Here are some updated pics of my 58 gallon saltwater fish tank. Right now i've got 2 peppermint shrimp and 2 blue damsel fish in here along with 43lbs of marshall island/Fiji live rock.

the day I got it home.. nothing in it:


40lbs of live sand and 60 gallons of salt water (i have a 20gallon sump in the bottom).


43.5 lbs of live rock. The big rock is a marshall island and the smaller pieces are Fiji rock I got from a guy taking his tank down.


This guy showed up on the rock I got from the other guy.. its an Apstasia(sp?) basically a pest anenome that you dont want in your tank... jason came up with the best analogy for it, its basically saltwater kudzu :P killed him off with a syringe and lemon juice.


Here is the sump/filter system with protein skimmer under the main tank. Its gravity fed and has a 700GPH (gallon per hour, how'd you like that for a fuel pump ) pump that sends water all the way up to the surface of the main tank.


Here is a better pic of the tank with 2 damsels and 2 peppermint shrimp in it.


Here is a close up of the damsel


and here is a peppermint shrimp (their names are fried and scampi)

 

Looks very good!

Sure you dont want one of these?

 

Looks pretty nice.

 

Thanks, its still in its very early stages and this is my first salt/reef tank

 

Nice tank. I got a 50 gal fresh water with one little cat fish in it. My guppies died, think I need to do more water changes.

 

That is beautiful. I respect the fact that you are willing to put so much work into it. I like the names of your peppermint shrimp

 

beautiful tank my dad put like 10 grand in his just to make it work and have fish not die

 

Go for Tetras! Virtually no maintenance.....I have got 15 Cardinals, 10 red spot tetras, 4 shrimps (great for cleaning), 2 Loaches (again, for cleaning) and 3 penguin tetras.

I will try to do some pics as well!

Scot, I wouldn't have the patience for a salt water tank, that is a serious committment!