TWOLITREmedia's 75g BowFront Reef!

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  1. TWOLITREmedia

    TWOLITREmedia Flamingo Tongue

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    Here are some picks of everything placed!

    The clam
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    Happy as a Clam! by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr
    The mantle began coming out right away but my cleaner shrimp wont leave it alone at the moment, so curious!

    Birdsnest, I have been long awaiting a piece like this :)
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    Happy as a Clam! by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

    Hard to see as my lights are out and these photos are mediocre at best, but it's the tight cluster colony of closed up zoas in the back....
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    Happy as a Clam! by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

    Little frag plug of another type of Zoa for the garden. I think that's it for the Zoas for a while and I will see how it fills in. Need to keep an eye on these guys that they don't go crazy and spread everywhere!
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    Happy as a Clam! by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr
     
    TWOLITREmedia, Jan 2, 2013
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  2. TWOLITREmedia

    TWOLITREmedia Flamingo Tongue

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    The clam is fully open today and my cleaner shrimp has left it alone finally! :)
     
    TWOLITREmedia, Jan 3, 2013
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  3. TWOLITREmedia

    TWOLITREmedia Flamingo Tongue

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    More photos of all the new adds, and more attention hogs in the foreground!

    Torch coral just swaying in the wind....
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    Just swaying around... by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

    The torch, anenome, and red gonapora frag all in the same shot enjoying reef crest mode on the mp10s.
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    Just swaying around... by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

    The new Zoa colony i picked up all opened up today looking purtyyy. Garden is filling in nicely. You can see my chalice and frogspawn in the background here....
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    Just swaying around... by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

    Tiny little frag of some cool looking zoas here.
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    Just swaying around... by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

    Currently one of my favorite pieces in my tank, neon green birdsnest about 5"x5". Can't wait to watch this thing shoot off!
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    Just swaying around... by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

    Super happy clam opened fully up today looking great! Hard to get it in the photos for some reason but all those little spikes on the mantle are glowing neon blue.
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    Just swaying around... by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

    That's all for now, more to come soon and hopefully a nano to start showing!
     
    TWOLITREmedia, Jan 3, 2013
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  4. petet1234

    petet1234 Plankton

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    Beautiful tank I really like the birdsnest
     
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  5. oldfishkeeper

    oldfishkeeper Giant Squid

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    Looking awesome twolitre! You really have embraced this hobby and are doing an awesome job!! I'm jealous!
     
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  6. TWOLITREmedia

    TWOLITREmedia Flamingo Tongue

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    Thank you! As mentioned it's currently my favorite piece I think!

    Hehe, i have an addictive personality and this hobby has surely taken full advantage of that. Thanks for the kind words, can't wait for my nano!
     
    TWOLITREmedia, Jan 3, 2013
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  7. Camkha1234

    Camkha1234 Great Blue Whale

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    Nice adds! You sure know how to make a tank look good :)
     
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  8. TWOLITREmedia

    TWOLITREmedia Flamingo Tongue

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    Haha doing my best, thanks!
    What do people think of adding some nice colourful monti's next?
     
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  9. TWOLITREmedia

    TWOLITREmedia Flamingo Tongue

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    Alright so after much anticipation my 18 gallon CAD light nano set up came in! I am super happy with the build quality of this tank, and can't wait to get my cycle done with and get on to the fun stuff!

    Picked up 18 lbs of uncultured Tatoka and 3 lbs of rubble to fill the back filter compartment. Eventually I will run a nano skimmer and about half the current amount of rubble back there but for now this will work great. Took about 10 gallons of water from my main DP to seed it and 8 gallons of freshly mixed saltwater from the night before.

    Here is what the tank looks like dry, with one of the LED light fixtures sitting next to it on it's side....
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    Set-Up Phase One! by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

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    Set-Up Phase One! by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

    As you can see the unit is nicely sectioned off into an overflow/sump system for you with three compartments. The overflow runs into the sponge to remove large particle matter. After that it is pushed through about two and a half pounds of rock rubble. Under the seperator and out the 250gph pump running the tanks flow system. I will be opting for the "wave making" power head adapter you can add to the spout in the tank...
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    Set-Up Phase One! by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

    Sexy.....I love how it looks with the rest of the room, and almost matches the SOL units over my main DP tank.
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    Set-Up Phase One! by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

    An overhead shot of the LED units....blown out lighting, sorry guys did these all quick.
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    Set-Up Phase One! by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

    Rinsed the 10 lbs of new argonite i purchased for about 40 minutes till the water was asclear as possible, then rinsed with RO water for another 20 to reduce diatom bloom as much as possible
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    Set-Up Phase One! by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

    In goes the sand bed....about 2.5-3"
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    Set-Up Phase One! by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

    Fillerup...and a rouch idea of the aquscape. Went for a cavernous space in the middle of the tank with higher ridges on the outsides slightly. I am going to change up the front right portion though tomorrow...
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    Set-Up Phase One! by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

    At night....
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    Set-Up Phase One! by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr
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    Set-Up Phase One! by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

    Better shot of the aquascape at the end of it....
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    Set-Up Phase One! by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr

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    Set-Up Phase One! by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr


    Let the cycle begin! Stay tuned on the build up of this one :)
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    Set-Up Phase One! by Emilio Ciccarelli | www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr
     
    TWOLITREmedia, Jan 6, 2013
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  10. pho88

    pho88 Fire Worm

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    nice add! i wish i was allowed to have more than one tank at a time.
     
    pho88, Jan 6, 2013
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