my new breeding set up and frag tank log

So i got layed off from work a month ago and the job market sucks so i decided to start a new venture. i talked my parents into funding a breeding set up for clowns to keep me busy. right now it consists of a 29 gal main tank, a 20 long frag/skimmer tank, a 10 gallon fry tank and a 50 gal fuge. here are some pics of the set up in the beginging stages. i still have to set up a few holding tanks for the juvies and rotifer culture tanks but i have the main system up and being water tested. there will be about 70lbs of lr, a deep sand bed and some cheato in the fuge/sump. there will be about 40lbs of rock strung out in the other 3 tanks.

day one






day two (plumbing day)








day three (water test day)

i wanted to do black but they are to hard to find but there is i nice pair of clarkii's at my lfs that i might get but still trying to find the blacks.

i am adding bracing to the middle to support it. a lot cheaper than building a whole stand.

sorry the pics were done on my cell phone. well here is the update. two weeks in i have everything set up and running. i scored 130lbs of lr for 200 off a local reefer breaking down his system and got 75 lbs of ls in the deal too. can beat it. the rock was great. small cycle about 5 days. picked up my mated pair of clarkii's today and they are doing great. so here are some pics step by step.

here are pics from the day and the day after i got all the rock into the system and the skimmer up and running.




















here are pics of the new lighting it is a odyssea 380watt with 250 hqi and two 65 watt actinics







and here are pics of the home coming of the pair of Vanuatu Veil Fin Clarkii's being acclimated and in there new home









now to get a nem and play the waiting game till they start spawning. i will be working on the frag tank off to the side for now. will get pics up of that once it is up and running.

yeah, i am sure you can see in some of the pics i have a support built with a 3ton bottle jack. i can jump up and down on the table with all the tanks on it and it dont budge.