New pics of the tank...

[DreamerTheresa]

Refresher:
125 gallon heavy glass (3/4" thick) Oceanic Tank
Saltwater/reef setup
No filtration except for one protein skimmer.

Not many fish yet:

2 Ocellaris Clownfish,
1 Yellow Tang
1 Coral Beauty Angelfish.

For coral we have:

1 colt coral
1 clove coral colony still recovering from being eaten to death by nudibranchs
1 small button coral colony
1 solitary yellow polyp. (I think the emerald crab ate the rest.)


2 skunk cleaner shrimp (that act more like puppies than crustaceans)
1 Sand Sifting Starfish
Dozens of snails (various types)
A dozen small hermit crabs
1 Emerald Crab

Ready? GO

Edit: (More/better pics on page 2 in post #11)

MOVIE!

http://dreamertheresa.com/feesh/MOV01883.MPG




More stuff coming next weekend as there is a 50% off livestock sale at the fish store.

 

[BJ91T]

Very nice Theresa !

 

[theKnifeArtist]

haha, i clicked on this thread expecting to see supras.
no really

 

[GrimJack]

Cripes, all you need is a turtle, a shark, and a couple gulls and you can have a regular live action Finding Nemo.

 

[Mk3runner]

I remember when I had my 80gal tank... a jack depshie *sp* some shark fish, then some other fish I can't remember. it was cool to look at during the night with the background I had. that was a long time ago tho.

cool tank!

 

[DreamerTheresa]

One of the guys on Reef Central actually made a Finding Nemo tank for his fish store:

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/70623Nemo_Tank_2.JPG

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/70623Nemo_Tank_1.JPG

 

[jdub]

:biglaugh:

 

[Mk3runner]

that made me hungry.... damn.

 

[suprarx7nut]

Wow, very cool Theresa.

I love salt water tanks. Can't wait to get a house so I can get one!!!

 

[Stanzaspeed]

cool thread i wish i still had my tank. i had a 55 gallon tank with 3 goldfish (one was atleast 7 years old when i got rid of the tank) a big ass picostomus, and all kinds of tigerfish, tetras, guppies, etc that my big ass goldfish would just eat (lulz).

its been a while but now that i have a real home (first time in about 4 years) i almost want a goldfish or something simaler again. only thing stopping me is i am a lazy un-employed bum who spends half his time dealing with a lazy overweight cat...

 

[DreamerTheresa]

I have discovered the LOW LIGHT SETTING OMGWTF FTW:

The tang hides from me when I get close with the camera:

This colt coral went through a nasty divorce. It was dividing itself, and both pieces looked like hell 'til Mike severed the membrane between them with a scalpel. Moved 'em apart, and now they look great.

Two clowns, the yellow tang, the coral beauty (who hides most of the time anyway, the bitch), and the pair of cleaner skrimps:

The clown fish are hams:

 

[Supracentral]

its been a while but now that i have a real home (first time in about 4 years) i almost want a goldfish or something simaler again. only thing stopping me is i am a lazy un-employed bum who spends half his time dealing with a lazy overweight cat...

Yea, that's not going to work for a reef tank. Theresa and I have dumped a few thousand dollars into building this thing. It probably cost close to $3,000 before we ever put a fish in it. The rock alone was close to $700, the tank and stand were over $1,000.

Saltwater tanks are not cheap to setup. (Once you get them up and running however, they aren't bad at all)

 

[bridg3r]

really nice man i always wanted a salt water tank

 

[suprahero]

I really need a fish tank to stare at for one of my anger management drills. They really calm me down. I love looking at fish aquariums..........it's cleaning them I get tired of.

 

[Supracentral]

I really need a fish tank to stare at for one of my anger management drills. They really calm me down. I love looking at fish aquariums..........it's cleaning them I get tired of.

Yea, they certainly help mellow you out.

That's the beauty of saltwater, the tank is pretty much self cleaning. It doesn't take hardly any work to keep a saltwater tank clean. You just get critters to do the work for you.

 

[Clip]

Yea, they certainly help mellow you out.

That's the beauty of saltwater, the tank is pretty much self cleaning. It doesn't take hardly any work to keep a saltwater tank clean. You just get critters to do the work for you.

moving into an apt next year and gonna try and handle a small 10-20 gallon freshwater tank. we used to have a 55gal freshwater but got rid of it due to cleaning/maintenance. as for self cleaning, all we had were two plecostomus (plecostomi?) that did a fairly good job. any tips on clean fish/self-cleaning products and organisms?

 

[Supracentral]

moving into an apt next year and gonna try and handle a small 10-20 gallon freshwater tank. we used to have a 55gal freshwater but got rid of it due to cleaning/maintenance. as for self cleaning, all we had were two plecostomus (plecostomi?) that did a fairly good job. any tips on clean fish/self-cleaning products and organisms?

Smaller tanks are more work. You've got a smaller, more fragile environment. The smaller the tank, the smaller the margin for error and the easier it is for the whole thing to go off kilter. One dead fish you can't find can decimate a 10 gallon tank. In a 100, you usually never have a clue what happened to the dead stuff. It just gets eaten by the natives.

If you found a 55 gal tank a pain in the ass, don't bother with a 10-20, you will absolutely hate it.

On the other hand if you're willing to go up to about an 85, things get a lot easier up there.

 

[Doward]

The only question that keeps coming up in my mind....

Are they tasty? :dunno:

 

[RazoE]

tiger skrimps, jumbo skrims, erry body eat skrimps...




gorgeous tank, I'd love a salt water tank, but I dont have the patience...

 

[Clip]

Smaller tanks are more work. You've got a smaller, more fragile environment. The smaller the tank, the smaller the margin for error and the easier it is for the whole thing to go off kilter. One dead fish you can't find can decimate a 10 gallon tank. In a 100, you usually never have a clue what happened to the dead stuff. It just gets eaten by the natives.

If you found a 55 gal tank a pain in the ass, don't bother with a 10-20, you will absolutely hate it.

On the other hand if you're willing to go up to about an 85, things get a lot easier up there.

thanks! i've seen a few 100's on craigslist for cheap, maybe ill start calling around.