Just wanted to share some recent pics of my 90.

Emster · 05/14/2007, 07:12 PM

Hope you like them....

Emster · 05/14/2007, 07:14 PM

Left side....

Emster · 05/14/2007, 07:16 PM

Right side

Emster · 05/14/2007, 07:19 PM

I built this myself out of maple....

mpoletti · 05/14/2007, 07:19 PM

I love crowded tanks

Emster · 05/14/2007, 07:25 PM

I don't like crowded tanks but I do love corals. My sand bed is usually a little more open, in those pics I have frags on the sand that I'm selling. I'm trying to get a frag tank going that will be plumbed into this system. Can't wait!

Emster · 05/14/2007, 07:29 PM

Sorry about all the posts, I can't seem to get more than one pic in each post.

Dejavu · 05/14/2007, 07:31 PM

Looks great!

murphreef · 05/14/2007, 07:43 PM

awesome set up looks very matured ill take a frag of everything sent to my doorstep love the thick blue acro

Emster · 05/14/2007, 07:57 PM

Thanks guys. The blue one is a ORA blue tort and the big one behind it is a ORA scripps stag. That stag grows like a weed and it has grown over half way around the tort. I frag it all the time, I actually give free frags of it away. The one just to the right is ORA orange digi that has some of its polyps retracted in the pic and just found out the problem with it the other day. I had two nano streams blowing at each other from opposite sides of the tank and coming together right at the digi. It did not like that. Live and learn!

cwegescheide · 05/14/2007, 08:02 PM

Oh man Emster that is REALLY nice... Chad said you had an incredible tank. I like the Maple too. How many Nanostreams do you have in there? Got some specs on that? How long have you had that tank running?

Chris

murphreef · 05/14/2007, 08:03 PM

deffinately some nice growth for sure

Emster · 05/14/2007, 08:13 PM

That reminds me I have to get Chad a frag of that stag. He's got a nice tank too, his zoas are awesome. I got 3 nanos in there two 6025's and a 6045. Also have two sea swirls with about 900gph going though them. The tank is just over two years old. I let my halides get old on me because I could not find the aquaconnects anywhere, but i found some recently and the growth is starting to come back especially on the tort.

saltycreefer · 05/14/2007, 08:15 PM

That's an awesome aquarium. Keep it up!

SDguy · 05/14/2007, 09:41 PM

Great pics! Nice to see that the ORA blue tort will grow so stag like....I was worried I got another super bushy coral, judging from the shape of the frag

Did yours require excessive pruning to achieve that shape?

Oldude · 05/14/2007, 09:48 PM

Nice stuff.

plyle02 · 05/14/2007, 11:32 PM

Very nice Emster, especially love that blue tort, I have one as well, cannot wait to see it grow out. That's one sweet tank man....

reefez · 05/15/2007, 12:34 AM

Very nice looking reef.

Emster · 05/15/2007, 04:28 AM

I have only fragged the ora blue tort a couple of times. Thanks for the compliments guys. Please feel free to ask any questions if you like, I will try and post some new pics tonight. This is a old shot of the sump....

dobly_1999 · 05/15/2007, 06:05 AM

Do you have plants and sand in your sump? Are your Tunzes on a controller? Describe your system perameters. As for your light, what is your photo period? I have a 90 gallon that is 6 months old. I can't wait until it matures.

SDguy · 05/15/2007, 06:49 AM

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Originally posted by Emster
I have only fragged the ora blue tort a couple of times. Thanks for the compliments guys. Please feel free to ask any questions if you like, I will try and post some new pics tonight. This is a old shot of the sump....

Yay! A fellow I-have-everything-in-the-stand-except-the-kitchen-sink reefer

Emster · 05/15/2007, 05:21 PM

Well not everything is in the stand : )

This is in the garage right behind the tank. The big barrel up top is for RO/DI water. The 20 gallon tank below that is for mixed up salt water. It is all gravity fed, for a water change all I have to do is turn some valves and I'm done. I have a waste line to the street under the drive and yard. No buckets.

DaddyJax · 05/15/2007, 05:25 PM

Dang Emmit! You couldn't get much more in there!! Looks GREAT! I hope to see it soon!

RedEyeElf · 05/15/2007, 05:34 PM

You still have more stuff in your stand Peter

Emster · 05/15/2007, 05:35 PM

dobly- no sand or plants in sump. Tunzes are on a timer. The two 6025 are on during the day and the 6045 is on at night. My photo period is.....

One 110watt VHO super actinic and two 55watt PC 03 actinics on at 10:00am and off at 10:00pm(12 hours)

two 55watt PC 10K's on at 11:00am and off at 5:00pm (6 hours).

Two 250watt SE aquaconnects 14k's on at 5:00pm and off at 10:00pm.(5 hours) These bulbs are new so in a week I will probably go up to 6 hours and has they age maybe go up to 7.5

Another pic...

05/14/2007, 07:12 PM	#1
Emster Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Largo, FL Posts: 2,364	Just wanted to share some recent pics of my 90. Hope you like them....

05/14/2007, 07:19 PM	#5
mpoletti You'll never walk alone Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sacramento, Ca Posts: 18,245	I love crowded tanks __________________ -Mark a.) I believe... The curse is a reality b.) Fish poop is your friend c.) Why chase numbers? #CoralsLiketoDisco #ReefSerenity

05/14/2007, 07:25 PM	#6
Emster Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Largo, FL Posts: 2,364	I don't like crowded tanks but I do love corals. My sand bed is usually a little more open, in those pics I have frags on the sand that I'm selling. I'm trying to get a frag tank going that will be plumbed into this system. Can't wait! __________________ Emmett Jan. 09 TOTM Current Tank Info: 180 gal, Iwaki 70, 4-3/4" sea swirls, 3-400 watt Radiums, 4-80watt T-5's , custom Ca reactor, 1/3hp aqualogic chiller, i-Tech 400, Tunze osmolator

05/14/2007, 07:43 PM	#9
murphreef Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: simi valley Posts: 3,208	awesome set up looks very matured ill take a frag of everything sent to my doorstep love the thick blue acro __________________ Justin Current Tank Info: 25G cube (finally back in the hobby in a small way)

05/14/2007, 07:57 PM	#10
Emster Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Largo, FL Posts: 2,364	Thanks guys. The blue one is a ORA blue tort and the big one behind it is a ORA scripps stag. That stag grows like a weed and it has grown over half way around the tort. I frag it all the time, I actually give free frags of it away. The one just to the right is ORA orange digi that has some of its polyps retracted in the pic and just found out the problem with it the other day. I had two nano streams blowing at each other from opposite sides of the tank and coming together right at the digi. It did not like that. Live and learn! __________________ Emmett Jan. 09 TOTM Current Tank Info: 180 gal, Iwaki 70, 4-3/4" sea swirls, 3-400 watt Radiums, 4-80watt T-5's , custom Ca reactor, 1/3hp aqualogic chiller, i-Tech 400, Tunze osmolator

05/14/2007, 07:14 PM	#2
Emster Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Largo, FL Posts: 2,364	Left side....

05/14/2007, 07:16 PM	#3
Emster Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Largo, FL Posts: 2,364	Right side

05/14/2007, 07:29 PM	#7
Emster Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Largo, FL Posts: 2,364	Sorry about all the posts, I can't seem to get more than one pic in each post.

05/14/2007, 07:31 PM	#8
Dejavu ReefKeeping Mag staff Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,423	Looks great!

05/14/2007, 08:02 PM	#11
cwegescheide YOU have been ignored! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 5,231	Oh man Emster that is REALLY nice... Chad said you had an incredible tank. I like the Maple too. How many Nanostreams do you have in there? Got some specs on that? How long have you had that tank running? Chris

05/14/2007, 08:03 PM	#12
murphreef Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: simi valley Posts: 3,208	deffinately some nice growth for sure __________________ Justin Current Tank Info: 25G cube (finally back in the hobby in a small way)

05/14/2007, 08:13 PM	#13
Emster Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Largo, FL Posts: 2,364	That reminds me I have to get Chad a frag of that stag. He's got a nice tank too, his zoas are awesome. I got 3 nanos in there two 6025's and a 6045. Also have two sea swirls with about 900gph going though them. The tank is just over two years old. I let my halides get old on me because I could not find the aquaconnects anywhere, but i found some recently and the growth is starting to come back especially on the tort. __________________ Emmett Jan. 09 TOTM Current Tank Info: 180 gal, Iwaki 70, 4-3/4" sea swirls, 3-400 watt Radiums, 4-80watt T-5's , custom Ca reactor, 1/3hp aqualogic chiller, i-Tech 400, Tunze osmolator

05/14/2007, 08:15 PM	#14
saltycreefer Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Fairfield,CT Posts: 1,696	That's an awesome aquarium. Keep it up! __________________ I love being a turtle!!! Current Tank Info: Got out of tanks for a little while.

05/14/2007, 09:41 PM	#15
SDguy Fish heads unite! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Diego Posts: 23,384	Great pics! Nice to see that the ORA blue tort will grow so stag like....I was worried I got another super bushy coral, judging from the shape of the frag Did yours require excessive pruning to achieve that shape? __________________ Peter SDMAS member Marine tanks since 1989. ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><((((º> Current Tank Info: 240g butterfly and angel FOWLR. 15g QT.

05/14/2007, 09:48 PM	#16
Oldude Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 4,479	Nice stuff. __________________ ______________________ Greg ~ June 2015 TOTM ~ ~ April 2010 TOTM ~

05/14/2007, 11:32 PM	#17
plyle02 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Lake Helen, FL Posts: 5,526	Very nice Emster, especially love that blue tort, I have one as well, cannot wait to see it grow out. That's one sweet tank man.... __________________ Perry "Anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die" ~Buddha~ Current Tank Info: 50 Gallon AIO Cube, Aquamaxx WS-1 Skimmer, LED/ Hybrid 4x24 watt t5

05/15/2007, 12:34 AM	#18
reefez Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Vancouver Wa. Posts: 845	Very nice looking reef. __________________ So many hobbies..So little time.. Current Tank Info: 125gal. 30gal. sump Octopus 3000 skimmer. Monster sailfin tang, purple Tang, yellow tang, Copperband Butterfly, Coral Beauty, Marine Beta, Pair of Vanuatu Tomato Clowns BB With 170lbs. LR

05/15/2007, 04:28 AM	#19
Emster Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Largo, FL Posts: 2,364	I have only fragged the ora blue tort a couple of times. Thanks for the compliments guys. Please feel free to ask any questions if you like, I will try and post some new pics tonight. This is a old shot of the sump....

05/15/2007, 06:05 AM	#20
dobly_1999 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Fort Luaderdale, FL Posts: 784	Do you have plants and sand in your sump? Are your Tunzes on a controller? Describe your system perameters. As for your light, what is your photo period? I have a 90 gallon that is 6 months old. I can't wait until it matures. __________________ All I want is a cube of the ocean in my home. Current Tank Info: Marineland 18x18x19 25g reef ready, sump, Euphotica 16 LED lights, SPS

05/15/2007, 05:21 PM	#22
Emster Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Largo, FL Posts: 2,364	Well not everything is in the stand : ) This is in the garage right behind the tank. The big barrel up top is for RO/DI water. The 20 gallon tank below that is for mixed up salt water. It is all gravity fed, for a water change all I have to do is turn some valves and I'm done. I have a waste line to the street under the drive and yard. No buckets.

05/15/2007, 05:25 PM	#23
DaddyJax Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Fort Collins, CO. Posts: 3,190	Dang Emmit! You couldn't get much more in there!! Looks GREAT! I hope to see it soon! __________________ Success is not measured by the person who has the most but by the person that needs the least!! Current Tank Info: Currently tankless :(

05/15/2007, 05:34 PM	#24
RedEyeElf Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 462	You still have more stuff in your stand Peter

05/15/2007, 05:35 PM	#25
Emster Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Largo, FL Posts: 2,364	dobly- no sand or plants in sump. Tunzes are on a timer. The two 6025 are on during the day and the 6045 is on at night. My photo period is..... One 110watt VHO super actinic and two 55watt PC 03 actinics on at 10:00am and off at 10:00pm(12 hours) two 55watt PC 10K's on at 11:00am and off at 5:00pm (6 hours). Two 250watt SE aquaconnects 14k's on at 5:00pm and off at 10:00pm.(5 hours) These bulbs are new so in a week I will probably go up to 6 hours and has they age maybe go up to 7.5 Another pic...