600 gallon Acrylic and Glass Reef Construction.

[pwhitby]

Actually, I put water in 2 years ago almost to the day!

I thought it was longer than that.

 

[pwhitby]

This is the right side whan first set up:

This was January, 2008

You can see the pink birdsnest, red monti and the blue birds in the center. It now looks like this.

P.

 

[Bax]

One of my favorite tanks!

 

[pwhitby]

Thanks Bax,

It looks a little different right now, Just spent a few hours cleaning the sand bed and moving odd frags around.

 

[SaltwaterAdict]

One of my favorite tanks!

Agreed. You've mastered the art of reef keeping.

 

[SaltwaterAdict]

If that was my tank I'd put on the snorkel mask and take a dip until I pruned up!

 

[SaltwaterAdict]

How do you get that growth when you have such a high bioload? What do you do to keep your nitrates/phos in check?

 

[pwhitby]

its not really a large bioload in a 1000g system.

I also run an MRC proII skimmer- which I can strongly recommend for its efficiency.

I dont supplement anything other than running a calcium reactor.

Sorry I can provide any magic tips.

Paul.

 

[cjilge]

If that was my tank I'd put on the snorkel mask and take a dip until I pruned up!

Trust me, I've seen him put on his snorkle mask and take a dip! lol

 

[pwhitby]

It has been known to happen...

 

[cjilge]

I knew there was proof!

 

[SaltwaterAdict]

It has been known to happen...

That is soo good!!

 

[SaltwaterAdict]

its not really a large bioload in a 1000g system.

I also run an MRC proII skimmer- which I can strongly recommend for its efficiency.

I dont supplement anything other than running a calcium reactor.

Sorry I can provide any magic tips.

Paul.

thanks. 1000g of water, that's a huge system. How often do you do water changes? I'm setting up a 180 gallon tank and about 30 gallons in the sump. probably 190 gallons total water volume when you take the minimal sand and live rock into account. I'm on the fence as to how often I should do WCs. I was thinking 20% every 2 weeks. What do you think?

 

[pwhitby]

water changes, probably once a month, 100gal at a time.

Smaller tanks require more frequent changes, but your corals will let you know that. Every great tank I have seen has a regular water change schedule.

Paul.

 

[Fishboy9227]

Agreed. You've mastered the art of reef keeping.

No joke. Excellent looking tank as always Paul!

 

[auem]

great great tank,never imagined one can get such growth from T5 in 2 years...kudos to you for your planning and vision...:thumbsup:

 

[pwhitby]

Well since we have a few snow days...I took a few pictures of my tank.
here they are:

and finally a full tank....kind of difficult to take since the tank is so wide....

Hope you are all staying safe and warm,

Paul.

 

[Elliott]

wow, outstanding

 

[Lytehouse]

It is just that stunning in person,

except the fish are everywhere,

awesome pics, Paul

 

[pwhitby]

Here are a few closeups of the corals/critters:

Paul.