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I got my new bulbs in today and set up my new fixture. I bought a 10k PC bulb as well as an Actinic. About 2 weeks ago i added my first coral, a metallic orange mushroom and about 3-4 days ago i added a few more. Just some zoas and a kenya tree frag. Here are a few tanks shots for you guys. =D

Full tank shot (Tank is going through the uglies atm)

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g224/ ... ank002.jpg

Mushroom

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g224/ ... ank004.jpg

Zoas

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g224/ ... ank005.jpg

Zoas again.

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g224/ ... k006-1.jpg

I couldn't get a picture of the kenya tree. It's moved into a hole in the top/back part of a rock. I may end up moving it.

Sweet et up looks really good!! Good luck with the corals ... How long have you had this dw set up??

Thanks! I'm extremely happy with it so far. It's been up and running as full SW since Dec, so it's almost 2 months old.

Keep updating with more pics .. I tried dw before but crashed n burned dunno wat I dne wrong I got green algae everywhere n covered with red for like 4 months :S any tips as I want to start another

I'm no professional by any means, but maybe you had a bit of rock with algae that went unnoticed and it just went rampant. Could have also been the water you were using.. I've heard of tap water containing stuff that makes algae/bacteria outbreaks that do damage. Not sure though. There are many many more people on here with a billion times more exp than me.

A dip in peroxide will kill hair algae. it will also kill coralline too though, it works as a good last ditch effort

What percentage? And you meed "dip" or soak?

3%, i just pour it on and wait 5 min, then rinse with some tank water, then put it back in the tank. I try to avoid splashing it on places that don't have any GHA, but even a little over splash doesn't seem to have too much negative effect. after about 3 days the GHA disappears. the underlying coralline discolors for about 2 weeks but then it looks great after that.

Got more new frags tonight after work. Picked up a little birdsnest as well as a few more mushrooms. Pics tomorrow!

nice looking tank. what are the worm looking things on the rock to the right in the full tank shot?

Thanks! They're lots of little feather dusters.

Smudge just pulled a 1 inch bristle worm out of the live rock and destroyed it.. Yes.. Good fish..

my GSP took a shot at a bristle worm in my tank, he freaked out though i think he got a "bristle" stuck to him or something

Yeah, he was freaking out every time he bit it