2 year full tank growth pics! Enjoy! (EXTREMELY IMAGE INTENSIVE)

[concept3]

Just wanted to share a few pics I dug up tonight and resized.


Original tank was a 55 gallon with an AquaC Urchin skimmer. Lights were 2 X 250 watt XM 10K w/ 220W VHO actinics, no reactor, but topped off daily with kalkwasser.



APRIL 2004 (tank was setup in February 2004)

OCTOBER 2004

JANUARY 2005

MARCH 2005 (just recently transferred from the 55 gallon to the current 75 Reef ready) Thread is over here: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=535632

JUNE 2005

AUGUST 2005 (new secret weapon: Tunze streams w/ 7095)

 

[concept3]

SEPTEMBER 2005 (new secret weapon: Calcium reactor :lmao: )

OCTOBER 2005

NOVEMBER 2005

DECEMBER 2005

 

[-TS-Vash]

First in what im sure is going to be a long line to say SWEET.

 

[concept3]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7185521#post7185521 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by -TS-Vash
First in what im sure is going to be a long line to say SWEET.

hold on, not done yet

 

[arc41120]

Great pictures! Definitely a good argument for a calcium reactor!

 

[concept3]

JANUARY 2006

FEBRUARY 2006

APRIL 2006 (new secret weapon: Deltec AP600)

Some parameters:

Salinity: 1.026
Temperature: 77 to 81 F
Calcium: I guess it's over 400?!?! (sorry, I gave up on testing )
Alkalinity:
Photoperiod: 6 hours halides (10K XM 250w on Icecaps), 9 hours VHO actinics (220W actinic 03 on ARO ballast)
Phosphate: ?
Magnesium: ?
Ammo/trites/trates: 0

Fish load:
1 Regal
1 Hippo tang
2 anthias
2 chromis
1 PJ cardinal
1 royal gramma
1 six line
1 nemo, I mean clownfish, LOL

fed every day with my own concoction, all naturelle

 

[concept3]

NOW, FOR THE REAL CANDY:

 

[concept3]

more candy over the course of the year:

 

[TCU Reefer]

May 2006 Tank upgrade

Have you considered another upgrade? Seems like your running out of real estate.

Looks great!

 

[concept3]

LAST SET OF CANDY!

Thanks for looking!!!

Merv Rubiano




More recent pics taken with a Nikon D70S with 60mm macro f2.8 and 18-70mm lens, no flash.

 

[Purple Haze]

very nice transition sequence.

 

[mr. pluto]

great pics, nice tank

 

[Wiskey]

You are now at a place I hope at one point to be,...

Great photo series, and great work.

Congrats, you have earned it.

Whiskey

 

[fishypets]

AWESOME!!!!!

You should seriously consider upgrading tanks.

 

[Ewan]

Beautiful!!! You've built up quite an arsenal of secret weapons.
You've got some photographic skills too! Nice pics.

How do your clams handle the flow from the Tunze's? They look great.

-E.

 

[dvanacker]

like paris hilton would say.......


THATS HOT!!

 

[my2girls]

Great documentation. I really enjoyed the pics. :thumbsup:

 

[chris/dawn]

its nice to see tank progress pics especially with what new equipment you added along the way.....tank looks great and really enjoyed the pics....thanks

 

[TA]

From you Merv, I expected nothing less.
VERY NICE!!!!

Growth is absoulutely spectacular. :thumbsup:
I agree...you need to consider another upgrade soon!

:fish1:

 

[slojmn]

Excellent tank shots. Love the three cap shot, I have an old shot very similar to that one from my 120g (No longer set up). Very nice photography. What camera are you using? I have a great macro lens on a great camera but I cannot get the white balance to work out very well most often. I have gotten some nice shots but I have to take a ton before I get a good one.

I just decided the other day to add a page on my website with whole tank shots to chronical the progression of the tank, just like you've shown here. I loved seeing your tank grow up. That is the fun of this hobby . Kudos and a job well done.