davids 130 gallon reef

so by now ive realized im talking to myself but with all the other interesting stuff on here to compete with, whatcha gonna do? just another updated pic of my small corner of the earth. sorry bout the pic quality, battery dead on dgood camera. took this with my cell. will post better pics tomorrow.

 

and now pics of me making my sump
1 old sump system
2 supplies
3 mess made durring the progress (diy thread later i can tell you how to make a good mess)
4 cutting a hole in the side of the stand
5 sliding in the new sump from the side

 

and more......
1 front of sump before water
2 incoming plumbing/protein skimmer
3 fuge
4 baffles
5 almost done

 

youve done an excellent job dave. so with that , i can forgive the unproffessional camera quality.

 

thanks divott your my biggest (only) fan lol. i really have been trying to work hard on improving my reef system and all my plans or ideas and knowledge has come from 3Reef so thanks guys

 

Hi Dave

very nice set up you have there by the way ( I have looked before but note I had not commented , apologies )

the clown hosting the hammer - I have 2 hosting a pearl bubble and the coral thus far is OK with it
monitor the coral, if it starts to close more often than you "feel" is normal for it then it might be showing signs of being "fed up with it"

but in many, many cases, clowns host various corals and everything stays harmonious

thats just my opinion

if you want opinions of the great many more experienced people on this site - you might want to post the specific question in the correct section

not everyone on here does check in with everyone elses tank build thread
so if you do want more replies ( that Steve Wright could and often will, be wrong) post the question in the coral section

Once again

great looking set up Dave

Steve

 

thanks steve. yeah any problem that i have ever had has been answered in more than quick fashion. i was just being a butthead (lets just say thats the firstime ever lol). i have to admit that i have not commented on "every" tank thread i have visited. i think for now the hammer is ok because since i posted that question, the hammer grew 2 more heads (although one is small and growing from the side of the skeleton). and again congrats on being named moderator.

 

ok its been a long while time and a surgery since i have updated this thread so here goes. everything is great and i have had no new problems (surprisingly) heres some pics and the tank is now 9 1/2 months old

front view

???? some green acro????? K to the person who can tell me what this is.

red sea sailfin tang


clown still hosting that same piece of hammer(although the hammer is alot bigger)

 

i bought this hammer early this year and it was the size of a baseball

new pics of it today you can see that powerhead (hydor koralia 4) below it to tell how big it is

 

my new yellow bellied blue hippo tang. He is still juvenile so the yellow is faint and the camera wouldnt pick it up as good as i would like.