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Thank you for the vote of confidence reefboy, reefing is intimidating for sure. I'm sure I'll be picking a lot of brains over in the future. Great words of wisdom thJenchild. The bioload thing worries me some. I'm planning 4 fish for the tank, adding corals and a CUC seem like a lot.

I'm pretty sure I'm going to go mixed reef. I'm just looking for an aesthetic mix of shape, texture, and color.

That I am. I fell in love with the aesthetics, and I'm glad the tank is a quality set up to boot.

Thanks jason7504, good to hear! I was hoping for something large enough to be stable, but small enough to manage.

Nooooooooooo! I'm finished! I sincerely hope SW doesn't start assimilating my FW tanks. The crazy thing is that 4 of the tanks can be drilled and 3 of those already use MH lighting. I thought I'd share a picture from nano reef of a jawfish using his man made home. Pardon my French, but the owner affectionately titled the picture GTFO!

arrgh! I'm afraid that 34 gallons won't be enough if collectoritis sets in.

Just got back from Davey Jones Locker to check out the Jawfish... what a cute little guy he is. He's paid for, so no one try to snatch him out from under me >_> lol. I'm already starting to get the bug as I've decided to do a 5 gallon macro algae show refugium with a goby/pistol shrimp combo. ARGH!

your tank is looking really nice!

I actually just redid it to make it smaller. Use 4 x 3/4" street elbows These and not these 1x 3/4" Tee saw off the T and a piece of 3/4" straight pipe. Cut off a 4-5 inches. I didn't really measure, just eyeballed it. The materials, not counting a saw or pvc cutter, should cost less than $10.

Thanks tidalsculpin, I may get another ADA 5.5 and do the refugium with it. I think it'd look cool to push them side by side. I paid for a membership earlier this evening through the site.

Me too! I officially became a paying member earlier this evening. Thanks for the advice coralreefer, I plan on using a glass lid that comes with the tank. I tried going topless on all my tanks. The evaporation and humidity was insane from Thanks JasonH, I noted on Nano Reef that aquascaping on FW tanks is a lot more indepth. FW is missing out on all the pretty colors though... lol. I'm currently planning something lagoon/atoll like. We'll see how that turns out... the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. I didn't come up with the PVC house. I saw it on Nano Reef. It was a lucky but perfect find. I was fretting over the sand bed issue. Thanks dsoz! I hope so.

Thank you twogirls!

Thanks andy! Thanks dsoz, I signed up on nano reef and Reef Central. Both have been a huge help so far. I'm normally the one giving advice... Now I'm asking for it. lol Thanks markadof2! I'm hoping I can contain the SW bug. I already want a tank with barnacle blennies and a goby/pistol shrimp duo. We'll see how this turns out. lol

Yes it does JasonH. I wasn't a very happy person that day. lol. I've always wanted a yellow headed jawfish since I was 10 or so. After seeing the bluespot, it was a must have. Since I don't plan on doing a DSB, I've already made him a little house that I can cover with 2 inches or so of sand. The next step is to add a barnacle and do something like this I'll be getting a barnacle soon to complete his house. No worries. I had a great time. Nice to know there's such a strong community. I'm sure I'll be seeing you around.

Thanks impur, don't throw up anyone... 20 High Planted Tanganyikan 30 Cube Upgraded Planted Tanganyikan (right after upgrade so a little messy) 5.5 Gallon ADA (thinking about turning this into a refugium) 30 Gallon Cube (this was an overhead shot before the tank was all grown in, its finished now but no new pics) 25 Gallon Jungle (this tank gave its life and spot against the wall for the new reef tank) 40 Stretch Hex as a Jungle 40 Stretch Hex after rescape (has been changed a little since then and is much more grown in) Most of these tanks have had atleast 3 dramatic rescapes and livestock revamps over the years. I plan on keeping everything except a 20 High I broke down (no pics here) and the 25 gallon in the pics. I may take my 5.5 and turn it into a display macro algae refugium. I have a wacky idea to make a doppelganger tank right next to it in FW format. 20 High (ADA 60H, My latest tank... grew the foreground out for a month using damp soil. This is picture was taken 2 weeks ago right after flooding the tank. Will take awhile for everything to grow in. Will probably add livestock in a couple of weeks.) Ha ha... thanks... I think *edit... didn't realize how huge the pics were. Just incorporated smaller pics.

Thanks JasonH, I'm setting up a 34 Gallon Current USA Solana: I have a Vortech MP20 w/ a Dry Dock Typhoon III from airwaterice.com 150w Sunpod w/ 14,000k Phoenix (also have 250w and 150w Aquamedic pendants sitting around) Upgrades: Stock Skimmer ---> Sapphire Aquatics Solana/Cardiff NanoSkimmer Stock ATO ---> Tunze Universal Osmolator 3155 I'm planning a Bluespot jawfish, A pair of naked clowns, and a tail spot blenny for the tank. I had a minor setback with UPS breaking the tank, so now I have all of my equipment and my stand, but no tank to put them in/on. lol

Hello everyone, What a great local forum this is! I attended the meeting this past weekend (the black guy). That was the perfect lecture for someone new to the hobby. I've been into FW since I was 7. I could write a book on freshwater tanks. I still dabble in rare, community nano fish, P. Taeniatus, Apistos, shrimp, and rare plants. I have 9 FW tanks. 5 of those use pressurized CO2 injection and 3 use Metal Halide lighting. I dipped a toe in SW 15 years ago (boy a lot has changed since then)... but this will be my first full fledged reef tank. Thank you for the warm welcome on saturday. I hope to learn and contribute a lot in the future.