Wanted to share my new 300 gallon reef tank - Page 3

bob21115 · 10-02-2007, 04:22 AM

Well the swap has come and gone and I've had a little time to work on the 2 60 Cubes.
Here the new aquascaping in the Seahorse tank

I may add a few more corals over time. But I have to change the light first.

I got a chance to move the 75 gallon reef into the bottom 60 Cube.

I'd say that I got close to 85% of the rock and coral in the 60. The tunze nano streams kick ***. I'm getting a ton of flow. The white bonnet clown is the only fish that came from the 75. In the 75 the white bonnent didn't stray to far away from the LTA. I don't know why but he is all overr the 60. I left the Helfrichi firefish from the seahorse tank and added the Orange sholder tang from my sump to the bottom 60. The tang has plenty of room to swim behind the reef and won't stay in the 60 long.

Whats left?

I'm still having trouble with bubbles from the upper tank over flow.
I have to finish the wood on the outside to cover the tanks and paint them.

I'd like to add a few more fish soon. I'm hopeing the substrait is deep enough for a blue spot jawfish.

Here are a few more picture I snapped of the bottom tank.

bob21115 · 10-02-2007, 04:24 AM

Here are a few pictures I took tonight.

bob21115 · 10-02-2007, 04:24 AM

bob21115 · 10-02-2007, 04:27 AM

These tank have gone threw alot of changes. I just wanted to up date it with some pictures.

clownfish4me · 10-02-2007, 06:32 AM

what is this in the 5th picture in this post #52 ? http://www.talkingreef.com/forums/60460-post52.html[/url] is it a type of sponge or what? (im talking about the white tree looking thing in the center of the photo?)

bob21115 · 10-02-2007, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by clownfish4me

what is this in the 5th picture in this post #52 ? http://www.talkingreef.com/forums/60460-post52.html[/url] is it a type of sponge or what? (im talking about the white tree looking thing in the center of the photo?)

Not sure but its gone now. I'm sure a fish ran into it.

**CarmieJo** · 10-03-2007, 12:22 AM

Hi Shawn,

I haven't seen you around. The new setup looks great. I've had the white things before and I think that they may be some type of foram.

clownfish4me · 10-03-2007, 01:09 AM

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I've had the white things before and I think that they may be some type of foram.

is that a type of sponge? what is a foram? i have a few in my tank they grow pretty quick, it looks cool. i have always wondered if they were good or not?

bob21115 · 10-03-2007, 01:38 AM

Carmi,

I've been haging out at Michiganreefers mostly its hard to keep up with 3 or 4 diff boards. Some one posted to this thread the other day so I thought I waould share my build threads from Michigan reefers.

GO BLUE

Danamck · 10-03-2007, 04:27 AM

Shawn -

Just finished going through your thread. All I can say is ... awesome! Love the set up.

**CarmieJo** · 10-06-2007, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by clownfish4me

is that a type of sponge? what is a foram? i have a few in my tank they grow pretty quick, it looks cool. i have always wondered if they were good or not?

Foram is short for foraminiferan. They are single celled protozoans that usually build shells of calcium but may use silica like sponges. They are harmless bacteria and detritus collectors. I have seen them in white, pink and red and in many shapes. Here are a couple of shots. I am still working on my macro photography so these aren't perfect but if you look closely you can see the feeding tentacles.
White

Red

bob21115 · 10-06-2007, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Danamck

Shawn -

Just finished going through your thread. All I can say is ... awesome! Love the set up.

Danamck,

Thanks for you comliment.