Rogersjw: New tank, downsized... last page.

Well I decided to start my tank when I moved out here to San Diego as something to keep myself busy and entertained. My dad and I had kept freshwater tanks when I was young and I used to go over and admire the tank when he set it up as SW a few time but never with much success. Well, when I took a job out here he gave me the tank and I was in... I've read a couple books but learned an amazing amount from this forum in just a few months... Its amazing how much some people in the hobby never know. I went to visit a friend back home who has a tank and was asking about how the his fish got along, noticed a sixline and asked if it dominated his pod count and he just stared blankly back (this was a win for me... I realized just how much I had learned lol)

Anyways, thats my story. Here's my tank at roughly six months. Its just FOWLR right now as I only have 2x54 HO T5s on the tank. I'd love suggestions for future tankmates, inverts, and maybe even some corals?? I have a kenya arriving later this week (Thanks anpgp!) Wish me luck.

FTS #1




FTS #2


The fish!
My clown pair and rusty angel:


My firefish (my first fish)


Emerald crab, one of two.. the other guy was in some rockwork


Some feather dusters that hitchhiked on my original LR


My DIY Fuge w/ LR rubble pile and cheato basket:


The plumbing... no idea why I've added this but hey, why not. The other side of the 'T' will eventually go to a sump with the skimmer but I haven't built that yet... making do with the remora HOB.


Hope you enjoyed... I've really got passionate about this hobby. My reefangel controller will be in this week!

-Rogers

 

Looks great. The angel may make coral keeping difficult.

 

yeah, my LFS had him in a tank with some coral when I bought him so I hope he will be ok

 

Nice setup. I would also be wary of the angel and coral. Atleast if u had slowly u won't be out a lot of money if he takes a liking

 

Well bad news. I will be breaking down the tank this week due to a small leak that is apparently on the bottom :-( because I'm still in an apartment an upgrade is out of the question and I will be out of town for two weeks so my only option is to sell my angel, and put the clowns and firefish in my spare 20. :-/ maybe I'll get a bigger tank in the future but for now I can't justify upgrading or even replacing the 55. Guess I'll just clean the equipment and store it for the future.

 

sorry to hear it. good luck.

 

Local hardware store get a razor blade or two and some GE Silicone I window and Door (Blue label NOT the RED one which is Kitchen and Bath) Redo all the inside seams.

total cost : maybe 10 bucks and whatever you drink of preference is.

 

That sucks. There should be a warranty on the tank.

Just a warning, those Deep Blue stands are not well made. Mine started twisting after just a few months.

 

I'll be looking into patching the seams I guess but it will have to wait til the new year before I can get the time unfortunately. Thanks for the advice.

 

Wow, Roger, that really sucks!!