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Tank of the Month - October 2005
This month we are featuring Jose Dieck's (jdieck) beautiful reef aquarium:
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Very nice tank!
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The tank looks better in person. It is one of the best tanks I have seen.
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Great tank thanks for the look
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All I can say is wow!!! Awesome!!
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I thought I had seen everyone's tank here on RC, but this was a surprise. What an awesome tank...mature growth on everything. I think this is what we all strive for in our tanks. Simply amazing!!!
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VERY NICE! MY FAVORITE TANK OF THE MONTH SINCE I STARTED REEDING THE RK MAGAZINE!
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Holy acros. Very nice tank, one of the more impressive I have ever seen.
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I just can't believe how big your acros are! A truly amazing tank. What kind of roids are you giving those things. I need to get my tank some of them.
Dan
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Jose,
Your tank is truly amazing! The proportion of all the corals to one another, as well as the space that you have allowed them to have to grow and mature to the point they are now is absolutely stunning! Congrats! |
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Excellent setup there Jose! You have outdone yourself. What a beautiful mixed reef tank.
My head is spinning from reading your setup. I think I am going to try and sleep now if that is at all possible since my head is swimming in reef heaven after looking at your tank and all the wonderful equipment you have running. Isn't it funny that we do a lot to maintain our systems and think of it as not much work since it is something we just do as part of our daily routine.
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Excellent choice RC,, his commentary was down to earth and made for excellent reading..Its good to hear that sucessfull tanks, like this one,, Included some disasters at the start..Beautifull tank and excellently written..
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I must say that this tank is very, very impressive when visiting in person. Jeremy: next year @ IMAC, you MUST have Jose give you the tour.
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I was just as impressed with you tank as I was with your write up. GREAT JOB!!
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It is really part of ocean.. Great.....
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Asolutely amazing system. I have been fortunate enough to see this in person and it is breath taking to say the least. Jose is the most helpful and generous person I've met in this hobby. Congratulations on the honor of TOTM!
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Great tank. Huge acro's
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Jose,
Congratulations on TOTM ![]()
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Jose,
Congrats on making TOTM. A picture of your tank and cabinetry that I saw almost 2 years ago is what inspired my wife and I to start plannig our room divider tank as part of a kitchen remodeling project. I'm still light years behind you, but thanks for getting me started in the right direction. Jeff
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awesome looking tank!
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Truly an inspiring and amazing tank Jose!! Congradulations!
![]() I have a 150 gal tank that is just starting out. My fans are very noisy, How did you quite yours?? |
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Very nice. Gives me and everyone a reality check of just how big these corals can be if not fragged....
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Ditto on all the above! Great tank!
I have to say that I really enjoyed reading the article about your tank. I snickered a few times at your humor (tread mill), and your titles to each section were very funny! Thanks for sharing... |
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That is an amazing tank. I never knew such a thing exsisted outside of a zoo. The amount of time and effort is crazy but well worth it. Great tank.
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