Dare I share my tank amongst some of the best RC has to offer?

[deangelr]

I like it also.. Give it some time this could have TOTM potential.

 

[Potsy]

Interesting display and the corals look very healthy. Reminds me of one of the statue exhibits at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC (if the Romans placed marble replicas of sps on pedestals instead of emperors and gods)

 

[kjreiner72]

I have never seen so many creamic tiles used before but the over all look is very neat. You have showcased each individual coral, and can enjoy them as individuals instead of all together. Where did you get the idea for this?

 

[Pallobi]

I have never seen so many creamic tiles used before but the over all look is very neat. You have showcased each individual coral, and can enjoy them as individuals instead of all together. Where did you get the idea for this?

it was jus kinda my idea of a showcase... one idea i had that i really liked, and i really think would look sharp... is using 1.5" acrylic rod as your column, and on the top have a 2.5" acrylic disc and a 3.5" disc on the bottom, and fuse them together to make a sleek, yet bold coral pedastal made of a very clean and clear material... i think this would look very clean and very awesome... and of course have them all in different and proprotioned heights... i was going to go with this, but when i priced it out, it jus wasnt financially feasable... to get roughly 40 pedastals, with a even number of them at 3", 4", 5" and 6"... it would be at least four hundred dollars, most likely more with the cost of materials... so i went another way... and also, it wasnt as heavy as the tiles, and isnt height adjusstable like the tiles, which i REALLY love about them...

and feel free to try it, i am not sure anyone else has gone in this direction with presentation and growth as i have not seen any anywhere in 5 years of saltwater (started April 06'), but please anyone and everyone... get creative, not only can it be a love for the ocean, but a method of art and expression... a real show of beauty, colors and shapes straight out of your sense of creativity... it gives you a whole new sense of pride about it... pushes you that extra mile and keeps you goin...

these things i get for $8... a 1' square with 36 tiles, and i jus remove them from the mesh backing... the glue that i cant get off doesnt seem to have any negative effect whatsoever and most will come off with a quick rubbing with a good file... so it helps... one thing I need to do is get some more lol, as always... but to start re-glueing them as when i first started i didnt realize how high i wanted to go, so some of them need a good re-do for the safety of the corals... but anyways, i am very satisfied with the look of the tiles... they are jus plain, uncoated in anyway, and jus have a good "underwater feel" when they color up a bit... personally, i think they work out great, and make for a great look... as well as make it very possible to keep the tank very clean looking especially in the area of detritus removal... with those 2 mp40s, that stuff doesnt have a chance... I even use a koralia magnum 6 at 2200 gph to keep everything off the bottom of my sump now i am gonna work on getting a diamond goby for the 65g to keep the sand constantly stirred... and its shallow, like 1/4" throughout the bottom... so i feel very little will settle their either, but i got some clean up crew so i am not too worried once i get the goby... again, hope this to become the nice lps and anenome part of my system... it wont be any nutrients for them, but ill feed them all for sure if they need it and jus to help them along...

sorry got a little side tracked there sorry... but who here doesnt like talkin reef? :dance: lol

anyhow, again, i encourage all to get creative... regardless of how over the top, or however simple... make it yours and unique... as many of you here do already and not to take anything away from anyone, as i have learned from so many of you... i think its the empowering feeling of creation mixed with that oceanic re-creation thing that gets us going about it all, and its the greatest thing about this hobby... its my passion, as well as yours...

 

[Pallobi]

here are some first few months of progession shots... obviously i moved stuff around way too much, and now i know better...

end of may, 2010

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june 2010

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July 2010

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August 2010

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[Pallobi]

and the start of my barebottom...

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and the deep sand bed i had for the first 7 months or so until the upgrade to the 75...
i started out with alot of fish for the water volume, and will say, this dsb works so well there were enough nitrates to keep macro... so aside from my current methods which is barebottom and high flow, i will advocate forever that dsb utilized properly, work incredibly... i used all live sand for it to start...

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[JG1]

Really cool!

 

[Pallobi]

then came the tile idea around october or november...

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[Pallobi]

Interesting display and the corals look very healthy. Reminds me of one of the statue exhibits at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC (if the Romans placed marble replicas of sps on pedestals instead of emperors and gods)

not sure if it was meant to be, but this is an incredible compliment to someone like me... i have gotten some good feedback... it helps fuel my desire to succeed... thank you guys :beer:

 

[Cgreene]

Nice looking colors in the corals!

 

[jmccoya]

I like it also.. Give it some time this could have TOTM potential.

Good idea!
+1 :thumbsup:

 

[Potsy]

not sure if it was meant to be, but this is an incredible compliment to someone like me... i have gotten some good feedback... it helps fuel my desire to succeed... thank you guys :beer:

Yes, it was a compliment:beer:

 

[-=Efrain=-]

In some strange way I like the aquascape but in another strange way I can't help but to think of OCD.. LOL

 

[Pallobi]

jus a labor of love and a form of expression

most of us sps keepers are totally OCD :beer:

 

[dca22anderson]

Love your corals and set up!

 

[Pallobi]

Love your corals and set up!

thank you very kind

 

[M007]

Very unique and most interesting set up. Look forward to more progression shots down the road.

 

[palyam]

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The corals look great and very healthy. I guess they like this neat environment.

by the way- what is the name of this blue acro?

 

[Pallobi]

that is a ORA "joe the coral"... one of my favs

 

[iap]

Neal I am digging this design! Never seen anything like it before but im sure someone will follow suit and try it out.