DHaut's Symbiotic Microcosm

[DHaut]

More detail to come later, but this is to force me to get this thread started :lol2:

For those interested in the details of how I built this tank, check here:

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=183788

Specs:

Start date: Feb. 1 2009
9g custom starfire display w/ foam rock wall
10g fuge w/ sealife inc. rocks
aquac remora w/ mj1200
150w mh w/ 14k phoenix bulb
reefcleaners.org cuc w/ dwarf ceriths, ceriths, periwinkles, limpts, and a chiton
various hitchhikers - baby pencil urchin, feather dusters, baby chiton, porites

Just a few teaser shots:

Fuge (yeah yeah, I know I need to get the mangroves above water - doing that when I get home):

FTS (this was before I raised the overflow and subsequently the water level):

Some hitchhiker/cuc shots:

 

[rookie07]

What is the last picture of?

 

[Zoous]

I like it. very nice.

 

[finksmart]

Nice work on the background in the 2nd pic. More info on it?

 

[DHaut]

Last pic is two feather dusters - I laughed when one was FSU team colors...I don't like FSU

The background for the display is actually a foam rock wall I built using eggcrate, great stuff foam, epoxy, sand, and rocks. You can see more detail in the build link in the first post.

 

[DHaut]

More on this tank:

The purpose of this tank is to focus on mutual and commensal symbiotic relationships. I plan to have a goby/pistol shrimp pair, sexy shrimp with ricordias or mini carpet nems, a small christmas tree worm rock, and perhaps a small acropora crab. Corals will be primarily SPS with some zoas/rics for color value.

New FTS (3/30/09)

Also, anyone know how to change the title that is displayed in the forum lists? I misspelled "Symbiotic" and need to fix it.

 

[DHaut]

M'akoy Pinoy hooked me up!!!

AOG's

M'akoy Mohawks :tongueani

 

[krak256]

great pics! did u ever find out how to create the screen top?

 

[DHaut]

thanks! and not yet. I don't have a fish yet so no need to keep things from jumping. it's still definitely on my list of things to do though. thanks for the link!

 

[DHaut]

Update!

I'll be moving apartments at the end of June so I've held off on doing much with the tank until then. Some quick update pics:

Sir Gawain

 

[DCG1286]

Tank is coming along so nicely!!! Love that rock wall ... seriously it's probably the only one I have seen that actually looks like a rock wall! LOve it!!! :lol_large

 

[DHaut]

Thanks D! All it needs now are some purple hornets and your SPS and it'll be perfect!

 

[DHaut]

Before and After FTS of my bryopsis problem. Magnesium and Sir Gawain the emerald crab to mop up the dieoff did the trick!

Also, check out my killer Paint skillz with my new display fuge tank design I'll be building. I'm thinking a FL Gulf biotope.

 

[DCG1286]

Awesome paint skillz yo!!! Now paint the Mona Lisa ... Thank you in advance. My small outbreak of bryopsis is disappearing from my overflow box ... and I didn't do anything for it ... lol ... beats me on that one.

 

[DHaut]

Yeah, it's a total mystery algae. I've still got some that grows in the fuge occasionally. Never on the rocks though. Always on the glass. So weird.

 

[DHaut]

SketchUp of new stand's frame. Thoughts?

 

[DHaut]

 

[scarf_ace1981]

cool diy project

 

[DHaut]

thanks!

 

[masterswimmer]

Very nice DIY. Keep up the pix. How are you planning to vent the inside of that framed area. Looks like it'll get hot and humid in there.

swimmer