New 55 Gallon

[Nick_Kun]

I aquired this nice setup from Chap last week and I finally had a chance yesterday after mid-terms to get it up and running. My needed equipment came in yesterday from customaquatics.

It's sad to say but I half to break down my cube after 3 months. I just needed more room. :(

Stats:
55 Gallon Glass, 14" Canopy
20 Gallon Sump.

LIGHTING UPDATE!
Lighting:
1x250 10k SE Metal Halide
2X48" VHO W/URI Super Actinics :) Thanks David

Other Equipment:
300 Watt Titanium Heater
ASM Mini G Skimmer...lots of bubbles but after 2 days, it have subsided a little, just waiting for it to break in.
SCWD with 2x1" Returns...Love this things.
Phosban 150 w/phosban

Full Tank Shot
I'm not happy with the rock formation and I'm planning to re-aquascape sometime this week.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/emorocker84/FullTank.jpg

[Nick_Kun]

ASM Mini G Skimmer...Bubbles galore but it is taking out a lot of junk in the water.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/emorocker84/ASM.jpg

[jbvdhp]

nice! i like the tank. very clean...love the invisicorals too =)

[swissfish]

that's not a cube!!

What hapened to your 50G cube idea??

I know it is going to be super sweet like your old cube.
Keep us posted.

[SDFISHMAN]

Looks good nick where did your 30G cube go?

[Nick_Kun]

Cube would be nice but if I get another cube it would be more than 90 gallons. Maybe in the future.

Justin, the CBn is picking it up this friday.

Heres a preview of the lighting system. The MH's are not up yet.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/emorocker84/Lightscopy.jpg

[WanaLeime]

NICE!, is it glass? MORE PICs =)

[Nick_Kun]

2nd Week Update:

I finally have a chance to take some newer pics. I'm not completely satisfied with the rockwork but it will do for now.

New Plans:
Getting rid of the T5's and PC's and I'm ordering a 2x46.5" VHO with URI Actinic Bulbs a long with dual 250W SE Metal Halide with Iwasaki 10K's. I think thats a good color combination. I love my light setup right now but it's too crowded in my hood.

Anyways, here are the pics as promised.

Side View of the tank. I'm planning to add more circulation in the tank because there's detrius getting trapped back there. I love BB.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/emorocker84/SideView.jpg

Middle Shot with all the SPS. I didn't know I could all those SPS in my old 30 Cube.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/emorocker84/SPSGropShot.jpg

Here's an Efflo frag I got from Will Last night, It's neon green right now but I know it will color up nicely. BTW, Will still have a few of these frags left, it's a really gorgeous coral.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/emorocker84/Efflo.jpg

Pink Milli from Will's Ebay Auction. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/emorocker84/PinkMilli.jpg

Here's a frag of a really nice Green Acro with blue tip. Really bright under PC's.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/emorocker84/GreenBlueTipAcro.jpg

Two random SPS pieces covered in Neon Green centered zoos and Mushrooms. I got it for 20 Bucks from a tank breakdown.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/emorocker84/AcroZoo.jpg

More Pictures soon, I'm planning on getting a Nikon D70 in the comming future.

[ninhsavestheday]

still getting microbubbles from your skimmer?

[Nick_Kun]

Actually, the micro bubbles stopped when I raised my sump water level up to 9".

[Nick_Kun]

Got bored with homework, so here's some new shots.

Teardrop Maxima
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/emorocker84/Teardrop.jpg

[Nick_Kun]

Montipora Danae. White body with Intense Blue Polyps.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/emorocker84/DaneBluePolyp.jpg

[Nick_Kun]

Rose Milli Colony from Will. Thanks for getting me this piece Will. Been wanting it for a while now.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/emorocker84/RoseMilli.jpg

[dhuynh]

NICE Clam! AND what do you want for a frag of the rose milli? :)

[Nick_Kun]

Thanks, but the milli is nor for sale....yet...

[Aquaholic]

If you ever want to frag out a few branches of that beauty, let me know. That is pretty sweet. Gotta prune every once in awhile, right??

[Nick_Kun]

don't worry, I'll save you a frag in the future.

[Jas0863]

Nice colonies and tank; keep up the good work.

[Nick_Kun]

last week, I picked up a nice Pair of Oceallaris Clown Pair from SokalR. from his tank breakdown. Preety sweet clowns. I think these two are the only fish I'm keeping in this tank.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/emorocker84/ClownPair.jpg

Yesterday, I stopped by at Will's and picked up some stuff.

Blue Tipped Acro that is coloring up.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/emorocker84/BlueTipedAcro.jpg

and I also picked up a frag of a Montipora Confusa.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/emorocker84/Confusa.jpg

[Nick_Kun]

Ok, here's an update on my Tank, I just took some really quick shots. Still waiting on that Nikon D70, soon cause my tank is preety much almost FULL. :) Hmmmmmm....Maybe a 2nd tank is needed.

I took a couple of shots of my new Corals (frags and colonies), I did miss a nice Yellow Millepora that I just picked up.

Tank Update:
I started dosing kalk and so far so good, all of my SPS are encrusting. My efflo is really turning up, it went from all green with purple spreckles into a green with purple tips, its so awesome...:) can't wait until it plates in a circle.
Other than that, I'm planning to start another tank because this tank is preety close to being full, I just need to let it all grow out. I'm looking into a
36x24x24 tank. I saw one at PK last week and I think it looks better than the cube I've been planning to get.


A really nice Blue Acro Mini Colony, but I'm not sure about the ID.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/emorocker84/BlueAcro.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/emorocker84/Acroporachesterfieldensis.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/emorocker84/Acroporabrueggemanni.jpg

The actual piece is brighter than the pic.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/emorocker84/GreenSlimer.jpg



I took some full tank shots but they didn't turn up as I wanted them to.

Left Side of the Tank
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/emorocker84/LeftSide.jpg

Middle
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/emorocker84/Center.jpg

Right Side of the Tank
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/emorocker84/RightSide.jpg

Lastly, i've been getting a lot of PM about Rose Milli Frags, I might cut some out next month and I should have them ready two weeks after that so the frags would have time to encrust.

[Nick_Kun]

I accidently broke this piece in two :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/emorocker84/ScrippsStag.jpg

[onad75]

nice tank and very nice sps you have..

what kind of kalk are you dosing?

[Nick_Kun]

I'm using Seachem.