Australian Outdoor Reef - Page 2

Elliott · 04/25/2012, 04:26 PM

best sps coloration I've seen with natural sunlight, great job! you are essentially doing a 50% water change weekly, that must pay dividends in the health of your livestock

thanks for sharing with us!

dave540 · 04/25/2012, 05:13 PM

Awesome tank!

Ricardo Coelho · 04/25/2012, 05:41 PM

Fantastic!
It's like a dream.
The dance of the fishes hypnotize us...

ACRO AL · 04/25/2012, 05:46 PM

thanks for commentss zooty and elvischam

ACRO AL · 04/25/2012, 05:52 PM

thanks kinlayan.
The Uv was only to help the achilles get rid of a bit of whitespot.

Some will see my equipment setup and it will look too cheap for their liking. However My interest is purely in the top half... I buy and plumb in equipment to do a job behind the doors only,

I spend my time changing water - the simplest and cheapest way Ive ever found, not to mention since I started doing 50%, Ive had explosive coloration and growth, plus no algae build up, favourable responses from corals, and gained the ability to keep dendronepthya. I have had these for 4 months so far. I dont know whats in the new water, but whatever is, is in their favour.

I get the water with a fire pump, and its unfiltered, flowing through my system within a few hours of collecting. I dont really see parasites as a risk when collecting the water. Its quite clean here. The calcium is always around 400, dkh around 7, magnesium around 1000.

al

ACRO AL · 04/25/2012, 05:57 PM

The purple queens are the latest addition to the system. I have had them for 9 weeks.

They were hand collected on Great barrier reef on a sunday, and air freighted to me on the wednesday. In my tank within a few days of collection.

They only saw tiny things that moved... ate nothing except daily hatched artemia for 6 weeks, (8 grams of eggs a day at that!) slowly dripped through the system throughout the day, and in the last few weeks they are sampling brine and mysis, but not much of it.

They seem like quite tough fish in terms of whitespot and holding their ground - IF they eat...

ACRO AL · 04/25/2012, 06:00 PM

thanks mkbtank, elliot, dave540, and ricardo coelho.

50% change a week - unbeatable.

I feed 2 sheets of nori, 10 cubes of brine/mysis, and a handful of spectrum every day.

Nutrients zero - zilch - nothing - same as the seawater.

REGGAEX · 04/25/2012, 06:11 PM

that is one nice tank and setup.

borg · 04/25/2012, 09:34 PM

Awesome setup mate , Where do you collect your water from ?
Everything looks happy and healthy... Ive just setup a 50ltr tank for some clowns with CUC and im using NSW , levels are fine atm... only 6 weeks in tho... getting everything into a habbit before i setup my large tank which is awaiting some plumbing lol ....

i think my fav part of your tank is the sand looks fantastic

jarederaj · 04/25/2012, 09:42 PM

Anyone ever come into your yard and try to take stuff? Thats what I would be afraid of haha

nyknicks4412 · 04/25/2012, 10:04 PM

inspiring man...thanks for sharing. shows its not just possible to do it the natural way but maybe even better. totm

rpjaws74 · 04/25/2012, 10:49 PM

very impressive..

pgr11 · 04/25/2012, 10:56 PM

I'm in awe!!!!!! Super nice

ACRO AL · 04/26/2012, 02:19 AM

Thanks reggaex, borg, jarederaj,nyknicks4412, rpjaws74, and pgr11.

The sand is 7 months old! The sicce pumps keep it lightly dusting ontop of itself just in the right random way to keep algae buildup at bay.

I take my tank very seriously, and I would regret the outcome of an intruder in the yard.

Heres where I get water, google earth it.:
32° 8'10.76"S
115°44'44.33"E

dave.m · 04/26/2012, 06:09 AM

Gee, that doesn't look like Scotland at all.

Dave.M

ACRO AL · 04/26/2012, 08:24 AM

hah!
go into street view, you can see my seawater stains going across the street.

wowkingjames · 04/26/2012, 09:25 AM

Amazing tank, over whelm with all them corals and fish plus you sand is super white.

SPotter · 04/26/2012, 10:39 AM

WOW....amazing. I would love to have a tank outside...my wife would too so she could have her wall back

What kind of anthias are those and whats the male to female ratio?

the real fishman · 04/26/2012, 12:42 PM

this system is stunning. very well done its beautiful.

ziyaadb · 04/26/2012, 02:26 PM

AWESOME man just awesome.

Phishguy · 04/26/2012, 05:19 PM

wow! an incredible system!

geaux xman · 04/26/2012, 05:41 PM

Absolutely amazing. Thanks for the behind the scenes tour!

ACRO AL · 04/26/2012, 06:19 PM

thanks alot wowkingjames, spotter, the real fisherman, ziyaadb, phishguy, and geaux xman.

Pseudanthias kashiwae, dispar and tuka.

dispar 2 male 2 female
kashiwae 1 male 4 female (regret having these in the mix , a bit too agressive)
tuka 4 male 13 female

cheers
al

papdt · 04/26/2012, 08:40 PM

Subscribed

tntneon · 04/26/2012, 09:55 PM

+1 , amazing system , wish i could leave my tank outside on my porch , where it sits now waiting to be moved inside ...

greetingzz tntneon

04/25/2012, 04:26 PM	#26
Elliott Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 3,849	best sps coloration I've seen with natural sunlight, great job! you are essentially doing a 50% water change weekly, that must pay dividends in the health of your livestock thanks for sharing with us! __________________ Rodney Dangerfield - "I worked in a pet store and people would ask how big I would get." TOTM, March 2015 Current Tank Info: tank video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va1dI7mdnGU ,900g in wall mixed reef, another 500g sumps, 19 AI Sol LED's, 2 CL's w/VFD's controlled pumps to 24 eductors, 2 Tunze WB's, 2 Barr 5220's and RK2 25PE and BK500, etc

04/25/2012, 05:52 PM	#30
ACRO AL Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 138	thanks kinlayan. The Uv was only to help the achilles get rid of a bit of whitespot. Some will see my equipment setup and it will look too cheap for their liking. However My interest is purely in the top half... I buy and plumb in equipment to do a job behind the doors only, I spend my time changing water - the simplest and cheapest way Ive ever found, not to mention since I started doing 50%, Ive had explosive coloration and growth, plus no algae build up, favourable responses from corals, and gained the ability to keep dendronepthya. I have had these for 4 months so far. I dont know whats in the new water, but whatever is, is in their favour. I get the water with a fire pump, and its unfiltered, flowing through my system within a few hours of collecting. I dont really see parasites as a risk when collecting the water. Its quite clean here. The calcium is always around 400, dkh around 7, magnesium around 1000. al Last edited by ACRO AL; 04/25/2012 at 06:04 PM.

04/25/2012, 09:34 PM	#34
borg Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Perth , Western Australia Posts: 337	Awesome setup mate , Where do you collect your water from ? Everything looks happy and healthy... Ive just setup a 50ltr tank for some clowns with CUC and im using NSW , levels are fine atm... only 6 weeks in tho... getting everything into a habbit before i setup my large tank which is awaiting some plumbing lol .... i think my fav part of your tank is the sand looks fantastic __________________ Always learning and researching , i try to help out when i can with what little knowledge base i have acquired over the years Current Tank Info: 300g DT 5ft (4ft Sump 150g) , ATI Hybrid 8x54w 2xLED Cluster x2, Vortech MP40W x2& 2x Sicce Voyager 2 x Jaebo rw8 , Aqua Excel Skimmer , Sicce Syncra Pro Return

04/25/2012, 10:49 PM	#37
rpjaws74 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: El Paso, Texas Posts: 1,340	very impressive.. __________________ rpjaws Current Tank Info: 500 glln system/ Reef

04/26/2012, 06:09 AM	#40
dave.m Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Canadia Posts: 4,276	Gee, that doesn't look like Scotland at all. Dave.M __________________ My Gawd! It's full of corals! Current Tank Info: None. Nil. Zip. Nada.

04/25/2012, 05:13 PM	#27
dave540 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 70	Awesome tank!

04/25/2012, 05:41 PM	#28
Ricardo Coelho Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 27	Fantastic! It's like a dream. The dance of the fishes hypnotize us...

04/25/2012, 05:46 PM	#29
ACRO AL Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 138	thanks for commentss zooty and elvischam

04/25/2012, 05:57 PM	#31
ACRO AL Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 138	The purple queens are the latest addition to the system. I have had them for 9 weeks. They were hand collected on Great barrier reef on a sunday, and air freighted to me on the wednesday. In my tank within a few days of collection. They only saw tiny things that moved... ate nothing except daily hatched artemia for 6 weeks, (8 grams of eggs a day at that!) slowly dripped through the system throughout the day, and in the last few weeks they are sampling brine and mysis, but not much of it. They seem like quite tough fish in terms of whitespot and holding their ground - IF they eat...

04/25/2012, 06:00 PM	#32
ACRO AL Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 138	thanks mkbtank, elliot, dave540, and ricardo coelho. 50% change a week - unbeatable. I feed 2 sheets of nori, 10 cubes of brine/mysis, and a handful of spectrum every day. Nutrients zero - zilch - nothing - same as the seawater.

04/25/2012, 06:11 PM	#33
REGGAEX Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 55	that is one nice tank and setup.

04/25/2012, 09:42 PM	#35
jarederaj Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 64	Anyone ever come into your yard and try to take stuff? Thats what I would be afraid of haha

04/25/2012, 10:04 PM	#36
nyknicks4412 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 199	inspiring man...thanks for sharing. shows its not just possible to do it the natural way but maybe even better. totm

04/25/2012, 10:56 PM	#38
pgr11 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Hesperia,CA Posts: 256	I'm in awe!!!!!! Super nice

04/26/2012, 02:19 AM	#39
ACRO AL Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 138	Thanks reggaex, borg, jarederaj,nyknicks4412, rpjaws74, and pgr11. The sand is 7 months old! The sicce pumps keep it lightly dusting ontop of itself just in the right random way to keep algae buildup at bay. I take my tank very seriously, and I would regret the outcome of an intruder in the yard. Heres where I get water, google earth it.: 32° 8'10.76"S 115°44'44.33"E

04/26/2012, 08:24 AM	#41
ACRO AL Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 138	hah! go into street view, you can see my seawater stains going across the street.

04/26/2012, 09:25 AM	#42
wowkingjames Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 242	Amazing tank, over whelm with all them corals and fish plus you sand is super white.

04/26/2012, 10:39 AM	#43
SPotter Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Mt. Pleasant, SC Posts: 5,691	WOW....amazing. I would love to have a tank outside...my wife would too so she could have her wall back What kind of anthias are those and whats the male to female ratio? __________________ Steve Am I really doing all of this for a fish tank?????? Current Tank Info: 360g Envision Acrylic Tank, Closed Loops, Vectra L1's, MP40QD's, 400w Radiums, Regal 300ext, Dastaco Ext3 CaRx, Controlled by GHL Profilux

04/26/2012, 12:42 PM	#44
the real fishman BoomBoomClown Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 219	this system is stunning. very well done its beautiful. __________________ 'Standing on top of the world we hurl once more our challenge to the stars' ...

04/26/2012, 02:26 PM	#45
ziyaadb Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: South Africa - JHB Posts: 733	AWESOME man just awesome.

04/26/2012, 05:19 PM	#46
Phishguy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: springfield, ma Posts: 660	wow! an incredible system!

04/26/2012, 05:41 PM	#47
geaux xman Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Baton Rouge, LA Posts: 3,279	Absolutely amazing. Thanks for the behind the scenes tour! __________________ - Miracles 180g 60x30x23" rimless FOWLR - Youtube video: Miracles 180g March 2013

04/26/2012, 06:19 PM	#48
ACRO AL Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 138	thanks alot wowkingjames, spotter, the real fisherman, ziyaadb, phishguy, and geaux xman. Pseudanthias kashiwae, dispar and tuka. dispar 2 male 2 female kashiwae 1 male 4 female (regret having these in the mix , a bit too agressive) tuka 4 male 13 female cheers al

04/26/2012, 08:40 PM	#49
papdt Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bargara, QLD, Australia Posts: 16	Subscribed

04/26/2012, 09:55 PM	#50
tntneon SPSahollic Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: terneuzen , netherlands Posts: 875	+1 , amazing system , wish i could leave my tank outside on my porch , where it sits now waiting to be moved inside ... greetingzz tntneon __________________ May the flow be with you ! Current Tank Info: 154 G SPS dominated + 25 G sump ; lighting : 210 W LED XPG/XRE (sunrise) + 150 W T5 (bl+ , 15°K , fiji , bl+) ; skimmer : Royal Exclusive supermarine 200 ; BM 3-Ch dosing pump (CA/ ALk and top-off) ; tunze 6085 circulation