Brians 46 BF Tank-New Adds 12/11 w/pics

i did but thats jmo

nice choice on the skimmer i just bought the 200 its a little bit bigger but same thing;D

nice looking setup;D

 

Tank looks very clean and well thought out, great job!

 

Thanks! I will wait for the CUC until the tan is done cycling. I'd rather take it slow then try and rush things. Thanks!!

 

Thanks for the feedback Ultraner!!

 

It looks like you have a good start. I really like the tidiness of under your cabinet. In response to your post about the table shrimp earlier; I would just toss it in and not keep it in a bag. This lets other critters besides bacteria at the shrimp like pods etc, and that will help decompose the shrimp faster. Keep an eye on your cycle and once ammonia and nitrites hit 0, I would put a CUC in provided your nitrate level isn't something crazy. If you have plants in your fuge already though nitrates shouldn't be an issue and you can add CUC as soon as ammonia and nitrite hit 0.

 

Thanks!! I put the shrimp in the micron bag so it would be easy to remove it at a later date. Makes sense to keep it out of the back...I have pods on the glass already crawling around. I'm sure they would love to pick at the shrimp. Not onl that, the micron bag is getting all fuzzy now. lol I have a little cleaning up to do with the power cords and such in the sump/fuge area.

I have not put in my macro algae yet which will be Chateo and maybe some red gracilaria. Should I add this when I start to show nitrates or wait to cycle for that also?

Thanks again to all for your great comments!!

 

Tank update w/ pics

Hello fellow reefers! I got some new frags last night so I thought it would be a good time to update you all. Tank is just over 2 months old now.

Tailspot Blenny (Lenny)



Purple Firefish (Frayda)









Xenia



Unknown (Need an ID please) I will post on ID thread!



Orange/Green Ricordea



Bubble Shrooms



Frogspawn


Full tank shot



Let me know what you guys/gals think and if you have any suggestions. Thanks for looking!! ;D

 

Tank is looking great. You have some nice frags and fish but I really like the Orange/Green Ricordea.

 

Thanks Yrider! It's one of my favs too.

 

Thats a very nice looking set up you have there Offensetaken

good looking rockwork and scaping IMO
and some nice new corals

Steve