Well I figured that it is about time to start a tank thread over here. Some of you guys might remember the thread when I was first setting up my 72 gallon bowfront. Well that was over 1 1/2 years ago and I figured you might want to see some updated pictures. For those of you that dont know my tank is a 72 gallon bowfront with a 20 gallon rubbermaid bin as a sump. I have 110-125lbs of LR and about 100LBS of LS. THe tank was bought reef-ready. It has an ASM G-3 skimmer and a mag 9.5 return pump, and currently 2 MJ 1200's in the display for flow. Now, I am mostly in this hobby for the fish, but I also got 2 kenya tree frags from a local reefer, so Those are my only corals. My fish are 2 Ocelaris clowns, a yellow tang, a foxface, a 6-line wrasse, and a coral beauty angel.

These first pictures were taken before I cleaned the glass, but it is the only decent pics I got of these fish...

6-line

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/vanmo92/IMG_3238.jpg

Yellow tang:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/vanmo92/IMG_3260.jpg

I have a large and ongoing problem with aiptasia:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/vanmo92/IMG_3271.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/vanmo92/IMG_3336.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/vanmo92/IMG_3337.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/vanmo92/IMG_3350.jpg

My live rock did not come with aiptasia, I bought them a long time ago when I thought they were cool, they were originally in a 1 gallon pico tank I had set up, then when I tore that down I put my large "prized" aiptasia in this tank, I was so proud of it and I did not know how much they take over. I spot fed it daily and soon, you guessed it, they were everywhere, seemingly overnight. ohh well, noob mistake.

Here is a FTS:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/vanmo92/IMG_3334.jpg

Left side:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/vanmo92/IMG_3348.jpg

Right side:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/vanmo92/IMG_3349.jpg

My fish are not shy at all, and right now looking over at the tank they are all out and about, swimming around, but when the camera comes out they all run (more like swim) and hide, they are just unusually camera-shy. Some of these are a few weeks old because I could not get any better ones right now (I will try harder). But this is as good as I could do right now:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/vanmo92/IMG_3338.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/vanmo92/IMG_3230.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/vanmo92/IMG_1572.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/vanmo92/IMG_2065.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/vanmo92/IMG_2768.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/vanmo92/IMG_2722.jpg

A mini starfish I saw on the glass one day:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/vanmo92/IMG_1568.jpg

Here are some pix of my kenya trees, sometimes the foxface nips them a bit, so they dont always look happy:


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/vanmo92/IMG_2336.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/vanmo92/IMG_3285.jpg

Here are some pix of the sump/fuge:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/vanmo92/IMG_3360.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/vanmo92/IMG_3361.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/vanmo92/IMG_3362.jpg

My wires and timers:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b137/vanmo92/IMG_3363.jpg

That is all the pictures I have for you right now, I will have more later. Any questions/comments will be much appreciated.

Anyone have comments.

Looks good. Have you tried eradicating the aiptasia yet? Looks like the coralline loves your overflow box.

Hi Evan,

The tank is looking good. Are those mangroves?

Sorry to be slow in responding, but have been in hawaii the last 2 weeks!

Yes those are mangroves. Yes I have tried eradicating aiptasia but it seems like when I try, they come back even stronger after it.

Yesterday when I was at school my male clownfish jumped, and by the time I got home it was too late. :( :( :( :( :( :(

Sorry to hear about your clownfish. That stinks.

It almost seems like it sucks more for the other clown, she seems rather depressed.

the cost of living was to high, or a girl friend dumped him temporary & now wishes she did'n't:madmad: happens everytime! lol

Sorry bud, never nice to lose our little friends.