[spanko]

Some pics as of 30 Aug 08



















Thank you for looking!

[RyanG]

Wow looking really good Henry!

[e_baer]

Sure does! Is that a purple plume gorgonian?

[jimw369]

Nice tank Spanko!

I see what you are trying to do with the monticaps. I got some pics of some grown out ones with the same colors you have. If you want to see them just tell me and I will post them. pretty cool.

[Br14n55reef]

sweeeeeeeeeeeeet lookin tank, I likes it!

[Dotman]

Awesome pics. I hope one day to get mine looking professional like that.

[spanko]

Thank you all for the kind words. The larger Gorg in the middle is Purple Ribbon Gorgonian - Pterogorgia Sp.

Back chambers


Drip Tray


Pond screen top


1 Talbot's Damsel
2 Blue Green Chromis
1 Canary Blenny
1 FoxFace (used to control Caulerpa. Bought at 2.5 inches and traded in for a new one at 3.5 inches. This is the third one in the tank)
1 Peppermint shrimp
1 PomPom Crab

Porites worm rock
Kryptonite Zoanthids
Branching Frogspawn
Plexaurella
Pteregorgia
Pavona
Asst'd Monti plates
Orange Monti Digitata
Green Slimer
Aussie Acan
Monti Hispada
Orange Sponge
Crocea Clam

Thank you for your interest.

[Marine1]

Nice tank Spanko

What type of skimmer do you run in that thing?? and how well does it work?

Is you foxface happy in such a small tank? I have one in my 55 gal FOWLR and I thought that it was too small for him. Not trying to pass judgement just curious.

[spanko]

Hey Marine1 thank you for looking. Yeah the FoxFace is small right now and he will be moving out soon. Like I said this is the third one I have had, all have gone back to the LFS for trade in on the next, very healthy.After this one I will wait a while to see what happens with the Caulerpa before getting another.
The skimmer is an Oceanic biocube skimmer. It works well enough to get some medium colored brown tea out once a week.

[Adam J]

The tank is looking great.Really good photos too.What kind of camera are you using?

[Adam J]

BTW I like the pond screen top.Seems like it would be better on your lighting.Any chance you could give us some detail in the DIY?

[dori9941]

thanks for those pics. beautiful. How can we go wrong learning from people with tanks like this? We just can't
I think #4 is breath taking and I have the same kind of damsel, she scoops up rocks in her mouth and spits them all aver the place, lol. I need to pay for decorating. If that's not a blue damsel then srry, I do need new glasses badly

[spanko]

Hello all, sorry I have not gotten back before now but for some reason I am not getting e-mail notification on this thread?????

AdamJ the camera is a Minolta Dimage Z1. Nothing special as I am not a photographer and it was an easy camera to use.
The pond screen top was very easy to build. Went to a pond supply store and bought a package of 3/8" pond screen. Went to Home Depot and bought some plastic screen framing with all of the connectors to make a frame. The plastic frame uses a spline just like a regular window screen does. Just cut the framing to fit, cut the pond screen to fit and attach the screen with the spline. Really not hard at all.

dori9941 that is a blue\green chromis. Thank you for you nice comments.

[spanko]

Got a new camera and some new coral so here are some new pics.

FTS


Acan


Blue Ric


Crocea


Frogspawn


Green Rics


Krytonites


Pseudocorynactis

[spanko]

Red Milli


Green Slimer


Snail on glass


Mr X birdnest


Mr. X chalice


Mr. X blue milli


Thank you for looking!

[jimw369]

Hows the Crcea seem to be doing?

Nice looking tank spanko!

[spanko]

Your were absolutely correct sir. I got a larger specimen this time and it is doing great. It is probably about 3+", the ones I was not having any luck with in the past were 2-". Thank you for that I really like the clam and it is looking pretty colorful at this point.

[Hosser]

Very nice Henry. Like the additions.

[volitan_fa]

I need to get a screen top like that on mine. My clown keeps jumping into the sump (well, maybe a few times a month). Nice looking tank though! What size are those koralias (correct me if I'm wrong)?

[spanko]

Remember that it is a bare bottom tank so less chance for any sandstorms.
Those are a #3 and #4 Koralia. As you can see they are placed in the back corners pointed at the opposite front corners. The collide in the middle of the tank and there is some real random flow as a result. the Pteregorgia gorgonian in the front center flows in all different directions at different times.

[spanko]

Looking at the tank with the magnifying glass tonight and found this tiny suncoral. Smaller than the diameter of a pen. You can see some small feather duster worms and spirorbids around it.

[volitan_fa]

Thank you! I have a 14G Biocube and was wanting a koralia. That gives me a good size comparison


Thank you!

[spanko]

Looking in the tank last night at a spot that had a few hitch hiker zoas on it and they have multiplied and actually starting to look pretty nice. They are on a rock at the back of the tank that you have to go around to the side and back to see so really have not been keeping track of them.

[spanko]

Well had to get the foxface out, getting to big. So to do this had to take all rocks out.
So, from the beginning of the tank almost 2 years ago my original intent was to learn what I could. Water quality, inhabitants, etc. etc. I had an end goal of a anemone and clown tank or a jawfish tank.

Well have added about 3 inches of coarse sand and set up a patch reef or Bommie, an island of coral surrounded by sand.

Here are some pics. There is a blue spotted jawfish and a purple firefish in the tank but they are new today and just chillin out of camera reach. Will get them in future updates.

Hope you like!!!!!

FTS


From right side


From left side


Top down clam


Top down Pavona, Rics


Top center


Frogspawn

[jlombardi29]

looks really good