Kdoc's 210g Reef Tank - Page 3

Kdocimo90 · 09/13/2008, 03:27 PM

Okay, so I have to say it looks better in person because you can see the dimension of the rock better... tell me what you think...

reefman13 · 09/13/2008, 04:14 PM

MORE CORALS!!!!!!!!

j/k...believe me, I know its tough being a student and all...I do think however, that if you are going to have a smaller amount of rock in the tank, you need to get a few more fish, or coral just to "liven it up" a bit.

Kdocimo90 · 09/13/2008, 04:44 PM

well i didnt take any live rock out.. its the exact same rocks just moved into a better position... oh and im getting some corals too... I like the rock work this way because there are ALOT more spaces to put corals and frags... I also like being able to see more sand...

I realized that once i put corals in there it's going to make the rock positioning look great..

thanks reefman,
and yes I DO need more corals!!! I'm looking to buy some if anyone has any cool frags

reefman13 · 09/13/2008, 07:28 PM

I have a leather frag...finger leather...lmk

krulee · 09/14/2008, 02:06 PM

i have to say this tank is awsome

Kdocimo90 · 09/14/2008, 03:33 PM

Thanks Krulee

Kdocimo90 · 09/16/2008, 05:41 PM

Here's what I got today... Was afraid it was going to die during shipment but ended up real good

Heres a picture of the flash.. basically just to show the structure.. doesnt show the color... the next pictures will

These two pictures show the colors of it better.

Its funny.. whatever i put in the tank the peppermint run up to it and clean the heck out of it... you should be able to see the peppermint shrimp on the right of the carpet anemone

reefman13 · 09/16/2008, 06:31 PM

Yeah peppermints are supposed to remove anemones...pepermints bothering a new anemone...especially a carpet (looks like a mertens carpet btw) IMO, would try to get them to stay away for a little while at least until the carpet is settled in.

AwkwardParrot · 09/16/2008, 06:34 PM

very nice carpet!!!! i miss mine sometimes, then i remember how much it ate.... :'(

Kdocimo90 · 09/16/2008, 07:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by reefman13
Yeah peppermints are supposed to remove anemones...pepermints bothering a new anemone...especially a carpet (looks like a mertens carpet btw) IMO, would try to get them to stay away for a little while at least until the carpet is settled in.

Yeah it is settled in very good right now... you can tell... i'll take a better picture tomorrow... It's a haddoni carpet also... Its funny because I just saw one of the peppermint shrimp on the rock next to the carpet and it stuck it's leg on it, just touching it... and over course it got stuck to the anemone, and the peppermint shrimp quickly pulled his leg back lol.

Kdocimo90 · 09/16/2008, 07:12 PM

oh and thank you Awkward Parrot

MADtanks · 09/16/2008, 07:17 PM

Hey bud, nice tank!!! but is there any way you can adjust your white balance on the cam? unless all your pics were taken with actinics only? tank looks great either way!

Kdocimo90 · 09/16/2008, 07:20 PM

I have T-5's... the bottom two pics of the carpet are pretty close to the coloring.. I'll play around with the camera to get it to match up...

Thanks Madtanks!

ctreefer · 09/16/2008, 09:12 PM

I like the rock structure. Looks like you said: well set up for adding lots of corals. Looking forward to seeing it progress. I wish I could own a 200+ one day. If you need corals and by "Student at Uconn" you mean Storrs, you need to get in touch with the Fitch man.

Kdocimo90 · 09/16/2008, 09:23 PM

Thanks! CTReefer
Aww lol.. I am a student at UConn, but not Storrs

... im at the stamford campus, 10 mins from my house... But dont worry.. I may have alot of corals on the way.. we'll see what works out.

A few have said in the Large Reef Tanks forum that I should build up the rock in the center of the tank so it covers the whole back wall.. Im not sure if I want to do it though...

What do you guys think?

sledger · 09/17/2008, 05:22 AM

Looking good, Do you have any pictues of your sump? I have a 180g Bowfront and currently have my sump in basement. I am in the planning process of installing an acrylic 55g under stand.

Kdocimo90 · 09/17/2008, 06:47 AM

Yeah i'll take some pictures of the sump for you... its way to small for my tank, I dont know why house of fins recommended that size.

jbriddle · 09/17/2008, 07:16 AM

looks awesome!!!!!!

Kdocimo90 · 09/17/2008, 08:13 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by jbriddle
looks awesome!!!!!!

lol thanks man

Reefer07 · 09/17/2008, 01:48 PM

I'm not big on damsels myself.
I got the same issue as some of you.....
enough money but my mother won't let me get anything bigger haha

Kdocimo90 · 09/17/2008, 01:50 PM

lol. good im not the only one...

I'm so happy today... my carpet is looking great and my small male Gold Stripe Maroon clown is all over it... but the clown is acting a little weird... I'm not so experienced in this subject, but i find it strange that the little clown is sort of jamming his head into the mouth of the carpet... and also sucking on it's tentacles... strange... anyone know anything about this?

dchec · 09/17/2008, 02:15 PM

Seems like it's probably normal behavior... they can do some odd stuff to their hosts. It might be trying to feed it.

Kdocimo90 · 09/17/2008, 02:18 PM

idk maybe... he's seems to be loving it though.. there are 3 peppermint shrimp all around it too.. one of them is the brave one cleaning the carpet lol

krulee · 09/17/2008, 02:42 PM

yeah the thing with the clown my clown did it to

AwkwardParrot · 09/17/2008, 03:08 PM

is the clown protective of your new carpet?!?

Here is my clowns with their sebai,

09/13/2008, 03:27 PM	#51
Kdocimo90 Superior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Stamford, CT Posts: 6,175	New Aquascape Okay, so I have to say it looks better in person because you can see the dimension of the rock better... tell me what you think...

09/13/2008, 04:14 PM	#52
reefman13 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: CT Posts: 4,323	MORE CORALS!!!!!!!! j/k...believe me, I know its tough being a student and all...I do think however, that if you are going to have a smaller amount of rock in the tank, you need to get a few more fish, or coral just to "liven it up" a bit. __________________ Regards, Dave ______________________________________________________________________ "One day I will be back in this hobby..." spoken like a true High School student... Current Tank Info: None for now...for now... Last edited by reefman13; 09/13/2008 at 04:21 PM.

09/13/2008, 04:44 PM	#53
Kdocimo90 Superior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Stamford, CT Posts: 6,175	well i didnt take any live rock out.. its the exact same rocks just moved into a better position... oh and im getting some corals too... I like the rock work this way because there are ALOT more spaces to put corals and frags... I also like being able to see more sand... I realized that once i put corals in there it's going to make the rock positioning look great.. thanks reefman, and yes I DO need more corals!!! I'm looking to buy some if anyone has any cool frags __________________ ¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯) VISIT MY HOME PAGE (¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸ ¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯) TO SEE MY 210G TANK (¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸ -Kevin Current Tank Info: 210 Gallon Softy/LPS Reef Tank

09/13/2008, 07:28 PM	#54
reefman13 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: CT Posts: 4,323	I have a leather frag...finger leather...lmk __________________ Regards, Dave ______________________________________________________________________ "One day I will be back in this hobby..." spoken like a true High School student... Current Tank Info: None for now...for now...

09/14/2008, 03:33 PM	#56
Kdocimo90 Superior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Stamford, CT Posts: 6,175	Thanks Krulee __________________ ¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯) VISIT MY HOME PAGE (¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸ ¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯) TO SEE MY 210G TANK (¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸ -Kevin Current Tank Info: 210 Gallon Softy/LPS Reef Tank

09/14/2008, 02:06 PM	#55
krulee Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: West Hartford CT Posts: 694	i have to say this tank is awsome

09/16/2008, 05:41 PM	#57
Kdocimo90 Superior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Stamford, CT Posts: 6,175	Here's what I got today... Was afraid it was going to die during shipment but ended up real good Heres a picture of the flash.. basically just to show the structure.. doesnt show the color... the next pictures will These two pictures show the colors of it better. Its funny.. whatever i put in the tank the peppermint run up to it and clean the heck out of it... you should be able to see the peppermint shrimp on the right of the carpet anemone __________________ ¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯) VISIT MY HOME PAGE (¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸ ¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯) TO SEE MY 210G TANK (¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸ -Kevin Current Tank Info: 210 Gallon Softy/LPS Reef Tank

09/16/2008, 06:31 PM	#58
reefman13 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: CT Posts: 4,323	Yeah peppermints are supposed to remove anemones...pepermints bothering a new anemone...especially a carpet (looks like a mertens carpet btw) IMO, would try to get them to stay away for a little while at least until the carpet is settled in. __________________ Regards, Dave ______________________________________________________________________ "One day I will be back in this hobby..." spoken like a true High School student... Current Tank Info: None for now...for now...

09/16/2008, 06:34 PM	#59
AwkwardParrot Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Vernon Posts: 1,368	very nice carpet!!!! i miss mine sometimes, then i remember how much it ate.... :'( __________________ ```__\|__' ' ' ---o0o---

09/16/2008, 07:12 PM	#61
Kdocimo90 Superior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Stamford, CT Posts: 6,175	oh and thank you Awkward Parrot __________________ ¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯) VISIT MY HOME PAGE (¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸ ¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯) TO SEE MY 210G TANK (¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸ -Kevin Current Tank Info: 210 Gallon Softy/LPS Reef Tank

09/16/2008, 07:17 PM	#62
MADtanks Stix Anyone? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: East Coast Posts: 5,392	Hey bud, nice tank!!! but is there any way you can adjust your white balance on the cam? unless all your pics were taken with actinics only? tank looks great either way! __________________ M.A.D. 75G(36X24X20 E-Overflow) \| DIY - LED/T5 \| Tunze ATO \| Eheim 1260 \| Reef Keeper.... in progress Current Tank Info: 24X24X20 AIO SPS Dom

09/16/2008, 07:20 PM	#63
Kdocimo90 Superior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Stamford, CT Posts: 6,175	I have T-5's... the bottom two pics of the carpet are pretty close to the coloring.. I'll play around with the camera to get it to match up... Thanks Madtanks! __________________ ¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯) VISIT MY HOME PAGE (¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸ ¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯) TO SEE MY 210G TANK (¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸ -Kevin Current Tank Info: 210 Gallon Softy/LPS Reef Tank

09/16/2008, 09:12 PM	#64
ctreefer Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: southern CT Posts: 3,274	I like the rock structure. Looks like you said: well set up for adding lots of corals. Looking forward to seeing it progress. I wish I could own a 200+ one day. If you need corals and by "Student at Uconn" you mean Storrs, you need to get in touch with the Fitch man.

09/16/2008, 09:23 PM	#65
Kdocimo90 Superior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Stamford, CT Posts: 6,175	Thanks! CTReefer Aww lol.. I am a student at UConn, but not Storrs ... im at the stamford campus, 10 mins from my house... But dont worry.. I may have alot of corals on the way.. we'll see what works out. A few have said in the Large Reef Tanks forum that I should build up the rock in the center of the tank so it covers the whole back wall.. Im not sure if I want to do it though... What do you guys think? __________________ ¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯) VISIT MY HOME PAGE (¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸ ¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯) TO SEE MY 210G TANK (¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸ -Kevin Current Tank Info: 210 Gallon Softy/LPS Reef Tank

09/17/2008, 05:22 AM	#66
sledger Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 75	Looking good, Do you have any pictues of your sump? I have a 180g Bowfront and currently have my sump in basement. I am in the planning process of installing an acrylic 55g under stand.

09/17/2008, 06:47 AM	#67
Kdocimo90 Superior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Stamford, CT Posts: 6,175	Yeah i'll take some pictures of the sump for you... its way to small for my tank, I dont know why house of fins recommended that size. __________________ ¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯) VISIT MY HOME PAGE (¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸ ¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯) TO SEE MY 210G TANK (¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸ -Kevin Current Tank Info: 210 Gallon Softy/LPS Reef Tank

09/17/2008, 07:16 AM	#68
jbriddle Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Old Saybrook, Connecticut Posts: 147	looks awesome!!!!!! __________________ Salt water on hardwood floor is not good!!!

09/17/2008, 01:48 PM	#70
Reefer07 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,090	I'm not big on damsels myself. I got the same issue as some of you..... enough money but my mother won't let me get anything bigger haha

09/17/2008, 01:50 PM	#71
Kdocimo90 Superior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Stamford, CT Posts: 6,175	lol. good im not the only one... I'm so happy today... my carpet is looking great and my small male Gold Stripe Maroon clown is all over it... but the clown is acting a little weird... I'm not so experienced in this subject, but i find it strange that the little clown is sort of jamming his head into the mouth of the carpet... and also sucking on it's tentacles... strange... anyone know anything about this? __________________ ¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯) VISIT MY HOME PAGE (¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸ ¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯) TO SEE MY 210G TANK (¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸ -Kevin Current Tank Info: 210 Gallon Softy/LPS Reef Tank

09/17/2008, 02:15 PM	#72
dchec Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Haven, CT Posts: 304	Seems like it's probably normal behavior... they can do some odd stuff to their hosts. It might be trying to feed it.

09/17/2008, 02:18 PM	#73
Kdocimo90 Superior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Stamford, CT Posts: 6,175	idk maybe... he's seems to be loving it though.. there are 3 peppermint shrimp all around it too.. one of them is the brave one cleaning the carpet lol __________________ ¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯) VISIT MY HOME PAGE (¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸ ¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯)¸.•´¯) TO SEE MY 210G TANK (¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸(¯´•.¸ -Kevin Current Tank Info: 210 Gallon Softy/LPS Reef Tank

09/17/2008, 02:42 PM	#74
krulee Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: West Hartford CT Posts: 694	yeah the thing with the clown my clown did it to

09/17/2008, 03:08 PM	#75
AwkwardParrot Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Vernon Posts: 1,368	is the clown protective of your new carpet?!? Here is my clowns with their sebai, __________________ ```__\|__' ' ' ---o0o--- Last edited by AwkwardParrot; 09/17/2008 at 03:14 PM.