New Chromis..........

[InS@nE]

well it's been a long time coming but she's finally set up and running

i'll try and keep it short and sweet but if any one wants to know anything then please feel free to ask

all the plumbing set up outside the tank showinf scwd returns, reef bar and front jet
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/a1.jpg


back of tank showing overflow box drains and the rear of the plumbing
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/a2.jpg


top down shot of the tank sowing all the bars in place
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/a3.jpg


reef bar drilled and inplace, glass added around the edge to stop sand creep onto bar and any back syphon if any happens. top of pipes have been drilled just below over flow level thou so no major syphon will happen
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/1.jpg


overflow box from inside the tank. aquamedic comb was used to stop stuff goin down the box etc and also back of tank now painted blue
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/2.jpg

top view of the same box, this time you can see the elbows that have been placed to keep the end of the pipes under water and then with elbows on the back this acts like a durso pipe and is silent well virtually anyway
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/3.jpg


started to fill with salt water, woop woop
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/4.jpg


added the sand after the water!!! mental note to do other way round next time
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/5.jpg


rock and corals transported from old tank into the new one and can also see the sump on the right which is a converted juwel rekord96 as it has the lid with tube for the dsb, holes in top for overflows etc and used the pump from the filter as teh supply for the skimmer
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/6.jpg


let this all settle down and then added the live stock
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/7.jpg

side view of the tank to give an idea of depth, my 2 clowns and my tang along with around 13 turbos and about 3 small red and blue legs that have wandered off some where and my red starfish
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/8.jpg


corner view of the tank. this time my 6line has also popped out for a quick look
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/9.jpg



so there ya go. took me about 6 weeks in total since i moved in to finally gettin everything sorted with going on my hols etc but i'm well chuffed now.

all i have left to do is get my dsb swapped over finally and then build a cabinet around the sump and i'm done........ for now!!!

[MaidstoneMarine]

:wub: Sweet looking tank and setup!

Chris

[InS@nE]

cheers mate. cant wait for it to all come into life thou as most of the corals are still closed up at the min to what they used to be. there were only moved the day before the pics were taken so i'm hopin end of the week all should be good again

[wayne g]

nice set up there!!!!
:wub: :wub:

[InS@nE]

cheers :thumbsup:

[jobr]

Looking really good.

[InS@nE]

cheers folks. if any ones interested i have about 12kgs of live rock left from my old systems thats in the for sale section :thumbsup:

[mariusz621]

Nice one :thumbsup: . Do you have a sump connected to your chromis?

[InS@nE]

yes mate

look at the 7th and 8th pic down you will see it there

i have got a juwel rekord96 tank and then modded that.

took the filter box out and put in some glass partitions for the input chamber, dsb and a bubble trap. the pump i got with it now feeds the skimmer etc. i used the tank as the lid will help with some of the evaporation etc. also the over flow tubes go down the holes in the lid quite nicey also the built in light works a treat for the dsb etc too. so all in all thought this would be a good all round idea. might not work like but worth a try, lol

the sump will be houseed away in the end thou just aint put the cover over it untill i'm all sorted

[Tim Hunt]

Looking very good - nice mix of colours.

Wel Done.

Tim

[jobr]

I think the Mrs has missed a bit painting the fence :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[muzzy]

looks great, well done, not sure the yellow tang should be in there though :blink:

[InS@nE]

the tang was a bit big for the tank and is no longer in there :)

thanks for the comments folks


pmsl @ missis comment, bless her i was messin with the tank had her doin all the fences and that :dance: :thumbsup: :dance:

[kris]

very impressive mate :thumbsup: looking good

cheers

Kris.

[InS@nE]

cheers dude

[InS@nE]

week on an how it's lookin now

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/Img_1781.jpg

pic from above to see the difference i think that it's lookin alot better imho :dance:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/7.jpg

[mariusz621]

Top tank you've got there :thumbsup:
How many fish are you going to keep there?

[mark-c-]

looking really good

plenty mods there to get people thinking and turned out excellent

:thumbsup:

[InS@nE]

mariusz621

in all fairness i have no idea i know i'm not lookin at much but it will be highly stock
ed with about 5 or so fish. might sound a lot but the sump is a rekord 9 so i'm lookin at around 200 litres or so i;m hoping in total and i have an ap600 skimmer on there aswell as the rock so filteration SHOULD be good.

the tang has left the tank and the 6line at the min i have a scooter 1 clown in there (one clown didn't take the move well :( ) so i'm tryin to find a new home for the clown that is left so i can then purchase 2 smaller ones that i can hopefully let bond. the scooter will be stayin thou i know that for sure,

i do have my eye on a blackspot butterfly at my lfs it's quite small at the min and the chromis will only be about for around 2 years untill we get a bigger house and a larger tank, but bit worried aboutit eating flake and the corals!!!

but there will be no rush fr stockin just goin to keep an eye out untill sumin i like comes along :)

mark-c-

cheers mate. when i first got it i was a bit worried about downsizing from a rio240 to this but now it's in and settling down i'm loving it far more as i was able to sit down think where i went wrong on the fist tank and then alter this to suit :thumbsup:

if any one is after a nice tank to go in a small area you cant go far wrong with one of these. then again in sayin that i have modded it quite a bit but thats all th fun of it, knowing that yours is one of a kind and that :dance:

[InS@nE]

few more pics

my 6line having a nose about
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/Img_1880.jpg

my new torch and not sure (bought of daz100 off here :thumbsup: wish i had bought both torches off you now :( )
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/Img_1883.jpg

my candykane doing well
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/Img_1884.jpg

another couple of frags i got of daz and my ricorda etc
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/Img_1886.jpg

general front view
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/Img_1893.jpg

and an arty side shot
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/Img_1901.jpg

cheers :thumbsup:

[InS@nE]

just thought i'd update the pics a bit

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/Img_2244.jpg

[dougn7110]

very nice :bow:

[InS@nE]

cheers again, lol :thumbsup:

[InS@nE]

couple of update

my new red shrooms

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/Img_2253.jpg

frogspawn frag, is there any thing i should do to keep this happy like direct feed or owt. i was told not but would just like to check

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/Img_2254.jpg

new seio pump only the 2400lph one but kicks up a storm and was only 25 quid

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/Img_2256.jpg

a wonky complete shot, lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/Img_2257.jpg

all my little bits and bobs

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/Img_2258.jpg

[scar]

your pumps a 2400 whats mine going to be like with a 3200 up top and 2400 behind and under the rock work :lol:
very nice tank i like the lay out
ps where did you get your seio from i paid a little bit more for mine could you send me a pm so we dont upset anybody
:thumbsup: nick

[Daza]

very nice tank mate :thumbsup:

[The Escaped Ape]

Wow. Lovely tank there. Gorgeous. :wub:

I'm so tempted to have a six line in my next tank but they can be aggressive little buggers. Any problems with yours?

[InS@nE]

scar, sending you a pm now mate :whistling: i've just bought another as i'll have 2 of them then and my ocean runner 3500 as a return blatting around, lol

daza, cheers mr :D

burntom, he's as soft as baby muck mate, he just keeps himself to himself and potters about the tank B)

[hairyduck]

my 6 line victimises every new fish that goes into the tank, after a few days he's ok with them though.

I caught him asleep last night in his mucus bubble, I wondered what the hell was wrong till I read up on it on the net!

http://www.nuts-bolts.net/images/mucus.jpg

[InS@nE]

mine seems to be quite happy with stickin his head in a piece of rock i have with his butt stickin out :lol:

[Warrington-guy]

Originally posted by InS@nE@Nov 11 2005, 11:28
mine seems to be quite happy with stickin her head in a piece of rock i have with her butt stickin out :lol:
typical woman.....



























Only jokin

[InS@nE]

need moanin in there if it was a woman :whistling:

[InS@nE]

few new pics etc

heres my main acro rock etc, placed most of my frags along it hoping that they will in time grow out etc over it, pob wont thou knowing my luck :(

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/Img_2269.jpg

heres a closer pic of the frags at the bottom, you can also see my new frogspawn in the rear of the pic to

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/Img_2274.jpg

and a couple on the right side of the tank down low to hopefully grow up, the polyps come straight out on the left frag but nothing as of yet on the right one. but was only placed in last night so not panicing to much just yet

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/Img_2273.jpg

i also placed a few on the rear overflow as there is a strong flow coming up over them and in time i hope will fan out forwards from the wall, my clowns came for a look while i was takin some pics too, lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/Img_2277.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/Img_2278.jpg

my new blue sponge frag of my mate, dunno if it will grow etc but it's been in a week or so now and not showin any signs of lookin sorry for itself and a quick photo of one of my candykanes

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/Img_2275.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/Img_2276.jpg

heres another frag that i put in a while ago and seems to be doing very well indeed so far, the piece in the middle of the pic btw

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/Img_2285.jpg

one of my xenia frags that has taken really well and then some more that i have fragged off ready to be stuck on a milliput disc ready that i'm prob gettin rid of soon if any one is interested in a small bit

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/Img_2284.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/Img_2288.jpg

and now a pic of the front as if tonight

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/Img_2267.jpg

the side

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/Img_2283.jpg

and the corner one with flash and one without... just a pity i forgot to remove the magnet, lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/Img_2289.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/Img_2290.jpg

[hairyduck]

and I thought I had a lot in my tank :blink:

Looking good though!

[dougn7110]

looking great

[InS@nE]

hairyduck, yeah i know it's gettin a bit cramped in there now so i'm starting to thin stuff out more and frag it off to folks that want some etc.


dougn7110, cheers :thumbsup:

[InS@nE]

couple of new pics

full tank

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/Img_2383.jpg

and my new potters :thumbsup:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/Img_2381.jpg

[InS@nE]

just a few pics showing some of the coral growth that has gone on. the time span in the blue sponge and the acros on the back were about 5-6 weeks and the acros near the front were about 4 half weeks or so as you can see there has been a little bit of growth in some parts of the coral and very little in others

the blue sponge has gone nuts to say the least from the ickle bit i got broke off a couple of months ago,
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/zxc.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/zxcvv.jpg

the acros on the back glass have gone well too with the left hand part showing propper signs of growth. right hand part coming along nicely and the middle bit is encrusting nicely too
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/asdff.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/asd.jpg

2 more near the front. right hand part showing a couple of branchs makin nice progress apart form dropping the glass cleaner on and snapping a branch!!! but starting to encrust over nice. left piece not grown much but looks fuller imho
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/qwerr.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/ins@ne/newchromis/qwe.jpg