October 2013 Tank of the Month! - Page 2

kjardine519 · 10/18/2013, 04:33 PM

one day ill be a master like yourself. im still a grasshopper

orteh22 · 10/22/2013, 06:59 PM

got me drolling with amazing corals. I've just started the hobby and i'm glad i saw your tank.

MammothReefer · 10/23/2013, 11:46 PM

Thank you for the complements, it truly is an honor.

I apologize for the late responses to this thread, but I will try my best to answer any questions.

@Fernando Chang - I tend to feed the corals a few times I week. Although I didn't have a regular regiment. There were periods where I would feed daily for weeks and then not feed for days or weeks. I had my best results when I really stayed on top of it though, but even with that said I fed much less then the recommended amount.

@Trevor40 - I would try to change the GFO it every 2-3 months when I changed my carbon. Since I have a duel chamber reactor it was just easier to change them both at the same time. However there were a few times that I ended up with some Cyano and I would then change it more frequently and increase the amount of GFO until it went away.

@rdamaro - The tank was setup for around 3 years. It migrated from over from my 34g. I would say majority of the corals started out as frags or maricultured pieces. However I do have a number of pieces that I bought as wild colonies that came started off at a decent size. I have a collection of pictures on this thread that show the progress of the corals growing - http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2243991

moondoggy4 · 11/02/2013, 07:26 PM

Congrats on a beautiful tank.

djsmallz · 11/04/2013, 04:51 PM

Very nice tank, Can I ask are you going barebottom on the tank? If so is it just bare glass or starboard?

MammothReefer · 11/17/2013, 03:50 AM

The tank started off with sand but I found it was too shallow of a tank to have sand and the flow I needed so I ended up siphoning it out over the course of 6 months. It ended up being bare glass. This new tank is bare bottom from the start and bare glass as well, but in both cases my rock work was pretty low and not very intricate if something were to fall over it would most likely hit a side panel or land on some flat rocks I have across the bottom.

dodgerblew · 12/29/2013, 12:36 AM

Just saw this. Congrats Brahm. You have come a long way from your Blasto-man days. Very impressive

mandarin417 · 04/18/2014, 02:10 PM

Great tank featured last year! I am coming back to reef tanks after a 12 year break. I was using halides back then and want to do so again even though it seems LEDs are in vogue. May I ask how far from the surface your have hung your halides? I was running two 400W halides over a 58G oceanic with great success. Probably more light than needed - one was 6500 and the other was 20K. SPS loved the lights. Best to you, Bob

10/18/2013, 04:33 PM	#26
kjardine519 question master Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 121	one day ill be a master like yourself. im still a grasshopper __________________ Trying to master the art of reef keeping, one mistake at a time Current Tank Info: 40 breeder reef

10/23/2013, 11:46 PM	#28
MammothReefer Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mammoth Lakes, CA Posts: 3,442	Thank you for the complements, it truly is an honor. I apologize for the late responses to this thread, but I will try my best to answer any questions. @Fernando Chang - I tend to feed the corals a few times I week. Although I didn't have a regular regiment. There were periods where I would feed daily for weeks and then not feed for days or weeks. I had my best results when I really stayed on top of it though, but even with that said I fed much less then the recommended amount. @Trevor40 - I would try to change the GFO it every 2-3 months when I changed my carbon. Since I have a duel chamber reactor it was just easier to change them both at the same time. However there were a few times that I ended up with some Cyano and I would then change it more frequently and increase the amount of GFO until it went away. @rdamaro - The tank was setup for around 3 years. It migrated from over from my 34g. I would say majority of the corals started out as frags or maricultured pieces. However I do have a number of pieces that I bought as wild colonies that came started off at a decent size. I have a collection of pictures on this thread that show the progress of the corals growing - http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2243991 __________________ Reefin @ 8298' Current Tank Info: 105 Peninsula

11/04/2013, 04:51 PM	#30
djsmallz Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Tampa FL, near Ybor City Posts: 569	Very nice tank, Can I ask are you going barebottom on the tank? If so is it just bare glass or starboard? __________________ Upgrading is always possible. Current Tank Info: Dual stacked 40 breeders with sump. Halide/led combo up top T5/led combo on bottom

11/17/2013, 03:50 AM	#31
MammothReefer Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mammoth Lakes, CA Posts: 3,442	The tank started off with sand but I found it was too shallow of a tank to have sand and the flow I needed so I ended up siphoning it out over the course of 6 months. It ended up being bare glass. This new tank is bare bottom from the start and bare glass as well, but in both cases my rock work was pretty low and not very intricate if something were to fall over it would most likely hit a side panel or land on some flat rocks I have across the bottom. __________________ Reefin @ 8298' Current Tank Info: 105 Peninsula

12/29/2013, 12:36 AM	#32
dodgerblew Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Palmdale, Ca Posts: 12,413	Just saw this. Congrats Brahm. You have come a long way from your Blasto-man days. Very impressive __________________ Rik Obladi Oblada, life goes on Brah! Current Tank Info: Tankless in TX and watching from the sidelines

10/22/2013, 06:59 PM	#27
orteh22 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 54	got me drolling with amazing corals. I've just started the hobby and i'm glad i saw your tank.

11/02/2013, 07:26 PM	#29
moondoggy4 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: menifee So cal Posts: 11,042	Congrats on a beautiful tank.

04/18/2014, 02:10 PM	#33
mandarin417 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 127	Halides heigh from water Great tank featured last year! I am coming back to reef tanks after a 12 year break. I was using halides back then and want to do so again even though it seems LEDs are in vogue. May I ask how far from the surface your have hung your halides? I was running two 400W halides over a 58G oceanic with great success. Probably more light than needed - one was 6500 and the other was 20K. SPS loved the lights. Best to you, Bob