View Full Version : New pictures of my saltwater fish tank
Cappuccino
04-06-2007, 2:17 PM
I just recalculated great dimensions of my fish tank and found out that it is not 210 gallons, but actually 217 gallons. Well, anyway here are some pictures as it's being cycled. I will keep you updated with more pictures as I put in new fish in the future.82098
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chrisdef15
04-07-2007, 7:22 AM
Those soapfish are cool. They eat HEAPS though.
Cappuccino
04-07-2007, 3:15 PM
Those soapfish are cool. They eat HEAPS though.
What soapfish are you talking about? I have two groupers and a snowflake eel in there, but yes they do eat a lot.:confused:
chrisdef15
04-07-2007, 9:47 PM
Nope im 99% sure sure you have a six lined soap fish not a grouper although it wasnt exactly the clearest pic of it. Do a search on it yourself. And get a better picture of it then i can tell better.
Tanks lookin good. :thumbsup:
BIGgourami
04-08-2007, 3:35 AM
man tank's looking nice!
that grouper looks TINY!
is that an eel in the last pic?
cepon3
04-08-2007, 2:53 PM
Yeahhh.. that looks like A sixline soap to me..
That is a boatload of liverock... How much did you pay for all that?
The Amazonian
04-08-2007, 10:21 PM
:headbang2:headbang2:headbang2
Derpeder
04-09-2007, 4:20 PM
Cool!!!
You should post a whole tank shot.
chrisdef15
04-10-2007, 5:17 AM
Still waiting on a better pic but if thats a soapfish like i think it is they can produce a poison and release it into the water if stressed. So watch out if anything picks on it.
Good setup. You definitely have enough live rock. It just takes a little time for all the rock to purple up. When it does it will look really good.
stoogie
04-11-2007, 4:45 PM
nice lookin tank, im gonna try and get some pics up of my 24 gallon aquapod reef,
Cappuccino
04-11-2007, 7:13 PM
man tank's looking nice!
that grouper looks TINY!
is that an eel in the last pic?
yes my grouper is about 3 inches and that is my snowflake eel in the last picture. Thank you for asking.
Cappuccino
04-11-2007, 7:16 PM
Good setup. You definitely have enough live rock. It just takes a little time for all the rock to purple up. When it does it will look really good.
Craig thank you so much. That telephone conversation was truly enjoyable for me. I learned so much. You are so knowledgeable when it comes to finish I am so glad that I have made you my friend.
Cappuccino
04-11-2007, 7:19 PM
That is a boatload of liverock... How much did you pay for all that?
yes it's almost 200 pounds of rock and I paid between five dollars and seven dollars a pound.
BIGgourami
04-11-2007, 7:29 PM
what kind of lighting you got?
gonna keep the soapfish? with what?
Cappuccino
04-11-2007, 7:36 PM
what kind of lighting you got?
gonna keep the soapfish? with what?
I am not sure what kind of lighting I have, but I have been told that it is the right type for live rock. It gives off a blue tinge, if that means anything? As far as the fish, I checked it out and it is a blue line grouper. Anyway, that's what it says about it at my LFS.
BIGgourami
04-11-2007, 7:52 PM
are there two bulbs in the ballast?
also LR needs no light.
Cappuccino
04-11-2007, 7:58 PM
Yes I have two lightbulbs
BIGgourami
04-11-2007, 9:46 PM
of i guess one is probly actinic and maybe like 10000K. how many WPG?
you ever want to do inverts?
Cappuccino
04-12-2007, 8:14 PM
I don't think I want to do Coral and I don't know enough about lighting totell you anything about it. Sorry! LOL
BIGgourami
04-12-2007, 9:43 PM
that's cool. it took me FOREVER to even get what K meant.
sprayin70
04-12-2007, 10:19 PM
kelvin. What kind of corals do you want to keep? I have a reef tank with SPS and LPS corals.
BIGgourami
04-13-2007, 12:13 AM
what the the last "s" mean? i know lp and sp are large and small polyp but that second s eludes me.
i really like frog spawn, um, Very large polyped coral like eagle eye, brain, plate, acros like staghorn (if i could ever find it.) those are reallt the only kninds i know but there are definately more that i would like to keep.
unckeyherb
04-13-2007, 9:11 AM
hey Cappucino, I was wondering about something. Is the lighter colored rock in your tank (second picture) live rock? It looks a lot like the lava rock I have in my freshwater tank. Just wondering if you used it as a base, then put live rock on top in order to seed it.
turbo21
04-13-2007, 11:15 AM
big gourami
the abbrev sps stands for small polyp stony, lps large polyp stony
hope that clears it up for you
bob
sprayin70
04-13-2007, 5:23 PM
If you like sps and lps then you will need very intense light and lots of flow for your tank. You can get away with lower light and flow with LPS. Brains plates, etc.
chrisdef15
04-14-2007, 6:55 AM
I am not sure what kind of lighting I have, but I have been told that it is the right type for live rock. It gives off a blue tinge, if that means anything? As far as the fish, I checked it out and it is a blue line grouper. Anyway, that's what it says about it at my LFS.
Take another picture of it then and we will know for sure.
It was a really dark pic so maybe it had blue lines and i couldnt see it but to me it looked like a jet black fish with solid white lines which will end up being a six line soapfish, which is a cool fish. They might have a blue tinge because of your light like you said. Or im just wrong.
A picture will answer everything.
DreamCatcher1987
04-18-2007, 2:58 PM
your snowflake eel looks totally awesome! I had one but she jumped before I learned they jumped horribly even with a hood on the tank
Cappuccino
04-19-2007, 2:54 PM
Yes it is base rock,I use the live rock to seed the base rock. It is a lot cheaper this way.
BIGgourami
04-26-2007, 10:46 PM
nemore updates?:D