55g to 75g upgrade w/ pics!

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  1. 4phish

    4phish Montipora Digitata

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    I got the 55g moved over to the 75g yesterday. It took more than a few hours, but was well worth it!

    TANK

    75g 48x18x21 w/ Rustoleum deep blue spray paint for backround

    EQUIPTMENT

    Sealife Systems HOB 75 overflow
    Mag 5 return
    Bubble Magus BM100 skimmer w/ sunny deilght bottle for overflow
    Two little fishes phos reactor running carbon w/ quite one 400
    4x54 watt Nova extreme fixture
    75 or so pounds of LR
    Carib Sea seaflore speacial grade substrate
    2 Korlia #2 and 2 Maxi Jet 1200 powerheads

    LIVESTOCK

    1 Canary wrasse
    1 Coral Beauty angel
    1 Tomini tang
    3 Blue/Green Cromis
    Varius snails for cuc (adding more this weekend, along with a cleaner shrimp)

    PICS

    http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu161/phishman/IMG_0463.jpg

    http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu161/phishman/IMG_0464.jpg

    http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu161/phishman/IMG_0465.jpg

    http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu161/phishman/IMG_0466.jpg

    http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu161/phishman/IMG_0468.jpg

    http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu161/phishman/IMG_0470.jpg

    http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu161/phishman/IMG_0472.jpg

    http://i644.photobucket.com/albums/uu161/phishman/IMG_0469.jpg

    Thats pretty much it. I am going to replace a fish I lost during the switch and I got some more LR today from an established tank. I may add the rock, but not sure, I love the way it looks now. What do you think? Any suggestions?
     
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  2. divott

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    ve4ry nice phish. glad your sweat and tears came to fruition. hope theres wasnt any blood. lol. looks real good congrats
     
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  3. 4phish

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    Thanks divott!
     
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  4. steve wright

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    4phish - it looks great IMHO

    if its going to stay FOWLR , I might not add any more rock to be honest as swimming space is important

    but if you do desire to reef it up , then you will almost certainly have to add more rock or you will run out of coral real estate to quickly IMHE

    Steve
     
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  5. 4phish

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    Adding one or two more fish this weekend, any suggestions? I was looking into another small wrasse and something a little biger.

    Steve, I have two more buckets of live rock another 60 pounds or so. I think I will try an add some more of it tonight, stacking the backs of my two piles. I love how open the middle is and plan to keep it that way. I do want some coral in their eventually, but I am not in a big rush. I want to get all my params in good shape first. My calk could up a little along with my salinity (its 1.22 right now).
     
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    Heading to my LFS this afternoon. Going to see if they got any new fish in. They get all their orders in on tuesday. May come home with a new tank mate, we'll see!

    I know that first pic in the last set looks bad, but don't worry I am giving my skimmer a good cleaning this evening.
     
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  8. unclejed

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    I would slow down. Even though you are upgrading, you should give this tank a chance to "settle in" and get established. You will face a cycle, just how extensive is yet to be seen. I like more rock but if you are happy that is all that matters. I would add some live bacteria at double the marine dose to help the tank along. I did want to suggest that you put a shield of some kind between the sump and the plugs to avoid any complications from humidity, condensation or splashes.
    The set up is nice, I like the neatness of it and the sump set looks superb. Slow down and enjoy the tank now, but if you are going to add rock, now would be the time.
     
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    Good advice unc. Yeah I just got a little over excited with having a bigger tank and all. I have been looking at my tank for about an hour now and am loving how it looks. I am going to keep things the way they are and watch things progress.
     
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  10. unclejed

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    Can't wait to see it develop.
     
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