Some shots of my tank

I know I will benefit from Kamil's photo article. My photo's pretty much stink, but here are a few are none-the-less.

The tank...


LR with a margarita and the possible zoanthid colony...


Another chunk of LR with good coralline and a vermatid on there somewhere...



Here's Steve the happy go lucky Ornate Goby...



Mr. Tang being camera shy. He'll come right up to me, but when the camera comes out he's off...


Money moving around in his perch...

 

lookin good, do you have plans for all the vertical space? how long has it been up?

spiral

 

Great pics Marty, it s about time! Are you planning on adding more LR?

 

Been a couple months. The plan is to add a little LR every week. I'm kinda playing with how it is stacks so I get maximum flow through and leaving room for my fishes to do laps.

 

Yeah, for sure. I'm thinking I want a 1.25 lb per gallon ratio, but I don't want it too crowded looking. I still need to leave vertical space for my eventual corals and such. I'm at about 50lbs of LR now. Think another 40 lbs would look ok. ;D

 

Very nice setup Marty!

Be ever so careful about adding more LR to an existing system. Will likely kick tank into a cycle putting your existing fish in great peril.

Best you can do is "cure" rock yourself in another tank till you are sure it is "safe"

Good Luck.

Thanks for sharing pics.

Scott

 

Thanks.

That's good to know. I pick my LR right out of my LFS's tank, does that make it safer to use?

Can I set up a sump/fuge to do that, or should it be a closed system?

 

most rock at the lfs is almost cured, but plan not to start your watching/waiting period until after you've added the last pieces

if youre curing and you've already started in with livestock introduction, it should probably be in a separate system with a powerhead and skimmer

good times, over there
spiral

 

http://www.3reef.com/forums/live-rock/reusing-old-live-rock-37810-3.html

 

Nice looking tank.....