In-Wall Pictures, anyone?
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RedEyeReef
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Do you know why he did not use the wall plates?
skippyreef
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It came down to a matter of money and design I think. That aquarium is actually pretty state of the art as far as components go. He is using a Bubble King 300 internal skimmer, had to buy a 1/2 HP chiller, I think he has 4 Darts on closed loops, running Zeovit, ect......
The wall plates did not fit into what he was going for in this tank. He has a rare angel passion (see interruptus in pic) so he wanted an open aquascape. The tank is 44 or 48 inches wide and 60 long. He has a Joculator angel on the way as well ($$$).
My approach to my aquarium is different than his. My goal is to create a turbuent reef crest with reef walls so to speak. The wall plates add a large surface area to accomplish this. When I thought of first using them I envisioned whorling montipora colonies, encrusting montipora, echinopora, and some acropora (possibly tables) attached to this area. In reality I may use the wide channels between the reef walls and the islands to create opposing table top pass throughs. The Ceramic Islands will be used for mounting corals such as solitarynesis, efflorescence, hyancinths, clathrata, kimbenesis, and jaquelanesis corals. The listed corals happen to all be table top acropora as well. SInce these are the most abundant corals in this type of environment I thought I would make sure they are represented. I may do a few stag type corals in the aquarium and a few cluster but the real focus is a table top reef.
In terms of a fish population I am thinking along the lines of a group of 3 geniicanthus angel fish, a pair of clowns, my royal gramma, and maybe a group of anthias or some other schooling fish. I done want to over crowd the tank though
nbd13
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Hey guys,
This is Nick, i am the owner of this tank,
Mike is right why i did not use the wall plates. They did not fit into this tank. Now i am not saying i will not use them in the future on a different tank as they are a nice feature. They just do not fit into the design of this tank. I am taking new pics this weekend, and will post a new updated pic as the one above is about 2 months old.
That is basically the only reason i did not want to use them. Like Mike said i like my fish espically rare angels, but i also like my corals. That's one of the reasons i wanted to keep it open. I love SPS corals and wanted to have room for them to grow in. here's a sneak peak of my angel fish passion....
my centropyge joculator
I will post a link in this thread this weekend when i do alittle update.
if anyone has any questions feel free to PM me.
Nick
This is Nick, i am the owner of this tank,
Mike is right why i did not use the wall plates. They did not fit into this tank. Now i am not saying i will not use them in the future on a different tank as they are a nice feature. They just do not fit into the design of this tank. I am taking new pics this weekend, and will post a new updated pic as the one above is about 2 months old.
That is basically the only reason i did not want to use them. Like Mike said i like my fish espically rare angels, but i also like my corals. That's one of the reasons i wanted to keep it open. I love SPS corals and wanted to have room for them to grow in. here's a sneak peak of my angel fish passion....
my centropyge joculator
I will post a link in this thread this weekend when i do alittle update.
if anyone has any questions feel free to PM me.
Nick
skippyreef
New member
I love it!! the wood work rules on this tank!
