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Unread 02/20/2008, 06:01 PM   #151
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Guys. All these tanks look AWESOME. My question is, how do you keep so many LPS with the 20-30x tank voloume flow going that some of you have for the SPS in the tanks. Thants a lot of flow!!


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Unread 02/20/2008, 06:13 PM   #152
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Guys. All these tanks look AWESOME. My question is, how do you keep so many LPS with the 20-30x tank voloume flow going that some of you have for the SPS in the tanks. Thants a lot of flow!!
you are right--its in the positioning of the power heads and some coral husbandry to boot

eg I had frogspawn that just did not like the turbulant flow from a korilia 4--eventually I moved the frogspawn just a few inches and it was happy again,
I have mushrooms growing in a very calm corner of my tank.

it is doable though--I have about 55x turnover in my 120 now and every one is happy


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Unread 03/03/2008, 05:10 AM   #153
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Same here i have almost 50x turnover. Its all in the positioning.

Bumping this cause i know there has to be even more tanks out there worth showing. Great tanks sofar!


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Unread 03/04/2008, 07:41 PM   #154
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Here's one of mine.

It's 4ft(L) x 2.5ft(W) x 2ft(H), think in gal, it's about 100gal.
Lighting: 2x MH 150W and 4x T5
Wavebox and a Tunze nano (the smallest)




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Unread 03/04/2008, 07:51 PM   #155
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Here's one of mine.

It's 4ft(L) x 2.5ft(W) x 2ft(H), think in gal, it's about 100gal.
Lighting: 2x MH 150W and 4x T5
Wavebox and a Tunze nano (the smallest)

very nice--I like the way you have built your reef esp with that channel between


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Unread 03/04/2008, 07:57 PM   #156
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Thanks! This tank acts as a partition between the living room and the garden. My friend did the scaping for me. It's been great and I have been able to place lots of coral on 3 sides.


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Unread 03/04/2008, 11:38 PM   #157
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Here is my Nano!!!




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Unread 03/05/2008, 09:09 AM   #158
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I've got a Tunze 6101 on a singlecontroller and my LPS's can not take the flow at full bore. I needed to keep the smaller fuse in it, and turn the little white knob on the connector down to 1/2 in my 70 gallon LPS reef.


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Unread 03/26/2008, 06:28 AM   #159
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Ming, great looking tank, like the rockwork.

Gadgets, thats a lot of really nice acans/mussas, lovely colors.

Bumpin' for more pics!


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Unread 03/26/2008, 09:24 AM   #160
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Here is my Nano!!!

wow lots of frags--we should link you to this thread

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...=&pagenumber=1


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Unread 03/29/2008, 01:00 PM   #161
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Thanks for the compliments!


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Unread 03/29/2008, 05:35 PM   #162
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Thanks for the compliments!
You deserve them Chris
What kind of lighting are you using--that looks like a red Lord on the bottom of the subtrate. The colour is much richer then mine


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Unread 03/29/2008, 07:15 PM   #163
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Thanks! At the time of the pic I was using a Tek 4 bulb fixture, but i have switched it out to a 250w 20K radium since then. Heres a close up of that lord . My camera phone makes it look redder than it is.




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Unread 03/29/2008, 07:43 PM   #164
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what is the red bubble tipped thing on the right side of the rock on the left side of your tank? it looks gorgeous! everything in your tank looks amazing!


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Unread 03/29/2008, 08:00 PM   #165
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Thanks! it's a RBTA.






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Unread 03/29/2008, 08:32 PM   #166
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what is the red bubble tipped thing on the right side of the rock on the left side of your tank? it looks gorgeous! everything in your tank looks amazing!

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Unread 03/29/2008, 10:54 PM   #167
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Unread 03/30/2008, 11:13 AM   #168
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Gadgets, i hear you are getting a new tank. is this true? how big will it be?


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Unread 03/30/2008, 12:05 PM   #169
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Reefman- Thanks!!!

Mr.A - Yup I just picked it up yesterday! Click on my red box to check it out.


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Unread 03/30/2008, 03:12 PM   #170
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Unread 04/13/2008, 01:15 PM   #171
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here is some updated shots of my tank from today:


















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Unread 04/13/2008, 05:58 PM   #172
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Really good for your 2nd year salt. You got softies, polyps, etc. mastered, few LPS. DO you plan to mess with SPS?


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Unread 04/13/2008, 06:53 PM   #173
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My soft coral and LPS dominated reef tank:



I got an elegance, candycane, lobo, torch, brain, ancan and frogspawn


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Unread 04/13/2008, 07:17 PM   #174
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My 240 LPS/mixed reef tank.
The tank is 48" x 48" x 24" and sits in a corner. It has 2 viewable sides.
This is the left side...

And the other view...

And a few of my corals...
Favia...

New little torch...

Alveopora...

Aussie Orange Octo (Frogspawn)...

Hard to get a good picture of this Hammer because it is so deep in the tank...



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Unread 04/13/2008, 07:18 PM   #175
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A few zoanthids...

Monti...

My 9 year old (I've had it that long) Trachyphyllia...

And a little unknown coral...



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