current photos of our tanks (dial up warning)

well i took some photos today... so thought i'd share the updated photos of our tanks since the ones i shared before we a year old :redface:

so here we go :) this first one is our 210. the plants are doing really well. i would like something to grow other than valecinaria though... hey, one CAN dream!

http://www.timelessspirit.com/images.../feb06-210.jpg

this is our 135. it's in the entrance way of our home. i'm leaning against the front door taking this shot. it's our bismarck frontosa tank... ah they are beauties!

http://www.timelessspirit.com/images.../feb06-135.jpg

this is our brand new salt tank. we just set it up this weekend!

http://www.timelessspirit.com/images/tanks/feb06-90.jpg

our newly renovated 77 gallon. we had to move all the cichlids around to clear out the 90 for salt... and i love the way this one turned out. it's in my kitchen/office area and this view is from the middle of the kitchen.

http://www.timelessspirit.com/images/tanks/feb06-77.jpg

this is my oscar tank. 46 gallon. eventually he'll need a larger tank... but he's doing great right now. this tank is in our bedroom.

http://www.timelessspirit.com/images/tanks/feb06-46.jpg

this little 33 is our crayfish tank. i have a new oscar in here growing up before she joins felix (her name is chloe) - this is where we grow up the p. alleni crays when we breed one of these two females to our male (who lives downstairs)

http://www.timelessspirit.com/images/tanks/feb06-33.jpg

so that's it... i didn't take any photos of the other tanks in the house. just some little tanks... 29 - right down to 5 gallon tanks... as these are the main tanks for the house. (and the ones i take care of)

Wow....I don't know how you keep up with all that, or find space for them all! But they're beautiful!!

They look great, and a lot of work! I love them, just don't have the patience myself for the maintenance!

it's not really all that much work. you get into a routine and kinda like with your snakes... you just do it :)

i really love my tanks - they bring so much peace and serenity into our home.

Ahhh, admittedly, I didn't really know what I was doing. Mine seemed to need a lot of maintenance to keep it clean. I find my balls much easier to maintain! (wait, that didn't sound quite right! LOL)

i had a professional come in today and rearrange my salt tank. i didn't like the way the live rock was set up... well he's amazing. he arrived at 11am and at 3pm he was done... and WOW does it ever look GREAT!!!

i didn't want to post a pic as i left it big so you could see his handywork... so... without further adieu...

http://www.timelessspirit.com/images.../saltmar06.jpg

Very nice! I really like the aquascaping, did he use fiberglass rods to hold the rock together?

nope. he used patience. he places each rock in a way that it doesn't fall. he's a master at this... he doesn't use anything, no tie straps, no glue no nothing.

he's in high demand... and i knew that even before today... but now i know it from sitting across the room and watching... it was AMAZING to watch. as he fiddled with one rock for over 30 minutes until he was able to get it to sit juuuuuust right.

i'm thrilled in case you can't tell :)

Well I wish your rock the best because it does look great. I've had too many rock slides from settling to be comfortable enought to just use the stacking method.

Wow, very nice setups! Beautiful! Fish are very peaceful and serene to have around, and Oscars have such personality. :) WAY more high maintenance than reptiles tho I think, so I'm with the rest in being impressed with your keeping up with them all!

Your tanks are beautiful!! My son has one in his room, and he loves the fishys :) We have 2 others, 1 community and one with a green terror. I can't wait until we have our own home and can have as many as you!
And that saltwater tank!! OoooOOoOoo to die for. Congrats, that guys a master!

They look awesome!!! I am a big fish enthusiast too......I have twotanks -one salt w/puffers and damsels, and the other has africans. We just bought our house a few months ago, so we can't yet afford to get that 125 semi-reef tank just yet. I am also pres. of Diamond State Aquarium Society...It's a fun, fishy club..:)

What a pretty reef! Looks like it was worth the expense of bringing in a pro to set it up. I'll keep that in mind when I finally set one up!

it was very much worth it to have dale come in. he was so patient and he's done soooooooooo many tanks, in his own home, at work and at other customer's homes and businesses that he really knows how to stack em and get em to hold LOL

but ya, he said that when they fall it's from settling rather than the fish knocking them over which is what i thought :P

what you can't tell from the photo is almost the entire left side of the tank is two pieces of rock!

i just love the tank know... wasn't all that fond of it before... but i love it now. esp with the tree sticking out the top!

and honestly - the upkeep isn't all that much. feeding daily and water changes... that's pretty much it. once a month, clean the filters up. once you get into a routine... it's nothing :)

here's another pic from this morning... hopefully you can see everything clearer in this one ;)

http://www.timelessspirit.com/images...salt2mar06.jpg

Ohhh, so pretty!

I am jelous... thats it! I am going to go buy that screen saver thingy that looks like a salt tank with fish..... its the closest I can come to actually having fish without killing them.

hahahaha you go girl!!!!!!!

:D
Aleesha

SUPER awesome tanks. My favorite is the 220. You beat me; my biggest is 125 :) All your tanks look finished and are complete showcases in themselves; you should be proud :)

smiling... ya i love our bigger tanks as well.

thanks for the compliment... i work very hard to make sure they are gorgeous! :D so many people who have numerous tanks do a lot of DIY and it looks that way... i really want our tanks to look like a piece of furniture. something we can be proud of when people come over.

bump ;)

here's the salt tank in the evening... with the metal halides off and the blue actinic lights on:

http://www.timelessspirit.com/images...veningsalt.jpg

and here's the salt tank with no flash... so this is what it actually looks like in the evening:

http://www.timelessspirit.com/images.../nightsalt.jpg

many of the soft corals etc are closed up and sleeping now.

and this is what it looks like with the moonlights on and nothing else :) you can't really tell in the pics but many of the soft corals glow a gorgeous green, orange and pink all night long. absolutely breathtaking!

http://www.timelessspirit.com/images.../moonlight.jpg

wow, that is an awesome tank set-up! i love the moon lighting and those corals at night have some gorgeous colors!