A Reef Tank in the Desert - +/- 1,400 gallon system

[Eville]

Hey Dan,
If I remember correctly, I asked one day about tangs you were missing in your tank (not many ofc).. but one you mentioned was the white tail bristle tooth tang I think? NY Aquatics has two for sale, just thought I'd let you know. If I'm right lol..

Congratz on the Seahorses as well!

Jacob

 

[danfeig]

Hey Dan,
If I remember correctly, I asked one day about tangs you were missing in your tank (not many ofc).. but one you mentioned was the white tail bristle tooth tang I think? NY Aquatics has two for sale, just thought I'd let you know. If I'm right lol..

Congratz on the Seahorses as well!

Jacob

Thanks Jacob! I saw the ones on NY Aquatics. Pacific East Aquaculture had some on wholesale for a while but you needed to order a ton from them to get them. I am looking for a pair of small ones. For $179 each, I want to get the sizes I want.

 

[danfeig]

Some Updated Pics

Some Updated Pics

So I still don't have a camera, but, I shot a few pics tonight with my iPhone. They aren't amazing quality, but, they show how much things have grown recently.

The first few are from the top down:

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[o2manyfish]

Dan,

The growth of the corals shows great maturity in the tank! Things are looking good.

Missed you at Reef-A-Palooza today. Show had a good turn out. Lots of great people to shmooze with. I don't think there were any corals big enough to show up in your tank

Dave B

 

[jjk_reef00]

Wow sps insanity! I love how you have sps growing off the sides of your rock towers, great work!

 

[Newbie Aquarist]

Dan your tank has mature drastically. Great growth and beauty all in one.

 

[Anim8me2]

פֿאַר גאָט 'ס צוליב באַקומען אַ אַפּאַראַט

Feshtay?

 

[kmac67]

Awesome.. Why not acrylic?

 

[kmac67]

Joe,

Don't be confused on my account. You aren't losing your memory. Yes, I have my refrigerator plumbed to my sump with a Bubble Magus Dosing pump inside. I was dosing three different Reef Nutrition products, but, I found them to be costly and their shelf life didn't last as long as I hoped. I am currently dosing a little Tigger Feast. I will primarily dose the Reef Nutrition products when I will be away for a few days. Your post serves as a reminder as I will be gone for 4 nights during the Thanksgiving holiday.

The Super Feeder is installed and is programmed to turn on at noon for a minute. I placed it on the back corner of my tank, velcro'd to my steel frame. I also have a few ties fastened to the feeder so that it can't fall into the tank. It sits just above one of my Vortecs.

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Who makes the fish feeder?

 

[kmac67]

I realize that it is not Friday, but, I was able to run over to Simply Elegant Aquatics today and pick up my new Fluidized Sand Reactor from Emperor Aquatics.

All I can say is wow!

This unit is a beast! I didn't realize that it was going to be so large. The thing just towers over me and I am fortunate that the fish room has very high ceilings.

I hope to be able to set this up on Friday, although I am expecting several deliveries.

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Wow.. What type of pump will you use to feed that thing?

 

[kmac67]

Hello,

SC3070 is a beast as you said, but at the end, why don't you choose BBK 300?

Thanks,

Laurent

Sweet!!! The only way to fly..

 

[danfeig]

Dan,

The growth of the corals shows great maturity in the tank! Things are looking good.

Missed you at Reef-A-Palooza today. Show had a good turn out. Lots of great people to shmooze with. I don't think there were any corals big enough to show up in your tank

Dave B

Thanks Dave!

Perhaps next year. For sure we will see one another at Macna and Denver and I think I will hit up the wholesalers when I had to Los Angeles in December. We will be spending the holidays with my wife's sister.

 

[danfeig]

Wow sps insanity! I love how you have sps growing off the sides of your rock towers, great work!

Thanks Ed! We missed you at the Frag Swap today!

 

[danfeig]

Dan your tank has mature drastically. Great growth and beauty all in one.

Thanks Sergeant! I am looking forward to seeing yours up and running!

 

[danfeig]

פֿאַר גאָט 'ס צוליב באַקומען אַ אַפּאַראַט

Feshtay?

LOL!!!!

Needed my dad's help on this one. For those of you that don't know Yiddish... I was being told essentially, "For Gods sake, get a camera!!!"

One of these days I will.

Money doesn't grow on trees you know?

 

[Jakemac]

How is that feeder working out for you? Im thinking of getting one myself

 

[o2manyfish]

LOL!!!!

Needed my dad's help on this one. For those of you that don't know Yiddish... I was being told essentially, "For Gods sake, get a camera!!!"

That is too funny.

 

[dotcommer]

Coral growth looks amazing. Your tank is dialed in. Great Job and looking forward to more pics and hopefully a full tank video so we can see everything swimming around.

 

[ERivera65]

Hey Dan I forgot to mention I think I may have spotted you at MACNA. just didn't have time to come and introduce myself, but I think I saw you while you were at the thrive aquatics booth while my buddies were filming an interview with Koji Wada from Japan.

 

[danfeig]

Awesome.. Why not acrylic?

While Acrylic certainly would have been lighter and much, much cheaper, I worried too much about it getting scratched up.