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    Posted: November 20 2010 at 11:57am
Hello All,

My name is Brandon. I have been in this hobby for nearly a year now. I have learned tons and have much much more to learn. I have a lot of fun and it is very rewarding.

Here are a few crummy pics I snapped with my old 6.0MP Kodak. It is a 90GAL with a sump/refuge I built, along with the custom double U open surface skimming siphon I built. I have a HOB octopus skimmer and ~240lbs of live rock in the tank. Things are looking better every week. Over the past 2-3 weeks the GBTA I bought several months ago is finally getting its color back and looking awesome. I still have a ways to go on the RBTA's. I will try to snap some pics of the GBTA because it looks 10x better than these pics. Anyway, enjoy.


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Dendros


Feather Duster


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Looks great Brandon! Welcome to WMAS!
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I am frustrated with my tank. I feel it is _okay_. I was wondering if anyone had any constructive criticism. I look at other tanks and say wow. I look at my tank and say meh. I want my tank to look _wow_. Any suggestions would be great.

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 it takes time its still a baby at year old looks great  nice corals and again Welcome to WMAS
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What is it about other tanks that make you say wow? Your wow and my wow may be 2 different things.

I also think a lot of us look at our tanks and say.... meh, could be better. When our tank looks awesome to someone else. 
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Rock arrangements and coral selection I guess. I have actually been trying to pin down what it is that makes me say wow in other tanks. I guess that is the question I need to answer ehh.

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Looks great. the only thing i see its there is alot of rock. it seems crammed
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I agree. I'm bad at cramming a tank full of rock because I always have so many beautiful pieces to choose from.
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