Tank - Full Summary

Well this is my first saltwater build. I have a few friends in the hobby and just loved looking at there tanks and finally decided to switch my 55 gallon freshwater tank to a 75 Gallon saltwater tank.

So first I bought a 75 Gallon tank and stand for only $100 from the owner of my LFS. I ordered a 700gph overflow box kit from glass-holes and originally was going to install it on my 55 gallon, but in the process the tank cracked on the last hole to drill. So I opted to go bigger and got ...

My wife received this gift from her parents last year (or the year before), a Nikon D60.

I figured i would put it to good use and have been using these sites,

http://www.melevsreef.com/take_great_pictures.html
http://www.ximinasphotography.com/lessons/

to try and "learn" photography (i use the term "learn" loosely because thus far have had mixed results).

There are a million different settings and combination of settings ...

figured i start with a full tank shot. this one is from 1/16/2012. I had just bought a favia and fungia. more pics to follow of those.

Prologue

I have been at this hobby for the past 8 years (coming up). I have had sucess to varying degrees, which magically corolate with overall interest (aka: Husbandry).

I must admit I am cheapskate (to a certain degree). As well as an advocate for "why pay for something that I can do myself?"

I have a 125 gallon tank with 55 gallon sump, that is filled two thirds for about 160 gallon total volume. I have a Aqua C EV-180 protein skimmer. For ...

On Jan 3rd Filled up the tank with Pierres help (Big Thanks to Pierre) Had prepared around 270 G (1000L) of fresh mixed saltwater (mixed it for 2-3 weeks) The rest was collected from my frag tank and Pierres tank to help with Cycle.
Sump and water change tank had been running for more tan 2-3 months now with some of my fish in there.
Water came from the garage downstairs using an Iwaki pump. the flow was excellent and I thought it would cause a huge sandstorm but just by pointing the ...