First PR tank!!!!!!!!!!!!

[scarf_ace1981]

ok here's "la pozita" or "well". i guess it's called a well because there's a reef wall all along the beach and people bathe in the shallow calm waters. this is where i collect my live rock.








i think this is a rock anemone?? am i right??


colorful snails. i put some in my DT

 

[scarf_ace1981]

here are the CBS i caught in "la pozita"


and here are the goby. this one layed eggs a couple of days after putting her in a 10g. see the yellow stringy stuff. too bad she ate them after they detached.




see all that pinkish stuff. it seems that around this time of year all the macro dies off and washes up on the shore.


baby baracuda waiting for a meal in the shallows. there are tons of them here. some big ones too. my hairs stand on end when i'm snorkeling and see them just floating there looking back

 

[scarf_ace1981]

this is the bridge i have to take to and from the beach. it's either pay the $2 fee to and from or take a long drive to save the two bucks. i rather just pay


and there's my house. yeah you see it right on the shore of the lagoon right behind that tree. yeah that one. jajajaja


this is the morning view from my balcony of the lagoon. on the far side is the bridge i take to the beach

 

[scarf_ace1981]

here's the 65g i set up. still have to make a canopy and finish the stand. i bought black paint for the back of the tank and it ended up being this dark brownish color. i'm so pissed but i don't plan on changing it. so far i just have a pair of CBS and a pair of clowns.

 

[sjsoto]

oh how i miss p.r.
thanks for pictures, of my beautiful island...

 

[autoponicz]

hey...didnt you have a smiliar size when you was back in the u.s.?haha.
i wanna goto san juan for vacation..i hear the resorts are nice..

 

[scarf_ace1981]

nothing like the island. yeah i'm poor here. making half of what i made in the states but there's nothing like living in the tropics.

let's see... i started with a 10g then i had a 30g then a 40br then a 90g then a 120g then a 30h then a 28 bowfront should i keep going :splitspin

 

[scarf_ace1981]

damn i gets no love :lol2:

i'm a bit worried as my tank is reaching 89degrees and haven't even hooked up the mh,skimmer and return pump.

 

[scarf_ace1981]

here's another look @ the tank

some local macros i picked up. i hope they don't overrun my tank


no sand yet. hope to have some in this weekend

this is the rock that hope to seed the tank with. it has all colors of coraline and a nice orange sponge

a closer look @ the LR. seems to me that it's sand tightly compacted

 

[Awibrandy]

Love where you live.

Jon, why don't you drill the tank? BTW, I like your choice of rocks and specimens.

 

[Wolverine57]

Dammm I miss PR! Your right is nothing like the Tropics!
Seems your getting all of your livestock right from the ocean! Definitely, will be my retiring place. Thanks for the pictures, keep them coming with your progress build..Wepa Wepa

 

[scarf_ace1981]

thanks awilda

the bottom is tempered and i don't feel like drilling the back wall

 

[Awibrandy]

thanks awilda

the bottom is tempered and i don't feel like drilling the back wall

I was talking about the back panel. How come you don't want to drill the back panel? 2 of my tanks were drilled on the back panel it works just fine, and it beats the overflow box.JMO

 

[scarf_ace1981]

i drilled my 120g on the back wall in the past but dont feel like drilling again. plus i have my cpr hot fuge that takes up the whole back wall.

saturday i picked up a couple new fish. bringing my fish list to:
fish
1 pair of clowns
1 pair of blue reef chromis
1 coral beauty

inverts
1 pair of coral banded shrimp(local)
tons of blue legged hermits(local)
2 brittle stars(local)
a couple snails(local)

i made a temporary canopy for my MH. woohoo!!!! i had bought a yellow head jawfish but he didn't make it past the first night. :frown:

 

[Awibrandy]

i drilled my 120g on the back wall in the past but dont feel like drilling again. plus i have my cpr hot fuge that takes up the whole back wall.

saturday i picked up a couple new fish. bringing my fish list to:
fish
1 pair of clowns
1 pair of blue reef chromis
1 coral beauty

inverts
1 pair of coral banded shrimp(local)
tons of blue legged hermits(local)
2 brittle stars(local)
a couple snails(local)

i made a temporary canopy for my MH. woohoo!!!! i had bought a yellow head jawfish but he didn't make it past the first night. :frown:

Sounds like your really coming along there.

I'm so sorry about the jawfish Jon! I know exactly how you feel. Last Friday I traded one of my stands for a Midas Blenny, and it went MIA as well. Last I saw it was when I released it in to my tank.;(

 

[scarf_ace1981]

Sounds like your really coming along there.

I'm so sorry about the jawfish Jon! I know exactly how you feel. Last Friday I traded one of my stands for a Midas Blenny, and it went MIA as well. Last I saw it was when I released it in to my tank.;(

there's still hope for you awilda. they like to hide the first couple days.

 

[Awibrandy]

there's still hope for you awilda. they like to hide the first couple days.

No hope left! Found it yesterday with a bunch of my hermits feasting away.;(

 

[scarf_ace1981]

sorry to hear awilda

sorry for the terrible pics. just an old a$$ nikon that i have.
here's another look @ the tank with the MH on and sand added


i saw this weird looking creature. it's some type of spaghetti worm


my larger blue reef chromis. i love these guys

 

[scarf_ace1981]

so i've chilled for a while. my fish list is still the same.

i thought i could add some more rock so i added one more piece. here's the new look



i had added dry sand to the tank. first signs of life in the sand. woohoo

 

[Awibrandy]

I absolutely love the new look!