thepanfish's 85 Wide and Rimless

[thepanfish]

It appears the forum deleted the OP. I'll get back to you guys with details in a few days...

[thepanfish]

Well its been a few weeks and I've been letting the tank mellow after the cycle, but now there is actually stuff going on so I'll update this thread accordingly. I added some Pukani dry rock from BRS and about 20# more Torpic Eden Reeflakes to the system since the above so it looks alot more filled out.
The chromis were removed as they were needless bioload and I added a few snails in their place to pick off some of the algae that is starting to form on the glass.
On 4/2/1 I added a Watanabei angel female to start off my collection of deepwater fishes of Vanuatu and Hawaii. Hopefully various wrasses and anthias will supplement my collection. I may even form a harem of Watanabeis, who knows.
Coral stock will consist mainly of "deepwater acros" such as echinatas, elegans, granulosa, lokani, suharsonoi, etc.
I'll update with some pics in the coming days.

[MizTanks]

Beautiful tank thepanfish!

[thepanfish]

Beautiful tank thepanfish!
:roll_eyes: its still empty of coral Miz lol

[MizTanks]

:roll_eyes: its still empty of coral Miz lol

So what! It's still a beautiful tank :)

[jimsflies]

It appears the forum deleted the OP. I'll get back to you guys with details in a few days...

If you copy and pasted from MS Word, it often will truncate the post due to using a different character set than the CR database. This often happens at apostrophes, quotes, dashes, 3 periods in a row, etc. I often use this tool to clean the text prior to posting: http://jhy.io/tools/convert-word-to-plain-text

[thepanfish]

If thats what you want, you need a bigger tank.
Yeah, I might just add another male or another female. I'm looking into a masked swallowtail as well.

If you copy and pasted from MS Word, it often will truncate the post due to using a different character set than the CR database. This often happens at apostrophes, quotes, dashes, 3 periods in a row, etc. I often use this tool to clean the text prior to posting: Convert Microsoft Word to Plain Text (http://jhy.io/tools/convert-word-to-plain-text)
Thats what did it, thanks for the heads up :thumbsup:

[thepanfish]

Here is the tank as it stands today, I should have the AI hung tomorrow and then be adding some coral :snorkel:
http://i.imgur.com/YLyfyvr.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/uC2jgqm.jpg
The Watanbei:
http://i.imgur.com/NbFyRE6l.jpg
Here is what I'm dosing the tank with bigbill:
http://i.imgur.com/0Fh6mgCl.jpg
The flow
http://i.imgur.com/w4y0zFtl.jpg
And finally a topdown shot. Hopefully I can get more of these in the future
http://i.imgur.com/IvgHXLml.jpg

Sorry about the grainy quality, I wasn't gonna break out the SLR and the rest to shoot some rocks.

[MizTanks]

That is definitely my dream tank :) I really love the look! Gonna be cool seeing it a year from now...

[Tom@HaslettMI]

Great looking tank! I will be following the progress on this one. Please keep us posted... with lots of pictures!

Tom

[thepanfish]

So I've decided on the fish I'd like to keep

I love the watanabei, as it is curious and eats voraciously so hopefully I can find it a male in the near future
A Fathead Sunburst anthias
A butterfly from the subgenus Roa
And maybe C. Colini if I can find a healthy one

[thepanfish]

Finally :yawnstretch:
AI is hung
http://i.imgur.com/3JqHqHU.jpg
Time to get some SPS and NPS in there

I hung the lights with 80# monofilament fishing line which I love because it disappears unlike cables and gives the impression that the light is floating above the tank. I just need to find some clear carabiners or quick releases and the effect will be total and complete.

[thepanfish]

MizTanks look what just arrived!
http://i.imgur.com/lJQLXtZ.jpg

[MizTanks]

MizTanks look what just arrived!
http://i.imgur.com/lJQLXtZ.jpg

Sweeeet!!! Lucky dog you :) I love that fish!


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[thepanfish]

Sweeeet!!! Lucky dog you :) I love that fish!


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The best part is there are 2

[MizTanks]

2! Definitely the main focus of that tank :)


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