October 2010 Tank of the Month

Dejavu · 10/05/2010, 10:31 AM

This month we are featuring the beautiful 363 gallon SPS reef aquarium of Luca Girlando's (lucasabao).

More details can be found here.

Congratulations, Luca!

Also check out Reefkeeping blog!

Nando-Italy · 10/05/2010, 02:51 PM

congratulations to my great friend!

lucasabao · 10/05/2010, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Nando-Italy

congratulations to my great friend!

thank you my teacher

tom obrecht · 10/05/2010, 03:30 PM

Tank looks great! Welcome to the club!

gofor100 · 10/05/2010, 03:52 PM

Inspiring tank!!! Truly amazing colors and love the collection of fish you have there.

Have you had any issues with the Regal and Emperor Angel nipping corals/clams?

Congrats on the TOTM!

lucasabao · 10/05/2010, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by tom obrecht

Tank looks great! Welcome to the club!

thanks mate

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Originally Posted by gofor100

Inspiring tank!!! Truly amazing colors and love the collection of fish you have there.

Have you had any issues with the Regal and Emperor Angel nipping corals/clams?

Congrats on the TOTM!

no issues for the moment at all, thanks for compliments

sps aquaria · 10/05/2010, 04:23 PM

congratulations

Konolua · 10/05/2010, 08:46 PM

Looks great! Love the bird's nest.

Oldude · 10/05/2010, 08:47 PM

Very nice, congratulations on TOTM!

saltcrazy · 10/05/2010, 09:03 PM

Awesome success! Just curious, your water parameter of alkalinity shows 5.4-5.8 dKH?

jc-reef · 10/05/2010, 09:44 PM

Very impressive and beautiful tank!!
Truley inspiring!

zaheda · 10/06/2010, 06:08 AM

Congratulations, what an awesome tank you have. Its the first big sps tank me see with just LED lighting. It shows they work and give very nice colour. How is the growth under the LED?

re-fin-away · 10/06/2010, 08:52 AM

Great looking reef. SPS is the direction I am going to go with my new 180. I have LED's on my current tank and have great growth on LPS. I am going the the same on the 180. I am incouraged with the growth you have with them.

alessandro · 10/06/2010, 09:50 AM

Well deserved TOTM!
Fantastic tank!
Congratulations Luca!!

sue711 · 10/06/2010, 10:24 AM

Your tank is beautiful!! Congratulations!

lucasabao · 10/06/2010, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by sps aquaria

congratulations

thanks

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Originally Posted by Konolua

Looks great! Love the bird's nest.

that was a little frag 16 months ago.....it has an incredible grow rate!!!

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Originally Posted by Oldude

Very nice, congratulations on TOTM!

thanks "collegue"

lucasabao · 10/06/2010, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by saltcrazy

Awesome success! Just curious, your water parameter of alkalinity shows 5.4-5.8 dKH?

thank you....yes, alkalinity is 5,4-5,8, why do you find it strange?

lucasabao · 10/06/2010, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by jc-reef

Very impressive and beautiful tank!!
Truley inspiring!

thank you mate

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Originally Posted by zaheda

Congratulations, what an awesome tank you have. Its the first big sps tank me see with just LED lighting. It shows they work and give very nice colour. How is the growth under the LED?

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Originally Posted by re-fin-away

Great looking reef. SPS is the direction I am going to go with my new 180. I have LED's on my current tank and have great growth on LPS. I am going the the same on the 180. I am incouraged with the growth you have with them.

thank you guys, in fact it was a gamble changing over to led (obviousy i've triied before a section of the tank) but i'm very satisfied with the results: the corals seem to like the light, polyp extention is great and the growing rate is very good.
Regarding the colors.....well, they are ok but i think there is a lot of work to do for me finding out the correct lenght and intensity of lighting in order to reach the same colors i used to have with MH

lucasabao · 10/06/2010, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by alessandro

Well deserved TOTM!
Fantastic tank!
Congratulations Luca!!

hehehe thank you alessandro

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Originally Posted by sue711

Your tank is beautiful!! Congratulations!

thanks

chingchai · 10/06/2010, 05:37 PM

Luca. Congratulations.
Another beautiful tank from Italy.

One question:
How old is this tank?
Sorry if I misread it.

saltcrazy · 10/06/2010, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by lucasabao

thank you....yes, alkalinity is 5,4-5,8, why do you find it strange?

I just haven't seen that low dKH before. I'm running between 8-9 dKH in mine. I learned through a few good articles that the recommendation is between 7-11 dKH (2.5-4 meq/l). Aparently, you're doing everything right, so what are your thoughts on alkalinity levels when it comes to SPS success?

ksed · 10/07/2010, 04:50 AM

Bravo Luca

Absolutely stunning.

James404 · 10/07/2010, 07:09 AM

Beautiful tank and congratulations! Well deserved!

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Originally Posted by saltcrazy

I just haven't seen that low dKH before. I'm running between 8-9 dKH in mine. I learned through a few good articles that the recommendation is between 7-11 dKH (2.5-4 meq/l). Aparently, you're doing everything right, so what are your thoughts on alkalinity levels when it comes to SPS success?

He is running zeo which from my knowledge is best run with low alk levels.

Lyfey · 10/07/2010, 09:31 AM

Beautiful! Do you have any pictures with the aquascaping? I am interested on how you positioned your powerheads. Amazing reef though!! Congrats!

-Chris

T Man · 10/07/2010, 01:10 PM

Spectacular! outstanding job indeed!! Congratulations Luca from Italy!!!

10/05/2010, 10:31 AM	#1
Dejavu ReefKeeping Mag staff Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,423	October 2010 Tank of the Month This month we are featuring the beautiful 363 gallon SPS reef aquarium of Luca Girlando's (lucasabao). More details can be found here. Congratulations, Luca! Also check out Reefkeeping blog! __________________ Brian June 2013 TOTM Current Tank Info: 270 Starphire by Miracles in GlassBK 250 InternalSequence Blackfin 1800(2) 6105 Tunzes Streams(3) 400 watt Blueline E-Ballast400w 20k Radiums(3) Lumanarc IIIGEO 624 Ca ReactorTunze OsmolotorPM SR45 and TLF PhosBan Reactor 150Apex

10/05/2010, 03:30 PM	#4
tom obrecht Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: WI Posts: 3,014	Tank looks great! Welcome to the club! __________________ Reef keeping is where Murphy's Law and your bank account collide!! TOTM May 2006

10/05/2010, 03:52 PM	#5
gofor100 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 3,225	Inspiring tank!!! Truly amazing colors and love the collection of fish you have there. Have you had any issues with the Regal and Emperor Angel nipping corals/clams? Congrats on the TOTM! __________________ "FISH ARE FRIENDS, NOT FOOD" Current Tank Info: Tank Build in Progress

10/05/2010, 04:23 PM	#7
sps aquaria Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: california Posts: 31	congratulations __________________ zeopora Current Tank Info: custom made 200g acrylic zeovit sps aquarium

10/05/2010, 08:46 PM	#8
Konolua Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA Posts: 169	Looks great! Love the bird's nest. __________________ Kyle The Volcano Tank Current Tank Info: The Volcano Tank: Reef Central Thread

10/05/2010, 02:51 PM	#2
Nando-Italy Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Italy Posts: 130	congratulations to my great friend!

10/05/2010, 08:47 PM	#9
Oldude Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 4,479	Very nice, congratulations on TOTM! __________________ ______________________ Greg ~ June 2015 TOTM ~ ~ April 2010 TOTM ~

10/05/2010, 09:03 PM	#10
saltcrazy Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: North Bay Posts: 46	Awesome success! Just curious, your water parameter of alkalinity shows 5.4-5.8 dKH?

10/05/2010, 09:44 PM	#11
jc-reef Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Treasure Coast, Florida Posts: 969	Very impressive and beautiful tank!! Truley inspiring! __________________ My Little Hobby FMAS - Member Current Tank Info: 300gal DD upgraded from 90 gal Mixed Reef Powered by T5 / LED

10/06/2010, 06:08 AM	#12
zaheda Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 674	Congratulations, what an awesome tank you have. Its the first big sps tank me see with just LED lighting. It shows they work and give very nice colour. How is the growth under the LED?

10/06/2010, 08:52 AM	#13
re-fin-away Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 67	Great looking reef. SPS is the direction I am going to go with my new 180. I have LED's on my current tank and have great growth on LPS. I am going the the same on the 180. I am incouraged with the growth you have with them.

10/06/2010, 09:50 AM	#14
alessandro Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Italy Posts: 294	Well deserved TOTM! Fantastic tank! Congratulations Luca!!

10/06/2010, 10:24 AM	#15
sue711 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: MA, USA Posts: 270	Your tank is beautiful!! Congratulations!

10/06/2010, 05:37 PM	#20
chingchai Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Bangkok Thailand Posts: 5,670	Luca. Congratulations. Another beautiful tank from Italy. One question: How old is this tank? Sorry if I misread it. __________________ Ching (low profile) " Life is too short to drink bad wine " click on my homepage to see my tank on-line Last edited by chingchai; 10/06/2010 at 05:48 PM.

10/07/2010, 04:50 AM	#22
ksed Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,867	Bravo Luca Absolutely stunning.

10/07/2010, 09:31 AM	#24
Lyfey Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 842	Beautiful! Do you have any pictures with the aquascaping? I am interested on how you positioned your powerheads. Amazing reef though!! Congrats! -Chris

10/07/2010, 01:10 PM	#25
T Man ~PPPPPPP~ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Emerald City Posts: 1,045	Spectacular! outstanding job indeed!! Congratulations Luca from Italy!!! __________________ He that can have patience can have what he will. ~ Benjamin Franklin Current Tank Info: click the "TzFuture" folder in my profile

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