MedRed's 60 Gallon Solana XL
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Im waiting on you to lol...your tank convinced me to get a cube it's all set up now just finished cycling .all I need is light and coral . I actually have a 48"Infiniti fixture over it but just using the halide for now till I get something else haha. Are you making a video on the setup and filtration any time soon 
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)It's been long overdue... but I've finally rescaped my tank! Pardon the cloudy pic, but i had to move some sand around. I was a bit heavy handed with the concrete which in turn made the scape bulkier. The foot that extends to the front is quite a bit bulkier than it was before the concrete. I also had to break off the tips of the arms to give a little more coral room. That makes it a bit stubbier as well. All in all, I'm very happy with the scape even if it's not as elegant as its pre concrete form. With it being horizontal, I'm now able to use just my geisemann with all the corals getting light from all bulbs.
The paly rocks on the right are just there for fauna. I think I'll add a ricordia rock or two there. i'm debating whether to make the foot of the scape a ricordia rock or just cover it in montipora. I'm also debating adding dendros to the underside and inner nook of the scape.
I did lose the piece of red dragon I added from my colony and all of the corals browned out. I don't know if it was something that came out of the scape, the fact that I dumped 2.5 gallons of RO water into the tank because I forgot to turn off the ATO, or an abundance of nutrients from the loss of the nitrifying bacteria in the old scape. I'm feeding sparingly until I'm satisfied that the tank can handle a normal level of waste.
The paly rocks on the right are just there for fauna. I think I'll add a ricordia rock or two there. i'm debating whether to make the foot of the scape a ricordia rock or just cover it in montipora. I'm also debating adding dendros to the underside and inner nook of the scape.
I did lose the piece of red dragon I added from my colony and all of the corals browned out. I don't know if it was something that came out of the scape, the fact that I dumped 2.5 gallons of RO water into the tank because I forgot to turn off the ATO, or an abundance of nutrients from the loss of the nitrifying bacteria in the old scape. I'm feeding sparingly until I'm satisfied that the tank can handle a normal level of waste.
Thank you, Cody!
Thank you!
Thank you!
I know, right? After my crash, I fell out of love with the tank. I wasn't going to be able to have it look the way I envisioned it because of some of the pieces i lost. Zoas grew where I wanted SPS before the SPS could take off, and I had the acan eating worms that decimated my acan garden. Plus, I really wanted to use my geisemann, but my old scape didn't allow the halide to reach the outer facing corals. I was either going to sell it off or start over.
I'm 90% happy with this scape. It's not as sexy as my old one and the execution didn't turn out perfect, but I think it will look great when the corals grow out.
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that's really cool structure, very different, i like it!
that's really cool structure, very different, i like it!
Thank you!
I know, right? After my crash, I fell out of love with the tank. I wasn't going to be able to have it look the way I envisioned it because of some of the pieces i lost. Zoas grew where I wanted SPS before the SPS could take off, and I had the acan eating worms that decimated my acan garden. Plus, I really wanted to use my geisemann, but my old scape didn't allow the halide to reach the outer facing corals. I was either going to sell it off or start over.
I'm 90% happy with this scape. It's not as sexy as my old one and the execution didn't turn out perfect, but I think it will look great when the corals grow out.
