BlkWolfe

So far on the fish list are a Cirrhilabrus rhomboidalis and Cirrhilabrus lineatus, and MAYBE a red sea sailfin tang if i get the need for that token tang . Cleaning crew wont even be arriving until january so fish are still a long ways away. Hoping there might be a Regal Angel in the future for this tank towards the end of summer. Theres a hollowed out rock about 6 inches deep toward the back complete with a small hole that may end up a home for a yellowhead or blue spotted jawfish as well I ditched the 175w mogul halides i had for the 90, for some 250w DE's im still on the hunt for. Two housings/reflectors from home depot for 30 bucks were a good start Ive got more of a thing for softies and LPS, but if the sps craze ever arrives they'll have some nice bright ledges up top.

And the ground level view from my bean bag chair

Got a couple more hours in the other night. So after some more aquascaping, some design advice from AndyL, and some beer its almost there.

Hopefully get most of the rock moved over and aquascaping done tonight. It took me 2 days to rock up a 52g reef i did up for my folks. Ill probably still be screwing with this when everybody drops in on sunday Soon as i think im finished theres always one rock that looks better somewhere else. im hoping i have the pieces to do an arch across the back

And what aquascaping i could get done by about 4am

Filling and moving over rock at 1am...

Didnt need the overflow, and too cheap to get a piece of glass cut to cap it... Solution, 40 cent tile :thumbs:

Startin to look like an LFS...almost...

Been itching for ages to get a decent sized reef going. Was almost there with a 90g reef set up in the living room, but things got a little snug, and i couldnt fit in a decent looking canopy/stand to make it fit with the rest of the room. And having a fish tank in almost every room in the house was getting to be a bit much So a trip down to calgary last weekend netted me a 150 with an overflow that would fit perfectly into a vacant space in the freshwater growout racks. Bigger reef, less work, and a very happy wife since all the tanks are back into the fishroom and now the assembly begins...

All survived the trip, although they did get a little chilly by the time we got them into the 20. But everybody is up and eating and look like they've put on a little size since they arrived and the 50's are up, they fit perfectly. Waiting for the temp to stablize and the blue snakeskins will be getting a new home tonight

Welcome Steve, haha nice to see you signed up. Thanks again for the goodies Enjoy the...atmosphere

Unless you had high levels of some metals you could use it for initial fillup. always better to have RO for mixing new water and for top ups If you want to come into the city, bring some containers and i can fill you up with RO. as for cycling, unless you get fully cured rock from another reefers tank, itll be uncured by the time its shipped here. Do not add fish to cycle a saltwater tank. Thats just cruel. i dont know if you want to buy all your rock at once, or in small parcels. Following is for all at once.... Bring the rock in, throw it in some saltwater, if its uncured give it at least 6-8 weeks for the dieoffs to subside, and use either water changes or a skimmer to remove all the crap that dissolves off the rock into the water. Should only need to do maybe 1 or 2 decent sized water changes in the first week. Once you get some algea growth, which there will be plenty of after cycling uncured rock, check the ammonia/nitrites, and start adding your cleaning crew. Then give it a couple weeks for the snails to cleanup, and for the algea blooms to subside, and start adding your fish. Slowly, maybe 1 or 2 medium sized fish (3-5")every month. otherwise youll just end up with another algea bloom and maybe see ammonia in the water again. heh, and should have asked this to begin with, what ya planning on keeping? Happy reefing Josh

Gold Super Veil X Silver Veil Marble Veil X Silver Veil Koi Standard X Gold Veil the first two pairs have been good spawners, just missed their last spawns (forgot i posted in here :bang1: the koi just came up to spawning age, been making runs over the eggs but looks like he's still too young to do any good should have some outta the first two pairs in the next 8-10 days ill give those ones a shot at wiggler shipping

Anybody interested in doing some receiving? my growout tanks are full, put the extra spawns to a little use