Twisteds 180- the final upgrade

[Original Fin]

With the nem gone, maybe a DT appearance by the roon would fix six's wagon?

[chavez]

twisted, family is so important i got 2 boys and they both love my 112g tank every chance they get they are around it banging on the glass, they are only 2 and 3 years old so i cant blame them they don't know any better. And i agree with fomo your tank is amazing and im also jealous hopefully ill get there one day as well. I would still really like to see your skimmer setup when you have a chance to post some pics but first take the time with your family you only get one chance with them and they are SO worth it.

[twisted]

With the nem gone, maybe a DT appearance by the roon would fix six's wagon?

i had thought about it, but the roon is permantly banished. he was just too destructive in the 75. plus im not sure how well hed do with the 2 t percs... but na, hes a fuge roon now. hes really happy down there. the nem will be gone this week. ill get pics of the new adds when the deal goes down

[chrisfont23]

Twisted, what did u use to paint the back of the glass with ...assuming you painted it?

[FoMoCo Master Tech]

hey all! sorry i dont have pics for this update but ive been crazy busy with my little girl who is almost 3 1/2 months already! we had her dedication at my church today and beths stepmonster made her dress...holy bejeezus! my little frag looked like an angel...it was a really good day and we had a houseful of family for most of the day. i like it though because all pnut wants is to hang in our arms swinging in front of the tank...lol....we put her feet up on it and slide them side to side and the yellow and orange shoulder follow her feet so closely. then she starts giggling...ill get a pick of her and her dress in front of the tank so she still falls into the frag category of my thread...lol
so, the tank is doing great and im seeing alot of sps,lps and softy growth.everything is running excellently! the 75 underneath is so much easier to deal with and with the skimmer behind and above the tank on a halfwall, its easy to clean and access. all my params are great and through the whole change over i never saw amm, trates or trites. i tested every other day up till a few days ago and will test weekly from here. i had a few quarter size spots of some brown pop up on my sand for a day or so but went away as quickly as it came. the new gang of chromis and the watchman goby are doing good and not haveing any trouble getting along...the maroon is doing a great job down in the fuge and has really turned into a fun fish. he comes to the top and hangs out with me as i feed him shrimp and is keeping the bottom free of debris.
i decided to trade my nem for these
2 red hornets
2 prple hornets
4 blue hornets
6 rpe's
20 keds reds
some speckled grapes and eagle eyes
i think its a pretty sweet deal. my nem is as big as a dinner plate and really healthy. its just taking up too much real estate and i really want some more sps and between its size and reach of its tents, i lose a huge area. this will also give me the chance to do my islands since the nem is attached to the 2 main rocks that create the brigde. the other, other thing is that the 2 true percs i got to live in it, decided they like the gsp, frogspawn and my red and my green pe's better. the bad news for the tank is my sixline decided it didnt want the potters around so it started beating it and wont let it come out of the sand. ive been trying to trap the sixline since id rather have the potters but no luck so far

That sounds like a pretty darn good trade for the nem twisted! I've been wanting the hornets for a while but$30-$40 pp turns me off. Ill stick with the cheapies for now but one day...
Can't wait for the new pics of Madison! They sure grow fast, don't they!?
That sux about the six line. I'm glad I didn't get one. Good luck catching it. I imagine it would be a pain in a 180 with tons of LR.

[twisted]

chris,
i got lucky and it came powdercoat black on the back. the one thing im kicking myself in the .... now is, i didnt paint the bottom underneath. when running lights in the fuge opposite, i have little raybeams that come through due to the engineer goby's burrows. so, once you find the right paint, make sure you do the bottom or put a piece of ply to block the bottom if its a clean view to the sump below

[twisted]

last night i got a few frags from the frag tank at a friends. its nice to have someone to give pieces of my corals as a back up. my engineer buried my green bay packers and i havent seen them in a few weeks. we have quite a few frags of them at his house so i was able to replace them. this time they are away from the goby's tunnels...
i also picked up some green monti cap and a tri color. i had a nice little frag of it and it disappeared behind the rocks.
it took a while to figure out my green,red and purple pe's. i was trying to keep them on the bottom and it still seemed like too much light for them. i moved them to the side(i have my 4' icecap light cnetered so there is a foot on each side that just gets indirect light and they opened up within a day and look great. its wierd, i thought i might ahve a little trouble with using the icecap but its performing very well at keeping things healthy even 25" below it on the bottom. i cant even keep my chalices under it on the bottom, they have to be off to the side a little. its ashame icecap went under....

[twisted]

nothin fancy, just a few pics

silly clown...its funny when they both try to fit...lol...



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[okiestranger]

Tank looks wicked twisted. The lights look perfect. Looks like the sides have less light but seems like that works out good because you can stock some low light corals as well. I think that tank is about the perfect size wish I could fit one in my house. All in all good job you have an amazing setup.

[FoMoCo Master Tech]

+1 Twisted! Love the percs. How's the orange shoulder doing?
you snag the six line yet?

[twisted]

nas, i decided to let the six stay. its leaving the potter alone q lirtle more. i have some new things in the works such as a frag tank, dosers, apex controller and somr other goodies in the weeks to come. things are starting to ge exciting!

[twisted]

nem decided to move into a bad spot for my hammer and bird

blastos,pe's.hairy shrooms,royal blues

hydno


this was an almost dead favia that my wife wanted to save...full recovery and some new mouths forming

[Chasman]

Nice pics! I can't believe how great your tank looks in shuch a short time. Well done!

[twisted]

thanks chas! you should see it now! lol....the nem is finally in its new home! a 300 gal with a maroon that has been so lonely...lol...
with it gone i got to do a little rearranging in the tank and am real happy how it came out. whats weird is within an hour of it being gone, polyp ex in my sps went nuts! my sps always had nice pe, but holy bjeez! its unreal how far out they are! my blue stag is so frkn awesome looking now! ill get some pics up later this morning after i get my fix of COD Black ops Zombies...if you guys are on ps3 my name is Twisted1inJersey

[FoMoCo Master Tech]

One of these days ill look you up on COD. Haven't played in months so I'm sure I'm pretty garbage by now. I miss the old SOCOM1 AND SOCOM2 days. I used to call in sick to play.

Can't wait for the pics. The hornets should be real nice!

[twisted]

thanks James!
heres some pics of the slight remodel and lack of nem.

stick polyps. these guys are really neat. they need alot of room due to the long sweepers but are pretty cheap and dont spread

my pagoda has been through alot over the past year or so....keeps on tickin...lol

AOG and green deaths

right side

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[twisted]

about da&* time i posted a pic of my favorite new frag...lol

[FoMoCo Master Tech]

She sure is growing fast Twisted! Madison's beautiful!

[twisted]

thanks James. she turned 4 months on sunday....man, time flies...lol
heres some pics i took today. enjoy!

[chrisfont23]

Nice. Is that birds nest in the top right? I just added some pink birdsnest last week to mine. Love it. Your "little frag" is cute - I have a 1 yr old and a 3 yr old, who's room actually hosts my tank! Gotta love it. Just wait until she gets old enough to feed the fish. You'll be ramping up those water changes!