Redoing aquapod

[fishkid2]

Well I'm going to start my aquapod over.
I got better lighting. I just cut a 48" pc light in half then put it over the tank, it has 2 65 watt pc bulbs.
I just ordered 8 lbs of lr and I already have black sand.
I have more lr in some of my other tanks I'm putting in there.
I'm still keeping the fish and I'm putting the big corals in my other tank and just frag them when my aquapod cycle is done.
See why I want to start over.

 

[fishkid2]

Live rock is coming this week

 

[fishkid2]

So should I keep the giant worms I found?
They are orange with fuzzy looking things on the side of them.
Are these fireworms?

 

[fishkid2]

Heres with glass cleaned and saltwater in.
Please add any suggestions
Also added a pump from a 10 gal whisper filter

 

[beenbag497]

wow i never couldve started over

 

[spanko]

Your tank was very nice before. Is that a purple photosynthetic gorgonian in the corner the kind that have the kind of flat branches? How did it do for you under the stock light. It was a nice softie tank for sure.
What are your plans for the redo as far as livestock?

 

[fishkid2]

Well I'm keeping all the fish and the giant toadstool in a seperate tank, then putting them back in the aquapod when done cycling. Then I'm selling the capnella localy.
Started over b/c all the pest anemones.
The purple brush gorgonian did not grow that fast as everything else did, but was still healthy. plus I was fraging it.
i put it in my 55 gal which has t5 lighting so I think it will do way better in there.
heres a older pic, looked nicer then.

 

[fishkid2]

This is just temperary

 

[fishkid2]

I think I'm going to be using this rock for a dwarf sh tank when I dry it out and kill everything.

 

[fishkid2]

So far water is
ammonia-1.5
nitrite-0
nitrate-5
ph-8.0

 

[fishkid2]

Now I'm thinking about corals from looking at everybody elses.
I thinking about getting a bunch of different zoo and mushrooms.
I really want to get a blasto too.
I guess I will keep the giant toadstool in the middle top of the tank.
and this sweet looking purple blue plate coral.

 

[fishkid2]

Also sold that huge capnella for a medium russel lion fish and a 1 lb of lr.

 

[fishkid2]

Wow I really like the color of this tank now.
For some reason my order of lr is just getting processed

 

[spanko]

Interesting, your tank is going to look good with the coral picks you made above. That gorgonian was lovely. Are you putting it back in?

 

[fishkid2]

I might take a smaller piece of it, but not the whole thing.

 

[fishkid2]

Got 4 lbs of lr today at lfs. You really can't tell in this pic, but this rock is all coraline.