185 Gallon Reef Project

[six66]

funtastic tank i mean fantastic tank

i adore your design

more pics pls

 

[dlopes]

Growth

Growth

Hi,

Even without a Calcium Reactor the growth of some corals has been amazing. Check out this Montipora with 2 weeks in the aquarium...

Cheers,
Diogo

 

[Steph1643]

that is an awesome set-up

 

[jaze36]

Great design, and tank. I am starting my own project that will be very similar, I hope I get as good of results.

 

[dlopes]

Developments

Developments

Hi,

Thanks for your coments! Here are some new pics from the developments of the corals. IÃ"šÃ‚´ve started adding fitoplanctôn in a weekly basis and the diferences are huge!

the Montipora foliosa kept is development - take a look at this comparetive pictures:

In the begining of October...

Today

And some more corals:

The all cenario:

Cheers,
Diogo

 

[g0tmc]

i love the way u set up ur refugium. what pumps the water into the fuge?

 

[dlopes]

Pump

Pump

Hi,

i love the way u set up ur refugium. what pumps the water into the fuge?

Just a normal 1000 liter/hour pump!

Cheers,
Diogo

 

[AmosUSA]

you have done a fantastic job your reef looks vary natural looking ! good work

 

[dlopes]

New Acro

New Acro

Hi Jim,

My goal is to keep things as natural as possible! IÃ"šÃ‚´m glad that you felt that...

HereÃ"šÃ‚´s a new pic of a new coral - an Acropora valida:

http://www.megagaleria.com/pictures/Pic_6585_14.jpg

http://www.megagaleria.com/pictures/Pic_6585_15.jpg

Cheers,
Diogo

 

[dlopes]

Re: New Acro

Re: New Acro

the pics...

Cheers,
Diogo

 

[dlopes]

New corals

New corals

Hi,

After some changes here are some pics...

An Acropora efflorecens that I hope will be a fine piece!

One Montipora confusa

Right view

Left view

And finally the all layout


Cheers,
Diogo

 

[pch90265]

Beautiful tank, Diogo!!!

Keep posting the growth pics, they're inspirational.

--Sean--

 

[Bigred]

Your tank looks great and I love the rock work. Just a heads up to look out for. I had 2 Hippo tangs in a 165 and they were in there for over a year and all the sudden one started chasing the other and one disappeared. I ended up finding him in my over flow box and put him back in the tank and the other one just beet the heck out of him. I had to get rid of one of them because of this.

 

[TheCoralReef731]

Still loving it. What light do you have on the refugium.

 

[PalmTree]

You are doing a great job. It looks awesome!

 

[dlopes]

refuge

refuge

Hi,

Thanks for the warning about the tangs! IÃ"šÃ‚´ll keep an eye on them!

Still loving it. What light do you have on the refugium.

The lights are just two 36W 10000K PCÃ"šÃ‚´s.

Cheers,
Diogo

 

[dlopes]

Growing

Growing

Hi Guys,

Thanks for your kind words, but IÃ"šÃ‚´m far from pro!!!

Here are soe growth sequences...

1/10

Today

15/10

Today

Cheers,
Diogo

 

[dlopes]

New acros

New acros

Hi,

Today two new acroporas...

Both together.

And finnaly the all gang...

Cheers,
Diogo

 

[mbunaman]

Love your tank keep the pics coming. Love how you stacked the rock.

 

[dlopes]

New lights

New lights

Hi,

IÃ"šÃ‚´ve made an upgrade in the light feature! IÃ"šÃ‚´ve put 2 T5 80W actinics and the PCÃ"šÃ‚´s were changed from actinic to 6500K wich allows me to have 3 stages:

17.00h - T5 (2x80W) Actinics ON
18.00h - PCÃ"šÃ‚´s (4x9W + 2x18W) 6500K ON
19.00h - HQIÃ"šÃ‚´s BLV (2x250W) 10000K ON
03.00h - HQIÃ"šÃ‚´s BLV (2x250W) 10000K OFF
04.00h - PCÃ"šÃ‚´s (4x9W + 2x18W) 6500K OFF
05.00h - T5 (2x80W) Actinics OFF

Here is a pic with the new lights:

Cheers,
Diogo