DIY FISH TANK STAND: ALMOST DONE!

we went w/ an egg-shell matte black paint. brad is especially proud of the invisible seams...

SUPER POROUS FIJI ROX FROM MARCO ROCK

these puppies are ultra light!

OUR ROX HAVE ARRIVED!

2009 FISH WISHLIST

blue spot jawfish:


catalina goby:


4 line wrasse:


bar goby OR sunburst anthias:

DIY FISH TANK STAND: SANS DOORS

brad is making progress on our stand. we plan on painting it black. :)

DIY GIGIDY FISH GUARD

i gotta' talk brad into building me one of these (it's a diy fish guard) so we can get a blue spot jawfish for our new tank!

ADD TO CART: 50 GALLON AQUEON AQUARIUM

woohoo! we sold the critter cage today + picked up our brand spankin' new 50 gallon tank. now all we need to do is to build the stand, prep the plumbing + cycle the rock.

ADD TO CART: MARCO ROCKS

just placed an order tonight. we'll be cycling them in a garbage can for about a month...until we're all setup. hopefully, they're as good as people say. i'll be so bummed if we get scammed or the rock is really not what he says it is. been having bad luck w/ buying shit off of other people lately. anyhow, pix above. we'll take pix as soon as they arrive.

OMG SCORE! NEW TANK STAND SPECS

this is the stand i want...in black!



how fucking awesome is it that brad found an diy article so we can build it ourselves? woo!

http://www.projectaquarium.com/plantedAquariumArticles_ADAAquariumStand.aspx

PHOTOS: MACRO SHOTS W/ OUR NEW (USED) ELICAR 90 LENSE

hot pink birdsnest:


pink chalice w/ green rim:


kazoo:


pinks:


chuck:


watermelon zoos:

CURRENT USA OUTER ORBIT: MH's

white + blue MH's:

MH's w/ actinics:

CURRENT USA OUTER ORBIT: ACTINICS

CURRENT USA OUTER ORBIT: MOONLIGHTS

CURRENT USA OUTER ORBIT: LIGHTS-OFF

OUR 40 GALLON BREEDER IS A BLOODY CRITTER CAGE! GRR!

ok so dood totally screwed us something awful! ends up the 40 gallon breeder is really a 40 gallon repitle terrarium. 1/16 of an inch too thin for a saltwater aquarium. bloody hell! uugh! ...and since we bought it off the reef frontiers equipment forum i doubt we'll get out $ back. :( now why would anyone want to purposely screw another fellow reefer? beats me! karma's a bitch... i'm sure it'll catch up w/ him @ some point.

2009 REVISED WISHLIST

ok so dang hooked us up w/ a nice sunset monti frag for $35 @ the psas spring frag swap so i can knock that off my list.


we're no longer interested in blue clove polyps or porites since it's hard to find true baby-blue blue clove polyps anywhere, online or locally, and porites aren't as pretty in-person as they are in the pictures we see online. bleh! oh well!

anyhow, i've got my heart set on the following: (maybe after the 40 gallon is setup + cycled)

cypastrea ocellina: mint green w/ red polyps


poker star monti:

although, we did pick up that looked something like the poker star monti they're carrying @ BR. the base is pale purple, but the polyps are brown-ish green. we're hoping they'll brighten up under the MH. we'll just have to wait and see i guess. bleh!

rainbow monti:


bleeding heart scoly:

too bad these little fuckers run about $200-250 a piece. :( don't think we'll ever be able to justify blowing that much on a single specimen.

last, but not least, a blue spot jawfish:

probably not going to happen since we're not planning on building a canopy. :(

PICKED UP OUR 40 GALLON BREEDER TODAY! WOO!

so it's been about a year and brad + i have decided to upgrade! we are beyond addicted at this point. we picked up our new (used) 40 gallon breeder tank today. brad already threw down and bought a (used) 30 gallon acrylic sump + an ancient euro-reef 100+ gallon skimmer + a 36" current usa outer orbit light fixture w/ 2 150 MH + 4 t5-ho's. woooOoOoOo!