Ghetto 85 Gallon Long

[Poriferan]

lookin good my man keep us up to date i love reading these

Thanks,

I will try and get a FTS to post tonight.

 

[GrendelPrime]

always wanted a tusk..beautiful fish

 

[yungreefer2410]

Fish Marc you could have a tank of your own. Just start out small and buy things slowly. That's what I did with my 29g. It's over three years old now

 

[Poriferan]

FTS update

 

[NewEnglandReef]

Great idea about bringing the parent's to the LFS....I wish I thought of that 20 years ago.

 

[1Reefer]

Well I must say you have done a great job bringing this tank back to life... it looks great! Keep up on the updates, please lol... ( I need to be better bout those)

 

[Poriferan]

Thanks. I must admit, however, that I am not happy with the tank. The front glass was too far gone and retains a calcium haze or perhaps it has etched. My best efforts, even jewelers polish would not remove it all. It still looks good and I enjoy it but...

I believe it is going to become a sump for my newest build at some point.

Here is a shot before I started the restoration of my 375 Gallon tank.

 

[1Reefer]

Can't wait to see it once you restore it... I'm sure it'll look amazing!

 

[Poriferan]

I added a link to my signature to follow the complete project.

 

[Poriferan]

Sad news. I lost my puffer and tusk. Happened in two days. I was only able to save the lion with quarantine. Whatever killed them did not affect the tang or the damsels.

 

[jpsika08]

Sorry to hear that Charles

Keep an eye on the others though, whatever killed these fish may be delaying on the tang and damsels, hopefully not, good luck.

 

[Poriferan]

Whatever got in the tank killed everything but 2 damsels.:tears:

They now live in the quarantine tank and will do so while the tank sits fish-less for 2-3 Months. It appears that the entire tank is now a refugium as it is filled with thousands of mysis, pods and tunicates. They cover every square inch of rock/glass. I guess when I decide it is safe to reintroduce fish there will be no shortage of food.

 

[fishhound]

Way to go man...it looks great.

 

[Poriferan]

While I still plan on this tank becoming the sump for the big one,...
I must get some corals and fish ready:bouncer:




Here is are a few new shots. Sorry for the pic quality as the Radium is making it hard for me to get good pics.

 

[Reefmack]

Very nice!

 

[Poriferan]

Thanks, Terry!

Here is a couple hundred pounds of additional rock getting ready for the tank.

 

[Uslanja]

Hi Charles! Looking good! Love that bubble you have, wish I had room for one!

 

[Poriferan]

Thanks Dave and/or Tracy,

I love craigslist:bluenod: I got that bubble and several good size colonies from a guy off craigslist. The price was insane and the corals are looking 1000x better in my tanks than his :tongue:

I moved my elegance over to the 85 tonight also as all my SPS seem to like the t5 lights and slower current of the right side of this tank better than the MH and flow of the vortech.

 

[shark32]

Your tank looks great!