NAGA's Tank

[Pacific Reefs]

Hey NAGA we need to see more pics of your tank. I'll start with the only one I could find...awesome tank BTW.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a297/PacReef/DSC00251.jpg

[NickP123]

anyone know how big that tank is?

[Pacific Reefs]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7840703#post7840703 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by NickP123
anyone know how big that tank is?

hopefully someone can let us know.

[Atlantis Aquariums]

Is this a picture of NAGA in Marylands 750 gallon?

Marvin

[Pacific Reefs]

I believe so....hopefully we can see some more pix of it.

[Atlantis Aquariums]

I was at his house a few weeks ago and it looks a whole lot different now:)

Marvin

[Pacific Reefs]

Marvin get back there and share some pix with us! I know he is pretty busy :)


Tom

[Atlantis Aquariums]

I would have liked to get by his house today but could not make it. He had a few people over to see the reef. Maybe when he gets a moment he can post a current picture.

Marvin

[demeyer2]

what tang is that? it looks like a yellow mature chevron tang. it's gorgeous! i would love to see more pics of his tank

[Yomeister66]

There should be some pics coming up since he hosted a tank tour this weekend....stay tuned...

Total system is 750, display tank is 500 and something.

[just dave]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7851739#post7851739 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by demeyer2
what tang is that? it looks like a yellow mature chevron tang. it's gorgeous! i would love to see more pics of his tank

I believe it's an Acanthurus pyroferus.

[WDLV]

Are you talking about the Mimic Tang slightly to the right of center?

[demeyer2]

Yup that's the one. First time I've see one, really interesting looking. Thanks guys!

[Pacific Reefs]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7853407#post7853407 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Yomeister66
There should be some pics coming up since he hosted a tank tour this weekend....stay tuned...

Total system is 750, display tank is 500 and something.

Yes please post pics when you get a chance or direct us to the thread that has them. :)

[Yomeister66]

EBR4 took these pics and posted them on the CMAS-MD site. More to come hopefully.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/NAGA1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/NAGA2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/NAGA3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/NAGA4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/NAGA5.jpg

The following two pics are of my tank which was put together with the help of, and instructions from, NAGA (OK,...so I want to show off a bit)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/NAGA6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/NAGA7.jpg

Hope you enjoy them.

Cheers,

Johan

[WDLV]

Wow! It was a nice looking system when I last saw it a few years ago. It has filled in even more since then. The the mixed coral growth is very natural looking.

[thor32766]

wow gorgeous tank!

[Yomeister66]

OK folks, per your requests four (4) consecutive posts of pics, compliments of Hassan M.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_1902.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_1905.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_1911.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_1912.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_1916.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_1917.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_1919.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_1922.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_1931.jpg

[Yomeister66]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_1934.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_1935.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_1939.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_1946.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_1948.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_1950.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_1953.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_1962.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_1969.jpg

[Yomeister66]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_1974.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_1979.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_1986.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_2016.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_2018.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_2030.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_2031.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_2036.jpg

[Yomeister66]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_2058.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_2060.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_2063.jpg

[WDLV]

Thanks Johann & Hassan. Great pics!

[Pacific Reefs]

:bounce1: :bounce3: :beer:

Johan thank you for coming to the rescue with the amazing pictures. Do share some more of your tank as well...I can't believe how awesome these tanks are!

[Yomeister66]

Pacific, glad you like them. Can't take credit for taking the pics, just for posting them. (NAGA is kinda busy this week and I'm stuck on the couch recuperating from ACL surgery so I figured I better make good use of my spare time here). Anyway, here are some pics of my 110: (same photographer..our tank tours were on the same day)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_2080.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_2085.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_2087.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_2095.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_2096.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_2100.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_2105.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_2108.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/Cargoplt/IMG_2110.jpg

[WDLV]

Yours has also come a long way since I last saw it! You've got a lot of nice colors in there! Beautiful Johan!

[bagedtaco]

i love that tang. i've heard it called a mimic tang...

which one exactly is it?

[Yomeister66]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7876481#post7876481 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by WetSleeves
Yours has also come a long way since I last saw it! You've got a lot of nice colors in there! Beautiful Johan!

Thanks Walt. Any time you want to stop by you're more than welcome to.

[WDLV]

I may take you up on that. I take Tae Kwon Do Classes in the 'dena. If you don't mind a sweaty Ba5tard stopping by....

[Pacific Reefs]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7876466#post7876466 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Yomeister66
Pacific, glad you like them. Can't take credit for taking the pics, just for posting them. (NAGA is kinda busy this week and I'm stuck on the couch recuperating from ACL surgery so I figured I better make good use of my spare time here). Anyway, here are some pics of my 110: (same photographer..our tank tours were on the same day)


Oh sorry missed that part since I was drooling over the pictures. Thanks so much for posting them. Man your 110 is packed! I love it. Do you have any full tank shots showing the bartop that NAGA has if he still has it?

[Atlantis Aquariums]

Great pictures of NAGA's tank. I really like the lights:D

Marvin

[Yomeister66]

Walt,

After work-out appearance is not a problem. I should be more mobile in a few days so stop on by.

Marvin,

Yes, those lights are sweet. Wonder where he got them (-:. Gotta love German engineering.


<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7879700#post7879700 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Pacific Reefs
Oh sorry missed that part since I was drooling over the pictures. Thanks so much for posting them. Man your 110 is packed! I love it. Do you have any full tank shots showing the bartop that NAGA has if he still has it?

Pacific,

Yes, my tank is a bit packed. (All locally obtained frags...they really took off after I switched to T5).

The bartop is still the same as in your pic. (It's one of the great design features of the tank in my opinion). Don't have any recent "full frontal" pics. The tours over the weekend were well attended and it was pretty much impossible to get a clean shot.


Wow.....does this make me the official NAGA spokesperson...cuz if it does I need a raise!! :D

[JerseyReef]

Was that a Domino Damsel in one of the earlier photo's?! :eek2:

That was one of my first fish I bought when I first got into the hobby. That's one mean fish!!!

[WDLV]

I think the term I heard Walt Smith using at the last MACNA was fitting. He calls them Marine Pirannah.

[moga]

Great tank!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wow..

[Pacific Reefs]

Johan can you tell me more about your T5 setup such as brand and how many bulbs. I am very interested in T5s since I have seen your tank pictures. I'm sure the heat is not as much as an issue as with MH.

-Tom

[Yomeister66]

Tom,

This thread shows my conversion from MH to T5: http://cmas-md.org/forums/showthread.php?t=54416

You're right, the heat is a lot less...I noticed my chiller is not coming on nearly as often.

[Atlantis Aquariums]

Hopefully NAGA will find this thread soon. I mentioned it to him today when we were on the phone;)

Marvin

[Yomeister66]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7887190#post7887190 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Atlantis Aquariums
Hopefully NAGA will find this thread soon. I mentioned it to him today when we were on the phone;)

Marvin

Yup, apparently his computer is down until approximately monday. As soon as it gets fixed, "The Man" himself will make a cameo here. :D

[NAGA]

Wow! this caught me off guard a bit.

I apologize to those that have been asking for pics and having to wait as long as this to get them. I have just been so busy with work the last couple of months. Many thanks to hmore for taking the pics with that super camera. Thanks also going out to Yomeister for taking on what amounts to being a spokesperson for what is shown.

Anyway, that tang (Mimic) that everyone comments on I have had for about 8yrs now. It is definitely a stand out in the crowd of tangs in the tank. I believe there is now 9 different types of tangs in the tank and by far he is noticed by visitors the most. I am pretty much "tanged out" but, I do have plans for a Gem Tang at the end of the year.


The lights are Giesemann system 400 twins which are a relatively new light for Giesemann. The two pendants house two 400 watt lamps in a side by side configuration. Thusly they amount to a pair of 800 watt fixtures. I can't say enough about the quality of the lights and with the ability to have different Kelvin bulbs in one fixture. There is also the ability to control each bulb in the fixture which give a ramping up and down in light intensity over the course of a day. I purchased these lights from Atlantis Aquariums in Richmond Va. (Marvin) They did not take long to get once they were ordered. Love the lights!

The system is just under 5yrs old now and for the rest of the equipment:

Skimming: Bubble King 500
Ca Reactor: Deltec PF1000
Kalk: Deltec KM500S dosed by a Aquamedic peristaltic pump
Phosphate/Carbon: Rowaphos through a Deltec FR509
circulation pump: Eheim 1262
water motion: 6 Tunze pumps with a 7095 controller

that is pretty much it. I feed the tank at least once a day with a bowl of food. There are just under 50 fish in the tank now and none of this would be possible IMO without great skimming.

Yomeister's tank I can say is the absolute most beautiful tank lit with flourescent lighting that I have every seen. It it truely amazing to see the fantastic colors he has. The pics do not give it nearly the justice it deserves. I have seen this tank evolve and grow in and it really is enjoyable to sit in front of (with a beer of course) and relax(and a FYI Yomeister always has plenty of beer).

[Pacific Reefs]

NAGA thanks for chiming in. I love your tank and it will definitely inspire me to do my next project. If you have time to post a pic of the front with the bar that would be appreciated.

Tom

[thor32766]

wow that thing is unreal

[hmoore]

Jeff, I'm certain that I have a few more pictures somewhere. I may just have a problem locating them. I see that my margarita glass has gone worldwide.

Johan, I wish that I would have taken more pics. The house was just jam packed.

[NAGA]

Sounds good.........would love to see more. Yes, Yomeister's house was packed!

[ChunksInClemson]

I'll be there....but just for the budlight. But with tanks like that, you guys probably don't drink budlight.

BTW....sweet tanks!

[NAGA]

LOL!!!............I like my amber ale :) and I have the gut to prove how much!

[Pacific Reefs]

Naga how is that tank doing? Any updates?

[NAGA]

tank is being dismantled this Saturday due to the house being sold

[Pacific Reefs]

Oh man! Well it was beautiful and if you set it up again or get a new one let us know. It still is my favorite tank.

[GMFett]

naga- did you just say dismantled? :( sad to see her go i'm sure! beautiful mixed reef!

what about the new sump you built? are you setting up a different tank?

[mcegelsk]

Jeff,

I'd like to thank you for a great time and some excellent corals!!! Thank you! Just wanted to share the few pics I took while I was there, amazing tank even though you were already breaking it down, that Naso was amazing as well!!!

~Matt (Tall Matt)

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/mcegelsk/Fish/DSC01618.jpg

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/mcegelsk/Fish/DSC01617.jpg

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/mcegelsk/Fish/DSC01616.jpg

[mcegelsk]

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/mcegelsk/Fish/DSC01615.jpg

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[mcegelsk]

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/mcegelsk/Fish/DSC01611.jpg

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http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/mcegelsk/Fish/DSC01606.jpg

[ClownBubbaJoe]

Lets please update this very interesting subject !

[WDLV]

that tank was taken down a few years ago.

[ClownBubbaJoe]

I did see that he was tearing it down to move, but was hoping he started it up again. Bummer !

Thanks though !

[WDLV]

If memory serves, after failing to re-home it, he opted to break it apart with a sledge hammer... partly to test the seam strength. It wouldn't break along the seams. That's pretty good integrity.