back again with a super duper exciting update on my waterbox 220 gallon reef tank in my last tank
update video I told you guys how I was pretty unhappy with the way that my tank has been
looking recently when starting this tank I really envisioned a nice clean sand bed look but alas I
have gathered quite a collection of random corals on my sand bed it was a really really messy look
y'all a really messy look and I was just down in the dumps feeling like my vision for my tank
wasn't really coming together well guys well guys we've made tons of changes since my last
update video not only did I do a little bit of rearranging of the corals but I also added these
pretty awesome light covers yeah that's right that's a look if you're you hear Hello howdy
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so last time I showed you guys this tank this sand bed was just an absolute wreck random corals were
placed everywhere just everywhere I mean some zoas were chilling on the sand bed for months
this random coral a bunch of rasta Hammer colonies the miscellaneous zoa slash recordia slash clove
polyps rock you know giant Duncan Colony just chilling anemones wandering about to their own
accord you you get the point it was just really really messy and I knew before I would ever become
you know semi-content with my tank I needed to make some change changes and changes were made
y'all changes were made first off I knew that massive Duncan colony had just had got to go I
have to admit I'm not the biggest fan of dunking corals they grow super duper fast and they kind
of just get in the way of things I mean I don't exactly hate them I mean they have their pretty
moments and they add a lot of movement to the tank which was really nice but the growth y'all
this Duncan colony was just too big too big so I have moved it to the back of the right aquascape
structure and in this way I don't have to see it anymore I'm just I'm just joking sort of but I I
do feel like it adds a lot more depth to the tank you know like the corals are just trailing off
in the distance honestly it was just too big to to do much else with I also had a lot of random
Rasta Hammer colonies pretty much scattered all over where to place them without getting rid of
them all together was kind of difficult I mean I already have a lot of hammered situation going
on my aquascape already and this aquascape has a lot of limited real estate you know so I decided
to add more rock I know pretty crazy totally not me I'm not I'm not big on adding more rock but
you know I decided to add more rock here next to the little anemone tower so that they have their
own little perches and I kind of like this and I kind of don't at the same time I mean it's cool
because it adds more depth to the tank and I like that it's like all the same coral and makes this
kind of trailing coral bush you know but at the same time I feel like it takes away from some of
the unique shape of the left aquascape structure I don't know what do you guys think of the look let
me know in the comments because I'm I'm not really I'm not really sure too sure about it the other
corals on the sand bed I kind of just neatened up and placed them towards the back pretty much kind
of just hid them you know stuff them away still have to move that darn anemone rock though I
mean I really really hate trying to move anemones though they can be so annoying you know you gotta
turn the flow off you know hold them down in place pray to all the gods that they actually like the
new spot or you're gonna end up with this whole tumbleweed situation anemones all over the tank
just floating around and around like they're in a washing machine it's a whole mission you know
but I really don't like how they're kind of just off to the side they are I would like to get them
closer to the aquascape for a more neater look but you know just hope they don't start climbing on
the scape because that that would be bad I also initially wanted to move this green plating guy
here in the corner of the tank too which is kind of grown on the glass but it also happens to be my
Royal Gramma's home however however some of y'all said not to move it because the royal gramma would
be so sad so I'll have y'all know don't worry I actually listen the royal gramma is happy
and thanks you for your suggestions because his home is safe it's not by the anemone rock
but yeah still have many changes to make to the coral layout I mean I definitely need to
frag some of these corals down ASAP the Duncan on my aquascape again like Duncan's do has grown
enormous it's stinging my poor Frogspawn which I'm not very happy about so definitely have to
frag this guy out I mean what do you what do you think you're doing buddy buddy you know I
anyway I swear I'm gonna end up with like this whole Duncan Empire back behind this aquascape if
if anyone wants some free Duncans please get them off my hands because I swear this is just too much
too much Duncan also the Hammers are growing too spicy as well and they've been sticking my poor
Connie these guys have to be cut down a bit too I'm not I'm not happy when the stinging starts
I'm not happy speaking of gani though remember my beautiful beloved red colony of goni well guys
I have some good news and I have some bad news okay bad news is that the other day it started
to recede all of a sudden I don't know exactly what happened but it looked like it had been
stung by something which could have been due to one or two culprits okay either the now overgrown
Hammer Garden stinging it at night quite possible or my bubble tip anemone which has been moving
around like crazy recently and until it finally accepted its pillar but that that's of recently
right whether it was stung by the hammer garden or the adventurous anemone either way it was receding
fast and I mean fast so I had to spring into action you know and do a cipro dip ciprofloxacin
dip is basically just an antibacterial and antibiotic treatment that helps remove bacteria
which is good you know gonipora once stung they tend to recede really fast due to the exposed
flesh and you will lose the entire colony if you don't act quickly so I fragged off the stung part
did a cipro dip little cipro dip and popped it on the sand for a recovery and y'all she bounced back
the goni actually bounced back polyps are out and happy and everything I was so worried y'all
you have no idea planning to pop it back in its original place and just keep an eye out on it you
anemone seems to be moving much less now I mean it's it's happy in its little pillar but
we'll have to watch out for those pesky hammers probably we'll actually keep it on the sand bed
until they're cut down come to think of it luckily it's a really fast growing gani so really you
should have no issues growing back to its original size although I'm still very angered by this it's
very upsetting overall still a lot of work to do until I'm fully happy with the coral layout but
I feel like we have made some improvement here you know the tank is looking much less messy I
mean kind of I'm working on it okay it will come together soon hopefully promise one of these days
in addition to rearranging my coral layout I also tackled a very exciting project that I have wanted
to do for a while now I revamped my lighting y'all I revamped my lighting I removed the lighting bar
and placed these sexy light shades over my Radion xr30s honestly I am absolutely in love with a new
look I think it really transforms the tank and makes it feel like it's part of the house rather
than just a really big fish tank you know it just looks plain old sophisticated I mean if you can
look past the cables hanging there because it's not finished it just looks sexy you know it just
looks sexy I initially had a totally different idea for this though I really like the idea of
having like a floating canopy above the tank you know like this big rectangular box of some sort
hanging down from the ceiling with the radions actually fitted into it but that seemed pretty
difficult for me to build I mean I'm not really handy I'm not a handy person and definitely not
much of a builder to say the least so then this idea popped into my head to just place
the radions in regular lighting fixtures and voila here we have we have this beautiful you know this
beautiful look and I'm just really loving it I'm obsessed plus plus as a huge bonus it's
made working on the tank so much easier because I have way more room now which is awesome however
it is obviously not finished though those cables hanging down are just an absolute eyesore I know
I know I've tossed around how to hide them for over a week now and I'm really not sure what the
best and easiest way to go about this is would appreciate any suggestions y'all may have it's
just difficult because radions have that big box that you have to come nominate for you know and I
want to be able to access them you know Mobius can be a pain sometimes and I really want the
ability to manually reset them myself if I have to so kind of in a pickle I mean I tossed up the
idea of wiring it through the ceiling which is obviously the best solution but it's the
extension cables you can buy for the radeons are only three meters I mean what it's almost nothing
if I'm trying to run this entire thing through the ceiling and down the wall so my idea as of now is
just to run the cables back behind the tank like run the cables through the wall and then back out
to plug into my stand you know it's not perfect because you can see them running to the wall if
you're looking at the tank from like the side but looking at the tank straight on they would
be hidden you know and I don't know I mean who looks at their tank all that much from the side
anyway I mean at least I certainly don't so it may just work it may just work let me know if you all
have any better solutions for me and what you guys think also let me know if you want to see a video
where I break down how I actually did this it was a pretty cool project for me and I have to say I
love my tanks so much more for it I mean look past the cables for one second just one second isn't it
sexy it's just sexy I seriously just I cannot wait for how this is going to turn out so yeah
yeah that's what's been going on with my 220 gallon tank build made some progress with the
coral layout and made the tank look a whole lot sexier with some new light fixtures let me know
what you guys think of the changes I feel like this tank is going to end up being a hit y'all I
I just just just wait just wait just wait on it just wait on it