My 80gal starfire reef

[sixtygallon212]

Some photos of my 85gal sps dominated tank. Thanks Andrew for taking the pictures for me. Hope everyone enjoys them.


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[sixtygallon212]

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[moo0o]

amazing tank :D

[chalice500]

nice tank!

[myzislow]

very nice!

[Jflip2002]

Nice sixty.... thats an awesome tank, especially to have one hat nice locally.

[Reefer Brian]

Great pics and growth. Can you tell us some more about the equipment/corals. How long has it been setup? Awesome....

[sixtygallon212]

Thanks guys for the compliments. As for the tank, It has been set up for two years. Some of the corals came from my previous tank which was a sixty gallon. The tank is a euro brased starfire tank made from leemar.

[dustinP]

what two tangs are those?

[IPT]

beautiful.

[sixtygallon212]

The tangs are both bristle tooth tangs. One is a chevron tang and the other I am not sure, but I have seen him labeled as a fine line tang on liveaquaria.

[29reef]

Thanks for the frags Craig, don't forget the few frags I helped out with in the beginning ;) tank is looking great as always.

[sixtygallon212]

Thanks Brian. I sent you a PM about the candy. You did give me some nice corals and I appreciate that.

[imisky]

wow that is a nice looking tank, its so COLORFUL!

any tank specs?

[elias123]

very nice!

[SunnyX]

Beautiful. Great job! :thumbsup:

What are the system Spec? (Skimmer, Lighting, additives, etc.)

[Capt_Cully]

I'd have to say that's pretty spectacular!

[60Cubed]

Sweet tank! Love the efflo.......

[sixtygallon212]

Some of the equipment I use is:
Skimmer: Euro Reef 8-2 (not state of the art anymore but I love the guy)
Lighting: Has a three stage lighting system with T-12's for 12hrs a day, T-5's for 10hrs a day, and two 250watt halides for 6hrs a day running pheonix bulbs.
I love the look of a dense fish population, so my tank is set up in that fasion. I have a lot af flow in the display, a 20gal refugium, and a 10gal prop tank all attached together. The overfiltration and consistant weekly water changes allow me to feed a lot and keep the fish I want to keep. Plus all the nutrients and low amounts of waste in the system seem to work well with growth and color of the coral. I will try and post some more pictures of the filtration of the tank soon.

[audiowerks]

you finally posted pics, looks great. still looks better in person!

[sixtygallon212]

Ha, Ha, Thanks James.

[LUVSPS]

Beautiful tank! Thanks for sharing!

[naldopr]

nice tank man love it...

[BlAcK_PeRcUlA]

Awesome tank!
I noticed that some of your plating montiporas grow out and down at an angle instead of upwards. A few of mine also do this. What in your experience causes growth down? The most reasonable thing I could think of is that it has to do with flow around the coral?

[DEK196]

Craigs a tool!

[Ian]

Looks great Craig! :D

[shih87]

Very nice. Tank and photo taking both are professional!!!

Thanks for sharing..

shih87

[rc4kinu]

Simply amazing!

[NVTE]

really nice tank

[SolidDetail808]

Great growth, pics and corals! Gives me motivation.

[purplereef]

Wow very nice tank. I love the fact you didn't put a million frags in your tank.

[imisky]

im asumming the T5s are there for suppliment? what type bulbs are they running?

[PogoMonogo]

should be proud, very nice.

[deep6er]

Looks great.!!!! What do you use for water movment?

[sixtygallon212]

The T5's are for suppliment, and I am running two 48" high outputs. One of the bulbs is a Actinic and the other is 460nm. They are run by a hamilton electronic ballast and waterproof endcaps. I also use two 36" regular output T12 that power Corallife actinic bulbs which really pop out the greens. I use a Iwaki 100mdx for flow which is sent through an oceanmotions 4way that helps stir sediment. I have four returns for the close loop (one in each corner to maximize flow dispersal). I love how the oceanmotions simulates tidal activity so closely, you can really see the shift in flow and how the fish respond.

[eaglesrx]

wow, great tank!! what are the dimensions of this tank? Which reflectors are you using?

How many lyretail anthias are you keeping in their? any aggression with each other or other fish?

How long have you had this tank set up? Were all of your SPS grown under that lighting combination?

Kudos again on a great tank!!

[macreefster]

sweet tank! love the large colorful corals and density of the tank. great job if incorporating so many caps, love all that horizontal growth. what lighting are you using?

[sixtygallon212]

(eaglesrx)
The tank is 48"x20"x20" which comes to about 85 gallons. The metal halide setup is run by icecap ballasts using double ended PFO reflectors.
Fish:
6x Lyrtail anthias
Chevron Tang
Fine Line Tang
Australian Possum Wrasse
Common Cleaner Wrasse
Purple Firefish
Yellow Watchman Goby
Bangaii Cardinal
True Percula Clownfish
Starry Blenny
The tangs fought for about two hours when introduced but luckly the chevron tang was bigger than the more aggressive fine line tang. All the other fish were introduced with no problems, I think it helps that I feed a lot of food so they don't feel they have to compete. The tank has been set up for almost two years and the lighting has been the same.
(macreefster)
Thanks for the compliments. The lighting specs are on the first page. I plan to take some pictures of the behind the scenes for you guys as soon as I can.

[K5reefer]

good job buddy! tank looks beast mod

[sixtygallon212]

Thanks. Is that you Kyle?

[chalice500]

You happen to have any pictures of the early beginnings?

[Dejavu]

Well done!

[Madfronter]

Wow beautiful tank!

[sixtygallon212]

(chalice500)
Ya, I actually do. I am at school right now but when I get home later I will put some pictures of before I even had water in the tank. (Madfronter) & (Dejavu) thanks for the compliments!

[sixtygallon212]

Here are some pictures of the tank before the livestock was introduced.

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Thes are just the guts. The chiller, sump, and pumps were not installed yet.

[kaserpick]

I love the tank! Beautiful colors and coral combinations. :thumbsup:

What's the tabling acro? It's beautiful. :) Also, I'm sorry, but I still don't understand how the setup is put together even with the pics. I can see and understand the closed loop I think, but I can't figure out how the sump ties in. Again, great job!

[SolidDetail808]

Is that some kind of vent? Please explain.

[sixtygallon212]

I don't know the name of the table, but I do know that it isn't an efflo. The sump sits directly under the tank. The stand extends 10" behind the tank and incorporates the canopy as well (had to make it 30" so it would fit in the door). I don't own a house so I wanted the system to be as completely inclosed as possible and easy to move. The tank can be detached from the cabnet by unions and it has a detachable refugium that is inclosed to look like a nightstand. Water is feed to the refugium with gravity and then feeds into the sump (no pump needed). The stucture you see on the right is a ventilation system that evacuates the hot air from the chiller, closed loop pump, and lights via $18 osh duct fan.

[kaserpick]

I see it now! Thanks. :D

[chalice500]

Very nice, where have you been hiding? Cmon give us some more pics...progression pics.

[sixtygallon212]

I can post some recent equipment pics tomarrow.

[Bri Guy]

Thats the best ive seen in awhile! Great job

[audiowerks]

man, i've never noticed all that plumbing on your tank, maybe you should change your major to engineering!

[spleify]

Beuatiful tank, nice job.

Keep up the great work

[Bruce Wayne]

lol growing on the roboarms

[K5reefer]

Yeap its me kyle. I like that efflo table on top it looks really white. never seen your tank but these pics are awsome.

[sixtygallon212]

Thanks for the positive replies. I was thinking about the design of the tank for about nine months. I am thrilled everyone likes it so much. I am very happy with it and I don't think I would change a thing on the design. Thats funny that James said I should have been an engineer, because my grandfather was a great engineer and my dad has always loved building things. Kind of off subject but something spawned in the tank last night. I don't know exactally what it was because I was in the shower for a while. When I got out, the tank water was milky. I think it was a euphyllia in the refugium. All seems well this morning, but it is time to do a water change anyways.

[sixtygallon212]

I finally got some more pics. Mostly of the equipment because that seems to be what people want to see the most.

Lights:
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Oceans Motions Four Way:
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Top of ventilation system:
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Grow Out Tank:
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Some of the pictures can be a little confusing, so if you have any questions on how something works, or what you are looking at feel free to ask questions. Hope you enjoy the pics!!

[Bolo Tran]

Fabulous tank. I have to ask. Do you dose anything or runULNS? How about salt? Is there a particular brand that you favor?

[sixtygallon212]

Thanks Bolo Tran. I have a big skimmer and feed a lot. I dose 2ml of salifert amino acids, six drops of KM iron, and iodide everynight, or before every large feeding. I try to dose in small amounts every day to keep everything as stable as possible. The iodide is lugol's solution and I dilute the bottle 1 drop iodide/4 drops water so I can dose 3/4 of a drop of the original molarity solution every day because one drop would go over the recommended dosage. I don't use Zeovit or any other fancy products, I do have a calcium reactor though. As for the salt I use Tropic Marin Pro and mix it in a plastic bucket for a day with a heater. While mixing I add dkh buffer and calcium. I also add a lot of magnesium in the tank, not in the bucket because it makes all the calcium parcipitate out of solution.

[downhillbiker]

Your tank is SICK!!! What kind of lighting do you have? Looks much bigger than 80 gallons, nice aquascape and nice corals.

[sixtygallon212]

Thanks. I use Phoenix 250 watt double ended halides. They haven't been changed for over 18 months and are still good. I also have T5's and T12's.

[sixtygallon212]

I found some three month old macro pictures on a cd and wanted to share them. Not all are sps but this is what I have.

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LPS:

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I will try and get my friend Alex to take some new photos as soon as possible for some growth pics.

[rwhitmore1987]

Thats some crazy color in that tank, its like a painting, well done!

[glennr1978]

great tank!!! TOTM worthy for sure!!

[Sardaukar]

Amazing tank! I love the lyretail school, your plumbing and especially that stand/canopy combo is great and those different color layered monti's are beautiful - great tank!

[Haeun]

Your tank is absolutely beautiful, and a huge inspiration. Thank you for sharing!

[sixtygallon212]

I am having my biology teacher come and take some photos of my tank this week. I excited because he is an excellent photographer. I will let everyone know when I get them up. Thanks for looking.

[dr.darkness]

It's a beauty thanks for sharing.

[eaglesrx]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15113481#post15113481 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sixtygallon212
I am having my biology teacher come and take some photos of my tank this week. I excited because he is an excellent photographer. I will let everyone know when I get them up. Thanks for looking.

Great! I can't wait for updates!! This is definitely one of the best tanks I've seen in a long time!!

[Reef18Keeper]

looks great if you ask me.

[kraziezx]

I am jealous.

[elijaher]

great lookin tank.

[QueenOfTheReef]

OMG! You should be so proud. Those colors are something else!

[SBJim]

I'd love to see it in person sometime. Anything here interest you? I'm pruning tomorrow morning (Sunday, June 21).

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=15229264#post15229264

[burton14e7]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15004299#post15004299 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sixtygallon212
I found some three month old macro pictures on a cd and wanted to share them. Not all are sps but this is what I have.



LPS:

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What is this? You're the first person I've ever seen with them also. I've had two color morphs of it. It appears to be a mix between a blasto and a lobo and it has weird tentacles that come from the center ring. Mine have their own skeletons like candy canes. Curious if yours do also or if they just look like my mystery coral.

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[WILLIAM2]

WOW thats a great set up, and I really like the assortment of colors you have going on.

[jackson6745]

Beautiful growth. Well done!

[spleify]

Great photography work

[sixtygallon212]

Sorry to everyone that is waiting for new pictures, my teacher has been flaking and I don't own a good camera. I am trying my hardest to find someone that I think can take good pictures.

SBJim
Thanks for the coral offers but I have no room for new corals as of now. If you want to come and look at my tank I would be glad to show it to you. You can PM me if you want and we can set up a time.

burton14e7
I believe the coral you are asking about is an Australian Lobo. I got it from my store and I know it is from Australia, really nice coral and we are both lucky to have one as Australia is stricked on their exports.

[29reef]

Craig I can maybe borrow one of my dads cameras from work. He's got some nice stuff.

[Reefer08]

Wow very nice tank! All your sps are very colorful! Looking at your tank makes me want to add more fish to my tank :D

[naz42]

Sweet tank and nice camera skillz!!!!!

[150er]

awesome.

[erid]

Beautiful Tank!

Can you share some information on your lighting, supplementation, Etc?

[sixtygallon212]

THANKS EVERYONE!

erid:
My lighting specs can be found towards the front of the thread. I feed 5 cubes daily of hykari size frozen mysis/brine and two cubes of rotifes with one mL of selcon. I add DT's and marine snow about twice a week. I also add iodine, iron, magnesium, and amino acids daily.

[sixtygallon212]

I got a new reeflow snapper close loop pump to replace my iwaki 100mdx. The iwaki is a great pump but used to much power and created to much heat. I have had the snapper for less than a week and love the flow and how quit it is, but the seal has already started to leak. I guess it was mishandled in shipping. Does anyone else have this pump? I must say reeflow has good customer service so far, but I am still concerned about my choice.

[Son Nhon]

WOW.....

[flying_dutchman]

Awesome!

[sixtygallon212]

Here are some tank down shots without the aquarium lights. A full spectrum remote flash was used so the corals in the pictures look like they would if seen in the wild.

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Thank you Larry for taking the photos!

[29reef]

Those photos are pretty neat dude.

[Chris_SG]

wow that tank is beautiful
congratulations !!!!!!!

[Chris_SG]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15510605#post15510605 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sixtygallon212
Here are some tank down shots without the aquarium lights. A full spectrum remote flash was used so the corals in the pictures look like they would if seen in the wild.

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Thank you Larry for taking the photos!

OMG what a corals!!!!!!

[Reefer Brian]

Nice pics/growth...

[sixtygallon212]

Thanks Guys! My friend took some growth pics for me the other night. I just need to swing by his house to pic up the cd and I will post them.

[sixtygallon212]

New pics! I got a new camera that I am testing out. Here are some new pictures I took with it.

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[sixtygallon212]

More!

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[Ian]

You gotta post a pic of my favorite lobo in the lps forum...

[sixtygallon212]

Just for you Ian

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[29reef]

To think that lobo was saved from my refugium all those years ago, it just goes to show what a little tlc can do for a coral.

Craig, I have a copy of photoshop 9.0 cs2 if your interested. I can show you how to use some of the more basic features in it to help out the photos a bit. It's a large program so let me know.

[philipchan]

Your tank looks so good.
May i ask you what camera you using?
Also what set up on it?
I recently got a FUJIFILM S1500, but I can't take good pics out of my tank,~_~

[sixtygallon212]

I don't know that much about cameras, but the first set of pictures where taken with a Canon 20D. The macro shots were taken by my friend that is a professional photographer and he uses a Canon 5D MarkII. The tank down shots were also taken with a Canon 5D MarkII. The camera I used on the last set of shots was a Canon 10D. The main concepts to focus on are the white ballance and aperature that I have found but I am no expert.

[philipchan]

Thanks!
Some how my 20K 150 MHl doesn't look any purple / blue
looks like day light :(
what kind of lighting are you using?
I'm just curious, have you had any SPS grow above your water? :P
Coz I see your SPS are so close to the top

[sixtygallon212]

what kind of lighting are you using? I'm just curious, have you had any SPS grow above your water?
I have a three stage lighting system with T-12's for 12hrs a day, T-5's for 10hrs a day, and two 250watt halides for 6hrs a day running pheonix bulbs. I have several corals that have grown to the serface, but they don't grow out of the water. They grow to the top and then mushroom out.

[Tater11]

great looking tank

[André Silvestre]

Beautiful tank you´ve got there.
Really well matured.

Can we get a recent FTS please? :)


Regards,
André

[sixtygallon212]

great looking tank
Thank you Tater11!

[sixtygallon212]

Can we get a recent FTS please?

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I took this last night. It is not the best representaion but I think the picture came out ok. I am redoing the left side of the tank. I cut the XL purple haze to give room to some more exciting corals. I made a shelf about half way down the tank bellow the purple haze and want to put either some LPS or encrusting montis.

[CaliReefer12]

whatsup Craig. The tank looks awesome man. Thats a great setup. By the way, that picture of the duncan on pg.3 looks pretty farmiliar, haha. Just like the one on the card in my wallet.
heres a few pics of my tank before I sold it and moved to SB.

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[Tater11]

awesome tank great job.

[sixtygallon212]

Wow Ryan, you weren't kidding about having a large rose bulb! That toadstool is gigantic too. I have seen that duncan somewhere else as well:twitch:. Keep in touch!

[sixtygallon212]

I wanted to share some growth pics.

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9 months later (Tyree Undata)
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I got it at about the size of a dime and now it's a dollar!

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9 months later (Oregon Tort.)
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My semi new Ice Fire Echinata. I got it about 3 months ago as a small frag. It starting to take off so I am getting excited!
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[Ian]

Looks great Craig, Ill hit you up...

[cecilturtle]

Craig,

Just wondering if I misread you....I think you stated Phoenix bulbs at 18 months old still good. Have you checked their output recently or do you think the tables are pretty high and getting adequate coverage? Just wondering as I run mine on mag bal. and don't get near the life.

[sixtygallon212]

I replaced them at about 20 months. I use Icecap ballasts and they run for 6 hours a day. When I had Aqua Medic magnetic ballasts the bulbs lasted about half as long.

[njfish77]

what bulb combination are you using?

[cecilturtle]

Craig- good to know, thanks. BTW, your tank is beautiful.

[madimod]

how does the tank look with just the phoenix bulbs ?

[sixtygallon212]

"cecilturtle Craig- good to know, thanks. BTW, your tank is beautiful. "
Thanks!

The bulb combo I use is 12hrs of 2x coralife actinic T12 non VHO, 8hrs of 1x 03 blue and 1x 460nm hamilton T5, and 6hrs of pheonix 15K powered by icecap ballasts. I never have ran just the halides but I love these bulbs and I think they would look great. I also like the megachrome 20k bulbs if you don't have any other lights.

[BrooksReef]

Tried to model my tank somewhat like this. Absolute favorite tank on RC :)

[CorkPullerPHL]

sweet tank. really.

[reefsahoy]

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Nice tank! love the maturity and aquascape. The dimensions of the tank is pretty cool too! can you get a bigger FTS shot?

[E.intheC]

awesome tank. Really nice aquascaping. I like the 'layered' look your tank brings. Beautiful colors.

[Walter Costa]

great looking tank!

[sixtygallon212]

Thanks Everyone!
"BrooksReef Tried to model my tank somewhat like this. Absolute favorite tank on RC "
I really appreciate your post. It makes me want to envest even more time into my tank.

[Jmason95]

I find myself from time to time coming back to this thread to peep out your tank. Absolutely beautiful. Any recent pics?

[Rickyrooz1]

Nice tank

[sixtygallon212]

Sorry for the long wait on the replies, I have been busy and haven't been on RC for a while. Their are more pictures on aquariumsciencesb.com and I will try and take some new ones for everyone soon! The tank has grown out significantly more. I almost wish that the corals grew a little slower because every week I am having to alter the tank by cutting chunks of coral off. Thank you to everyone that has commented on my tank, I really appreciate it.:fun4:

[buy_baff]

Awesome tank man! I just have one concern... Is that a cat food and water bowl my the tank on page 2? Anyway very cool tank great job!