Je®vis' Office 800L SPS Tank

[steve the plumb]

very nice colours.I love the way your pics come out so clean.I could never make my pics look so nice

 

[Je®vis]

I also have 3 pieces of Sea Fans/Gorgonias which I am very proud of

All from Bali shipment... bought them for USD10 a piece a couple weeks back

 

[steve the plumb]

I always had troubles keeping gorgonias.I think they are a low light coral so I had problems placing them.Plus they need a medium flow and filter feeders.I think the key here is you provide plenty of coral food plus you have a large skimmer to clean the tank.Wich makes for a good combo

 

[Je®vis]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9738300#post9738300 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by steve the plumb
I always had troubles keeping gorgonias.I think they are a low light coral so I had problems placing them.Plus they need a medium flow and filter feeders.I think the key here is you provide plenty of coral food plus you have a large skimmer to clean the tank.Wich makes for a good combo

Yupe... high flow... powerful skimmer... lots of food... I hope they can thrive in my tank My Hydor Performer 3000 skimmer is rated almost 4 times my water volume (high stock)

http://www.hydor.it/index_en.htm

 

[steve the plumb]

Yes its a good combo.I am planning a 300 gal with a 100 gal sump.I am going with a powerfull skimmer.I feel this allows you to overfeed corals and fish with the ability to clean the water.This way your corals grow faster and they always have an abundance of food.Plus the skimmer picks up the leftovers and you have a clean tank with low phos and low traites.

 

[Julio]

Great looking tank!! love those clams.

 

[chris wright]

Those corals look real healthy with nice colours. Those gorgonias are mad, Hope they do well for you.

Can you give us a full tank shot? We'd much appreciate it mate, lol.

 

[jervismun]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9741750#post9741750 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by chris wright
Those corals look real healthy with nice colours. Those gorgonias are mad, Hope they do well for you.

Can you give us a full tank shot? We'd much appreciate it mate, lol.

Here you go Chris

Yeah I really hope the Gorgonias will do well as I plan to convert a 2ft tank specially to keep them (flood food)

 

[chris wright]

Mate that is one beautiful set up you've got there.

Im green with envy, and i really like your coral placement. Not to crowded to appreciate the corals, well done.

 

[vitor pestana]

Hi there!

Nice tank, your clams are fantastic.

Love your left side green montipora.

Exelente!

Regards

Vitor Pestana

 

[Je®vis]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9746612#post9746612 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by vitor pestana
Nice tank, your clams are fantastic.

Love your left side green montipora.

Thanks! This piece of green Montipora Palawensis is quite rare... bought it without realizing it a couple of months back (for around US$ 50)

The polyps are in baby blue

Here's my favourite fish... a Falco Hawk Fish... apparently looking quite fat :lol:

 

[Je®vis]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9738622#post9738622 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by steve the plumb
I am planning a 300 gal with a 100 gal sump.I am going with a powerfull skimmer.I feel this allows you to overfeed corals and fish with the ability to clean the water.This way your corals grow faster and they always have an abundance of food.Plus the skimmer picks up the leftovers and you have a clean tank with low phos and low traites.

Here's a better pix that shows my 2nd sump (the black tank)... it's a 2ft cube connected to the rest of the system... adding 200L of zero-bioload water to the system (about 1/4 of my total volume). It definitely helps in maintaining stability and to allow me to fill my main tank with more fish and SPS

 

[steve the plumb]

very nice more water allows you so much leeway.By chance if you overdose or you have some sort of instability it allows you to fix the problem.I always look at those nano tanks and wonder how people do it,very little room for error.

 

[Je®vis]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9749278#post9749278 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by steve the plumb
very nice more water allows you so much leeway.By chance if you overdose or you have some sort of instability it allows you to fix the problem.I always look at those nano tanks and wonder how people do it,very little room for error.

Yeah the trick is to have a significant amount of "zero-bioload" water hiding somewhere within the system As for nanos... very little room for error... personally I think the best way to maintain nano tanks is to rely on regular water change using a reliable source of NSW... no dosing to avoid disaster

 

[Je®vis]

My reliable ATI Powermodule 10 tubes (4 ft):

6 x ATI Aquablue Spezial
3 x ATI Blue Plus
1 x Arcadia Actinic

The best T5 fixture I've ever come across IMO... used it for my decom'd 3ft LPS home tank too

 

[Je®vis]

Let me share with you guys the reason why I am so ADDICTED to SPS right now... I'm a designer in profession and I deal with colours (Pantone) every single day... seeing those coloured branches come to life gives me a lot of satisfactions

Here's an example... it looks like a rather pale piece of Milli when I bought it 3 months ago (shipment left-overs)

But with a little Tender Loving Care... :lol: This piece is still improving... it looks like metallic rose pink to me.

 

[Je®vis]

Challenge my curiosity all the time... a rather dull piece of Acropora...

... can transform into a real beauty :lol:

 

[Je®vis]

Ok enough SPS for the time being :mixed: Found a pix of my Zanzibar Boxing Shrimp... been with me for more than 5 months now... the intense purple body is a rare sight

I was just being lucky I guess... the only piece at the Farm... bought it for US$8

 

[chris wright]

Mate your tank is looking real good. That bloke who sold you that shrimp was mad for letting it go for $8, a very lucky find indead.

The cube for the extra water capacitiy, did you have any troubles plumbing into your system?, or was it pretty straight foward?A damn good idea imo

 

[drummereef]

Whoa, that shrimp is awesome. :thumbsup: