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We would like to thank all of our sponsors, including:
MY system is consisted of the main tank 210gal, plumbed with a remote 90 gal fuge, 40 gal sump inside the garage. It has gone through some neglect due to personal issue so it has suffered a bit, I gave away most of my stuff and was debating whether I should take a break. After thinking through it I decided to redo my tank (life must go on) and this time I want it to be different. I want a bonsai style rock work. Simple open and graceful.
I bought a bunch of lace rocks locally for 30 cents a pound and will put those together after I clean and soak them.
I've also been building new stand and hood so they should be finished soon.
Once I am ready, I will take the rocks out of the main tank, clean every thing and install the new rock work ....
For those of you that saw my old tank, I am hoping that this tank will be even better.
Op course I will have pictures ... lol
Please stay tuned 
This was the old tank http://www.bareefers.org/home/node/2401
I'm excited for you Tom and am looking forward to some pics!
Feel free to raid my tank when things get dialed in 
Ditto for me Tom, once you get what you want, think about all the non-brown corals (i.e. "tricolors" are out ) you want and browse through my tank 
-Mike 
Cool, thank you guys, I am determined to get this done right !!! now I can't wait ...
let me when you are in sf area.
Apon, sure, I am in SF quite often.
On another note, while looking for Laced rock, I found a local supplier in Santa Rosa, they have very colorful and coarse California lace rocks for 30 cents a pound. If anyone want to get some let me know and I'll give out the address. They also sell very large bowl rocks from Utah(these are the same as the lace rock in the local store, they are blacker in color) these are 15 cents a pound. Not bad considering the stores sell them for 2-3 dollar a pound. I will use these in combination with live rocks to create a reef structure.
Here are the lace rocks, I soaked them in vinegar and brush them clean.
Now come the fun part of epoxy them together, I use epoxy, cable tie and then cement them together
I am not done with making the bonsai style rocks yet, these are just some pictures to show the progress. This is a fun project, I think I can use these rock to make a shape of a bonsai tree and grow coral on the branches to make them look like leaves of the bonsai tree structure.
Here is the new hood with light rack and the shell for the stand to match
Oh yeah almost forgot ... I do take corals donation ... lol ... Bryan was very gracious to let me raid his tank to get me started ... so I am very thankful for that. That is exactly what this club is about. I've done that for others and now I am the recipient. Thumb up for Bryan. .... My old tank was his motivation to do his 180 and now his 180 is my motivation to redo my 210 .... go figure