Islander's Old School Reef – 900 Gallon Display

[yifan917]

Some pix under 9000K LEDs

Yifan

 

[ReefKeeper64]

The tank is really big! Some of the SPS are actually colony sized but at first I thought they were frags. Definitely not the case.

May I throw out a suggestion? The white return nozzles against the black background draw the eye to them and its a distraction. You could replace the nozzles with black ones. They are available online in black. Either that or just take them out, scuff them up with sandpaper, paint them with a few coats of krylon plasticote paint. Wait 48 hours and then you can reinstall them and they will give your tank that nice finished look for a long while.

 

[yifan917]

The tank is really big! Some of the SPS are actually colony sized but at first I thought they were frags. Definitely not the case.

May I throw out a suggestion? The white return nozzles against the black background draw the eye to them and its a distraction. You could replace the nozzles with black ones. They are available online in black. Either that or just take them out, scuff them up with sandpaper, paint them with a few coats of krylon plasticote paint. Wait 48 hours and then you can reinstall them and they will give your tank that nice finished look for a long while.

Thanks, I'll try to look it up online. Good suggestion.

 

[ReefKeeper64]

We're here to help each other any way we can, right!? :beer:

 

[dave.m]

Actually, if you just leave them for a while they will become coated with coraline algae. White plastic attracts coraline much faster.

Dave.M

 

[yifan917]

We're here to help each other any way we can, right!? :beer:

for sure! :beer:

Actually, if you just leave them for a while they will become coated with coraline algae. White plastic attracts coraline much faster.

Dave.M

lol that's true Dave.

 

[yifan917]

OMG.... what happened to Photobucket? now I have to re-post everything in my older posts with tapatalk. Faint.

 

[launchnukes]

Amazing setup and love the rockscape!

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[yifan917]

So - the mangroves are here!

Yifan

 

[yifan917]

Amazing setup and love the rockscape!

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Thank you! :spin1:

 

[gavinbree]

Interested in how this will grow out.

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[yifan917]

Interested in how this will grow out.

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Same here [emoji3]


Yifan

 

[yifan917]

Just got some more planting to do.

Some mangroves came in with short+++ stems, here for I had to fix them unto acrylic rods that can be removed when they grow taller and stronger

Yifan

 

[vikinglord13]

Mangrove garden already looks good.

I'm really liking your aquascape. You can tell it's not just a pile of rocks, you left plenty of holes for fish to swim through.

 

[yifan917]

Mangrove garden already looks good.

I'm really liking your aquascape. You can tell it's not just a pile of rocks, you left plenty of holes for fish to swim through.

Thank you! I like it too. But I think I am gonna modify it a little bit. I feel like I can't show a good perception on the width of the tank. I might raise the structure of the rocks that are closer the the front glass to see if it helps to bring out the depth perception. Troublesome, but worth a try.


Yifan

 

[yifan917]

More mangroves!

Some are too short so I had to tight them up onto acrylic rods.

Putting a few SPSs under the flood light LEDs just to test it out


Yifan

 

[slief]

Looking great Kevin! I can't believe I missed this thread!

 

[ClownfishNut]

Amazing build! Good luck with the cleaner wrasse! haha

 

[yifan917]

Looking great Kevin! I can't believe I missed this thread!

Amazing build! Good luck with the cleaner wrasse! haha

Thank you. In which regard for the cleaner wrasse though? The chance to survive? Or they can turn into some aggressive fish?

 

[OurCoralReef]

My cleaner wrasses survive years much longer than some of the other wrasses dono why they have a bad rep