CCP's 2000 gallon Deltec reef tank
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usefulidiot213
Bryan H.
Oh, to have a tank that large... The things you could do with it.. All the wonderful things....
Arnar
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Some skimmer porn.
Did some ammonia measurements today and it's at 1.5 mg/L.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccpaquarium/2774588751/" title="Skimmer after 3 days by CCP Aquarium, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3258/2774588751_f13bf8c82f.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Skimmer after 3 days" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccpaquarium/2774588923/" title="Tasty by CCP Aquarium, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3296/2774588923_dda3af2d72.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Tasty" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccpaquarium/2775443216/" title="Dark matter by CCP Aquarium, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3232/2775443216_7b733628e1.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Dark matter" /></a>
Did some ammonia measurements today and it's at 1.5 mg/L.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccpaquarium/2774588751/" title="Skimmer after 3 days by CCP Aquarium, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3258/2774588751_f13bf8c82f.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Skimmer after 3 days" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccpaquarium/2774588923/" title="Tasty by CCP Aquarium, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3296/2774588923_dda3af2d72.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Tasty" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccpaquarium/2775443216/" title="Dark matter by CCP Aquarium, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3232/2775443216_7b733628e1.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Dark matter" /></a>
ox5477
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Holy f'in shite... coolest thing man... spent 1.5 hours at work today reading this thread... well worth the time.... said that for the camera feed there is a 20 person limit? Cause Im not getting it to load even after a few refreshes?
Awesome... amazing the amount of work that has gone into this and think how much more there is still to go with cycling and picking the living creatures
Ox:spin1:
Awesome... amazing the amount of work that has gone into this and think how much more there is still to go with cycling and picking the living creatures
Ox:spin1:
supersurfer12
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ya small is the way to go I have a 90 gal. but I still get the small stuff like chromis and royal grammas and clowns
MikeL152123
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With such a big tank a tang will look like a chromis compared to most peoples tanks on here....... I would have a large school of green chromis aprox. 15-20 and then a few tangs hipos and nasos are my favorite......... Great looking system so far cant wait to see it with some live stock in it. Keep it up and keep the pics comming!!
91yota
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i would pick only a very select few larger fish as show pieces in the tank...
IMO smaller fish tend to add more movement and diversity to a tank than loading it up with large ones... no way in h e double hockey sticks i would put green chromis in that tank... way too common... if you go the chromis route, go for the blue reef chromis, they bring a whole new dimension to a tank
i would also consider a ton of anthias... nothing looks more natural than a large shoal of those things in a reef tank...
throw in some different wrasses to round out your color scheme and cover all of your primary colors
i personally enjoy my flame hawk more than any other fish ive ever owned, even though in my small tank (40B) any shrimps added dont stand a chance... im betting in a tank that size, shrimp would be possible with a flame hawk
dottybacks (pseudochromis sp.) are also very personable/neat fish as are many of the basslets (especially assessors)
a nice show fish for that tank might be a large naso sp. pair of tangs, unicorns maybe? and a large desjardini or other zebrasoma species...
another absolutely beautiful show type fish is a crosshatch trigger pair, but that might be less peaceful than what you are planning for the tank
IMO smaller fish tend to add more movement and diversity to a tank than loading it up with large ones... no way in h e double hockey sticks i would put green chromis in that tank... way too common... if you go the chromis route, go for the blue reef chromis, they bring a whole new dimension to a tank
i would also consider a ton of anthias... nothing looks more natural than a large shoal of those things in a reef tank...
throw in some different wrasses to round out your color scheme and cover all of your primary colors
i personally enjoy my flame hawk more than any other fish ive ever owned, even though in my small tank (40B) any shrimps added dont stand a chance... im betting in a tank that size, shrimp would be possible with a flame hawk
dottybacks (pseudochromis sp.) are also very personable/neat fish as are many of the basslets (especially assessors)
a nice show fish for that tank might be a large naso sp. pair of tangs, unicorns maybe? and a large desjardini or other zebrasoma species...
another absolutely beautiful show type fish is a crosshatch trigger pair, but that might be less peaceful than what you are planning for the tank
Lunchbucket
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That skimmer is frickin sick!
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Reefski's
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i too love the my Flame Hawk. it was fine for months with my cleaner shrimp in my 260. then i went on vacation for four days. i usually feed twice a day and my vacation relief was only feeding once a day. the shrimp was gone when i returned. it may have been molting then and more vulnerable to attack. he is so cool the way he will perch on a coral and watch everything and look you right in the eye.
i love the crosshatch triggers and have a pair in my 700 gallon. i have only had them in this tank about 6 weeks . before they were fine for many months with a foxface and sailfin in another tank. the only problem i have had was when i was cleaning the tank with my snorkel on, the male took a nip at my lip and drew a drop of blood. i feed them more now just before cleaning the tank.
the crosshatch are plankton eaters from the water column. i have seen no aggression from them at all except the nip to the lip which i think was curiosity more than aggression. they are fascinating the way they swim forwards and backwards undulating their fins. real personality!
Carl
i love the crosshatch triggers and have a pair in my 700 gallon. i have only had them in this tank about 6 weeks . before they were fine for many months with a foxface and sailfin in another tank. the only problem i have had was when i was cleaning the tank with my snorkel on, the male took a nip at my lip and drew a drop of blood. i feed them more now just before cleaning the tank.
the crosshatch are plankton eaters from the water column. i have seen no aggression from them at all except the nip to the lip which i think was curiosity more than aggression. they are fascinating the way they swim forwards and backwards undulating their fins. real personality!
Carl
RokleM
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Even though they school, chromis are known to weed out the weakest member of the pack over and over (to the point there is only a couple left).
That being said, the size of this tank really could have a major behavioral change on the fish we keep and "understand" in our smaller systems.
That being said, the size of this tank really could have a major behavioral change on the fish we keep and "understand" in our smaller systems.
new_world_disor
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i want ur cam. i think... you should start making them on a mass scale. i want 2 please 
jnarowe
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What Eric said. Even in my 1000g+ system with heavy feeding, they still weeded out the weakest one at a time. The really strange thing is that the only one left is a runt with a physical deformity.
My 11-year-old-son theorizes that it was so messed up, it just hid out until all the others were gone.
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