Thanks for the update, Jeremy! I have been quietly following along and you seem to be having quite a bit of fun geeking out on the equipment side of things!

No school today! The kids are at daycare so I am going to finally get a chance to redo the wiring on my tank.

I am also going to try and fish out the Chromis and replace them with a harem of Anthias. It should be an interesting project. I may resort to pulling out the entire rock. I guess as long as I get most them out I should be OK.

Off to find the velcro and wire ties....

Lots of the "spaghetti" is now gone and at least now all my Apex peripherals are mounted to the wall. I did manage to eliminate a power strip but it was replaced with the second EB8.

Once I pick up my mess I may try and fish out some Chromis. I am really not looking forward to this at all, but the group of Anthias is gonna be soooo much cooler.

Wish me luck.

What, no pics? Come on J, you know better!

Posted By slovan on 01/20/2012 05:36 PM
What, no pics? Come on J, you know better!

I was thinking the same thing....where are the pictures?! I need some organization inspiration for my tank 

Ok ok...it's still a mess but is a TON better than it was.  I simply have too much equipment and without taking everything apart and re doing everything this is what I came up with.


Left side of stand Right Side What you see when you open the door. Things are pretty tight in there.

How about some coral shots?? 

Posted By slovan on 01/20/2012 05:36 PM
What, no pics? Come on J, you know better!

Sorry!  I won't let it happen again.

I should also mention I added 10 Lyretail Anthias.  Unfortunately, I was only able to catch 5 of the Chromis so I now have 20 fish in my tank.

Nice. Are those the tequila sunrise blastos?

Posted By adampottebaum on 01/20/2012 06:37 PM
Nice. Are those the tequila sunrise blastos?

Yuuuuuuuup!!!

Nice pictures, beautiful coral I'm amazed at how much equipment you've crammed into your stand, wow! Looks good though....

Dang! Ian surprised you can fit all that in your stand! Nice looking corals, all look healthy and full of color!

Hey Jeremy, tank looks great! I have a comment... Is your CO2 bottle full? I have always heard that you can not lay them horizontal unless they have a special fitting inside. If they are over half full, then liquid CO2 would come out and possibly even freeze up the lines... Here is a link to one that was designed to lay horizontal...

http://reefbuilders.com/2010/08/30/...n-overdue/

dam bro looking real good .... keep it up

Where can you buy a rock like that? i looked on alternitive reef and they dont seem to have the big rocks. Im looking for one for a biocube 29

Posted By FlyingMoray on 01/20/2012 11:02 PM
Hey Jeremy, tank looks great! I have a comment... Is your CO2 bottle full? I have always heard that you can not lay them horizontal unless they have a special fitting inside. If they are over half full, then liquid CO2 would come out and possibly even freeze up the lines... Here is a link to one that was designed to lay horizontal...

http://reefbuilders.com/2010/08/30/...n-overdue/

Hmmm, interesting.  I guess I never thought about it.  I bought this setup used and I am not sure how full the bottle actually is.  It has been running like this since September w/o issue so I probably am pretty much running on fumes.

I'm going to have to do more research on this.

Thanks for the heads up.

Posted By bearsareawsome on 01/20/2012 11:24 PM
Where can you buy a rock like that? i looked on alternitive reef and they dont seem to have the big rocks. Im looking for one for a biocube 29

They have them but you will probably have to email Scott about them.

Something like that would be sweet in a bio cube for sure.

I spoke to Scott about a pillar piece and he said is no longer making the larger pieces...but is still making the smaller frag holders.