Limerboys 50 Gallon Tank Thread

Hello all i have just started my 50 Gallon Tank and plan to use this as a way to keep track of what I'm doing as well as to get advice from the more "reef savy" people on the forum.

I am from the caribbean and as a result i have harvested my own live rock which is now cycling in my tank.

My setup is a 50 Gallon Glass Tank (unconventional 18"x18"x36"), An aquaclear 110, An Aqua-C remora HOB skimmer, 2 Actinic and 2 Flourescent 36w Flourescent, 2 Hydor Koralia #2

I will post some pics of the collecting as well as the cycling of the tank as i go along. Please feel free to give me any advice...as i suspect i will need it

 

Current Picture of the Tank IN its Cycling phase (the lights are off except for pictures)

 

Can't wait to see some picssss!!! Subscribed. I love build threads.

 

well whadda ya know...I post, pics come. Haha. Looking good, those rocks look great for sticking frags on

 

Well i have to find some reefers over here to get frags. On the rocks that i harvested i tried not to pic up too many living organisms but i think i got some zoa's and a mystery animal (hes in the middle of the pic below). I am not sure what he is but i see i have 4 more throughout the tank. I also got a hitch hiker brap i i keep hering clicking noises which makes me think i got some mantis shrimp (which is not good for my intended clowns, or so i have been told)

 

Off to a great start... Looks awesome...

 

Looking nice! If you hear the clicking, then its probably a Mantis. I wouldn't put anything too expensive in there till you find him. Where did you get the rock?

 

did you get those rocks from Toco by any chance???.....some how they look kinda familiar

 

haha yes i did post of location incoming, troy its me lol

 

If it's a steady stream of softer clicks, multiple ones in a row, then it's probably a mantis. If it's an infrequent *bang* of a click, it's probably a pistol. When most people hear "clicking" that generally means mantis, though.

That rock is going to be really interesting to look at at night!