Thread: Aquascapers & Aquarium Lovers?

If any of you live near Denver you should check out "The Fresh Fish Co". It's off of east Hampden. Really good sea food and aquariums on almost every wall. They have a big aquarium right behind the bar (I think it's 250+).

Originally Posted by Grizzley1

Any of you guys ever had a golden pike? beautiful fish, but, as they get bigger they go into full bloom,with really nice colors,and then kill everything in the tank.

Sounds like my ex-wife! Started out beautiful, got bigger/went into full bloom, started adding color to her already beautiful hair, then went nuts! Please tell me you didn't name the fish Kristen...

I'll have to google the fish though...

Edit: Not much info though, even if you look up: Crenicichla sp. 'xingu I'

Originally Posted by shooter74743

Sounds like my ex-wife! Started out beautiful, got bigger/went into full bloom, started adding color to her already beautiful hair, then went nuts! Please tell me you didn't name the fish Kristen...

I'll have to google the fish though...

Edit: Not much info though, even if you look up: Crenicichla sp. 'xingu I'

Sit down, thats exactly what I called the fish!!

wow..planted aquariums .. you can find everything here.. Ill post a photo of mine soon!

Originally Posted by larrybob

wow..planted aquariums .. you can find everything here.. Ill post a photo of mine soon!

Where's the photo? I've been waiting!

A few weeks after i last posted on this thread i treated myself to a custom made nano tank. After spending a fair amount of time on it this is how it looks today...

Originally Posted by tbert33

A few weeks after i last posted on this thread i treated myself to a custom made nano tank. After spending a fair amount of time on it this is how it looks today...

Beautiful! In my line of work I travel alot and used to have a reef tank, but it became unsustainable- now though, my new assignment allows me to be home a lot and I was considering starting up another nano. What is your setup? I thought about an aquapod 12G, but I would actually prefer something smaller, like less than 6G and put a hawkfish and a fire shrimp or banded coral shrimp in there...

Originally Posted by RMarsh

Beautiful! In my line of work I travel alot and used to have a reef tank, but it became unsustainable- now though, my new assignment allows me to be home a lot and I was considering starting up another nano. What is your setup? I thought about an aquapod 12G, but I would actually prefer something smaller, like less than 6G and put a hawkfish and a fire shrimp or banded coral shrimp in there...

Thanks @RMarsh. Its just short of 16G (72 litres). The tank is a 8mm thick 40cm length x 45cm width x 40cm depth custom made from a UK company called Ocean Displays.

Its not sumped but has the added 4cm on the width to make up for 3 rear chambers. In the far right chamber im using filter floss, middle chamber im using Seachem Purigen and Seachem Seagel (also has my heater in there) and in the far left chamber is my return pump (a Siccie Silent 0.5).

For salt im using Red Sea Coral Pro. I was introduced to this by a friend and i can honestly say i wont use another brand of salt now... its really good salt.

In addition to my return pump im using a Vortech MP10W ES... an absoulte amazing piece of kit. The flow is fantastic, takes up very little space in the tank (as the actual motor sits on the outside of the glass) has loads more power (im using it on the lowest settings) and when i upgrade i can add another powerhead to the same controller.

For heating im using an STC1000 along with a 100w Visi Therm heater. Im just waiting for a fan to come so i can plug it into the STC1000 (If youre thinking of starting again an STC1000 is a must).

For my lighting im using 1 par38 bulb from MarinereefLED and gooseneck lamp holder and a Moonlight LED strip from Interpet.

Im not running a skimmer and im not having any bad effects from this.

Stand is a homemade... its not the best but it does its job... here is a picture of the stand... not the best but you get the idea...



Due to the chair i purpously made it open from 2 sides so i have better access.

For aquarium inhabitants i have 1 Algae Blenny, 1Perc clownfish (was 2 but one jumped), 1 purple porcelain crab and x2 nassurus snails. I can fit more in and reaply i should get some more clean up crew but for now im happy.

As for corals as you can see ive got some zoas (10 different kinds) various mushrooms, xenia, a sun coral, a duncan, a blue gonipora, 2 different acans, a hammer, a torch, a challace and a small SPS frag (not sure of its name).

Im currently looking for an upgrade as i want to start keeping more SPS and would like some bigger fish.

Sorry if this post has gone on a little long and has become boaring lol.

I must admit i dont think i will ever be without a marine tank now. I really hope you do set up and id love to see your progress and help you in any way that i can... demending on shipping i could even post out some zoas to you if you would like.

Ps... i feed a mix of frozen (usally mysis, shrimp quartet and red plankton), flake 2 times per day and i also feed d & d reefpaste twice per week.

Finally i do a 20% water change once every week to keep everything stable.

Thats everything about my tank etc.

Thanks for the info TBert! so you don't supplement besides feeding the corals? I don't have much experience with corals, my last setup was mostly just live rock, mushrooms and an anemone. purple xenia is my all time favorite, it looks like you have a really healthy colony. I just bought a house, so I move in a couple weeks from now, once I get everything settled in I will be able to gauge my hobby money more accurately I was looking back into the aquapod, and I've determined it might be the best option because of the all-inclusive set up.

Oh, and your cat fits in well with the decor, and looks to be staring very intently at your tank!