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cromag27 · Mar 17, 2019

Haggisman14 · Mar 18, 2019

Everyone's looking happy!

ReefQueen · Mar 18, 2019

How did I miss this?! Looks awesome, I am drooling over those toadstools and nems!

Crabby48 · Mar 18, 2019

It is looking great with some age on it

cromag27 · Apr 4, 2019

JacknJuls · Apr 5, 2019

I love this!

cromag27 · Apr 15, 2019

(04/14/2019)

cromag27 · Apr 16, 2019

asd holy grail hammer, aussie gold torch, asd black torch, holy grail torch (04/15/2019)

Algaewarrior · Apr 16, 2019

cromag27 said:
(04/14/2019)

Is that a spaghetti worm? I just got rid of mine. They were killing my zoas.

cromag27 · Apr 16, 2019

Algaewarrior said:
Is that a spaghetti worm? I just got rid of mine. They were killing my zoas.

yes it is. they eat detritus.

cromag27 · Apr 23, 2019

(04/22/2019)

bowheaton · Apr 24, 2019

Dude, awesome tank.

Wife bought a 32 for her office in Jan. I think I personally have spent more money on stuff than the initial purchase. Just ordered the InTank for Champer 2, went crazy on the last UC sale, looks like I will have to do a light upgrade for some of my frag purchases. Steve's is almost as expensive as the tank. May have to keep that a secret if I go with it.

JBKReef · Apr 24, 2019

cromag27 said:
asd holy grail hammer, aussie gold torch, asd black torch, holy grail torch (04/15/2019)

Which of these is that tiny aussie gold torch with size envy?

cromag27 · Apr 24, 2019

JBKReef said:
Which of these is that tiny aussie gold torch with size envy?

second from the left. it’s grown a bit since i got it.

Dawico · Jul 19, 2019

Funky looking design mate, definitely following ;-)

Bleigh · Aug 21, 2019

cromag27 said:
so i've been tinkering (stalling) with this tank for a while and i've finally decided it's time to start a build thread! yay....

first let's start with this incredible custom background. jestersix molded and fired this beast with direction from myself. it's very heavy but well worth it.

i also plugged this annoying lower drain grate. just used a piece of acrylic and the appropriate type of silicone.

and here it is finally filled with water (months after i started with the background, but don't tell anyone.) the rock cave is a cerameco vidarock.

custom holders for ato pressure tube, ato refill tube and awc refill tube (on left), probes and awc drain (on right.)

got the holder installed for the apex temp probe and the awc tube. i put a piece of filter media on top to kill the gushing water effect.

i made the stand from red oak and stained it black, almost four years ago for my bc29.

added my fish tonight: two clowns, ora orchid dottyback and a cleaner shrimp. my starry blenny won't come out of a rock in my old tank, so he'll have to wait.

more fish shots. captured the blenny so he's now with his buddies. the dotty back has commandeered the skull as his home.

octo fff in full effect.

moving in....

just hangin' out.

put a small patch of gsp on the back wall.

we've got sand!

ghost hunters: aquarium edition

before:

after:

picked up a couple goodies from @BSA Corals last night: 10/13/18

creepy nightcam shot

newest addition: 10/21/18

morphing (10/29/18)

black torch from @AquaSD: added 11/2/2018

japanese deep water toadstool: added 11/2/18
weeping willow toadstool (uc): added 11/1/18
red blasto (aqua sd): added 11/2/18

yeah, my cleaner shrimp is riding my blenny around the tank.

all lights are now on and the toadstools have polyp extension.

gsp (uc) take two: added 11/1/18
it is currently going through what we normally refer to as an "ugly stage" but for my theme, i like it. i may regret adding the gsp later on. we'll see, lol.

full polyp extension (11/11/2018).

added three new babies: 11/14/18

updated photo of the asd black torch (11/15/18)

clown heaven (11/16/18)

a friend of mine surprised me with some new door handles today! so appropriate! (11/19/2018)

obtained this torch from a friend of mine. started to go downhill due to an alk spike, trying to get it to color back up: added 11/17/2018.

not prefect, but better! (11/22/2018)

small frag of jf beach bum: added 11/26/2018

aussie gold torch and tricolor valida: added 12/9/2018
anybody want a frag???
i just acquired this from a reefing buddy and he said it just started growing from the rock. 100% aquacultured!

12/15/2018

not everyone was willing to cooperate, but close (12/16/2018)

continued HERE.

current stats:

wet: 9/17/18
biocube 32g led
steve's leds light kit
neptune apex controller
spectrapure ato
spectrapure liter meter for awc
ecotech vortech mp10wqd
via aqua titanium heater
vca random flow generator (@Vivid Creative Aquatics)
cermedia marinepure block (in back middle chamber)
octo aquatics fuge with custom macro led
octo aquatics fff (frozen food feeder)
octo aquatics custom magnetic holders for various tubes

livestock:

snowflake clowns, pair (? and 11/30/18)
ora orchid dottyback
starry blenny
cleaner shrimp
chocolate chip sea star (10/21/18)
spaghetti worm

more progress to come....

This looks nice! It makes me want to use my biocube for something other than QT. i may have a skull just like that in my qt... instead of the normal pvc pipes. lol.