HOB Only Tanks

[HKAVR45]

Here's my 33g Oceanic cube.

I setup the tank back in July of 2007 using the contents of a 15g high which had been running since January of 2005. This picture was taken just prior to a tank move this spring.

Lighting: 150W Sunpod
Skimmer: Aqua-C Remora
Flow: Tunze NanoStream 6055 with a 7095 controller
Doser: Kangaroo 324 for kalk/rodi auto-topoff


Maintenance: Weekly water changes using Tropic Marin Pro salt. I also run phos-guard and seamatrix carbon in a aqua-clear HOB power filter.

Parameters:

Alk: 4.04 meq/l
Ca: 460
pH: 8.2
Mg: 1350

 

[jdaniels175]

I like these zoas what are they?

After I set up my next project " a seahorse tank"

Then Im going to start a Zoa tank with all kinds of one of a kind zoas

Bought them as "Eagle Eyes", and I think there are a couple of Radioactive Dragon Eye morphs in there too. I don't really pay any attention to coral names so I may be wrong. Glad you like them. I do too!

 

[buffalo123]

Great how many ways a reef aquarium can work.

 

[dwculp]

Here is a really, really, old thread I started on my 40 breeder back in 2003. Sumpless, HOB skimmer was the only "HOB" device until I added a Phosban reactor. The tank ran GREAT for many years until I had to move it and bad things occured.

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=456077

 

[Ritten]

Here's my 39 gallon bowfront with an HOB Emperor 400. That toadstool is about 12 years old. As you can see, he got quite a haircut.


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[Ritten]

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[oakoen]

Here's my 39 gallon bowfront with an HOB Emperor 400. That toadstool is about 12 years old. As you can see, he got quite a haircut.

All you have is an Emperor 400 on that???? What else do you have?

 

[Ritten]

I also have an MP-10 for flow. In my emperor I keep polyfilters and lots of carbon .

 

[mistaflicksta]

Bought them as "Eagle Eyes", and I think there are a couple of Radioactive Dragon Eye morphs in there too. I don't really pay any attention to coral names so I may be wrong. Glad you like them. I do too!

After I saw your zoas I orderd some from rarezoas.com and they were called watermellon zoas. What ever they are I now have them and will now grow in my main tank till I frag them for my horse tank. Thanks I really do Like them

 

[eznet2u]

"Nice tank". :wavehand:

 

[KafudaFish]

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Page 3 and way to go or something.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Nice Kellie! How does that damsel behave?

I also have an HOB tank. As usual during my late night rock moving antics go, I fragged two of my caulestreas by accident. This picture is probably at least 6 to 8 months old. I've moved things around and the RBTA has split.

 

[johnike]

"Nice tank". :wavehand:

Yep. :thumbsup:

 

[Angel*Fish]

Here's my 39 gallon bowfront with an HOB Emperor 400. That toadstool is about 12 years old. As you can see, he got quite a haircut.

Your tank looks awesome! I really love your aquascaping - lots of places for the fishes to swim. Very nice!

 

[Aliie]

Here's my 39 gallon bowfront with an HOB Emperor 400. That toadstool is about 12 years old. As you can see, he got quite a haircut.

HOLY COW !! That's really a nice looking tank. 12 years old huh. Iam only about 6 years into this hobby, I hope to keep something alive that long

 

[newtophish]

Here's my 39 gallon bowfront with an HOB Emperor 400. That toadstool is about 12 years old. As you can see, he got quite a haircut.


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That is a really beautiful tank. Well done sir, yes, well done.:wavehand:

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

That is a really beautiful tank. Well done sir, yes, well done.:wavehand:

Ahem...pssst Richard. :lol:

 

[KafudaFish]

Not to break the string but Aquabucket had a great sumpless tank.

 

[TheBimbo]

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your water box is beautiful!!! Is that nemo in there? I did not know he had family :hmm3:

 

[todd141]

How does everyone deal with surface scum on these sumpless systems? That's one of the main reasons I installed a lifereef overflow into a 15 gallon refugium (still using SRO HOB skimmer.) I got tired of the water surface being dirty. I even had 2 koralia evos pointed at the surface - all it did was move the scum around.