Nicks 56 Gallon Saltwater tank

looks good!!
how much flow you giving it? I never can tell what too much flow is..

Thanks guys!

As for the flow it is about 6 inches away from my mp10, and set off to the side about an inch or two. I have it set to gently run up and down between 200~gph to about 1200~gph. I'll watch the growth of it, so far it is growing in the direction of the mp10. The polyps aren't super far out, but the growth is good!

Alright cool thanks

my powerheads don't ramp (chinese!), is it ok if my acros sit in constant flow? about 2ft away from a 1600gph

I'd say 2 feet away is a fine distance. As they grow you will be able to tell what it likes. My Miami acro isn't really growing up, but it has grown close to an inch long branch aiming directly to my power head lol.

How are the powerheads you go working out???

Ok thanks for the help

so far so good!
I've got 2 x 1300gph powerheads comnig in tomorrow.. payed 25 for the two
I love me some cheap chinese stuff!!

I'm glad they're working out for you! If I had a larger tank I would definitely use them! That is after someone tried them out for me

Nicholas41 wrote:

I'm glad they're working out for you! If I had a larger tank I would definitely use them! That is after someone tried them out for me

sounds like an excuse to get a bigger tank!!

I wish I could . I think if I ever set up another one it would be a FOWLR I'm thinking a 70-90. One day... lol

Really? don't like the corals that much? wow.. surprised!

what fish would you put in it?

Oh I like the corals, but I also like the fish . So I'd get the fish I don't have room for, and it would be a much cheaper setup (and more realistic!) without needing super strong lights and money for coral to stock the tank!.

I'd say maybe 2 triggers, a puffer, a spanish hogfish, an eel (or 2 if it was a 90) and a harlequin tusk. Maybe a dwarf lionfish as well. That would be a dream fish tank for me

yeah that would be a sick tank!

+1 on cost/maitenence being less. that would be nice.. real nice..

Yeah, I'd try a canister again, something highly overpowered like an Fluval FX5. If only I had the money now... lol

If you do more fish and minimal corals, you should throw in some live plants!

It could do fine with some macros and shrooms for sure

Montipora update!

Old shots ranging from november up to Janurary



Monti on the left, leather on the right






How they currently look

I also ordered a new fish, and some crabs, starfish, and shrimp from a site called aquacon.
Hopefully everything will come in fine. They did charge me 10 bucks for shipping when it should have been free though -_-... so I'll be giving them a call later.

nice monti growth

whats the tealish monti with the red polyps called? that's a pretty cool looking one..

Nice growth!! I love how you grew them next to each other. It's gonna look super cool when they are HUGE!!!

@Eric, that monti is a seasons greetings monti.

Nicholas, these are looking really good. I can't wait to see them grow in even more. It was creative to show a timelapse series of pictures. I'll have to try that with some of my plants

Thanks guys! They have all been growing great and it is fun being able to look back at them when they were smaller up to now.

I cancelled the order becasue the seller has an F with the BBB. But Kindly enough a person told me coral corral had one tiger goby left. So I picked it up .

Along with an electric blue hermit and 3 cleaner shrimp

The goby is about 3-4in. which is nice because no one is bothering him

Thats really cool looking! He's got lips! lol
Nice flourescent stripe on the cheek too

Yeah he is a good looking fish. He hadn't moved, but once the main lights kicked off he moved a few inches. I'm sure he will settle in tonight.

On a plus side he's easy to take pics of

Pretty much I had to shoot through a ton of crap though, so I'm planning on cleaning my walls in the morning. lol

I'm pretty much never up this early but today was special. I'm not sure if my dream was conveniently coming to an end by itself, or maybe I heard noise. Point is, tiger goby jumped out. I literally was waking up and heard him jump and hit the floor. I flew out of my bed and put him back in the tank. Right now the egg crate is draped with a towel.

Time to make a screen top.