This tank has been up for roughly a year and it is time for some upgrades and since I never did a build thread for this tank figured I would do one on the upgrades of it.

Display is all Clam and SPS a few acans but those are going in the womans 12g NANO DX do to intense flow and lighting in my tank.

Upgrades are the following swapping two Korila Hydor 4's for two Vortech MP40w (one is a MP20 but I am ordering the box to convert it to an MP40) Removing two 36inch actinic lights and adding two 48inch actinics
Swapping out my Octopus 110 Recirc Skimmer for ELOS NS1000 Simmer
Redoing rock work from a mass of jumbled rock to two islands to make room for a tang
Replacing my current tek reflectors with newer ones
Building a canopy to house my Lights
Adding a small refugium to my sump
Adding a battery backup to return pump
Adding 7g frag tank to system and redoing all of my plumbing to get rid of all of the tubing and go straight pvc.

Will take awhile on this upgrade thread but will start with some pics tonight and update of stock list.

And ultimately have the color of Mojo's and Acroholic's SPS...and get rid of the freaking brown ones that I can't get to color up

Chris

Didn't forget DerickS sorry...

Ok i am attempting to take pics using an kodak easyshare z710...Anyone tell me what setting's they are using with the camera...Mine all appears blue everything and appears that i have no color in my tank

Well will have to wait for pics till i get the camera working right...

My fish list as of right now
2.5inch naso vlamingi tang
1 male and 1 female lubbocks wrasse
Mated pair of bangi cardinals
4 inch Lawnmower Blennie
1 Male/Female Blue Sided Wrasse
1 Cleaner Shrimp
1 Pink/Green cucumber 2inch

Plan withing this year getting two Radiant Wrasse then I am going to call it quits on fish...These guys are just impossible to come by though...got every lfs looking for me

Well if there is no interest i guess there is no need for this thread

I'm looking forward to your pics, and the upgrades look to be awesome!

Sounds like some good upgrades. I'm also planning on a Vortech soon. You know the bunch here, there is interest, but without the eye candy, threads die.

Easy killer!! Don't kill the thread! I am definately interested, but just caught up with you! Drive on, and looking forward to some pics of your progress!

Sounds like some really cool upgrades. Can't wait to see them in action. You're gonna love it!

well there was someone on here back in 2007 using the same camera as me...he had amazing pics for the camera that is but I just can't seam to get it to work for me

so whats going on with the tank now?

havent tracked down a camera to be able to get good coral shots...getting a canopy from jeff...picking up two more 48inch t5 setups this week end...just need bulbs (actinic) and two reflectors...other than that just trying to get a camera or just wait until my lighting is fixed

would like to see some pics.
did you already do the rock work and such?

yes I did the rock work and love it...got a monsterish Hydrnapora that is out of place though i think it is to big for my tank...other than that i love the rock work now...it has two islands now