Some pics from my local tanks...

Here's how the little black angels are coming along....

Triple fine, Variable and a yardleys

The baby blue maomao, getting bigger....

Jimmy, the scorpian fish - night shot, that when he's out hunting....

One of the hiwihiwi.

and my little cute parore..

love the yardleys

tank is looking good

awesome! looking v. nice!

Angels are looking good.

What is the Yardleys sitting in front of?

, the tanks bare bottomed at the moment, and that is one of the bottom braces, the wavy lines being silicon.

Looking back, i can see why you asked

ok, full tank shot - last night..

LHS

LHS

Middle

Little angel in the BIG tank....

Sponge growth.

very nice local marine setup PP

probably one of the better ones around

Very nice local marine there PP

Thanks Shaneo, as it matures, it'll get better.

Have you though about keeping tropical marines? I could give you some tips on how to do it if you like. :-? 8) :lol: :oops: :evil: :roll: :bounce:

Holy moley! Thats a healthy looking system. All you need now is some SPS colonies.

looks like a real marine tank only colder :lol: you should becomes a real *cough* reefkeepers...

haha, lots of funny people about

Wow I'm really impressed with how fantastic that looks. I always think of local/cw marines being bland and boring looking, with no colour. Can't wait to see how it grows up, I'll definately be keeping an eye on this one!

looks great! :bounce:

do you use special lighting for the plants?

Thanks, no just good t5's, whites and blues.

Ok, some new pics, tanks maturing nice, jewels doing very well,

These are some older ones that have adapted very nicely and are spreading well...

And here's some new ones, not yet settled but nice!!!!!!, not the clearest pics, but you'll get idea.

and this pretty fish wanted in...

and some tank pics...

all hail to the coldwater guru

wow this is amazing! where did you get everything from?

mostly from around the coast up here.

Wow. That is awesome. I love the idea of it being local species. I think that is exactly what I would strive for if I was do be brave enough to do a marine tank.

how does it compare difficulty wise to a tropical marine?