over the last few weeks i have been gearing up to set up a new tank to house my anemone and maroon clown, after the anemone incident i felt it would make me less nervous if i removed the anemone from my display therefore removing the chance of it re offending.

i was lucky enough to find a very good deal on a aquaone bow front tank and stand, i like the look of these tanks and i decided to go with this design over a custom cube that was my original idea. i will be keeping this tank simple, hob skimmer, canister filter with carbon and rowaphos, seio's for water movement, and i am currently undecided on the lighting, i have a 250w mh that is currently over my brother in laws tank, or i was thinking of trying a t5 set up but i'm not sure if this will provide enough light for the anemone as this tank is around 700 deep.

i will be keeping softies only in this tank and they will be frags from my main reef tank, mushes, zoos, star polyps, etc....

i have spent the last few nights becoming creative with coral rock, the pictures will show my effort.

i will be bare bottom ( :oops: ) in this setup, really just to see how it goes and i figure if i really hate the look i can add some sand later.

here are the first pics,

top down,

my creative efforts,

i will be filling this tank over the next few days and i will post some more pics when there is something else to see.

i will be bare bottom ( :oops: ) in this setup

Can see why you would be embarrassed :lol: :lol:

Seriously thou, its going to be a cool little tank, just the one anemone planned?

That's going to be real nice!

It was seeing a clownfish in an anemone that made me get into this hobby in the first place, there is something real good about seeing a clown wallowing so contentedly in it's anemone.

Having the anemone, clowns & some softies will be just right.

Looking forward to following progress.

It was seeing a clownfish in an anemone that made me get into this hobby in the first place

Same when we lived in Auckland we had ponds and went to Jansens I'm talking 20yrs ago, and always loved to look at the Anemone tank didn't think I would ever have one back then :lol:

Nice tank JDM love to see it finished.

Should be real nice :bounce:

I know my moma maroon would be totally gutted if I went BB she loves cleaning house......... she always has a mouthful of sand and spits it out..... think she is nesting getting ready to lay eggs

thanks for all the nice comments.

i may look at adding another anemone at a later stage, just depends where my current one decides to live.

i am the same, i was the cube tank at jansens, couldnt beleve that it was possiable to keep such things alive in a tank, went back over a year and there they were, full of life. there was no helping me from that point, i wanted one!

This tank is going to be awesome (well i think it is)

Keep the pics coming qll throughout the setup bro, you can sell me mushroom and zoa frags in the future

Rogan