Ian's Overgrown Nano!

[iantoh]

Hi there everyone!!!

thanks for popping in to check out my tank thread. as some of you might have heard, I finally got my black cap yesterday, after more than a years wait, so i feel more relieved and less gan chiong now, so shall post some pics of my present set up to share with everyone. All comments are welcome.

note of thanks:

I owe many thanks to all the bros who have given me a helping hand one way or another, with frags, advice, support, etc, but there are too many to list, and im afraid i might accidentally miss someone out, so you know who you guys are ya! also, in particular, thanks to my good friend, nicholas, who came by to help me take the following pics yesterday.

cheers,

ian

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full tank shot at eye level:

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my right rockface:

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a right side view of my tank as you walk into my room:

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my three musketeers, excluding the black cap which ive been unable to catch on camera so far as its hiding still.

[May&Bruce]

Hey Ian

Congrats on the black cap and also on your tank - it's looking great!!!

Keep up the good work!

[iantoh]

Hi guys, im rushing to head out now, so shall quickly just link the pics. tell me what you think ya.

cheers,

ian

my rose hammers:

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Hi there May&Bruce!

thanks alot for the kind words. ive yet to visit you and admire your system and DIY masterpieces- soon ya!

cheers,

ian

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my pink birdnest. This hystrix was given to me as a frag from bro Hmkui, so big thanks there!

as it looks from the front of tank:

as it looks from within my tank (using a submersible ixus):

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the left rockface:

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macro shots of the montipora danae frags at the bottom left of the previous picture:

[dleecool]

Hi Ian,

Congrats on ur Black Cap!!!

Can't wait to see that cute fella!!!

[iantoh]

thanks bro!

it fed on a few pieces of frozen mysid shrimp last night, but still refuses to come out into the open, so am thinking of shifting the clown pair back to the quarantine tank to entice it to roam about. will post a pic soon as i manage to take one ya.

cheers,

ian

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my crocea:

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a blue tipped staghorn frag from bro danano:

well, im in a rush to go help my gf shift place, so shall update further later tonight ya. hope bro dkk08 sends me the pics of my sump by then too! thanks alot bro for coming by earlier to help me take the pics ya.

cheers all,

ian

[tridacna_maxima]

how do you manage to keep a small sps tank of this nature?

I failed to maintain an sps tank although years of patience.

would you be able to share your specs with me? I am thinking of setting another sps tank again, but with 6 months cycle.

cheers.

[FuEl]

Will be a very nice tank in months to come. Every thought of using it as a black cap breeding tank? Not that hard to pair them up.

[Venezia]

Great improvements of colors, ian! and he nv fails to give credits to those who have help him

Congrats on acquiring the new $4 million island , 3km west of hawaii.... oops, i mean the black cap

[Qxnviolet]

Great looking tank....simple and clean....post up a pic of your black cap soon yeah?

[iantoh]

hi there venezia, fuel, tridacna maxima, and qxnviolet,

thanks for all the lovely comments.

fuel, thanks. i doubt ill manage to pair them up la. apparently, from what ive found out, black caps spend most of their lives solitarily, and only meet during mating seasons, so its advised that black caps be kept singly. i know that minyh on RC has kept a mating pair for long, but not sure how im to go about sexing them without putting them under undue stress. if youve got hints on how to do that, must share ya!

venezia, thanks. you free can come by pick up some frags ya.

bro tridacna maxima, I shall try to post some pics on my equipment and filtration set up soon as i get the pics which were taken of them sent to me. shall elaborate more on how ive got the system set-up then ya. thanks for the compliments.

qxnviolet, thanks. im dying to get a pic of the black cap too- if just to use a pic of my own black cap as my avatar pic, but its been really elusive, so got to wait a while for it to get accustomed to the tank and its inhabitants i think.

in the meantime, stand by for more pics.

[mUAr_cHEe]

For the black cap, just give it time.

It took my royal gamma about 3 months to get bolder and linger in the front of my tank.

Your tank's sweet. Making me regret my choice of going into FOWLR.

[iantoh]

hi Muarchee!!! hahah. thanks for giving us a lift this morning- really appreciate it, and thanks for the thumbs up. anytime you decide to go fro a reef again, ill be sure to help out ya.

cheers,

ian

[iantoh]

hi there guys,

heres a pic of the only macroalgae which i am happy is growing in my tank:

gracilaria sp i think.

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a closer pic of the centre piece in my tank, the pink milli.

from eye level outside the tank:

and from above, taken with a submersible digicam because i cant turn off my two return pumps to create the still surface as they often fail to start again, so thank goodness my friend had an underwater casing: