Pook's 300 Gallons of Wet Dreams

[afelder]

did you try treating for flukes kenny?

 

[pookstreet]

Can't catch 'em. And when I can, they ain't a movin' no mo'.

 

[afelder]

fish trap or the patented sunglasses method

 

[pookstreet]

Well, it looks like the lone remaining purple tang is finally over the ich. At least not everything died =(


Here is something new I picked up last weekend. A gigantic efflo colony. It's about 10-12" across in diameter. The purple tips are really coming in nicely. From what I understand, it was completely tank grown and the owner brought it in to the LFS when the tank was broken down. It was completely brown couple of months ago. I see lots of potential there.

Oh yeah, in case anyone feel the need to point it out, I know I have a flatworm problem Still trying to figure out ways to take care of them.

 

[pookstreet]

A decent top down shot of the other large colony in the tank, the Bennett tort.

 

[primetime]

Kenny,
Very nice efflo and tort
I would stay away from the flatworm exit. Try a few yellow corris wrasse or target mandarin.

 

[pookstreet]

Thanks Brock. FWE has never worked for me. They always came back when I used them on the smaller tank. I'll try a couple of the Mandarins again. I lost the others when all the fish died in the tank.

 

[pookstreet]

Whew!!! Went away for 3 days and the tank is still in one piece :beer: I don't even have an auto topoff yet. Had to rig up a dosing pump for make up water. Luckily this isn't during the summer, otherwise, the dosing pump won't be able to keep up with the daily evap.

 

[DaveMorris]

Cool looking tank, Kenny. I am just starting the conversion of my 135g to a 300g so I have been reading through this thread with great interest. Nice work on the plumbing. It gave me a couple of ideas for mine.

 

[newnanoboy]

nice tank !!! how's the electric bill so far? i'm so jealous

 

[pookstreet]

Thanks Dave. I tried to keep the plumbing as simple as possible. Congrats on the upgrade. You'll love the extra real estate and the endless possibilities for aquascaping.

Tom, the electric bill hasn't really gone up that much yet. Part of it is that we are no longer running the A/C. I still have some more lights and other equipment to put up. I think the true test will be next summer, then I can make a real comparison.

 

[Bebo77]

FTS Kenny?

 

[pookstreet]

I'll shoot some this weekend. The tank is finally done in terms of aquascaping. At least for now.

 

[OCReefMadness]

More pictures, please. Your tank looks nice.

 

[pookstreet]

Thanks RP. I'll have time to take some pix tonight.

 

[pookstreet]

New shots of the tank from last night. The aquascaping is pretty much done. I am happy with the way it all came out. You can't really see the two separate islands because the sandbed is littered with frags. But once they are gone, they are divided by a channel.

Left side

Right side

 

[pookstreet]

Angle shot. For some reason, I've always loved seeing tanks from this angel

End shot

 

[johnwin84]

nice.. it looks like you got the algea under control.. I still have to come by and pick out some more stuff..Also did you install the t-5 yet

 

[ezcompany]

do you feed ur acans at all?

 

[pookstreet]

nice.. it looks like you got the algea under control.. I still have to come by and pick out some more stuff..Also did you install the t-5 yet

Thanks John. Yeah, most of the algae went away slowly as the tank goes through the cycles. I only have a few patches left. I've been pulling the longer stuff out and then the tangs would take care of the rest. No, no T5's yet. I won't be for a while. LMK whenever you want to swing by.