Four Year Progress Report

[jshorter]

Ok, I know this won't win Tank of the Month, but I wanted to show off my tank a bit. This setup will be 4 years old on October 1st. There has been a FEW changes of the past 4 years, but I am pretty happy with how it has turned out...

Set Up

One Year

Two Years

Three Years

Four Years

 

[Reefing102]

i like it better when it was first set up. j/k

sweet tank

 

[jshorter]

Just some other closer shots from around the tank...

 

[marino420td]

Nice progress!

 

[Reefing102]

the second set of pics is a little pixelated but still very nice, love the zoos.

 

[kirstenk]

You've done a great job over 4 years! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Orochimaru]

I can't believe you kept the same tank for four years. That is the most amzing part of all.


very nice btw!

 

[jshorter]

Yea, sorry about the picture quality! That's what happens when you take high resolution pics, and try to shrink them down to upload them into the photo gallery! I will have to load them onto another server, and then link to them from there.

 

[jshorter]

Better Photos!

Better Photos!

Ok, I have loaded my photos onto a server for better viewing.

 

[jshorter]

More Photos

More Photos

 

[jciotti]

For a smal tank it seems as if has been pretty stable. Have you had any major problems or crashes over the years?

 

[jshorter]

No, I have never had any problems with this setup. I guess I learned my lessons from the previous 2 setups I had.

Beyond a fish or 2 jumping out, or a minor overflow, I haven't had any other problems. The only thing I can think of is my Xenia colonies will sometimes crash (maybe once every 9 months), but they always regrow in a few weeks.

Other than that...nope. I have made a few changes in livestock due to it outgrowing an area, or it didn't like where I put it originally, (or it was an impulse buy, and I didn't like it).

 

[Reefing102]

very nice, that would be a nice TOTM, also i see you like clams, are those maximas or croceas?

 

[Shawnts106]

are you useing gravel?

Either way, I thunk it's PURDY!

 

[jshorter]

There are 3 Croceas in the tank. Two at the bottom center, and one at the top of the rockwork just off center. I have to check my records, but they have all been in there for over a year and a half. You can see they have grown a bit from the picture last year.

Yea, I have a gravel bed, but I did something a little different than (it seems) from what everyone else does. I have an under gravel filter system, but I pipe the return water flow down the "uplift" tube, and the return water from the sump actually filters through the gravel bed as it re-enters the tank.

 

[erc111]

That is the reverse undergravel filter that Paul B, has been using for 30 years.

Look for the 30yr old tank thread.

It has worked for him for a LONG time.

I had one for a while way back when.

 

[jshorter]

Thanks for the info! Everything I read says people are going bare bottom, deep sand bed, etc.

 

[Shawnts106]

Yea, I have a gravel bed, but I did something a little different than (it seems) from what everyone else does. I have an under gravel filter system, but I pipe the return water flow down the "uplift" tube, and the return water from the sump actually filters through the gravel bed as it re-enters the tank.

well thats one way to prevent detritus from developing under the sand! or gravel or CC whatever.....