Some pics of the cabinet as it's being built.
The tank is tuned to 45% on the whites here and had to drop them even more. My
acros are doing very well...except the one I lost to the Vortech (too close...blew the skin right off!).
I lost one lobophyllia that, despite being only 1/2 up on the rock was still under too much light...really upset about that one as it was purple center with an orange exterior. All the fish except one are doing very well. I lost the powder brown tang...the only fish I bought outside my normal place. It was actually a pity buy as he was pretty thin and I hated leaving him to just die. At least I tried. I'll get another soon from my normal source and I'm sure I'll have better luck.
My Suharsonoi is getting very green and has excellent polyp extension. My Banana Austera is getting more color and my elegance is doing fantastic.
The female anthias appears to have finished her transformation to male. After living as the only anthias in the tank, she remained female for several years. Within a day of placing much smaller female in, she began to transform to a male. Crazy! The transformation was very quick...she changed completely in less than a week! I will soon add a third female and will wait a while before adding any more fish.
My cabinet is coming along nicely and will have some custom panels in the front. I'm working with a West Coast artist to on the design and these should be complete in a month or so.
Here are a couple pics from today showing the progress so far:
