Tank of the Month - June '05
 

This month we are featuring Marshal Smethers' (CAReefer) beautiful reef aquarium:

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-0...RChomepage.jpg

More details can be found here or by clicking on the picture above.

Congratulations, Marshal!

I'm not sure if Marshal will see this, but Spectrapure now has a "PTD valve" to fix the "reduce TDS creep through the feed line" problem. Here is the link http://www.spectrapure.com/manuals/PTD_O&M_00.pdf

I am anxious about installing it.

Incredible tank by the way!!!

what a lovely tank you have there marshal, grats guy
i'm planning to have the same dims on my new tank

cheerz:fish2:

Thanks for that link Brian, I will look into it.

Marshal, what kind of salt do you use...I'm just curious.

Congratulations there Marshall, beautiful set-up.

Great job on the presentation also, Skip is a great guy to work with isn't he.........

John

Thanks all. Brian, I have been using Reef Crystals since day 1. I have used a little Oceanic while waiting for RC at the LFS. But experienced an algae bloom.

just wondering.
what is your ph?

A beautiful tank and thank you for the lovely layout and history of your current and past experiences.

hindsight
 

What would you have not done if you redid this tank?

Marshal, nice tank. I was just in Paso last week. Is keeping the tank cool an issue like us Central Valley folks? I noticed that it really makes a difference where you live in Paso as far as temp goes.

Wow...beautiful tank! Congratulations on a job well done. :)

Congratulations great looking tank.

ditto, and thats an awesome derasa clam!

Thanks all for the wonderful comments. I have just a minute so I will blast through the questions. I will be back tommorrow for any follow up if necessary.

Phenix,- ph runs from 7.95 at night to 8.2 and end of photo period.

gwrlzmylife,- I will get into this one tommorrow.

TacoCat,- Yes temps get to be an issue. Just now climbing to 82+ in the late afternoon. Few mods in the works.

Congratulations! Very nice tank.

I read your website just a few days ago and surprisingly, you are tank of the month now. :)

Beautiful tank! Congrats on tank of the month. Very deserving.

Al

Congratulations, that may be the size of my next tank, I have a 125g and would love to have that extra depth, it's also good to see a gorgeous SPS tank with fish in the tank.

Great looking tank Marshal. Just wondering if you had any more info on modifying your Euroreef CS CS12-2? I have been considering do that to mine.

Thanks,

Jared

Very nice. Congrats on having the tank of the month.

Great tank. Very nice aquascape and corals. Congrats on being featured. :) :dance:

Great tank!! I'm wondering where you get the magnesium pro korallin reactor media from?

i'm lovin it.......well planned and executed....

Congratulations! Beautiful tank.

Can you comment on your substrate? What material, how deep, and what cleaning, if any do you do?

never seen a monti grown so........ big congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!