buildup, plus there's tons of space behind the LR.
I thought I was going to lose one of my crocea's as his entire foot was ripped off in a freak accident, but he's now fully opened and looks like I can see a new foot creaping it's way into the LR
Ended up fragging my monster Kenya into 2 huge frags, if you can call them frags @ 14" across, they look so freakin tiny in the photos
Full tank shot, sorry it's a little cloudy, was mucking around in the fuge.
What do you mean you did not have to cycle the tank? I am in the middle of moving all of my LR and Coral and Fish to a new tank and was wondering if I still have to cycle tank if Im not using the same water in the new tank? Can you please help?
Thanks guys!.
Figured it was time for an update, life's been really crazy so the tank was kinda on hold for a while, kinda cool to setup a new tank like this and not have a cycle....LOL
Removed about 100lbs of LR, I'll replace it with 50lbs of really nice tonga branch thats on it's way, will take a few weeks to cure. Remember that this is a LPS/Zoa/softie tank so the aquascaping is a little different. I plan on fragging all my zoa's onto the tonga branch, then LPS and softies in the rockwork.
I actually removed all the LR and started over as I realized that I forgot to place the maxijets and Koralias behind the LR. There are a total of 4 hidden powerheads that are mounted at the bottom of the tank, some aimed up, some aimed thru and 2 that are aimed sideways, this ensures that there is very little detritus buildup, plus there's tons of space behind the LR.
I thought I was going to lose one of my crocea's as his entire foot was ripped off in a freak accident, but he's now fully opened and looks like I can see a new foot creaping it's way into the LR
Ended up fragging my monster Kenya into 2 huge frags, if you can call them frags @ 14" across, they look so freakin tiny in the photos
Full tank shot, sorry it's a little cloudy, was mucking around in the fuge.
What do you mean you did not have to cycle the tank? I am in the middle of moving all of my LR and Coral and Fish to a new tank and was wondering if I still have to cycle tank if Im not using the same water in the new tank? Can you please help?
maxalmon
Active Member
Originally Posted by aloysiusii
What do you mean you did not have to cycle the tank? I am in the middle of moving all of my LR and Coral and Fish to a new tank and was wondering if I still have to cycle tank if Im not using the same water in the new tank? Can you please help?
All the inhabitans and LR from my 125 were moved over to this 215. I filled the tank with new SW added 180lbs of LS, then started moving everything from the 125 into this tank. Everything was transported in water so there was no die off. Hence, no cycle. Thats the beauty of using so much fully cured LR. If done properly, and ONLY WHEN MOVING AN ESTABLISHED TANK INTO A NEW TANK you can do it in such a way that there is no cycle.
What do you mean you did not have to cycle the tank? I am in the middle of moving all of my LR and Coral and Fish to a new tank and was wondering if I still have to cycle tank if Im not using the same water in the new tank? Can you please help?
All the inhabitans and LR from my 125 were moved over to this 215. I filled the tank with new SW added 180lbs of LS, then started moving everything from the 125 into this tank. Everything was transported in water so there was no die off. Hence, no cycle. Thats the beauty of using so much fully cured LR. If done properly, and ONLY WHEN MOVING AN ESTABLISHED TANK INTO A NEW TANK you can do it in such a way that there is no cycle.
maxalmon
Active Member
Originally Posted by rldavisou
would you mind snapping a pic or two of your refugium now that it's up and running? I'm trying to get some ideas for designing my own, but the way that one's set up, I may just go with a pre-built one.
I'm going to yank the eshopps refugium out and build my own, it'll be another week or so before I start the build process on the custom fuge, 85g
would you mind snapping a pic or two of your refugium now that it's up and running? I'm trying to get some ideas for designing my own, but the way that one's set up, I may just go with a pre-built one.
I'm going to yank the eshopps refugium out and build my own, it'll be another week or so before I start the build process on the custom fuge, 85g
michael76lll
Member
nice looking tank!!!