my little mini world is complete! 1-24-10

these are pics of my upgrade from the 8 to the 14...and soon after we move i will be setting up the 28


FTS:



most expensive corals to date, 25+ polyps of orange bam bam zoas=$70 they havent opened up all the way in the pic, they had only been in the tank about an hour.


nemo and dory, i know original names right?!?!



kryptonite candy cane(middle),blue and green zoas(left) and frogspawn(back left)


neon green hammer coral


nemo and dory again, these guys are so cute, and only about 3/4"

It looks beautiful, Belle. Love that orange zoa.

thanks betty, i am going to figure out something to put in the top center, its kinda bare...lol

might add more hammer coral...not sure yet.

i love the orange, my oldest loves it too, orange is his favorite color. lol

Looks great!

Are you going to add any more fish or are those two the max?

i can add 2 more fish if i want, but i think i am only going to add one more fish if i can find one that is trained to eat dead food, most of them will only eat live food, and my tank is not established enough to have all the live copepods in it yet....

also with more fish its hard to keep the nitrates down, and in saltwater 0 nitrates is the goal mine are at 10, but i am hoping the chaeto algae i have will eat up some of those nitrates.

i am wanting to get one of these:
clown goby
http://www.reefdup.info/sexyshrimpgoby.jpg

and the little shrimp under it is called a "sexy shrimp" yes really...lol

wow one i hate you 2 i hate you

Very nice looking tank! The corals are awesome.

Wonderful for a small tank..
My grand daughter would love that with the Clown Fish..

Stunning colors!

I love every aspect of this tank!

I love the orange coral, but I really like the hammer coral as well. It has nice color and cool shape!

Thanks for sharing and goood luck in the future!

thanks everyone! i am so exicted about it...i love it!

gonna take some updated pics soon since the corals have all opened up

ok everyone, i didnt like the layout of the tank so i moved things around, also moved the remainder of live rock from my 8 gallon over to this tank and took down the 8 gallon.

before extreme makeover:




after:



also took more pics of the corals since they dont seem to have an attitude today LOL!

lopl nice pics and the coral is a living organism as well bell

The setup looks really good Belle . Keep the pics coming.

thanks guys!
i will def be taking alot more pics... i love this tank, cant wait to move and setup the 28..its gonna be sweet!!

lookin great! lets see some shots of that Ricordea!

very nice work Belle!

thanks chris!

i just went out tonite and bought a 150 watt coralige metal halide, clip on.

going to slowly aclcimate the corals starting tomorrow.

yay!

i will get more pics of the ricordea soon

Looks great! Makes me miss my 3 salt tanks... I had a hammer also.. love that thing!

Hopefully soon I can get back into salt.. 20+ freshwater tanks eats up my time and wallet!
Again, excellent work!

P.S. What type of tank is that?

thanks!


its a 14 gallon biocube

Wow the tank is looking really nice

thanks!! sorry havent posted much, just been buying corals and also working on the major upgrade...going from the 14 gallon to a 58 gallon reef ready tank with a 20 gallon sump...

here are some shots from today....



some pink zoas, i have a few different pink zoas in the tank, love pink!


blasto



same zoas as above, just actinics, they are so bright you can see them across the room!

Wow you are making a jump! Hope all goes well I move at the pace of a snail moving fish and coral! You have had a lot of fish

yeah i am going to get the 58 up with the live rock and sand and let it cycle for a while then slowly add the stuff from the biocube... in no hurry..the tanks are sitting side by side..so i will have 2 salt tanks for a while...lol

yeah i have kept alot of fish, but have sold off all of my freshwater tanks and only have 2 salt tanks, soon to be one..

Girl you get it!!! I have to get a tank and keep it till the fish grows old and dies I look at fish as they are puppys or kittins I can't trade them in just get more lol

Looks great Belle!!!