Tank of the Month - December 2007 - Page 3

ezcompany · 12/07/2007, 02:48 PM

fantastic...i noticed how your dominant color seems to be blue, inspires me to add more blue in my tank. congratulations on your win, very well deserved. now all you need are Tridacnid clams and you're set!

jwccwj · 12/07/2007, 04:40 PM

What else can be said? Its a awsome tank,a real inspiration to a beginner like myself.

Elliott · 12/07/2007, 05:04 PM

Quote:

All the PVC pipes are replaced yearly

really? why?

gnatp2 · 12/07/2007, 05:28 PM

Is looks like you have all your probes for the AC3 in some pvc piping contraptions. Can you explain how you have this set up and why?

Thanks,
Nate

madtek580 · 12/07/2007, 05:29 PM

Beautiful tank!

Gooli · 12/07/2007, 06:13 PM

how are you able to keep all those sps so close to one another?

Fernando Chang · 12/07/2007, 09:32 PM

Dear Mr. Kai Leung !

what a beautiful color of yr SPS corals I am very impressed !
need to know if you feed your corals if affirmative I would to know with what kind of food !
congratulations !!

Regards
Fernando Chang
Panama

raddogz · 12/07/2007, 11:51 PM

Congratulations!

That is one absolutely SICK SICK SICK tank!!!!

fastfish · 12/08/2007, 05:50 AM

tankguy001 - Thanks a lot!

cy88 - Thanks so much!

Rekonn - Thanks a lot! There are lots of pods in the display tank, internal overflow box and my frag tank.

Osmotic Shock - Thanks!

ezcompany - Thanks so much! I like to collect blue sps and there are lots of blue color sps stationed at the right side of my tank. I really doubt if my angels would leave clams alone.

jwccwj - Thanks!

Elliott - Thanks. The reason why I replace it every year is because the inside of the PVC pipes will get dirty as time goes by. I designed the plumbing as simply as possible. It usually takes a few hours to replace all of them with new ones.

gnatp2 - Thanks. There are three In-Line probe holders inserted into the return PVC pipes. As the water flow continuously across the electrodes, the measurement taken seems to be more accurate. Also, it is very easy for me to do the maintenance and calibration when needed.

madtek580 - Thanks!

Gooli - Thanks. I positioned the corals at least 6 inches apart from each other at the initial stage. Although the tank may seem full in the pictures, the corals actually have lots of room to expand both vertically and horizontally as described in the article.

Fernando Chang - Thanks for your support. I do not feed my corals directly. Apart from the appropriate lighting they can get, I believe they receive enough food from the fish waste.

raddogz - Thanks so much!

mixed_reefer · 12/08/2007, 06:47 AM

You have done an amazing job with that tank. It is absolutly beautiful, congrats.

underWoasisjake · 12/08/2007, 10:01 AM

wow very true a good skimmer can compensate for heavy feeding. What can i say you are doing a magnificent job no matter how much you feed and your tank proves it. Congralutions and wonderful tank!!

Also thanks for taking the time to reply back to my post along with everybody as well. You deserve tank of the month!!!

polarbearsd · 12/08/2007, 11:40 AM

Wow! Im speechless...i would love to have something half that beautiful one day.

I am a financial advisor, so i am always thinking of the costs of such a tank. What do you estimate to be your total investment into the tank and how much does it cost on monthly upkeep including lectric bills, etc?

AcroSteve · 12/08/2007, 03:44 PM

Could you expand a little on your auto feeder?

What kind is it and how do you have it setup to avoid the overflow? Any pictures?

sivert55 · 12/08/2007, 07:40 PM

Great job laying out the corals according to position on the color wheel. It really paid off!!
Could you tell us how you're attaching your corals to the rocks? I see a few on pegs, but the rest have grown so well that they obscure their base.

T Man · 12/08/2007, 08:31 PM

Simply mesmerizing...........

Little_Widefx · 12/08/2007, 08:36 PM

Wow

I love the beautiful colors of your corals the blue really stands out!!!!!!!

SCIFI_3D_zoo · 12/08/2007, 10:09 PM

You said you "glued" your rocks together. What exactly are you using and is it really holding them together good? Thanks.

MO Will · 12/08/2007, 11:34 PM

Awesome tank - I love the colors!!!

How do you "vacuum" up all the detritus? Is it some type of sho-vac mod?

fastfish · 12/09/2007, 06:37 AM

mixed_reefer - Thanks a lot

underWoasisjake - Thanks again. It is my pleasure to share my tank with other hobbyist. The skimmer is doing a pretty good job for my tank.

polarbearsd - Thanks! I don't think I will be able to figure out how much I invested into the livestock. As for the equipment, the skimmer is the most expensive equipment in my system. Also, most of the equipment were transferred from my previous 90g tank. The electric bill of my house comes to approxiamately $160 a month. I guess around $70 of electricity is used to run my system.

AcroSteve - I use the Ehiem auto feeder, which is set to feed my fish 4 times a day. The auto feeder is placed next the to the right SeaSwirl. As the food drop, the sea swirl will bring part of the food down. The fish will try to grab any food floating on the water surface. And the food will float in a counter-clockwise motion. When the food move near the overflow box, the wavebox located in front of the internal overflow box will move and bring down a large portion of the leftover food. The rest of the food on the water surface will go around the overflow box and move back to the left sea swirl, and the fish will finish the leftover food.

This is a picture to show how the fish grabbed the food when the timer was on.

sivert55 - Thanks! I use a small amount of epoxy with super glue on both sides, one side attaches onto the coral, while the other side attaches to the live rock.

T Man - Thanks!

Little_Widefx - Thanks, I am glad that you liked it.

SCIFI_3D_zoo - As mentioned in the article, I glued the corals with epoxy to the live rocks. I did not glue the live rocks together. There are few large pieces of the live rocks at the bottom, and they are held firmly on the PVC docking stations to support the smaller-sized live rocks on top.

MO Will - Thanks! In order to siphon out the detritus at the front, all I do is open the top of the frame mount and use a hand operated siphon pump. The process usually takes me around 5 minutes.

cedricang · 12/09/2007, 10:33 AM

Hi Kai Leung, i am very encourage by your beautiful tank. Could you share how do you direct your flow to enable the collection of the detritus at the corner of your tank ? thanks .

diesel10 · 12/09/2007, 01:07 PM

such eye popping colors! Its a wonderful tank.

Your SPS seem to grow very naturally, with branches that are not too long and "leggy". I have some acros that grow very long and do not branch out with short stubby branches like yours, which seems so nice.

Do you trim back your SPS, dont they grow out of control sometimes and you have to prune them?

Also, do you try to minimize the use of the plating capricornus corals in your tank since they grow out fast and block out the light? If not, again, are you just vigilently pruning them back?

and if you prune back, do you throw out the extras or give them away to people?

mark2 · 12/09/2007, 02:37 PM

Hi everyone,
im new on this site and have been doing marine fish for a year now, but my dream tank is to do a tank like yours mr kai Leung, ive got a long long way to go.
Fantastic tank,keep looking at your pictures,beautiful!!!

Ive only got a 3ft tank that has 3XT5 tubes all marine white,ive also got an internal box filter and a external filter.I also have a venturi skimmer,can you recommend any other equipment or change of equipment i need to start me on my way to get my tank as stunning as yours?
Kind regards

HaroldT · 12/10/2007, 05:12 PM

You really have a nice looking tank. Great job!

Dudester · 12/10/2007, 11:44 PM

This is a real show stopper. Beautifully planned and executed masterpiece. Brilliant!

MTB · 12/11/2007, 12:30 AM

Simply stunning!

And Kudos to the way you have replied to everyone thus far!

12/07/2007, 02:48 PM	#51
ezcompany Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 4,640	fantastic...i noticed how your dominant color seems to be blue, inspires me to add more blue in my tank. congratulations on your win, very well deserved. now all you need are Tridacnid clams and you're set! __________________ Jin Have a nice day! Current Tank Info: IM40

12/07/2007, 06:13 PM	#56
Gooli Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: West Los Angeles Posts: 3,746	how are you able to keep all those sps so close to one another? __________________ "Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. " - Benjamin Franklin Current Tank Info: 180g SPS

12/07/2007, 09:32 PM	#57
Fernando Chang Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Panama, Republic of Panama Posts: 90	Dear Mr. Kai Leung ! what a beautiful color of yr SPS corals I am very impressed ! need to know if you feed your corals if affirmative I would to know with what kind of food ! congratulations !! Regards Fernando Chang Panama __________________ Fernando Chang Current Tank Info: 60''L x 24''W x 27''H with a 75 glns sump with no sand nor caulerpa only water but containing: phosphate removal reactor, carbon reactor, biopelets chamber. Have installed P. Skimmer Octopus Super Reef EXT5000 , Chiller 1HP.

12/07/2007, 11:51 PM	#58
raddogz Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Bay Area Posts: 3,167	Congratulations! That is one absolutely SICK SICK SICK tank!!!! __________________ Eileen If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style. - Quentin Crisp Current Tank Info: 180g Reef

12/08/2007, 03:44 PM	#63
AcroSteve Make my Funk a P-Funk Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Electric Avenue Posts: 5,092	Could you expand a little on your auto feeder? What kind is it and how do you have it setup to avoid the overflow? Any pictures? __________________ **************** "Work hard, rock hard, eat hard, sleep hard, grow big, wear glasses if you need 'em." -- The Webb Wilder Credo -- don't go ninjin' nobody that don't need ninjin'! Current Tank Info: 220g custom plywood. SPS heavy with Sequence Hammerhead return with 4-Way OM. Tunze 6100, 6200 and Wavebox. 5000btu DIY Chiller. Lighting is 10K mh 250W / VHO Actinic Skimer - H&S A200-2x1260

12/07/2007, 04:40 PM	#52
jwccwj Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Port Au Port,Newfoundland,Canada Posts: 405	What else can be said? Its a awsome tank,a real inspiration to a beginner like myself.

12/07/2007, 05:28 PM	#54
gnatp2 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Manhattan Posts: 104	Is looks like you have all your probes for the AC3 in some pvc piping contraptions. Can you explain how you have this set up and why? Thanks, Nate

12/07/2007, 05:29 PM	#55
madtek580 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Navarre, FL Posts: 61	Beautiful tank!

12/08/2007, 05:50 AM	#59
fastfish Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 104	tankguy001 - Thanks a lot! cy88 - Thanks so much! Rekonn - Thanks a lot! There are lots of pods in the display tank, internal overflow box and my frag tank. Osmotic Shock - Thanks! ezcompany - Thanks so much! I like to collect blue sps and there are lots of blue color sps stationed at the right side of my tank. I really doubt if my angels would leave clams alone. jwccwj - Thanks! Elliott - Thanks. The reason why I replace it every year is because the inside of the PVC pipes will get dirty as time goes by. I designed the plumbing as simply as possible. It usually takes a few hours to replace all of them with new ones. gnatp2 - Thanks. There are three In-Line probe holders inserted into the return PVC pipes. As the water flow continuously across the electrodes, the measurement taken seems to be more accurate. Also, it is very easy for me to do the maintenance and calibration when needed. madtek580 - Thanks! Gooli - Thanks. I positioned the corals at least 6 inches apart from each other at the initial stage. Although the tank may seem full in the pictures, the corals actually have lots of room to expand both vertically and horizontally as described in the article. Fernando Chang - Thanks for your support. I do not feed my corals directly. Apart from the appropriate lighting they can get, I believe they receive enough food from the fish waste. raddogz - Thanks so much!

12/08/2007, 06:47 AM	#60
mixed_reefer Moved On Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 516	You have done an amazing job with that tank. It is absolutly beautiful, congrats.

12/08/2007, 10:01 AM	#61
underWoasisjake Moved On Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Las Cruces, NM Posts: 472	wow very true a good skimmer can compensate for heavy feeding. What can i say you are doing a magnificent job no matter how much you feed and your tank proves it. Congralutions and wonderful tank!! Also thanks for taking the time to reply back to my post along with everybody as well. You deserve tank of the month!!!

12/08/2007, 11:40 AM	#62
polarbearsd Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: ventura, ca Posts: 24	Wow! Im speechless...i would love to have something half that beautiful one day. I am a financial advisor, so i am always thinking of the costs of such a tank. What do you estimate to be your total investment into the tank and how much does it cost on monthly upkeep including lectric bills, etc?

12/08/2007, 07:40 PM	#64
sivert55 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Wesley Chapel, FL Posts: 891	Great job laying out the corals according to position on the color wheel. It really paid off!! Could you tell us how you're attaching your corals to the rocks? I see a few on pegs, but the rest have grown so well that they obscure their base. __________________ Non Illigitimi Carborundum Current Tank Info: 400g total volume bb sps reef

12/08/2007, 08:31 PM	#65
T Man ~PPPPPPP~ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Emerald City Posts: 1,045	Simply mesmerizing........... __________________ He that can have patience can have what he will. ~ Benjamin Franklin Current Tank Info: click the "TzFuture" folder in my profile

12/08/2007, 08:36 PM	#66
Little_Widefx Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 33	Wow I love the beautiful colors of your corals the blue really stands out!!!!!!!

12/08/2007, 10:09 PM	#67
SCIFI_3D_zoo Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Sebring, Florida Posts: 1,072	You said you "glued" your rocks together. What exactly are you using and is it really holding them together good? Thanks.

12/08/2007, 11:34 PM	#68
MO Will Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Saint Louis Posts: 444	Awesome tank - I love the colors!!! How do you "vacuum" up all the detritus? Is it some type of sho-vac mod?

12/09/2007, 06:37 AM	#69
fastfish Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 104	mixed_reefer - Thanks a lot underWoasisjake - Thanks again. It is my pleasure to share my tank with other hobbyist. The skimmer is doing a pretty good job for my tank. polarbearsd - Thanks! I don't think I will be able to figure out how much I invested into the livestock. As for the equipment, the skimmer is the most expensive equipment in my system. Also, most of the equipment were transferred from my previous 90g tank. The electric bill of my house comes to approxiamately $160 a month. I guess around $70 of electricity is used to run my system. AcroSteve - I use the Ehiem auto feeder, which is set to feed my fish 4 times a day. The auto feeder is placed next the to the right SeaSwirl. As the food drop, the sea swirl will bring part of the food down. The fish will try to grab any food floating on the water surface. And the food will float in a counter-clockwise motion. When the food move near the overflow box, the wavebox located in front of the internal overflow box will move and bring down a large portion of the leftover food. The rest of the food on the water surface will go around the overflow box and move back to the left sea swirl, and the fish will finish the leftover food. This is a picture to show how the fish grabbed the food when the timer was on. sivert55 - Thanks! I use a small amount of epoxy with super glue on both sides, one side attaches onto the coral, while the other side attaches to the live rock. T Man - Thanks! Little_Widefx - Thanks, I am glad that you liked it. SCIFI_3D_zoo - As mentioned in the article, I glued the corals with epoxy to the live rocks. I did not glue the live rocks together. There are few large pieces of the live rocks at the bottom, and they are held firmly on the PVC docking stations to support the smaller-sized live rocks on top. MO Will - Thanks! In order to siphon out the detritus at the front, all I do is open the top of the frame mount and use a hand operated siphon pump. The process usually takes me around 5 minutes.

12/09/2007, 10:33 AM	#70
cedricang Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2	Hi Kai Leung, i am very encourage by your beautiful tank. Could you share how do you direct your flow to enable the collection of the detritus at the corner of your tank ? thanks . __________________ Cedric Ang

12/09/2007, 01:07 PM	#71
diesel10 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 23	such eye popping colors! Its a wonderful tank. Your SPS seem to grow very naturally, with branches that are not too long and "leggy". I have some acros that grow very long and do not branch out with short stubby branches like yours, which seems so nice. Do you trim back your SPS, dont they grow out of control sometimes and you have to prune them? Also, do you try to minimize the use of the plating capricornus corals in your tank since they grow out fast and block out the light? If not, again, are you just vigilently pruning them back? and if you prune back, do you throw out the extras or give them away to people?

12/09/2007, 02:37 PM	#72
mark2 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Devon, England Posts: 1	Hi everyone, im new on this site and have been doing marine fish for a year now, but my dream tank is to do a tank like yours mr kai Leung, ive got a long long way to go. Fantastic tank,keep looking at your pictures,beautiful!!! Ive only got a 3ft tank that has 3XT5 tubes all marine white,ive also got an internal box filter and a external filter.I also have a venturi skimmer,can you recommend any other equipment or change of equipment i need to start me on my way to get my tank as stunning as yours? Kind regards

12/10/2007, 05:12 PM	#73
HaroldT Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Fresno, California Posts: 582	You really have a nice looking tank. Great job!

12/10/2007, 11:44 PM	#74
Dudester Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 2,218	This is a real show stopper. Beautifully planned and executed masterpiece. Brilliant! __________________ The Dude abides Current Tank Info: building a new home tank l 450g office tank with Deltec everything

12/11/2007, 12:30 AM	#75
MTB Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Illannoy Posts: 1,365	Simply stunning! And Kudos to the way you have replied to everyone thus far! __________________ Got Frags? Current Tank Info: 40 breeder. Kessil lights. Reef octopus skimmer. Vortec mp40 x2.