9 weeks later

[big_s]

9 weeks later and thats what i have to show for it. 30g reef. What you folks think? Sorry about the link still can not figure out how to post says file to large. Thanks again guys for all your help.


http://big-s.smugmug.com/gallery/3478059#195695921-L-LB

[klhscooter]

I think it looks great !!! Is it really only nine weeks old?

[big_s]

Thanks man. Yeah is that bad? I got really really good cured rock.

[ckprax]

looks great, my tank has been up and running for about the same amt of time and I have a lot of algae and 4 snails! In my defense i have been out of town for two weeks and didn't feel like stocking my tank and then leaving it. But your's looks sweet, i like the clowns.

[big_s]

thanks again. I have around 45 snails of diff kinds man. Never had an algae prob love them damm snails. I get them for a buck each so i always buy new ones.

[skriz]

looks good man! very clean!

[boiler_2000]

Looks great man! Amazing for 9 weeks. Mine was born late June and although everything is in good shape, at 9 weeks I was battling hair algae like nobodys business. Its all good now but Im just trying to take things slow since I had issues before. Whats on the bottom left of the tank?

[big_s]

thanks guys. I have a sweet clean up crew. I do not over due the light. And keep up with the cleaning. Umm bottum left that would be a finger leather. Its not opened in that pic it gets alot bigger. I love the hobby its the best.

[big_s]

next may i am gettin my house. Doing a 200g setup in my basment can't wait. I lose sleep over it. lol This 30g was just a test. I have found that if u could maintain a 30g u could maintain a 1000g.

[boiler_2000]

Good luck with the 1000 gallon:D or 200 what ever you decide ( but you have to post pics for certain if you go with 1kg!). This is a great hobby. My wife calls me a dork, always has just a new reason to. Its funny cause she asked me the other day, are you really enjoying this hobby because you spend a lot of time WORKING on it. Funny thing is she is right, but I don't consider it work at all. I do a water change every weekend and I look forward to it! LOL. Thats my me time.

[big_s]

yeah same here man. It keeps us out of trouble.

[boiler_2000]

Well I couldn't say that it keeps us out of trouble......just a different kind of trouble. (cue... you paid how much for a fing dory?):rollface:

[ACBlinky]

http://big-s.smugmug.com/photos/195695921-L.jpg

There you go :)
All you need to do is right click on the image, copy the 'image location' (its URL), and add [ IMG] [ /IMG] tags on either side of the URL (remove the spaces between brackets and letters). If you use Photobucket, there's a spot under your uploaded image where you can click and it automatically does this for you - then you simply paste the information into your forum post.

The tank looks nice! Seems a lot for just nine weeks, but as long as everything's healthy and the parameters are good, that's all that counts; keep it up!

[big_s]

thanks alot man

[Reefer07]

That honestly looks amazing!

[big_s]

wow man thanks alot that really makes me feel good bro. Respect.

[big_s]

is an orange star hardy?

[stuccodude]

my blue one is, sweet tank!!! what lights you running

[onthecourt4life]

what kind of star is that?

[chatyak]

What is that open green coral near the middle bottom right?

[ACBlinky]

That looks like an open brain to me, very pretty one too :)

[myst]

Man your tank looks amazing, I've never seen a tank that nice after only 9 weeks. Are you sure you don't mean 9 months? The Zoa's are sick.

[big_s]

thanks guys running 65 dual actinic and 65w dual day pc's.

[myst]

Are you fragging your corals yet? They look ready to frag.

[spoiledcats]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10802252#post10802252 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by big_s
is an orange star hardy?

I haven't known anyone to be able to keep either a blue or orange linckia for more than a year or 2-not enough known about what they eat, and they starve slowly. I will not get another one-I've had both blue and orange-longest time one lived was about 2 years. Now I don't know about the orange fromia-they may live longer.

[big_s]

ok man thanks for the info.