New tank. ADA 60-F Bommie style! 9 gallon shallow
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thanks smitty! so is your comment!
Tethered_Limbs
Active member
tank looks crazy awesome
I've decided against upgrading anytime soon (thank gaaawd) and instead did a little updating recently - recscaped my tank slightly ( now 7 months old! ) - sold the GIANT pagoda cup that was taking up a cloud size area of my tank. Somebody convinced me to sell this beloved, 8 year old coral.. but I had to because, well I bought a coral I've been thinking off dropping in the tank since the original plans on post #1 of the tank thread -
the mighty torch coral! - it was stinging the sin out of the pagoda cup on a part of its lip and justice had to be served.. but it was awesome because since the cup took up so much room, removing it freed up a lot of space that I will keep open for the new scape. The torch sits in front as kind of a magical, hippy bead entry way to the cove beyond! Yay!
here's some photos of the new upgrade .. also picked up some new friends, a really cool slow pulsing xenia with long floppy polyps ... several peppermint shrimp to hopefully drain the aiptasia of their demon spawn and a burgundy linckia star that a wonderful man who I assemble in my head as the willy wonka of coral absolutely insisted that I purchase. Apparently they are terribly difficult to acclimate when he gets them shipped, and out of a batch of 25, only a few survived the travel, which he stated as rare.
Needless to say, the star is wiping out my astrea star population, and growing new arms. I find it cool that the area where they grow new parts of their arms are white at the tip very similar to some SPS growth points! - I've fed the star a few pieces of clam that it seemed to gobble down (well, as fast as a starfish can "gobble")
Here are some new shots - oh yeah - one of my par38s burned out - I purchased this as used from a reefer here - but not his fault - he was selling as is at a good price. I've since purchased a replacement Rapid par38.. the extreme blue from the all blue par30 I have on the left to the par38 i have on the right looks really cool for now though! the coral don't seem to mind the reduced light that much.
area where the cup used to be
the mighty torch coral! - it was stinging the sin out of the pagoda cup on a part of its lip and justice had to be served.. but it was awesome because since the cup took up so much room, removing it freed up a lot of space that I will keep open for the new scape. The torch sits in front as kind of a magical, hippy bead entry way to the cove beyond! Yay!
here's some photos of the new upgrade .. also picked up some new friends, a really cool slow pulsing xenia with long floppy polyps ... several peppermint shrimp to hopefully drain the aiptasia of their demon spawn and a burgundy linckia star that a wonderful man who I assemble in my head as the willy wonka of coral absolutely insisted that I purchase. Apparently they are terribly difficult to acclimate when he gets them shipped, and out of a batch of 25, only a few survived the travel, which he stated as rare.
Needless to say, the star is wiping out my astrea star population, and growing new arms. I find it cool that the area where they grow new parts of their arms are white at the tip very similar to some SPS growth points! - I've fed the star a few pieces of clam that it seemed to gobble down (well, as fast as a starfish can "gobble")
Here are some new shots - oh yeah - one of my par38s burned out - I purchased this as used from a reefer here - but not his fault - he was selling as is at a good price. I've since purchased a replacement Rapid par38.. the extreme blue from the all blue par30 I have on the left to the par38 i have on the right looks really cool for now though! the coral don't seem to mind the reduced light that much.
area where the cup used to be
Looks awesomeI've been looking for a tank like this and they're hard to find
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Yeah - ADA's factory got set back on production because they are located in an area of Japan that was affected by the tsunami. I searched awhile and finally found a site that had a few left in storage. Other than that, you could probably make one pretty easily lol.
Your tank never ceases to amaze me...great job.
thanks smitty
! its been a wonderful experience seeing it come together, and I'm very happy with where its at right now. Brian still had a few of the burgundy linckia starfish over at reefwise if anyone was interested! he couldn't let me leave without one!
Mr.Ghostly
New member
Very nice
well - did some renovations and new scaping on this tank here - chopped the main rock and half and rearranged everything - daps to miller for the macro!
eggcrate is temporary for a holding a few frags as is the other pump until hydor pico gets here....... wooo hoo!
will get pic of lights too!
still decieding whether i should leave the left size bare with minimal macro algae, slope it with more sand and plant some mangroves there with a lot of macro algae, make a third rock formation, or put a bigger colony of sps there like a birdsnest
eggcrate is temporary for a holding a few frags as is the other pump until hydor pico gets here....... wooo hoo!
will get pic of lights too!
still decieding whether i should leave the left size bare with minimal macro algae, slope it with more sand and plant some mangroves there with a lot of macro algae, make a third rock formation, or put a bigger colony of sps there like a birdsnest
thanks friend! - yeah i wanted it to be more minimal with space to work it out!
RedDevil.258
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Man I freakin think that the gear that AGA has is soo cool! I like the hand blown lily pipes! You have inspired and whole new project for me down the road!
haha thanks - yeah the lily pipes are beautiful - at the time i was following the build of another hobbyist's tank and the thought hadn't occurred to me until after I drilled it!
it is 8 gallons!
RedDevil.258
Active member
Looks like the stand is different. Did you try something new?