August 2010 Tank of the Month

Dejavu · 08/04/2010, 03:53 AM

This month we are featuring the beautiful 500 gallon mixed reef aquarium of Sanjay Joshi.

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Congratulations, Sanjay!

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shifty51008 · 08/04/2010, 04:47 AM

congrats Sanjay, very beautiful tank

Flame_Angel · 08/04/2010, 07:27 AM

Not that crazy about the chaos of corals on the sandbed, but everything sitting on the rockwork is to die for.

mpoletti · 08/04/2010, 09:37 AM

Congrats photon man

reefing102 · 08/04/2010, 09:43 AM

Congrats...Great Job!

mallorieGgator · 08/04/2010, 05:21 PM

Congrats! It looks great!

WangoTANGo · 08/04/2010, 05:35 PM

Surprised it took this long...

torero500 · 08/04/2010, 08:27 PM

I'm a coralline algae glass scraper afficianado myself. But, your rockwork with the corals looks awesome.

Toadally · 08/04/2010, 09:23 PM

Congrats Sanjay!! Very beautiful reef tank!

syedjilani · 08/05/2010, 01:58 AM

Congrats Sanjay! beautiful tank.....

ksed · 08/05/2010, 04:32 AM

Congrats Sanjay! beautiful tank

ojafri · 08/05/2010, 05:03 AM

Congratulations Sanjay, lovely tank. I am in the process of building a 280G myswlf and have been debating with external and internal oveflow boxes. It would greatly help if you can please give some more details on on ur overflow box design details and plumbing !!

racerw · 08/05/2010, 06:51 AM

Congrats beautiful tank and love your fish selection

ReefBum · 08/05/2010, 10:48 AM

Congrats Sanjay! How long have you had the Chaoti's Wrasses? I would love to try one but I have been hesitant due to their poor survival rate.

Sanjay · 08/05/2010, 11:05 AM

Thanks everyone for the kind comments.

@ ojafri: The overflow box is basically a 3 sided tank attached to the back of the tank, in my case the dimensions are 7ft long X 12" tall X 8" wide. The bottom of the box is drilled for 2 2" Durso type returns. The back pane of the tank has a cut out at the top for water to flow over from the tank into the box.

Keith: Unfortunately, the chaoti did not last long. I had just got them when I started writing the article in June, and when I got back from my trip to Israel in July, they were gone. Beautiful fish, but they seem to die even after eating well and being in the tank for a month or more. Will try them one more time, before I give up on them. They are one of my favorite fish.

sanjay.

Beaun · 08/05/2010, 11:45 AM

Looks great Sanjay, the spawning videos are a nice addition.

bfam4t6 · 08/05/2010, 11:50 AM

Thank you for sharing your beautiful tank with us! I found your write-up to be very informative, and am glad to know that AEFW are not necessarily the end of all.

Your tank truly deserves to be in the spotlight. I wish you a wonderful 20+ more years in the hobby!

Kengar · 08/05/2010, 12:07 PM

Sanjay,

Very, very nice setup and write-up. I will be referring to your write-up when I set up my new system. (Everything died (all fish, all corals) in my recent move (cause still unknown, but I have my theories), and I will be rebuilding bigger (200-300 gallon size) and better. I, too, have always preferred a more natural look and never done a wall-o-rock configuration, and the structure you assembled looks great! Also, I, too, prefer pairing a select few over the menagerie approach -- especially where that menagerie approach combines species from Atlantic, Pacific, and wherever else. (By the way, give those scooters some privacy!

) I will be consulting your info for lighting especially. Also, I, too, finally have a fish room with water supply and drain (utility sink) in place, such that I can set up to eliminate lugging buckets up and down. Your setup is a nice blueprint for what I had in mind to do, too (using SpectrPure auto topoff system fed directly from the RO/DI unit, but a dual tank system to mix new saltwater high, then gravity feed it into the sump when doing water change).

All in all, very nice, and congrats!

(By the way, one of the Orbitech patents is being re-examined (no substantive action on the merits, but that will be coming soon), and there have been office actions in connection with pending applications that finally apply far better art than before, and I am watching with great anticipation to see how OT tries to respond to them.)

64Ivy · 08/05/2010, 10:30 PM

Congratulations! Now stay away from the curse.

Sugar Magnolia · 08/06/2010, 07:54 AM

Very beautiful Sanjay! Congratualtions!

rigleautomotive · 08/06/2010, 08:04 AM

wooohooo,good job Sanjay,nice article and good advise

SERVO · 08/06/2010, 08:14 AM

Congrats buddy! Your tank is truely inspirational! If my system was half as nice as yours, I'd spawn in it nightly too! Talk about the wife acceptance factor! See you in a couple of weeks.

psteeleb · 08/06/2010, 08:43 AM

congratulations on totm, very nice tank and I enjoyed the write up.

tamarindthai · 08/06/2010, 09:33 AM

congrats,,TOTM
very nice tank,,wow!!

reefreak33 · 08/06/2010, 01:14 PM

Congrats, beautiful tank and great write up.

08/04/2010, 09:37 AM	#4
mpoletti You'll never walk alone Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sacramento, Ca Posts: 18,245	Congrats photon man __________________ -Mark a.) I believe... The curse is a reality b.) Fish poop is your friend c.) Why chase numbers? #CoralsLiketoDisco #ReefSerenity

08/04/2010, 09:43 AM	#5
reefing102 Who Am I Here? Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 1,155	Congrats...Great Job! __________________ Shane Life's a climb... but the view is great. ______________________________ Current Tank Info: 2.5 Gallon Nano

08/04/2010, 05:35 PM	#7
WangoTANGo Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Providence, RI Posts: 177	Surprised it took this long... __________________ In the seemingly never-ending struggle of balancing an expensive hobby with having to pay back for an expensive education... Current Tank Info: 40 breeder in the works

08/04/2010, 09:23 PM	#9
Toadally Registered Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Mount Holly, NC Posts: 986	Congrats Sanjay!! Very beautiful reef tank! __________________ _Michael "Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?" Reef Aquarium Society of Charlotte (RASOC) Treasurer Current Tank Info: 57gal. Illuminata, Bubble Magus Skimmer, Tek Elite 6x39w, 40gal. Breeder, 2x A150w Kessil LED

08/05/2010, 01:58 AM	#10
syedjilani Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Jeddah - K.S.A Posts: 1,696	Congrats Sanjay! beautiful tank..... __________________ Syed Jilani 272 gallons Mixed Reef. Started on 10th July 2013. 2 x 400W MH. Tunze Turbelle Stream 6105 Controllable. Octopus Diablo DCS-250INT. Old 300G tank thread " My 300 Gallon Reef in Saudi Ar Current Tank Info: shttp://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2150301

08/04/2010, 04:47 AM	#2
shifty51008 12-5 Chiefs record Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 10,134	congrats Sanjay, very beautiful tank

08/04/2010, 07:27 AM	#3
Flame_Angel Ready For Business Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sutton, NH Posts: 596	Not that crazy about the chaos of corals on the sandbed, but everything sitting on the rockwork is to die for.

08/04/2010, 05:21 PM	#6
mallorieGgator Registered Member. Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Gainesville, Fl Posts: 1,134	Congrats! It looks great!

08/04/2010, 08:27 PM	#8
torero500 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 289	I'm a coralline algae glass scraper afficianado myself. But, your rockwork with the corals looks awesome.

08/05/2010, 04:32 AM	#11
ksed Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,867	Congrats Sanjay! beautiful tank

08/05/2010, 05:03 AM	#12
ojafri Registered Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 111	Congratulations Sanjay, lovely tank. I am in the process of building a 280G myswlf and have been debating with external and internal oveflow boxes. It would greatly help if you can please give some more details on on ur overflow box design details and plumbing !!

08/05/2010, 06:51 AM	#13
racerw Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: fl Posts: 811	Congrats beautiful tank and love your fish selection __________________ Stacie

08/05/2010, 10:48 AM	#14
ReefBum Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Warren, VT Posts: 1,181	Congrats Sanjay! How long have you had the Chaoti's Wrasses? I would love to try one but I have been hesitant due to their poor survival rate. __________________ March 2009 TOTM July 2003 TOTM Current Tank Info: Eurobraced 187g Low Iron Glass Tank

08/05/2010, 11:05 AM	#15
Sanjay Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: State College, PA Posts: 2,302	Thanks everyone for the kind comments. @ ojafri: The overflow box is basically a 3 sided tank attached to the back of the tank, in my case the dimensions are 7ft long X 12" tall X 8" wide. The bottom of the box is drilled for 2 2" Durso type returns. The back pane of the tank has a cut out at the top for water to flow over from the tank into the box. Keith: Unfortunately, the chaoti did not last long. I had just got them when I started writing the article in June, and when I got back from my trip to Israel in July, they were gone. Beautiful fish, but they seem to die even after eating well and being in the tank for a month or more. Will try them one more time, before I give up on them. They are one of my favorite fish. sanjay.

08/05/2010, 11:45 AM	#16
Beaun It's pronounced Bone Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: East Hampton, NY Posts: 1,967	Looks great Sanjay, the spawning videos are a nice addition. __________________ -Tyler "The only legitimate use of a computer is to play games." -Eugene Jarvis Current Tank Info: None

08/05/2010, 11:50 AM	#17
bfam4t6 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Overland Park, KS Posts: 128	Thank you for sharing your beautiful tank with us! I found your write-up to be very informative, and am glad to know that AEFW are not necessarily the end of all. Your tank truly deserves to be in the spotlight. I wish you a wonderful 20+ more years in the hobby!

08/05/2010, 12:07 PM	#18
Kengar Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Gaithersburg, MD (D.C. Metro Area) Posts: 1,970	Sanjay, Very, very nice setup and write-up. I will be referring to your write-up when I set up my new system. (Everything died (all fish, all corals) in my recent move (cause still unknown, but I have my theories), and I will be rebuilding bigger (200-300 gallon size) and better. I, too, have always preferred a more natural look and never done a wall-o-rock configuration, and the structure you assembled looks great! Also, I, too, prefer pairing a select few over the menagerie approach -- especially where that menagerie approach combines species from Atlantic, Pacific, and wherever else. (By the way, give those scooters some privacy! ) I will be consulting your info for lighting especially. Also, I, too, finally have a fish room with water supply and drain (utility sink) in place, such that I can set up to eliminate lugging buckets up and down. Your setup is a nice blueprint for what I had in mind to do, too (using SpectrPure auto topoff system fed directly from the RO/DI unit, but a dual tank system to mix new saltwater high, then gravity feed it into the sump when doing water change). All in all, very nice, and congrats! (By the way, one of the Orbitech patents is being re-examined (no substantive action on the merits, but that will be coming soon), and there have been office actions in connection with pending applications that finally apply far better art than before, and I am watching with great anticipation to see how OT tries to respond to them.)

08/05/2010, 10:30 PM	#19
64Ivy B'rer Reefer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Greenwich, CT Posts: 3,194	Congratulations! Now stay away from the curse. __________________ Be Kind To The Elderly. Life Without Parole Means Nothing To Us. ToTM 3-03 Current Tank Info: Between tanks. Searching for a home

08/06/2010, 07:54 AM	#20
Sugar Magnolia Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern VA Posts: 17,691	Very beautiful Sanjay! Congratualtions! __________________ Adrienne The only thing to fear is fear itself....and spiders.

08/06/2010, 08:04 AM	#21
rigleautomotive Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Northeast Pennsylvania Posts: 3,705	wooohooo,good job Sanjay,nice article and good advise __________________ Dan Rigle President, * Reef Conservation Society TOTM December 2010 Coral Magazine Sept/Oct 2012 Current Tank Info: 180 gal SPS dominated display, 3 X 250 watt Radiums , lumenarc III minis , with VHO actinics, ETS downdraft skimmers, closed loops and 2 Tunze 6105 & 7095 controller,DIY calcium reactors DIY custom built sumps,since 1992

08/06/2010, 08:14 AM	#22
SERVO Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Keller, TX Posts: 1,305	Congrats buddy! Your tank is truely inspirational! If my system was half as nice as yours, I'd spawn in it nightly too! Talk about the wife acceptance factor! See you in a couple of weeks.

08/06/2010, 08:43 AM	#23
psteeleb Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: DFW Texas Posts: 5,249	congratulations on totm, very nice tank and I enjoyed the write up. __________________ A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner Current Tank Info: 110g Mixed Reef, LED's & T5's

08/06/2010, 09:33 AM	#24
tamarindthai Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sammamish,wa Posts: 470	congrats,,TOTM very nice tank,,wow!! __________________ TOTM June 2008

08/06/2010, 01:14 PM	#25
reefreak33 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Manchester, England Posts: 19	Congrats, beautiful tank and great write up.

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