Tank Entry

Well the 7 gallon has officially been moved...as of last night it has been moved from one room down three stairs to another and I can honestly say I never want to have to do that again. Unfortunately during the transition my anemone that was already looking a little ill took a turn for the worst and is no longer with us but fortunately the rest of the tank and occupants seems to be doing fine with the new location the corals are not in their final positions nor is all the rock work but for now ...

I discovered my 280g was leaking. Two days later, on the Fourth of July, it was taken down. A year later, my system is taking off in the right direction. The tank is just shy of five months old. Last night after the lights were out, I took a few pictures of the corals while they were feeding.



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Thanks Marc (melev) for taking such amazing pictures!!!!!

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So I am trying to figure out the best way to set up the closed loop on my new tank. Here is a sketchup model of how the tank is currently drilled/plumbed.

I want to use all four 1" bulkhead as outlets for the closed loop, so I am thinking about drilling another hole as the inlet for my iwaki. Like this.

With the black circle being the new 1.5" inlet ...

Finally took some pics with the whites on as well. I'm going with less light during the day while I fight off the GHA (which I'm beating, it's in retreat), so my whites are only on for 4 hours. That means they're off by 5pm, so they're usually off by my free time after supper in the evenings.

I'm beating GHA the old fashion way. Shortened/reduced photo period (meaning the photo-period is shorter, and I'm using less lights during that shorter period), and reduced feeding. Good chaeto ...