Tivoli's $2000 3ft tank upgrade

[tivoli]

Thanks Jervis,

Now the first pic of my sorry tank.

My mum actually begged me to do something about this obnoxious tank. My baby gril stopped looking at the tank cos there is nothing to see.

I think it was an abomination to look at. Again I told myself, either throw the tank away or take leave to redo the tank.

[tivoli]

the side of tank

[tivoli]

my tank was covered with brown sponge and coralline algae. My girl and I can't see whats in my tank. The fishes can't see me.

I have not doze kalk/calcium water nor feed my fishes for 3 months while I play stock market every night.

[tivoli]

so what I decided was to sell all my stocks and pour all my money into only 2 fundamental stocks that I intend to keep for years.

I took leave on a monday, send my wife and girl off.

Put on my gloves and roll up my sleeve and scrab the ###### off my tank walls and endure a back ache.

[tivoli]

after I bend my back for 8 hours. I finally got my tank right.

This is how a reef tank should look like.

In terms of rock scaping, this is best I have done so far. In fac the algae infected rocks are good for keeping tangs, angels and wrasses.

[tivoli]

The right side of my tank. You can see the extremely beautiful specimen of solar wrasse that I just bought from sealife. It extremely colourful. Amazing fish. Blue top scale, red head. beautiful fish

[tivoli]

left side of the tank.

[tivoli]

The LPS corals are all extremely healthy and colourful even when I DID NOT change water, DID NOT doze calcium, FEED NO FOOD for 3 MONTHS !!! or total neglect but of course I add water top up.

If there were SPS, it would have all RTN.

[tivoli]

My bubbles that survive.......

[tivoli]

my beautiful anemone that survive ... This specimen is amazing. Lots of other rose bulb anemone lost their bulb shape after a while. This type are known for moving all over the place but mine is always bulb shaped, plus i stayed at the same place for more than a year without moving anywhere. Amazing. only thing is it had white freckles which I dont mind.

[jervismun]

Now that's what I call a 360º transformation... love your Hello Kitty

[tivoli]

oK. This is my favourite spot.

It is a high arch made from a SPS coral forming a bridge.

It shows the brilliant green star polyp which is one of my favourite. i bought it at cheap from Olden octopus cos I picked it up from the sump.

[tivoli]

all right guys. This is the last pic for the day.

I had posted pics and made myself happy for the day.

ANy comments friends ?

Its been along time from sgreef. Its time to make new friends.

Where have everyone gone ?

[hammy]

my beautiful anemone that survive ... This specimen is amazing. Lots of other rose bulb anemone lost their bulb shape after a while. This type are known for moving all over the place but mine is always bulb shaped, plus i stayed at the same place for more than a year without moving anywhere. Amazing. only thing is it had white freckles which I dont mind.

one of the most beautiful RBTA i'd seen. the bulb shape and the colouration clearly show that the RBTA is in good health.

And of course, reefer are the best cleaning crew(s), next to snail, crabs, shrimps... etc. really a metamorphosis after the 8hr back breaking experience.

[prata lover]

nice tank there bro.congrates

[fishtalk1517]

The LPS corals are all extremely healthy and colourful even when I DID NOT change water, DID NOT doze calcium, FEED NO FOOD for 3 MONTHS !!! or total neglect but of course I add water top up.

If there were SPS, it would have all RTN.

Great srubbing and done up to ur tank.. Now its like I get to see all my wonderful fishes and corals. Think its a mature tank, therefore, the corals and fishes are able to substain w/out feeding and paying attention to them

Ur rose bulb anemone are like nice nice patterns and bulbs

[Reefzzz]

This is amazing.

In the first posting of this thread, I mentioned that I disappeared for work for 3 months and came back.

Now if you look at the dates, I am exactly 1 year, **3 months** away from my last posting and I am back !!!!!!!.

For the past 1 year 3 months, I was dabbling around in stock market, taking care of my 2 years old baby and struggling with new job and now I am back.

I am back with a vengence ............

You must have made enough from the market to retire, bro...

[tivoli]

Bro,

before I can make enough to retire, I need to pay "tuition fees" ....

[Bob]

It's an amazing come back!

From an algae invading tank to a lively tank.