Our 1st Reef Tank build ever - 70 gal AGA tall

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WOW great job.....
I'm excited for you two..

Thank you Crystal. It's been a lot of fun. More pics coming soon too with a couple of new additions.

Thank you for the Great corals and great advice. I found that Monti, and he seems to have survived the mishap. Somehow his bag had lost its water, so when i took the other corals out of the bag, i didn't see him at the bottom in an empty bag and tossed him. It wasn't until a few hrs later that i though crap did i throw him away?

haha, he has opened up a bit and is looking nice. Actually everything ha, thanks a ton.

Your welcome Gabe. It was really nice meeting you and Olivia. We never imagined this hobby would turn into a social thing. It's great meeting all these different people. I'm glad you found the Sunset Monti. Just give it some light and flow and watch it grow. That one is crazy fast. I will let you know when we start fragging some zoos, acans and chalices.

 

[Xtremedave67]

None of this would have even been thought of or possible without Reef Frontiers and it's amazing members. We have learned a lot for from very talented and knowledgeable people who we consider friends already.

definately agree with that one

 

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Here's our new pride-n-joy. A beautiful white with purple tip elegance from Charisse. It has been acclimating for a few days now and is looking better and better by the day showing us more of its color and beauty.

In it's new home

A little closer up

A couple of close ups...

We REALLY can't wait to go bigger already. There is so much more that we want but have pretty much run out of room. We will probably get some zoo's and such at the frag swap to fill in some corners and crevasses.

 

[NC2WA]

nice..is this the same one that was having trouble a few days ago OR a new one??

 

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Thanks Kirk. It's a new one we just picked up last Thursday from Charisse (luisse25). The other one is doing great as well. It came back around and looks happy again. We are hoping to set up either another small tank to migrate some of this stuff into or upgrade to one larger tank when we find the right size for the right price.

 

[NC2WA]

Nice..I'd say you are addicted and have come to the dark side..mhua.mhua..

LOL

 

[TNT]

Everything looks amazing

 

[aaronfeeney]

What an inspiration, I just started my first reef , and am now very encouraged. thank you.

 

[Krish]

Looking good! Nice transformation in that 3 month before and after shot

 

[eww]

Thanks guys. We're gonna have to put some 6 month b-day pics up soon.

 

[TJL]

Hey Eric & Becca,

It was great to finally see your tank in person and help get that awsome new skimmer running in the new sump. As I posted earlier in this thread you two have come a long long way in this hobby and your success really shows your dedication to gaining and utilizing the knowledge this forum/members has to offer.

Cheers & Kudos Your friend, Todd

 

[Frankie]

Nice coral eww! I have always wanted to try an elegance but never found one worth spending money on. That one looks like you scored

 

[eww]

Hey Eric & Becca,

It was great to finally see your tank in person and help get that awsome new skimmer running in the new sump. As I posted earlier in this thread you two have come a long long way in this hobby and your success really shows your dedication to gaining and utilizing the knowledge this forum/members has to offer.

Cheers & Kudos Your friend, Todd

Thanks Todd. You know it would have never happened without your help and knowledge. We really appreciated it and always enjoy your company.

Now I need to show our handy work off a bit. Here are a couple of pics I snapped tonight. Keep in mind this was all built out of scrap acrylic we had collected over the past few months from fellow reefers old sumps, with the exception of the front piece that we bought new at TAP. We even added a cool little filter sock hanger for less than $1.00. This SWC Mini S is already pulling some nasty stuff out and between it and the upgrade to the Eheim pump it all runs even quieter than it did before.

New sump with flash

New sump without flash

 

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Well you guys all spurred me into taking some new pics. I haven't taken any new shots for quite some time. The tank is almost 6 months old but I couldn't wait unit next Tuesday for it's actual 1/2 birthday to do this.

Keep in mind these pics are all unedited or photoshopped

Some blue zoa's

Miami Vice morph zoa's

A ric or two

The Dendro's are growing

Our lone Purple Hornet

An Acro that has really grown (if you look back in this thread you will see some old shots of it)

We think this monti might be a Super Natural???

Some Eagle Eyes hangin' out with the Green & Browns

Just some Magicians

Radio Active Dragon Eyes

 

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A few more shots...

My Favorite of the night

 

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Now some tank shots

Left side

Right side

FTS

 

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Time for an update with some new pics. The last few months have been perplexing. Something just seem to die for no reason while others grow like crazy. We've been taken over by some "blue sansibia". It's almost everywhere now. There is a pretty side to it but I think we would rather see some rock instead. We had a chemistry slip and it took about 6 weeks to get everything back on track and all is right in the world again. The 180 build is coming soon. We just have some stand stuff to work out before it all begins. Here are some new shots from today.

Full tank shot

Side tank shot

A rare good fish shot (I can't seem to photograph them at all)

It's just a yellow tang

Setosa

Unknown Acro

Rics

Purple Garf Bonsai

 

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A few more

Birdsnest

Some zoa's

And our frogspawn

 

[thatguy559]

looks great!!!! i will take some of that "blue sansibia" off your hands!!!!

 

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And one showing growth. You never really realize how much corals grow in such a short time until you see time elapsed pics

Mid June 2010

Mid Nov 2010

Now (Mid Feb 2011)