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They are very pretty fish and so unique to watch. haha yes the Yellow Midus Blenny is supposed to be the eel like shape very neat fish he is

Meet The Fish Crew :hello: in order of addition Inverts to come Foxface Rabbit Fish Rock Skipper Blenny Female Clown Male Clown Flame Angel Mandarin Fish Powder Blue Tang Power Blue Tang and his best mate Cleaner Wrasse Cleaner Wrasse Midus Blenny

Here is a picture update of some of my SPS colours I have about 40 different sps frags so more photos to come soon. Dosing VSV (Vodka sugar vinegar ) Seachem Vibrance Seachem Fuel Seachem Strontium Seachem Calc Seachem Mag ZEOzym ZEOSpur 2 Zeovit Biomate

Thank you :thup: Thanks heaps Hey i have not changed much equipment mainly added stuff from when i started. Changes Light unit from T8s to Maxspec LEDs Skimmer from 250ltr rated to 600ltr rated Better return pump Added UV sterilizer Phosphate reactor Nitrate media Auto topup extra header

Old Shot Yay full tank shot as of today it has come a long was in a year

I still haven't managed to get all corals / frags into a spot im happy with but here is a quick picture i took tonight. the lights had been off for about 4 hours so everything is a little closed up.

:happy1: sure is and I can’t wait! I’m picking them up from Auckland on Sunday evening so it’s going to be a late night playing in the tank I think. Photos will most defiantly follow

This weekend’s new arrivals for the tank Green/blue Acro with blue tips Pale green Acro Green with purple tips Acro Blue plating Acro with fluro green base Blue Acro Green Pocci green bali slimer frags small birds nest Large gorgonian purple monti digi brown stags green monti digi frag pink monti digi green milli on rock nice green acro large rock with zoos

You have had a stunning SPS tank PP what do you think of Brendons that is running under LEDs ?

are you serious no way i get an amazing shimmer or Ripples with the LEDs. I agree price is steep but i would not look back after buying them thats for sure.

I would love to hear the pros of MH over LEDs usually it’s just a case of LED skeptics 8)

Im Running 110w LED's and they are very cheap to run and low heat. and in my opinion much better than MH Timer / program unit LED unit Quick Demo Mounting

Added a 2nd heater tonight the 200w aquaone heat is just not cutting it anymore so am now running a 200w and 300w heater set ti 26ish deg

Yes and no by collecting my water in bulk and having a RODI source the biggest cost is the calcium and magnesium / other additives that I need to buy every few months. I have not noticed a change in the power bill from when I had a fresh water setup. To be honest I don’t think it’s any more or less than setting up and running a good size planted discus setup

To be honest I don’t really want to add it up. I started with a cheap first reef in mind and ended up getting carried away all my equipment could handle a 400-500ltr system so I ended up future proofing Below is a very rough idea of what I have spent over the past 10 months I do not need any more equipment unless they are luxuries such as dosing pumps etc For example here is a list what I spent just to get started with fish only Tank and half the stand 2nd hand ($200ish check post 1 for what it did look like, this came with return pump and heater also) Sump modifications $90 Coral Rock (dead) $210 for 25kg sack Coral sand $30 10kg bag (and that was cheap) 20ltr Bucket of salt $190 (I now collect my water from the beach much cheaper for me) RODI water $6 per 20ltr Skimmer $250 Refractometer $70 Basic API test kit set (ammonia, Nitrate, Nitrite, Ph) $75 API kH test kit $15 ish Total $1305 ish and what I have spent since Maxspect 110w G2 LEDs $710 Phosban phosphate reactor $100 18w UV unit $175 Hanna phosphate tester $90 Additives $ couldn’t really put a price on it Live stock (fish and inverts) $1000+ Corals $400 ish And I have missed the likes of weekly maintenance etc Total $2475 ish