Getting to know Tucson reefers

[Tucson Reef]

Yea, thought our electric bill was gonna be $7.52 again, instead was $.91. They cleared our credit this month, $.25 on the dollar. And thats with the new light running 10 hours.

 

[aquaph8]

Nice, I cleared 300 LOL.

 

[Bifferwine]

Hi, I'm Sarah. I have a 90 gallon (mostly LPS, some softies, lots of zoas, a few SPS). There are about 15 fish in the tank. I've been in the hobby for about 10 years now. This is the best pic I could get, as I have a really hard time taking full-tank shots for some reason.

I'm a scientist -- I work for an engineering firm. I live with my fiance Christian, our six cats, two dogs and two guinea pigs.

 

[aquaph8]

Thanks for playing Sarah. I have always liked your tank.

 

[HeadAblaze]

You have a beautiful tank Sarah

 

[Bifferwine]

Thanks!

 

[sillygoose]

wow - really nice. I had a feeling you could grow more than chaeto :thumbsup:

 

[aquaph8]

OK, theres a few more of you that I can think of. If you haven't said hi yet please do so. All I ask is you say hi, please dont feel like you have to post anymore than you want to. Although a tank pic would be nice.

 

[Tanque Verde]

My name is Ben. My sorry cellphone pix don't do justice to my tanks. That is why I have not posted yet. For Christmas, I am very seriously considering asking a professional photographer to shoot my tanks. In the meantime, you'll just have to use your imagination:

Display:
A rimless 57g Illuminata under a 2 x 250w Sunpod with 20K XM bulbs and an Ecoxotic Stunner; a dramatic open rockscape featuring mostly LPS, especially acans, a rainbow sampling of fungia, three varieties of frogspawn, a softball-sized colony of candy canes, two specimens of magenta ornamental algae, and a cranky crocea clam. Inhabited by a magnificent if bashful fireshrimp, a skittish Okinawa goby, and a hungry neon blue goby. Soon to be the home of a cruising pair of bangaii cardinals and some sort of sexy wrasse and/or purpluscious firefish.

Frag:
A custom LeeMar shallow build under a Sunpod 1x150 Phoenix 14K, occupied at present mostly by scrub frags: softies and candy canes, but also a spectacular ultra-fultra green and blue crocea The Likes of Which You've Never Seen and a magnificent pearl bubble coral the size of a 1987 Volkswagon Rabbit. And Pancho, the Wonder Clown.

 

[aquaph8]

Thanks Ben,
I cant wait to see a pic, I haven't seen your tank since you upgraded.

 

[megability]

Hi, I'm new on this board. I have a BioCube29 going strong for over a year now Linking to other forums is not permitted

Here's a recent full tank shot:

with 20+ pieces of coral, and 5 fish; Tomato Clown, Green Clown Goby, Tail-Spot Blenny, Half-Barred Goby, and a Six-Line Wrasse...

I am strongly considering upgrading to 125+ soon where I can expand and learn about new things like sumps, 'fuge's, skimmers, and carbon reactors...

 

[scubabum1983]

Hi my name is John and I am a fulltime firefighter. Im also a PADI divemaster. I have been working on salt water tanks for about 10 years now. I worked at a couple shops in town part time and learned about the hobby. other things i do on the side are growing bamboo and i worked on Jeeps.

My current tanks are my 90 macro, 20gal deep sand bed red mangrove system, and my 140 foam and rock wall reef.

 

[olin]

Hi all,
Haven't been on here for a while, but enjoy catching up on the threads when I have a chance. I'm a marine biologist and microbiologist. These days I'm actually working mostly in freshwater with endangered desert species. Just for a little fun, here are a few pics of my latest project - a 4000 gallon habitat simulation for Devils Hole Pupfish.
BTW John, that macro tank is phenomenal!

The tank

Getting ready to service the tank

 

[jjk_reef00]

John, wow that macro tank is amazing. Post more pics, that tank should be tank of the month.

 

[smtank]

Hi, fellow Tucsonians.


Been in the area since 2006. Hobby since 1986, simple set up. Current tank is a JBJ 28 gal 150w HQI, with a Phoenix bulb.

No modifications. West Coast chiller 1/15. Removed skimmer and fuge and sold equipment in anticapation of moving and selling the tank. Well long story short the tank is up and running again. Dominated by sps, gsp (back wall), xenia,duncan, various mushroom and zoanthids. Two large and mean B/W misbars, one YWG and a tiger shrimp.

FTS to follow after new rockwork.

Cali tort frag.

Neon green tort.

Red planet and tri-color.

Lunar Eclipse.

Duncan.

Thank you for viewing.:twitch:

 

[aquaph8]

SMtank, very nice shots. Thanks for contributing.

 

[evo_2679]

Hi, I'm new on this board. I have a 40 breeder AIO.

 

[miguelp19]

Welcome to Tucson evo!! Glad to have you on board. Thats a nice BL setup you got going there. it looks nice and clean!

 

[Ran]

Hello, my name is Janel. I am just getting back into the hobby after taking a hiatus. I work in the insurance industry. I will post some pictures soon.

 

[smtank]

That looks like a nice set-up evo.