Shells' Reef tank

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As most of you know, I am about to move so I thought I would do a tank build/upgrade/move thread

We (my husband and I) started with reef tanks back in 1996. We had a 40 gallon and it lasted for a few years until children. When my youngest was about to turn 6, and I had some spare time on my hands, I wanted to get back into reef tanks.

I re-started with a 24 g AP



Quickly realized it was too small and upgraded to a 90.



Since we were going to put in new flooring - It was the perfect time to upgrade, once again, and pushed it to a 180g.



After being set up for about 5 months



Now the move .......

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In preperation for the move, I bought the exact same dimension tank to set up in the new house and then move the corals to it. This way my light canopy will fit and I can then slowly move the corals and then take my time re-setting up my tank.

Here is the temp tank rolled into the new house

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Some of my corals before the move

Looking down

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Here are some of my fishies

Baby blue



Sunny



Butter



PJ1 (there is a PJ2 also)



Nico & Pico (can't see Pico - he is behind Nico)

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Lady Jane



Spaz



Ka-blueeee



Piggy (look at the belly and know you know why we call him piggy)

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Some Cyphastrea

Meteor Shower


Atlantis Ocellina


Tyree Blood Red


Zepplins Minefield

[99sf]

Nice photos, Shelly! I hope the move goes really well. Like the names of your fish.

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Originally Posted by 99sf

Nice photos, Shelly! I hope the move goes really well. Like the names of your fish.

Thanks Christina and good luck with your move and new job also!

[Nanoreefbro]

Very nice Shelly, you have alot of nice frags.. Your duncans are huge..

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Originally Posted by Nanoreefbro

Very nice Shelly, you have alot of nice frags.. Your duncans are huge..

Yes, they are huge - Peter calles them my spaghetti ducans

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Here is the temperary tank getting filled up.



This will be the new location of my tank. Still need to do some work in this room..



I will be looking for helpers to move my tank in the next couple weekends. Pizza and beer provided! Exact date to be determined. Move from Rancho Pensaquitos to 8 miles North - Felicita Park area

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This past weekend, we moved the corals to the temporary tank. And by temporary I mean clamps holding hoses, fishing line holding up racks....
T E M P O R A R Y. Better get a move on, moving over my other tank. So far no casualities and everyone seems to be happy.

[sanababit]

Good luck with the move, you have a very nice tank or should i say tanks, lol, questions what is the difference between the cyphastrea and ocellina...

Sana

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Thanks and the ocellina is a cyphastrea. Just the name of the cyphastrea is Atlantis Ocellina.

It is a different color than the meteor shower cyphastrea.

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Finally got my rock work where I like it and 95% done setting up the tank.

Here is a fts



RHS



Middle



LHS

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Some Photos I like

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And a couple more










Thanks for looking

[h20poloman2]

wow Shelly, corals and fish are looking great. Goes to show that a tank move does not always equate to losing livestock. Keep growing out those chalices as I'd like to buy a frag or three once the 120g is up and running