scottys perc 120

[ludescotty]

ive been a member on here for a week or two now so thought i would get a few pics up. here is what it looked like almost exactly a year ago:

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r175/ludescotty/SL370270.jpg

as you can see it was totally covered.

this is what it looked like last week:

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r175/ludescotty/DSC_0148.jpg

stock:
2x common clowns
1x blue devil damsel
1x golden eye tang
1x flasher wrasse
1x yellow tang
1x flame angel
1x dragon wrasse
1x red flymo blenny

2x cleaner shrimp
2x blue legged boxer shrimp
blue leg hermits
red hermits
a few other types of hermit
cerith snails
2x big marble snails
6 turbo snails
6 turban snails
plus a few other bits ive forgotten about

coral:
cabbage leather
few different types of mushrooms
ricordea
lobo
sun coral
torch
zoas
galaxia

also got a culture of copepods and rotifers going - ive started a nano tank which currently has a pacific fire clown and a red scooter blenny and the scooter wont eat anything but copepods at the mo.

will get some pics up of the nano when ive had chance to clean the glass etc :)

[p&d]

nice pic how is the culture of copepods and rotifers going.................paul

[Gaters]

:hurray::hurray::hurray::hurray::hurray:Great job

[ludescotty]

the culture is going really well i think, used a tea strainer today to put the first lot into the nano for my scooter. there is still millions of them lol. it was surprisingly easy to do as well, i swapped a load of asterina star fish for a 500ml tube of them to get me started.

the perc should look even better at the end of the month when i get some corals off suggs :)

just need rid of the bloody flat worms now :)

[cl0wn]

very nice, bud feel free to pop round for a cuppa and a chat. i have a perc 90 and love it. love the clean look.

[Gal]

what a transformation looks great and a good selection of corals.

[stevieh]

great looking set up well done

[cl0wn]

you made any mods to the filtration at the back???

[ludescotty]

not too much, its mainly been tinkering that has got it working lol.
im only using one weir comb before the skimmer, then a peice of padding (from a pond so doesnt collect the crap as much) just to dampen the trickling noise. then ive got the same type of padding directly after the skimmer as i was getting micro bubbles in the display, that has stopped now. then ive got about 4kg of live rock, plus some phosphate remover (use it for about 2 weeks every month). then just the standard return pump.

i can only manage to get one pump working in the other end, the wholes in the acrylic dont allow enough water through so it drains down too quickly. at the mo im just using the top one but i could do with getting the bottom one sorted as well. has anyone else had this trouble??

im using 2x koralia 3 in opposite corners pointing at the front/rock, then 1 koralia 1 for surface agitation. ive never needed to use the heater as my halides warm it up enough lol, tank is stable between 27-28 deg usually

[ludescotty]

3 pics of my fishys, yellow tang, the wifes flasher wrasse, golden eye tang.
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r175/ludescotty/DSC_0069.jpg

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r175/ludescotty/DSC_0150.jpg

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r175/ludescotty/DSC_0045.jpg

[cl0wn]

weird mine is exactly the same with weir comb and sponge. had to remove the second comb because i upgraded the return pump. the circulation chamber holes are a pain, and have to be kept clean, i use a toothbrush. the holes for pointing the pumps out of also act as an intake by using a piece of tubing smaller than the hole, this allows water in. the bio ball chamber, i have as a fuge. i have LR rubble and caulerpa in there lit by a small tube attached to the outside rear of that.

[ludescotty]

i think the circulation chambe ris more my fault than anything else. i removed the grotty black backing and replaced it with the blue acrylic. i dont think i drilled enough holes lol.

but im now running an external filter and uv, the filter outlet is in the circulation chamber so this may be enough to let me have 2 pumps again, trouble is the pump died so i cant test it at the mo.

[earlybird_124]

hi there your tank is class love the flasher wrasse and the yellow tang.
i also love the flame angel how have you found it with your corals??? any nipping or anything like that??
i intend on getting a flame angel as my last fish they are soooooooo pretty.

[d&p]

lovely tank and fish

[ludescotty]

the flame angel is fine ...now lol

it scoffed a nice big hammer i had in about 3 days, but i was not feeding them much due to algea. now he doesnt have a go at anything. he is defo the sherif of the tank...keeps my blue damsel in check cos that can be a little ******

[RCB]

flames can be hit or miss with corals....mine only ever picks at my scoly when it opens up to feed, otherwise it hasn't touched anything. Hopefully it doesn't get a taste for anything else in there