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MarLooney
10-03-2006, 05:32 PM
Where's the yasha I've had for three years?
What happened to my geometric perchlet?
Why to my snails keep dying off?
What are those beady lil eyes... damn it!!!! :eek:

OK,so the whole tank had to come down. I took every single rock out, checked & rechecked, and still no mantis. I finally found him in a rock I intended to keep because it was full of sponges (about 4", too bad I can't keep him). I cut him outta the rock and that game of hide and seek was over. While I had everything out, I decided to replace the sand, replace a lot of the rocks, get rid of my fish and some corals and inverts, clean up filters, etc., etc.

Here's the results...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v448/MarLooney/001-1.jpg
I always wanted to set my tank up viewable from two sides, so I finally did it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v448/MarLooney/002-1.jpg
Here's the front view.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v448/MarLooney/003-1.jpg
And the now visible, side view.

For those of you wondering, its a 30gal (24x12x12... sucks fat ones! I want my next tank to be atleast 30" deep.) 4x65W PCs, HOB rubble filter, CPR Bak-Pak, & a pair of MJs.
MarLooney
10-03-2006, 05:41 PM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v448/MarLooney/004-1.jpg
New blasto

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v448/MarLooney/005-1.jpg
Cyphastrea

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v448/MarLooney/006-1.jpg
Colony fragged from the original "Orange Crush"

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v448/MarLooney/007-1.jpg
Huge polyp lord... captive farmed since '98!

Feel free to ask any questions or post any comments.
more to come...
phishphood
10-03-2006, 05:43 PM
Nice cleanup. Haven't seen you post anything in ages. And what'd you do w/ the little guy?
MarLooney
10-03-2006, 05:57 PM
Nice cleanup. Haven't seen you post anything in ages. And what'd you do w/ the little guy?

Yeah, it's been ages.
I brought him to work and put him up for sale. I don't really wanna get rid of it, but I can't put up another tank... too many already. ;)
ibsriv
10-03-2006, 05:59 PM
Beautiful tank...and very cool creatures.
Vayder1
10-03-2006, 08:11 PM
Looking good. Put me in line when your ready to frag the orange crush :D
swissfish
10-03-2006, 08:20 PM
Looking really nice and super clean.

Second in line for the crush:) or any loards.

Haven't seen you posting your frags for ages, what hapened?
Wulfhound
10-03-2006, 09:40 PM
Like the set up great colors
DaChrisDude
10-03-2006, 09:45 PM
I'd imagine the tank size would make it difficult to aquascape, but it looks nice! you've got some really sick corals in there!
MarLooney
10-04-2006, 12:44 PM
I'd imagine the tank size would make it difficult to aquascape, but it looks nice! you've got some really sick corals in there!

Very much so... some time next year I hope to set up a new reef. I've got my heart set on 36x30x26.

Thanks for all the compliments. There are no lines forming on my frags, but you guys know I'm down to do some cutting. As soon as my prop tank gets up and running, I'll be back in the swing of things and probably have captive propigated corals available on a regular basis again.
GoTakuF1
10-04-2006, 04:28 PM
Looking good Marlo. Got to get to fragging to pay for those Pride tickets! :) BTW, is that the same Cyphastrea that you got from the Encino swap we went to awhile back?
TripleP
10-05-2006, 06:17 AM
your tank looks great