Lady Godiva

[earlybird_124]

well i have been hard at work today cutting pipe work and solvent welding
putting up my brackets for my halide
Here are a few pics of the lady
hopefully i'll get the bulkheads in tonight when other half gets home from work.
it might have water in it by monday here's hoping.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0359.jpg

one more
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0363.jpg
i'm hoping the move over from my other tank goes smoothly
this one is double the size of my last 1 so a little bit more room to play with and a sump (hopefully i wont flood the place)...ha ha

[michael.]

well best of luck :)

[cl0wn]

congrats, sarah, lovely looking tank, see you got the brackets up! well done!

[earlybird_124]

yeah i was going to leave it but though i might as well have a go...didn't turn out 2 bad i dont think will keep updating as and when things get moved over

[p&d]

looking very good. very nice :D:D:)

[piglet]

Nice looking Tank :)

More pics as you go on would be good

Do you have specific stocking plans what is going in from your other tank ?

Piglet

[firefish]

Very nice tank,

Hopefully in the new year i will be ordering a 66x24x24 godiva.

Thats is the wife gives me the ok.

[earlybird_124]

At the moment i only have 2 ocellaris clown fish both quite small
and a bi colour blenny
a few snails and 6 hermits

other fish i'm going to add in time will be some sort of dwarf angel (flame or coral B)
and maybe a scooter or mandarin
going to try grow pods in my sump
other than that i have no other plans
besides i want a torch coral or a hammer
i'll prob have more corals and just a few fish...lol
will see how it goes

[earlybird_124]

firefish you should defo do it
i can guarantee you wont regret it one bit
i only saw them on the site and thought they were fantastic
service is excellent as well from them very friendly and helpfull.

[firefish]

firefish you should defo do it
i can guarantee you wont regret it one bit
i only saw them on the site and thought they were fantastic
service is excellent as well from them very friendly and helpfull.


I know thats why i decided on the godiva, but the problem is the wife, she was not happy when my 48x20x24 was in the front room, never mind a bigger tank.

You know what women are like:)

[earlybird_124]

Ha Ha yes i defo know what women are like being one its hard to just make a decision let alone anything else.....lol
so a lil update
got the bulkheads in upon testing one was leaking so all had to come apart and start again jobs a gud en now tho
added water and salt here are a few pics
doing it the hard way (Doh)
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/bigfill.jpg

Salt in
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/saltin.jpg
thats all for now folks hoping to get things moved over this coming weekend.

[earlybird_124]

a few pics from today
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0374.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0379.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0378.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0377.jpg
sump up and running and tested it very noisey at the moment but i'll sort that tomorrow its been a long day.

[marinemike]

well done looking good.

[earlybird_124]

corals are not in there final resting places yet

[Timo]

Nice looking tank, I like the clean look of the Godiva tanks :D

[earlybird_124]

thanks guys :thumbsup:
mucked about abit today with the sump trying to get it a bit more quiet turned down my return pump this seems to have helped abit still getting a little gurgle every now and then hopefully i'll work this out over the next few days.
here is a quick pic of the sump.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/MYSUMP.jpg
i might look to raise the live rock off the floor onto some egg crate to get better flow round it and in time i'll get some cheato..
not sure if the level of water in sump is ok there is room in there still if power goes off so i'll see how it goes..

[cl0wn]

very nice sarah, won't be long before the sump is chocka with equipment. might have to save some pennies and get me a naked lady!:D:D:D

[ray]

very nice set up :jump:

[piglet]

Looking Good

Rock placement is really nice :)

Piglet

[gillyskip]

awesome tank great rockwork. :goodjob:

= wish the husband would let me get a bigger tank. stuck with a 48l (had 4 months and been too small for 2 of them) ;)

[earlybird_124]

thanks everyone
i have placed some corals today will get pics once everything settled down i going to try and leave it be now for at least a few months to let everything settle and establish itself....first thing i might add when the time comes will be a cleaner shrimp
then at later dates
a mandarin and a flame angel posibbly a goby of some sort but not sure yet maybe a watchman sand not very deep tho so might have to re think that....
coral wise more zoanthids(colourfull ones)
mushrooms,richordea's and a torch or hammer coral.
equiptment wise i'm looking to add a tunze auto top up,a atc 300 temp control,and possibly a phosphate reactor if i can squeeze it in somewhere...
i had better start saving again bit low on funds now...ha ha

[earlybird_124]

A few pics
http://www.reefcorals.co.uk/forums/picture.php?albumid=163&pictureid=1238
http://www.reefcorals.co.uk/forums/picture.php?albumid=163&pictureid=1237
http://www.reefcorals.co.uk/forums/picture.php?albumid=163&pictureid=1240[/I[IMG]http://www.reefcorals.co.uk/forums/picture.php?albumid=163&pictureid=1236
http://www.reefcorals.co.uk/forums/picture.php?albumid=163&pictureid=1235

[cl0wn]

wierd, you got the same fish stock as me. tanks looking fab!

[earlybird_124]

just a few more
http://www.reefcorals.co.uk/forums/picture.php?albumid=163&pictureid=1242
http://www.reefcorals.co.uk/forums/picture.php?albumid=163&pictureid=1240
http://www.reefcorals.co.uk/forums/picture.php?albumid=163&pictureid=1239

class i love the clowns think there fab so is the bicolour

[earlybird_124]

lost my xenia the other day tho it fell apart so had to fish it out
hopefully everything else will be ok..

[ray]

nice tank and nice pics :)

[trik]

Like the rock set out, i also have the Godiva a 5x2x2 very good setups for the price, keep the hard work up.

Richard

[Guest]

what a nice set up scaped really nice looks great :D

[earlybird_124]

thanks guys
hopefully in a few months when i get some more corals in there it wont look as bare as it does now need to start saving again lol

[fishman1908]

Really like the open rock work.

About time for some more updated pic's:rolleyes:

[earlybird_124]

hi there everyone
well a little update i'm still battling the dreaded flatworm
a few weeks ago i thought i had lost one of my clowns as well eeekkkkk i thought
that was untill i checked the sump and there she was swimming about in the filter sock
think she was trying to do a finding nemo...
all was welll tho and she was put back into the tank and she has been fine since
she must have slipped throught the small gap in the wier comb where the return pipe comes out.
today i got myself a new fish
a sixline wrasse its settling in nicely and seems to be leaving my other fish alone for now will see how that goes..
i'm hoping it might help with the flatworms but i didnt get it just for this i love there eyes and the fact that they are always swimming in and out of the rock work..
i'm hoping to get some more corals soon tank still looking a bit bare..
just taking my time with it..
will put some more pics up later

[earlybird_124]

a few pics
the sun is shining
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0394.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0411.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0392.jpg

[p&d]

really starting to take shape love the sun coral

[Gaters]

Looking good-you will have to be careful which fish you put in from now on though-sixlines are like pit bulls when they are established.

[d&p]

lovely tank and great pictures love the corals

[earlybird_124]

thank you everyone for the nice comments and help so far
i am only planning on adding 1 maybe 2 more fish
either a scooter or mandarin
and would love a flame angle
i think i'll have to see how it goes tho with the sixline i'm thinking now maybe it was the wrong choice but i suppose only time will tell....and i do love him/her...lol
think i'll be concentrating for the time being now on getting rid of the flatworm or at least getting the number down
and stocking some more corals i really really really want a torch coral got the perfect spot for it right in the middle of the tank ohhh i cant wait..
well that is if santa is kind enough to give me some money for xmas...lol

[earlybird_124]

hiya everyone here is a little update
a few pics
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0421.jpg
i took this one just a few mins ago
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0430.jpg
and the sump
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0432.jpg
i have been playing arround with the flow today took off the little guards that the 2 koralia's had on seems a bit better now...
i might tryt making a phos reactor as not got one yet want it to run off me return pump.also trying a t8 sunglow tube still need a reflector for it hoping this will help me chaeto grow a bit time will tell i suppose still trying to decide if its worth spending money on mud for me sump of just leave it as it is....ummmm
got some money for xmas and not sure what i'm spending it on yet...lol defo fish related tho..:smilewinkgrin:

[p&d]

love the sun coral nice tank ..........

[stevieh]

looking very nice well done:thumbsup:

[cl0wn]

how come the water level in the middle chamber doesn't go to the top of the baffle????

[earlybird_124]

hiya peter i was advised that my water level was 2 high before so now it flows between the two baffles looks quite low on the pic as i had to take on a angle cos couldnt be bothered to move the sofa...lol
seems to be working ok for now
hoping to get some new stuff tomorrow as went out today and everywhere was shut bah humbug...lol

[earlybird_124]

hi there everyone well today my lovely other half took me marine shopping
i came home with a lovely hammer some orange zoanthids and a lovely little blue/purple mushroom
here are a few pics
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0444.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0446.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0450.jpg
a closer shot of the hammer said in shop it was a ausie hammer.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0453.jpg
thats all for now i love going marine shopping esp when i dont have to spend my money its great....or should i say the other half is great :D

[cl0wn]

very nice sarah, let me know when you frag the orange zoos and i'll sort some frags of mine for swapsies, if you like!

[earlybird_124]

yeah that sounds fab peter i seem to have had a prob with zoanthids since i changed over tanks lost my red ones and my pink for some reason they closed up and decided to not open
the green ones are doing fine as are the purple so fingers crossed for the orange one's
i'm trying to find some blue ones or some nice red's again.
i want to make a little zoa garden lol
i had a go at fragging the mushrooms today so i'll see how they go had a little prob tho one of the halves of the blue one has vanished somwhere in my tank it escaped out of one of the holes in the container it was in.so if the half i have left re grows i'll still only have one (doh)...could only happen to me
when you going to put pics of yr tank up peter?????
hope ya had a nice xmas.

[cl0wn]

when you going to put pics of yr tank up peter?????
hope ya had a nice xmas.

when i get rid of all the caulerpa. might put some up this evening got a cleaning sesh planned, gonna scrape the glass, and trim the algae.

had a lovely chrimbo thanks!!!

[earlybird_124]

got some new corals today
2 different zoanthids one is pink and the other is a light blue with orange mouth a few have yellow mouths.
another blue mushroom
2 bullseye mushrooms
some green star polyps
and 2 yumas
here are a few shots
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0500.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0503.jpg
pink zoa's not open yet
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0007.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0015.jpg
zoa garden in the future hopefully
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0019.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0011.jpg
and finally one of the clowns
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0487.jpg
got a phosphate reactor today just waiting on a few bits to plumb it in

[earlybird_124]

mineral mud arrived yesterday
here it is in the sump
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0030.jpg
when i turned return back on it stayed like this for a few hours
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0031.jpg
this was the sump this morning
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0039.jpg
and this is the tank now
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0042.jpg
everything was having a bit of a paddy because i have been chasing flatwom about the tank
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0036.jpg
zoa's
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0033.jpg
i think i will be leaving the tank for a while now to settle and see how things go.

[earlybird_124]

a little update got myself a atc300 today so set that up its doing the job nicely
just trying to decide if i really need to buy a vortec mp20 now the other half says no but i'm still tempted.......

[cl0wn]

everyone NEEDS a vortech!!! scooter blennies and mandarins are good for flatworms. had a plague of them a few years back, they eventually "crash." not too much of a problem. looking good sarah.

[earlybird_124]

thanks peter yeah i think i will be getting a vortech prob the mp20 but have to save some more mula..
i have started to get a culture of copepods going only started it yesterday so its early days but hopefully the next fish i get will be a scooter or a nice fat mandarin...
as for the flatworm they are getting on my nerves the more i syphon out the next day there seems more lol..

[ludescotty]

hi - ive tried a manderin and a scooter, havent touched the flat worms in my perc120, i am however getting 2x flat worm eating nudis from macca, will let you know how i get on with them, if they do the job i will give you a shout and you can have them after me if you like (im from eaglescliffe)

[cl0wn]

sarah's from thornaby, so around our area.

[ludescotty]

yeah i noticed on her profile bit at the side. if these things live long enough (ive heard they dont live too long) your more than welcome to them after me.

we should get a local meet sorted lol. there is one on another forum but its always up in newcastle :(

[Gal]

good looking setup you have there, l like the sun coral I might have to try and keep one, You have a good selection of zoa. you have done some cracking photos can I ask what camera you used.

[earlybird_124]

hi there ludescotty i did have one of them nudi's before i swapped over tanks it did a good job but unfortunatley mine had a accident with a powerhead..they not very clever in that respect...lol
i only had it a month or so but the amount of flatworms it ate was unreal.
let me know how yours get on when you get them.
also i'd be up for a local meet.

hi Gal the camera i use is a nikon d40 with the standard lense i think its a 18-55mm would like a better lense as cant get close enough to some corals.picture wise i usually take a load and pick the best i'm not very good at taking pics get a lot of blury ones a tripod would help i think.
as far as the sun coral goes i got it after only keeping marine for about 3 months ish...i feed it twice a week a mix of mysis and krill sometimes it get some small bits of lance fish and some cyclopeeze it will also take hikari marine s pellets.it seems to be doing really well its got some new heads growing.
i think a lot of it is to do with when i bought it tho it was already coming out during the day so it didnt need any training so to speak.if it is closed when i want to feed it i just pop some cyclopeeze into the water and wait 15 mins then its fully awake and ready for dinner.To be honest its not as hard keeping one as i first thought it would be. its a lovely coral to keep.

[cl0wn]

yup, they're fairly easy to "train", i got a lovely one the other week, when i feed the fish, it polyps up, so i take the whole coral out and put it in a small bowl of tank water, pour in some cyclopeeze and golden pearls, and gently agitate with a turkey baster, may well give it a few pellets next time.

[earlybird_124]

i'm lazy i dont take mine out the tank i put a bit of food in the water for the fish first and they leave it alone while it having its dinner.i'm loving my tank at the mo just having a go at culturing some copepods so hopefully i can get a scooter at some point.
also the other half wants me to get another hammer but a bright green one saw one in stokesly but was 2 expensive.the plan is to move the gsp to the other side and put the new hammer when i get it next to the one i already have they should be ok near each other shouldnt they ???

[cl0wn]

i would be tempted to keep a few inches between them as their sweeping stinger tentacles can have quite a reach.

[earlybird_124]

ok so i was a little bit naughty today
ummm i sort of bought a lovely flame angel....
i could not resist it was a good price i think so hopefully it will behave and leave my corals alone the sixline aint too impressed at the mo like hopefully it will calm down....
i'll try get some pics later trying to not stare 2 much but i cant help it it's 2 nice...
not sure if i'll be adding a scooter now as i know the flame should be the last fish you add..
i am well happy with the flame tho have named it elmo for now and satan if he turns into a coral eater..

[cl0wn]

hope it behaves for you sarah, think you may be able to get away with a scooter as well!!!

[Gal]

Thats a good camera you have there, I think I will give a sun coral ago then so ok to to keep. cheers for the info

[earlybird_124]

the flame called elmo
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0078.jpg
full tank shot
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0086.jpg

[earlybird_124]

thought it was about time i updated this thread
well i lost the flame angel after about 3 weeks of having it i was gutted but decided then that i would not get another flame angel
however i decided i would like to keep a angel of some sort so opted for the coral beauty
so a few days ago i went and picked up my new angel only to have her attacked by the sixline wrasse as soon as she was let out of the bag (i say she but she could be a he...lol).
the sixline had taken a chunk out of the top of her head and split all her tail...i caught the coral beauty and sumped her...i really didnt want to take her back to the shop as she was a gift for my 30th birthday...so i made the decision to remove the sixline wrasse and believe me he took some catching but catch him we did and without destroying the tank lol..
so mr sixline went to the lfs this morning and i came home with a nice new cleaner shrimp who is currently sat in his bag acclimatising.
http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/images/smilies/grin.gif 10313
sorry for pic was taken on my iphone

[earlybird_124]

a update i lost the shrimp 2 days after he went in the tank
i have now got a yellow tang,i know my tank is going to be 2 small for him once he gets to full size so i plan to move him on and replace him for a kole tang.
i also recently purchased a mandarin he is a little bit skinny but hopefully i can feed him up a bit.i have 3 cultures of copepods on the go and also have some freeze dried copepods and plenty of other food to keep him going if he will start to eat it i'm trying to target feed him.
i have had to move my sun coral into the sump because the female clown decided she would use it as a host it has been in the sump for some time now when i tried to re introduce it back to the tank the female went straight to it like it was her long lost friend so back to the sump for the sun coral it was..not sure what im going to do about this im hoping mrs clown will host in something else.
im having problems with red slime algae at the moment
anyway here are a few pics
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0075.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0070.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0056.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b123/earlybird_124/DSC_0068.jpg

[cl0wn]

did you get my post on fb, google golden pearls, they are sold on ebay as well.

this may also help

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-02/nftt/index.php

[Gaters]

The tank's looking great some nice corals.As long as th mandy isn't too far gone and is picking at your rocks it should pull through-just keep adding live food and target feeding where you can.

[Gaters]

Golden pearls are great too

[earlybird_124]

did you get my post on fb, google golden pearls, they are sold on ebay as well.

this may also help

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-02/nftt/index.php

thanks for the link i think i'll give that a go with him
yeah i got your msg on face book thanks
i googled golden pearls but could not find any in the uk and there was none on ebay
i'll keep looking tho.hopefully i will be able to fatten him up a bit.he is picking at the rocks and looking for food so thats a good thing.

[earlybird_124]

a little update
i moved the tank today from one side of the room to the other and i did it all on me todd...lol took a few hours but its done now....the reason for the move is i'm upgrading
so had to move the tank so i can get my new one in when it arrives and had nothing better to do this weekend...lol new tank wont be here for a while but thought it was best to move current tank now and let it settle a bit before the move to the new tank. i purchased a yellow tang a few months back and could not bare to part with him/her so thats part of the reason for a upgrade.
new tank when it arrives will be 56x20x24 it will be another godiva.
i'm pooped now need a pint lol...
i'll start a new thread when my new tank get here.