Michael7979
New member
LOOKS AWESOME!!!
Congrats on the return!
Wish my tank looked 1/10th as nice as your tank does.
Congrats on the return!
Wish my tank looked 1/10th as nice as your tank does.
64Ivy's Reeftank. The Crash, The Rebuild, The Saga.
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Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
wow!
wow!
what's been going on over there?
Fantastic!
wow!
what's been going on over there?
Fantastic!
Znut Reefer
Premium Member
Tank looks great!! Thanks for the update.
Thanks for the kind words, everyone. Every so often, I feel the need to respond to the, "I think he's out of the hobby now" rumors that seem to pop up here and there.
No way. Even in my tank, Attilla, at 14", began to look cramped. Became very uncomfortable to look at. So I can't imagine what the last few years must've been like for the fish.
Sure felt like it from my end. :lmao: Before the crash, I would regularly host some of our local elementary schools and the Boys & Girls Club for field trips. Having to suspend those for over two years hurt nearly as badly as the episode itself.
Yes. Nearly two years.
Oh, rage, grief, depression, resolve, work, more work, patience...the usual.
No way. Even in my tank, Attilla, at 14", began to look cramped. Became very uncomfortable to look at. So I can't imagine what the last few years must've been like for the fish.
Sure felt like it from my end. :lmao: Before the crash, I would regularly host some of our local elementary schools and the Boys & Girls Club for field trips. Having to suspend those for over two years hurt nearly as badly as the episode itself.
Yes. Nearly two years.
Oh, rage, grief, depression, resolve, work, more work, patience...the usual.
Except for one maricultured piece which was about 3-4", all the rest began as 1-2" frags. The 'Incredible Hulk' acro on the extreme upper right, in fact, came in as a chip so small that I actually complained to the vendor. Anyway, the lesson learned here was that loading up a tank with so many frags for visual interest in the beginning creates a huge problem once they really start to grow in. I spent more time removing corals this past year than I did adding them the year before.
polywise
OLD SCHOOL-ish
64Ivy -I am blown away. As someone in the last day or so said, "nice comeback"
I am still recovering from a '09 crash while on vaction. I am currenty playing with some frags in a fishroom that I built, and am getting ready for the start of a 450 ish in wall. What do you do with all your equipment? some pics of that would be nice.
I am still recovering from a '09 crash while on vaction. I am currenty playing with some frags in a fishroom that I built, and am getting ready for the start of a 450 ish in wall. What do you do with all your equipment? some pics of that would be nice.
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canesfan44
New member
Figured it might be time for an update.
:eek1: WOOWWWWW!!!!!! You're tank looks incredible. I see you were the TOTM in '03, you should try again for 2011.
bearpeidog
Member
Beautiful! I have a question about that maroon coral - I see it has white around the edges. Is that new growth? I have the same coral and have white all around the perimeter. At first I thought it was bleaching but I do see polyps.
Is that the normal way this grows? I also don't know what coral it is, so if you have the name that would be great.
Is that the normal way this grows? I also don't know what coral it is, so if you have the name that would be great.
With all of the 'Architectural Digest' worthy fish room set ups I've seen on this board, I sometimes feel a little self conscious posting mine. But it seems to work and since you asked:
An overview. In this shot, you can see my auxilliary (LPS) tank, my kalk reactor on top of the sump, my 120W UV on the back wall and my carbon and GFO reactors on the floor below the 'catwalk'. Not shown are the ozonizer and biodenitrator.
This is a FTS from the Rear. Shown here is the tubing for both upper and lower returns, the three controllers for my 6 Tunze 6200 powerheads and the meters for both the CR (not shown) and kalk doser. Also shown above are three Sfiligoi Infinity Twin 400W MH Pendants.
This is the RO/DI used for top off (kalk) water which is stored in the Brute trash can in the back. The main RO/DI is a 5-stage Spectrapure located under the sink (not shown) The Hammerhead pumps, by the way, are two of three used for returning water to the tank.
125g mixing tank and the rear of the manual, dormitory sized washer-dryer used for cleaning filter socks.
Closer shot of the kalk reactor/doser and the H&S skimmer (A-250-2x1260). Above can be seen 2 of 6 Sfiligoi ACLS Ballasts used to run the lights.
The coral is sold as an ORA Red Planet and, yes, it is a tabling acro. The white growth edges seem to be normal with this piece.
polywise
OLD SCHOOL-ish
pretty cool :thumbsup:
It is always nice to see how people have things set up.
a couple of quick quesitons;
Do you have a work space next to the 40gal?
How much noise gets through into the viewing room in front of the tank?
How do you control room temp/humidity?
Your lighting fixtures are something that I had been thinking agbout for my new set up. How do you like the double 400's . I saw the same type at HOF when I was talking with Alex a few weeks back. Do they give a good spread?
It is always nice to see how people have things set up.
a couple of quick quesitons;
Do you have a work space next to the 40gal?
How much noise gets through into the viewing room in front of the tank?
How do you control room temp/humidity?
Your lighting fixtures are something that I had been thinking agbout for my new set up. How do you like the double 400's . I saw the same type at HOF when I was talking with Alex a few weeks back. Do they give a good spread?
Krenshaw22
Member
Nice tank
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