my tank away from home

[MarLooney]

i set up this 10gal in my friends room because she wanted a reef. right now it's pretty much all frags, but thanks to chilly05willy's 96W powerquad i'm confident things will grow and begin to fill in. no corals were ever purchased for this tank. all frags were from my various tanks and pretty much all propped by me. this shows what can be done with aquaculturing. some of the piece originally came from fellow SD Reefs. a couple zoos in there are from treylane. mike N's xenia is growing in there. more than just a few things originally came from [G]h0s'][' and WanaLeime. more pics to come.

[MarLooney]

here's a cool shot of her clear peppermint shrimp and some corals.

[chilly05willy]

:)

[jetor]

Sweet little tank.......I like the branch rock layout

JT

[MarLooney]

thanks. i aquascaped it leaving almost the entire sandbed exposed. i did something similar in my dad's tank. hopefully i'll be able to do something like that in my own tank the next time i reaquascape. setting up rocks with the branch on the bottom is something i got from WanaLeime. i looks cool, tons of caves keep the fish and inverts happy, and it good for water circulation in the tank. here's one of those lil happy fish.

[MarLooney]

here's some zoos. they never looked that good in my tanks. i really like the color of the lighting we got from Will. it makes me wanna change my bulbs.

[Bickmade]

Looking good, nice layout!

[brahm]

Originally posted by MarLooney
thanks. i aquascaped it leaving almost the entire sandbed exposed. i did something similar in my dad's tank. hopefully i'll be able to do something like that in my own tank the next time i reaquascape. setting up rocks with the branch on the bottom is something i got from WanaLeime. i looks cool, tons of caves keep the fish and inverts happy, and it good for water circulation in the tank. here's one of those lil happy fish.


it's all about branch on the bottom and minmal sand contact, i do the same thing.

[MarLooney]

red zoos and red ("pink" ;)) shrooms... both from other SDReefs members.

[MarLooney]

now this is what a Super Red mushroom is supposed to look like! it's got that nice deep dark red with a blue hue all over. i needa get mine under more light so they'll look like this.

[WanaLeime]

SICK.....thats what i'm talkin bout!!!! Tonga Branch....
Where can i get some of those super reds?....lol

[MarLooney]

LOL... you only got like 3 colonies of super reds! if you look at the first pic of our overhauling thread WanaLeime has super reds that expand like freakin elephant ear mushrooms! :p


OK with the new lighting we hit an algae prob. got a skimmer from SDMike and that was solved... now we gotta do something about all the bubbles. anyone got an overflow box they don't need? just a box with teeth to stick the skimmer pump in. maybe i'll just make one.

here's a nice shot of some of her corals.

[MarLooney]

her xenia is loving the new light. this piece was grown from Mike N's colony.

[MarLooney]

gggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr... another example of my corals lookin 10x better in her tank! this is a rare shroom from Ed or Liquidlife. i believe it's a Discosoma carlgreni.

looks a lot like red ric in the pic huh? :D

[MarLooney]

we finally got more LPS in there. and even put in SPS the day i took the pics. just montis though.

[MarLooney]

green striped shroom and xenia grown from LoSTsOuL's colony.

[MarLooney]

i'll end this batch of pics the way i ended the last one... super red mushroom. it's grown a little bit since the last pic. it's still keeping it's amazing color though.

[MarLooney]

got new pics and can show you the whole thing now too.

[MarLooney]

up a lil closer...

[MarLooney]

some stuff...

[MarLooney]

green digi...

[MarLooney]

blue with red spots shroom...

[MarLooney]

zoos & blasto...

[MarLooney]

blue striped shroom & purple base digi as seen from above...

[MarLooney]

lavendar w/ pink mouths oxypora, long skirt orange with white center zoos, & bright green zoos as seen from above...

[Daniel]

those bright green zoo's, red & blue mushrooms are crazy!! tank looks good, i bet in 1/2 a year everything's gona triple in size!

[MarLooney]

really? thanks... you should've come over earlier. i just sold a big piece of those zoos. and the pic of that shroom isn't that good. i've got much better pics of my blue with red spots. click here (http://www.sdreefs.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=1947), or here (http://www.sdreefs.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=2767), or here (http://www.sdreefs.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=6175). here's more of those zoos (http://www.sdreefs.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=5996). some of them get white spots. i wish the whole colony was like that.or here (http://www.sdreefs.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=2767)

here's another shroom...

[MarLooney]

and a close up...

[MarLooney]

here's the zoos from front view...

[Bickmade]

I'm loving those zoos. cant wait to get mine this weekend :)

[JeromeBaker]

Interesting way to pic up girls:p

[MarLooney]

AJ, you're getting some of those zoos? which ones? i can frag some of those oranges if you're ever over.

& more pics...

[MarLooney]

some other orange zoos...

[MarLooney]

her new conch has been helping out with the cyno problem.

[MarLooney]

and for the grand finale....

Acanthastrea lordhowensis... :D

[Bickmade]

yea, my boy GAD is getting me some zoos this weekend. its a suprise what color im getting but ill keep yall updated.

[MarLooney]

yeah, i saw your zoos. very nice. i just added some new pieces to this lil 10gal and reaquascaped a little. that's what sucks about a nano. if you add like three med frags then you have to move like 6 things to get it in there. HAHA. i got plenty of pics but i'll post this one for now.

Pure Yellow Sun Coral... oh and the cool thing about this pic. no food. they just opened like that on their own; with the lights on.

[Bickmade]

nice! My sun is hanging in there, my girls is frickin huge. its alot of work IMO.

[MarLooney]

i think it's worth the work. so her's is huge eh? try this one on for size... :D

[Bickmade]

lol

[MarLooney]

you laughing at her sun coral? :p that was her first piece. and when you think about it, you're better off with a piece that size in a 10gal.

here's more of those zoos for ya along with a Green Florida Ricordia (new), Purple w/ Teal Streaks Mushroom, & the Acanthastrea lordhowensis.

[MarLooney]

here's a pic for GAD. her green Digi... under PCs. green polped cap in the background.

[MarLooney]

this mofo is almost impossible to get pics of. we call this crab her cheerleader. it's a Pom Pom Anemone crab.

[Bickmade]

I'm loving the green ricordia.

[Bickmade]

Originally posted by MarLooney
here's a pic for GAD. her green Digi... under PCs. green polped cap in the background.

The brown digi you got me looks the exact same now, its just as green. growing good too. my orange is maintaining its color and is getting a little bigger.

[MarLooney]

another new addition to her tank is this nice green yuma.

[MarLooney]

her digi farm...

[MarLooney]

the new addition to the farm... ORA German Blue Polyp Digita

[MarLooney]

Red w/ White Spots Mushrooms... pretty cool too cause it seems like the spots are only towards the outsides of the polyp. i'm not sure i've ever seen that before.

[MarLooney]

purple oxypora...

[finsoup]

Heck with jewlery, looks like all you got to do is give her a frag once and a while:D

Wish my wife was that easy:eek:

[MarLooney]

HAHA... right... and there's plenty of frags in there. :D

[MarLooney]

here lil acan is doing real good. it has babies almost all the way around it now. they're peaking out from under the center polyp. you can just see a lil lump of flesh on the left in this pic. it'll be really nice in a month or so.

[brahm]

damn man her tank is starting to look better then yours!

[JeromeBaker]

marlo, what's your experience with the pc's lighting the SPS? Do they do well? Is there certain kinds that do better than others? Can you keep SPS under powercompacts for an extended period of time and mantain good health? What do you think an adequete amount of "PC watts per gallon" would be to house SPS?

I'd be interested to hear and I'm sure others would as well.

[Bickmade]

Originally posted by JeromeBaker
marlo, what's your experience with the pc's lighting the SPS? Do they do well? Is there certain kinds that do better than others? Can you keep SPS under powercompacts for an extended period of time and mantain good health? What do you think an adequete amount of "PC watts per gallon" would be to house SPS?

I'd be interested to hear and I'm sure others would as well.

You CAN keep SPS under PC. You want as much lighting as you can get for a tank. Also you can keep Dersa or Squamosa clams under PC's as well. I have SPS in my 10g and the color isn't fading but its not reallying how its suppose to look. They are growing good in my tank. My water quality is pretty good. I'm using 130W in the 10g. My girl has 96W in her 10g. Also you can keep CAPS under PC's as well. But please, do not keep anything else under PC's (SPS coral). They will brown out and look like sh!t.

[MarLooney]

Brahm, what the hell are you talking about? this tank has looked way better than mine for a while now! HAHAHA... booo. grrr... my own fault though. well, should be getting a new MH soon. i'll re aquascape too. do a full overhaul. also, set up a new prop tank. my tank will be lookin' good again in no time.

keeping SPS under PCs is only good if they're montis. and even then, i'd only suggest reg digi & cap. you may keep other SPS under PCs. they may even hold their color & grow, but their growth will be nothing compared to if they were under MH. also W/gal isn't the only indicator of how bright. the bulb temp, height from the water, shape of tank, and how the bulbs are set up (all together or spread out) matters a lot as well. her SPS are under a 96W 50/50 (daylight/super actinic) powerquad on a 10gal tank with SPS about 5" from the bulb. i'd like to upgrade to MH on her tank too but it'll be a while before we got the $ for that.

[MarLooney]

new pics again...

[MarLooney]

Candycanes as seen from the side of the tank...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v448/MarLooney/10gal%20Tank%20Away%20From%20Home/53.jpg

same piece photographed from the front...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v448/MarLooney/10gal%20Tank%20Away%20From%20Home/52.jpg

yellow suns fully open...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v448/MarLooney/10gal%20Tank%20Away%20From%20Home/43.jpg

...and a close up...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v448/MarLooney/10gal%20Tank%20Away%20From%20Home/44.jpg

acan awaiting some food...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v448/MarLooney/10gal%20Tank%20Away%20From%20Home/54.jpg

[MarLooney]

we just got rid of this guy today. he's in my dad's tank now with the rest of the cast-away army. he did a good job on the algae, but that's not a problem anymore
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v448/MarLooney/10gal%20Tank%20Away%20From%20Home/65.jpg

three pretty cool blue mushrooms. Blue w/ Red Spots, Orange w/ Blue base bullseye, & Blue Striped shroom.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v448/MarLooney/10gal%20Tank%20Away%20From%20Home/68.jpg

here's her lil fuge on the side.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v448/MarLooney/10gal%20Tank%20Away%20From%20Home/60.jpg

[colindoug3]

People just keep pushing me to set up a 10g! Once it cools off, I just may.