Ok the new 3 footer is up and running and as always a major pita. Filled it in the morning only to find the heater had died in the afternoon. Replaced the heater, let it warm up, tested the params etc. Before fill around 10kg of dead rock was added and later 2 small pieces (around 1.2kg) of lr for a little extra bacteria.
Bought the black aluminum to make the light stand and made a ballsup of it so had to get more, then had to modify it twice to fit on top of the tank without chipping the sides of the glass. Got it finished then found the wire hangers wouldnt reach properly so went and got some plastic zip ties and got it all working.
Started the process of removing all the rocks, corals and critters from the nano and placing them temporarily in locations in their new home. The substrate was cleaned as much as possible while in the nano and added to the three. i couldn;t have used the water anyway ..............[censored] did I get a bta? It was on the side of the nano most of the night under the hob filter and opened right up, then this morning it's lying face down in the middle of the tank with what looks like a shredded foot floating in bits all over the tank! It is still alive and hanging on to a rock in the new tank, no idea what happened to it as there was no way it could get into anything to shred it like that.
On a side note, I noticed four bright glowing "things" in the tank around 2 Aam, closer inspection they were pods! never seen any bio luminescent ones so was cool.
Anyways, everything has been moved and the new tank is starting to clear up. I really wished I had more time and could have painted the back of the tank as there is a LOT of light spill. The lights may need lowered later but best to start high just in case as it is a very strong light compared to what everything was used to.
I had breakfast at 4.30 pm, it was one of THOSE days. I should have just had toast and saved a bit of cash as I was so tired I left the $50 note in the atm and when I got back to it was just in time to see it sucked back into the machine.
Reefing Since: June 2012
System Objectives: to have a nice looking tank and not kill anything!
Type of reef: mixed
Display System:
Initial Fill Date: 25th March 2013
Display Tank Dimensions: 36L x 18H x 14W
Display Lighting: 120w AMD led
Stand: tall wooden style
Hood or Rimless: open
Sump Design: Nil
Filtration: 750lph hob Aquaone
Support systems:
NSW or ASW: NSW
Display Water circulation: 3800 lph Resun power filter for now
Return Pump: Nil
Skimmer: Red Sea Prism
Evaporation Top Up: manual
I love the cabinet 
Anemones and some maroon clowns would be awesome.
that goes on in our pony tank 
