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Travis Savant
02/08/2007, 07:49 PM
14 months doesn't seem as long as it sounds.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f305/Travis_777/20g%20SPS%20Reef/FTS-1.jpg

Standard 20H
250w DE MH Pendant
20 lb. LS
35 lb. LR
Various SPS corals
Maxima Clam

I plan on thinning out my collection of SPS and going with some soft corals and a RBTA which I am picking up this week end.
FishMachine
02/08/2007, 08:02 PM
nice
amiricle
02/08/2007, 09:25 PM
very nice!
Travis Savant
02/08/2007, 09:40 PM
Thanks Guys
jimi thing
02/09/2007, 01:02 AM
man that's a nice pic! very clear. What kind of camera did you use?
Mrseptember15
02/09/2007, 02:02 AM
Amazingly clean!$@# What filtration do you use? Filter Floss?
jetman5443
02/09/2007, 04:54 AM
14 mo wow sooo soo clean how do you do it, it looks like brand new sand, the sand looks clean even by the glass....

HOW DO YOU DO IT
al aziz85
02/09/2007, 06:11 AM
very nice keep up the work! ;)
Travis Savant
02/09/2007, 06:16 AM
I use a Nikon D80 for taking pictures.

I don't have a filter, just LR and LS and water changes with Oceanic salt mix.

To clean the glass, and around the sand, I use CPR's Lil' Chizzler, works great.

Thanks guys :D
mmd
02/09/2007, 06:48 AM
gorgoues coraline
Jeff
02/09/2007, 07:21 AM
Looks great! very clean :)
Travis Savant
02/09/2007, 07:48 PM
Thanks :)
danfrith
02/09/2007, 08:27 PM
Looks great.I think I remember this tank from while ago. Do you still have the that really nice red cap, I think you called it a police cap. Maybe that was a different person.
Travis Savant
02/09/2007, 08:32 PM
Yeah, that's me. I do still have it, but it's not as red as it used to be.
db_triggerfish
02/09/2007, 08:43 PM
very nice and clean tank.
Rock Anemone
02/09/2007, 08:47 PM
Beautiful tank, very organized and pristine, keep up the good work! :thumbsup:
FishMachine
02/10/2007, 12:00 AM
it is very clean. nice job.
GoodBorg3
02/10/2007, 12:29 AM
Wow - really nice - making me rethink if I need a sump!
saltman123
02/10/2007, 02:17 AM
Very Clean looking! Nice Tank!
Travis Savant
02/10/2007, 07:28 AM
If I could do it over again, I would have gone with a sump, but I would have the tank drilled.
Steven0000
02/10/2007, 08:59 AM
very nice man

hey what is this Lil' Chizzler you mentioned
Travis Savant
02/10/2007, 09:12 AM
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f305/Travis_777/DSCN3018.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f305/Travis_777/DSCN3019.jpg
YellowDesmo998
02/10/2007, 04:10 PM
First, that tank looks VERY clean! That's the look I strive for.

A few questions, how do you keep coralline growth off the back? Second is an observation and a question; I would expect to see more coralline growth at 14 months. Are you using IO and not dosing any calcium supplements?

When I had my 110g setup I didn’t get much coralline growth with IO salt until I dosed a two part calcium supplement. I dose it in my current NanoCube 24g and can see a huge difference in the amount of coralline already.
Travis Savant
02/10/2007, 05:05 PM
I use Oceanic salt mix. There is no coralline on the back because I scrape it off. The pumps are new, so they aren't covered in any algae, yet.

I have lots of coralline on the rocks, in fact, I started with 30 pounds of base rock and added 5 pounds of live rock. most of the coraline is a deep deep red, almost burgundy.
Steven0000
02/10/2007, 09:09 PM
how do you keep the algae off the sand?
Travis Savant
02/10/2007, 09:27 PM
Fighting Conch and good water quality.
Steven0000
02/11/2007, 07:19 PM
do you feed you feed him anything?
Travis Savant
02/11/2007, 07:20 PM
He eats the algae.
Steven0000
02/11/2007, 07:38 PM
so you don't feed him anything extra?
Travis Savant
02/11/2007, 07:39 PM
nope, there is enough algae so that once he gets from one side of the tank to the other, the algae has already grown back and he can turn around and eat some more lol, it;s an endless cycle.
ahchung
02/12/2007, 12:40 AM
It seems that the SPS in the right side has some RTN.
Travis Savant
02/12/2007, 09:14 PM
Dosn't matter, sold it to a local. Had to make some room for all of this...
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f305/Travis_777/20H%20Pat%20II/FTS.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f305/Travis_777/20H%20Pat%20II/Nem.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f305/Travis_777/20H%20Pat%20II/SunCoral.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f305/Travis_777/20H%20Pat%20II/Clown-In-Nem.jpg
Mrseptember15
02/12/2007, 09:57 PM
From that angle it even looks sexier! Lovin the clown, whats it hosting?
Travis Savant
02/13/2007, 05:49 AM
It's hosting a RBTA.
Travis Savant
02/13/2007, 05:50 AM
Oh, and that's the angle you would see the tank when standing in front of it.
Travis Savant
02/13/2007, 06:46 PM
:: Individual Pics ::

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f305/Travis_777/20H%20Pat%20II/DSC_4071.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f305/Travis_777/20H%20Pat%20II/DSC_4072.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f305/Travis_777/20H%20Pat%20II/DSC_4073.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f305/Travis_777/20H%20Pat%20II/DSC_4077.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f305/Travis_777/20H%20Pat%20II/DSC_4078.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f305/Travis_777/20H%20Pat%20II/DSC_4079.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f305/Travis_777/20H%20Pat%20II/DSC_4080.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f305/Travis_777/20H%20Pat%20II/DSC_4082.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f305/Travis_777/20H%20Pat%20II/DSC_4083.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f305/Travis_777/20H%20Pat%20II/DSC_4084.jpg
Travis Savant
02/13/2007, 06:47 PM
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f305/Travis_777/20H%20Pat%20II/DSC_4086.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f305/Travis_777/20H%20Pat%20II/DSC_4087.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f305/Travis_777/20H%20Pat%20II/DSC_4088.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f305/Travis_777/20H%20Pat%20II/DSC_4089.jpg
Mrseptember15
02/13/2007, 06:49 PM
Give meee =)
Travis Savant
02/15/2007, 08:19 PM
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f305/Travis_777/th_Tavs20HTankVideo.jpg (http://s50.photobucket.com/albums/f305/Travis_777/?action=view&current=Tavs20HTankVideo.flv)
amiricle
02/15/2007, 09:11 PM
sweet vid, i love the music
Travis Savant
02/16/2007, 06:27 AM
Thanks :)
satnu
02/16/2007, 08:03 AM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9229126#post9229126 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Travis Savant
It's hosting a RBTA.

NICE! How often and what are you feeding him?

Very nice tank BTW!
fishinbuc
02/16/2007, 08:27 AM
Very nice setup. Cool video too.
saltman123
02/16/2007, 11:01 AM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9234874#post9234874 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Travis Savant
:: Individual Pics ::
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f305/Travis_777/20H%20Pat%20II/DSC_4079.jpg


What is this? I have one of these too.
Travis Savant
02/16/2007, 03:01 PM
It's a Kenya Tree.

I am planning on feeding the RBTA Silver Sides, just as soon as my LFS gets some in. I just added the RBTA about a week ago.
saltman123
02/16/2007, 03:41 PM
I thought so.

I have 3 small kenya's, but one looks different than the others. One is very light like yours, and the other 2 are much darker.
talldude
02/17/2007, 06:06 PM
Wow!! Nice tank!! No protein skimmer either?
REDDAWG43
02/17/2007, 06:17 PM
What is this?
Travis Savant
02/17/2007, 09:23 PM
The Lil' Chizzler is a plastic scrapper that CPR makes.
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f305/Travis_777/DSCN3018.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f305/Travis_777/DSCN3019.jpg

Thanks talldude, and yeah, no skimmer.
Rosseau
02/17/2007, 09:26 PM
haha great video and very nice tank.

REDDAWG43, go to page one. there are pics of the chizzler, it's just an algae scaper deal, like a magfloat but with more of an edge