BCashion
Premium Member
Well, I've finally gotten around to putting together a build thread. I have been quietly reefing around Roanoke for four years now. Four young children and a busy job have kept me too busy. I've met Michael and Paul recently, and of course know Sam and Chris - but have yet to actually attend a meeting; hopefully that will change soon.
The tank is 285 gallon peninsular style set-up, built-in to the house that we just completed building in June. It is starphire on three sides with a single-piece acrylic eurobracing. The bottom is PVC. The overflow end has an external wavebox. The tank was made by AGE (acrylic and glass exhibits, Texas); I can't even begin to tell you how happy I am with it as well as the service provided by John at Kingfish in facilitating the order.
The tank is a mixed-reef. Below you will see two shots of my 90 gallon mixed reef as set-up in Rochester, Ny prior to my relocation to Roanoke:
After my move to Roanoke, I went with an more open rock structure and the tank took on a somewhat different look:
At about the same time that we started planning on building, my tank was overrun with both hydroids and black sponge. While some tolerate the hydroids without much problem, I was not so fortunate. Here are two colonies (one a beautiful pink birdsnest and the other a pretty blue-tipped acro) that had to be euthanized after they were overrun with hydroids:
Playfair wisely recommended dealing with pests quickly and aggressively - I wish I had headed his warning beforehand. The tank had to be dismantled and corals fragged in order to ensure no black sponge or hydroids in the new tank - it was a sad time in my reef world:
Fortunately that was not the end of the story....
The tank is 285 gallon peninsular style set-up, built-in to the house that we just completed building in June. It is starphire on three sides with a single-piece acrylic eurobracing. The bottom is PVC. The overflow end has an external wavebox. The tank was made by AGE (acrylic and glass exhibits, Texas); I can't even begin to tell you how happy I am with it as well as the service provided by John at Kingfish in facilitating the order.
The tank is a mixed-reef. Below you will see two shots of my 90 gallon mixed reef as set-up in Rochester, Ny prior to my relocation to Roanoke:
After my move to Roanoke, I went with an more open rock structure and the tank took on a somewhat different look:
At about the same time that we started planning on building, my tank was overrun with both hydroids and black sponge. While some tolerate the hydroids without much problem, I was not so fortunate. Here are two colonies (one a beautiful pink birdsnest and the other a pretty blue-tipped acro) that had to be euthanized after they were overrun with hydroids:
Playfair wisely recommended dealing with pests quickly and aggressively - I wish I had headed his warning beforehand. The tank had to be dismantled and corals fragged in order to ensure no black sponge or hydroids in the new tank - it was a sad time in my reef world:
Fortunately that was not the end of the story....
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