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chum · 11-29-2007, 04:46 PM

Paul 'em and Lynn and Frank,
Thanks alot for your encouragement about the tank scape. The corner of my family room only had enough space for a 36 inch wide tank, so I went deep to get a bigger tank. I bought a bunch of big tonga rock "branches" that had tree like branching and then put a secondary level of mostly flat figi on top of that.
Since I have a 24" deep 65 gal. tank, I had to get the softies up closer to the light so they live on the secondary level. (I only have 2 watts per gal.) I started to invest in more low light and non photosynthetic corals because I had alot of space on the lower level in the caves and on the bottom. The gorgonions, sun tube corals, and coralmorphins seem to love it down there.

The Christmas tree...not so much.

The fish seem very happy with lots of places to hide and free space to swim in and out of the tonga branches on the bottom.

However, the Christmas tree, should be "in its glory" during this season of the year. I read that it needs to be embedded in a sand bed. I may have to get a wavemaker, as I read somewhere they need alternating current.

Thanks again, you guys for the encouragement on the tank...you lifted my spirits

even though the Christmas tree has me a little down right now...

I have not given up hope, though... Faith, hope, love to all during this season of the year.

11-29-2007, 04:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
chum Bryozoan Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Eastern PA Posts: 56 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: I want another Christmas Tree for Christmas Paul 'em and Lynn and Frank, Thanks alot for your encouragement about the tank scape. The corner of my family room only had enough space for a 36 inch wide tank, so I went deep to get a bigger tank. I bought a bunch of big tonga rock "branches" that had tree like branching and then put a secondary level of mostly flat figi on top of that. Since I have a 24" deep 65 gal. tank, I had to get the softies up closer to the light so they live on the secondary level. (I only have 2 watts per gal.) I started to invest in more low light and non photosynthetic corals because I had alot of space on the lower level in the caves and on the bottom. The gorgonions, sun tube corals, and coralmorphins seem to love it down there. The Christmas tree...not so much. The fish seem very happy with lots of places to hide and free space to swim in and out of the tonga branches on the bottom. However, the Christmas tree, should be "in its glory" during this season of the year. I read that it needs to be embedded in a sand bed. I may have to get a wavemaker, as I read somewhere they need alternating current. Thanks again, you guys for the encouragement on the tank...you lifted my spirits even though the Christmas tree has me a little down right now... I have not given up hope, though... Faith, hope, love to all during this season of the year. __________________ Set up: 65 gal mixed-100 lb.tonga & figi.Fluval canister filter 304, 2X65 watt PC by sunpaq, 420&460NM Dual actinic, 6,700&10,000K Dual daylight, 3 power heads, 3" sand bed, prizm skimmer hang-on. Fish: Scopis tang 5", 3 pajama cardinals, 2 clarki anemone, flame dart, green chromis, Inverts: 1 cleaner shrimp, 2 peppermint shrimp, 4 feather dusters, 2 serpent stars. Corals: pulsating xenia, 3 leather mushrooms, chili cactus, colt, kenya tree, finger, coralmorphins, yellow buttons polyp zooanthids, yellow gorgonians, 2 colonies of orange cups Second tank: 55 gal FOWLR: for agressive fish: 8" speckled fin grouper, choc. chip starfish, hermits, pencil urchin. _____________________________________________ The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace. (Num. 6:24-26)