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Unread 06/09/2009, 10:09 AM   #1
Welles
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250g SPS Tank from Beijing


Hi,

This is my third reef tank, it has run for one years, but it takes me about six month to deal with the problem of hair algae(Bryopsis) from previous tank, after long time fighting and I almost restart the whole system, everything have go back to the normal track. Fortunately I have not lost many old SPS coral in this process, so I could rebuild this tank with many mature corals from old tank.



The right side of the tank, almost all the coral is come from old tank, some of them is over four years in my tanks.



On the left side it is mixed with old corals and new corals.

The lighting of the tank is 3 x 400W XM 10000K only, but now I am planning add some VHO and LED as the blue light supplement.


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Unread 06/09/2009, 11:09 AM   #2
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Beautiful reef !! I love the colors and the natural looking aquascape. It's very pleasing to the eye.


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Current Tank Info: 24" cube SPS Reef, 15 gal sump, 1- LumenBright Pendant with 250w 20K Phoenix lamp, 1 - Vortech MP40, ATB 840 v1.5 skimmer.
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Unread 06/09/2009, 11:33 AM   #3
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Wow... very impressive tank! I will be visiting China in September. Maybe I can see it in person?


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Unread 06/09/2009, 11:47 AM   #4
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Very beautiful! Are you using zeovit?


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Unread 06/09/2009, 11:54 AM   #5
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Beautiful tank. You have great coloration for using 10K bulbs.


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Unread 06/09/2009, 12:02 PM   #6
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Gorgeous!


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Unread 06/09/2009, 12:28 PM   #7
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Absolutely beautiful tank!!

Thanks for sharing


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Unread 06/09/2009, 12:37 PM   #8
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Very well done


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Unread 06/09/2009, 12:59 PM   #9
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TOTM, great looking tank. 10K MH do put out great colors.


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Unread 06/09/2009, 07:44 PM   #10
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Thanks everyone:-)

As for color, personally I like the result of mixed XM 10000K and Reeflux 12000K, but here is no room for additional MH bulbs, and I like XM 10000K very much for its highly PAR output, now I am working on a new DIY fixture with super actinic VHO and blue LED.

Jeffrey NY£ºYes, sure. Welcome to China :-)

drawman£º No, I am not using zeovit method, but I do add some additives from KZ such as AAHC and CV.


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Unread 06/09/2009, 07:49 PM   #11
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Stunning!!! What are the dimensions of the tank?


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Unread 06/09/2009, 08:21 PM   #12
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Truly beautiful.
More pics and tank details would be great.


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Unread 06/09/2009, 08:52 PM   #13
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Thanks for showing your tank. It has great colors.


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Unread 06/10/2009, 06:51 AM   #14
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Thanks Chingchai, I am fans of your tank and current project :-)

nauticac4: dimensions is 2 x 0.7 x 0.7 m ;

Here is the photo of whole setup:


The main tank is 2 x 0.7 x 0.7 m , made by 15cm thick glass. The skimmer is BK 300 Internal Deluxes (it replaced BUBBLE-MAGUS 360 skimmer in last month), I have use KZ Biophos 2 Phosphate Adsorber ,Seachem Purigen and macroalgae in sump for additional filtration. Calcium and KH is keeping by two parts with a GroTech dosing pump (I have use NaCl-free salt from TM)

Lighting is XM 10000K 400W x 3 with IceCap ballast.

Water Movement is : TUNZE 6101x2 and 6201 with 7095 controller, a TUNZE wavebox and a Vortech MP40W.

A 2HP chiller is for cooling , Neptune AC3 for monitor (I am waitting for 220v version DC8 :-) )


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Unread 06/10/2009, 06:56 AM   #15
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Unread 06/10/2009, 09:07 AM   #16
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That's some amazing color for XM 10k bulbs! Keep up the good work.


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Unread 06/10/2009, 11:17 AM   #17
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Breathtaking tank!


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Unread 06/10/2009, 12:18 PM   #18
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very beautiful.thanks

I 'm from zhuhai.china


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Unread 06/10/2009, 03:18 PM   #19
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love the colors that you pulled out..10k XM's huh....nice aqua scape to boot!


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Unread 06/10/2009, 03:25 PM   #20
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Thanks for sharing. Those colors look AMAZING!!! I'm really shocked to hear that you're not using Zeovit. Again, colors look awesome.


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Unread 06/10/2009, 05:33 PM   #21
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Beautiful reef tank! And I echo everyone else's thoughts about getting great colors with 10K bulbs! It'll look amazing with blue/actinic supplements.


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Unread 06/10/2009, 09:44 PM   #22
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dang wish my 10k XM's looked like that!


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Unread 06/11/2009, 02:15 AM   #23
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Doesn't get better than this :-)

Great pictures and tank.




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Unread 06/11/2009, 03:58 AM   #24
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Great bright colors of coral wow eye candle.


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Unread 06/11/2009, 04:57 AM   #25
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Colours and aquascaping get 10/10 from me! Very natural looking.


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