My 70 Gallon Reef Log

[Almondsaz]

Well I haven't done this, and missed the opportunity with my 45...but here goes. I am really excited. I picked up my new tank the Oceanic Tech 70 gallon with the starfire glass front. The stand is great, I will finally have room to get to the sump and all the electronics - there is the large front door (shown open in the 2nd pic) and there are 2 side doors for more access. The great thing is the tank is pre-drilled and comes with the plumbing kit (bulk heads, returns, etc). So this is day one and I will probably get it set-up this weekend. Have been curing extra LR in a little 10 gallon preparing.

 

[emonemo420]

nice i cant wait to see it set up ....definately try and take lots of pics along the journey

 

[Tikidude]

Beautiful tank. I can't wait to see what you do with it.

 

[Slappy*McFish]

Cool!

 

[Grins]

You're going to love that Starfire front. I don't dare have one with my dogs.

 

[Almondsaz]

Luckily the stand is taller than my three. I have two scotties and a westie.

 

[Grins]

Yep, that will work! My goldens on the other hand....slobber and stand up against the darn glass. The goby is funny, just hovers there watching them probably thinking ":silly:You can't get me! Neener neener!"

 

[Almondsaz]

The golden in your avitar is really cute. My kids really were torn between golden and scottie. We now breed scotties and the westie is pretty much a rescue. As they say, he isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer.

 

[Grins]

The golden is from the last litter my female had. She used to be a show dog and the breeder and I decided to let her retire.

Now back to your gorgeous new tank, what are your plans?

 

[Almondsaz]

I really am trying tocheck out the aquascaping and paying closer attention to that this time. I like the "Mountain" look (like the attached photo) on one side sloping to a plane on the other with flat surfaces for corals. I want to have a shady place becuse after a while I want to get a sun coral. I will transfer the ricordea collection over as well as the other misc corals.

Big decision which is frustrating the heck out of me is the lighting. I want to have a MH with the CF, but boy do those get expensive. Still weighing the T5 option since you can get the light without the heat.

I am going to take my time becuase I really want this tank to look great, so will probably add lots of LR over time. I already have about $350 in rock that I handpicked with lots of caverns and the like.

Any suggestions? I really will probably just keep the fish stock low. I have the pair of clowns, the bicolor and a blue tang.