hancockrich
New member
well this is my first tank...before i know what i was doing...and ya its very ugly...
and no i dont still use that tank...lol...
and no i dont still use that tank...lol...
Let's see your "ugly" pictures
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hancockrich
New member
yup thats a huge change....what did ya mean by deepsand bucket???....rich
Awright
New member
Rich,
Here is the thread from A. Calfo. Great idea, he also writes about this in his book.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=595109
cerreta
Premium Member
Here are some old archive photos I have dug up.
The first three pics are in May-June 2002 when I was still in Phoenix. I had a terrible algae bloom that was difficult to control. The facet of the reef was Eli, the snowflake eel. Ooh, how I miss him. I trained him to eat from my hand. Not only that, but I would hold his prey 4-6 inches above the water, and he was lunge his head into the air and take it from my hand. It was an awesome display. He liked to be rubbed on the head and curl up in my hand too.
Look at all the yucky algae and wild sponge.
I hated the tank at this time:
Full shot of the tank I despised:
This was in December 2002, most of the algae was under control, but you can see I lost a lot of animals. Eli was still around and about 24" long now. He is on the ground at the right side. He was fat and healthy, but shortly after this he stopped eating and looked really bad. He died after 3 months of malnurtriton. So, sad. This is when I thought my tank was at its best (I was still in Phx.)
This is a pic after I moved to Tucson in Aug 2003. I lost most fish and 2/3 of my corals in the move. My car broke down on the freeway in july, I begged the staff at Baskin Robbins to hold the 5 gallons of fish and coral in their stor while I had the vehicle towed. The water temp went well over 95 degrees. True bummer. The one fish that did survive, was Nemo. He was the fist fish I ever bought and has survived every system crash and change. He is now five years old. What a beast!
This is the system as of today. I replaced the nano tank that was plumbed into the main tank for a 20 gallon custom nano that is seperate from the main tank water. It too just finished going through an ugly phase, in which I refrained from tanking any pics. I had many stonies from Ed that did not make it. How foolish I was to think I could avoid the the inevitable algae cycle.
You can see the main tank is stocked to the brim. This is by far the best my softy tank has ever looked. I have a hard time getting anything new in there and need to trade off some corals that are overgrowing others.
The first three pics are in May-June 2002 when I was still in Phoenix. I had a terrible algae bloom that was difficult to control. The facet of the reef was Eli, the snowflake eel. Ooh, how I miss him. I trained him to eat from my hand. Not only that, but I would hold his prey 4-6 inches above the water, and he was lunge his head into the air and take it from my hand. It was an awesome display. He liked to be rubbed on the head and curl up in my hand too.
Look at all the yucky algae and wild sponge.
I hated the tank at this time:
Full shot of the tank I despised:
This was in December 2002, most of the algae was under control, but you can see I lost a lot of animals. Eli was still around and about 24" long now. He is on the ground at the right side. He was fat and healthy, but shortly after this he stopped eating and looked really bad. He died after 3 months of malnurtriton. So, sad. This is when I thought my tank was at its best (I was still in Phx.)
This is a pic after I moved to Tucson in Aug 2003. I lost most fish and 2/3 of my corals in the move. My car broke down on the freeway in july, I begged the staff at Baskin Robbins to hold the 5 gallons of fish and coral in their stor while I had the vehicle towed. The water temp went well over 95 degrees. True bummer. The one fish that did survive, was Nemo. He was the fist fish I ever bought and has survived every system crash and change. He is now five years old. What a beast!
This is the system as of today. I replaced the nano tank that was plumbed into the main tank for a 20 gallon custom nano that is seperate from the main tank water. It too just finished going through an ugly phase, in which I refrained from tanking any pics. I had many stonies from Ed that did not make it. How foolish I was to think I could avoid the the inevitable algae cycle.
You can see the main tank is stocked to the brim. This is by far the best my softy tank has ever looked. I have a hard time getting anything new in there and need to trade off some corals that are overgrowing others.
cerreta
Premium Member
Here are some old archive photos I have dug up.
The first three pics are in May-June 2002 when I was still in Phoenix. I had a terrible algae bloom that was difficult to control. The facet of the reef was Eli, the snowflake eel. Ooh, how I miss him. I trained him to eat from my hand. Not only that, but I would hold his prey 4-6 inches above the water, and he was lunge his head into the air and take it from my hand. It was an awesome display. He liked to be rubbed on the head and curl up in my hand too.
Look at all the yucky algae and wild sponge.
I hated the tank at this time:
Full shot of the tank I despised:
This was in December 2002, most of the algae was under control, but you can see I lost a lot of animals. Eli was still around and about 24" long now. He is on the ground at the right side. He was fat and healthy, but shortly after this he stopped eating and looked really bad. He died after 3 months of malnurtriton. So, sad. This is when I thought my tank was at its best (I was still in Phx.)
This is a pic after I moved to Tucson in Aug 2003. I lost most fish and 2/3 of my corals in the move. My car broke down on the freeway in july, I begged the staff at Baskin Robbins to hold the 5 gallons of fish and coral in their stor while I had the vehicle towed. The water temp went well over 95 degrees. True bummer. The one fish that did survive, was Nemo. He was the fist fish I ever bought and has survived every system crash and change. He is now five years old. What a beast!
This is the system as of today. I replaced the nano tank that was plumbed into the main tank for a 20 gallon custom nano that is seperate from the main tank water. It too just finished going through an ugly phase, in which I refrained from tanking any pics. I had many stonies from Ed that did not make it. How foolish I was to think I could avoid the the inevitable algae cycle.
You can see the main tank is stocked to the brim. This is by far the best my softy tank has ever looked. I have a hard time getting anything new in there and need to trade off some corals that are overgrowing others.
The first three pics are in May-June 2002 when I was still in Phoenix. I had a terrible algae bloom that was difficult to control. The facet of the reef was Eli, the snowflake eel. Ooh, how I miss him. I trained him to eat from my hand. Not only that, but I would hold his prey 4-6 inches above the water, and he was lunge his head into the air and take it from my hand. It was an awesome display. He liked to be rubbed on the head and curl up in my hand too.
Look at all the yucky algae and wild sponge.
I hated the tank at this time:
Full shot of the tank I despised:
This was in December 2002, most of the algae was under control, but you can see I lost a lot of animals. Eli was still around and about 24" long now. He is on the ground at the right side. He was fat and healthy, but shortly after this he stopped eating and looked really bad. He died after 3 months of malnurtriton. So, sad. This is when I thought my tank was at its best (I was still in Phx.)
This is a pic after I moved to Tucson in Aug 2003. I lost most fish and 2/3 of my corals in the move. My car broke down on the freeway in july, I begged the staff at Baskin Robbins to hold the 5 gallons of fish and coral in their stor while I had the vehicle towed. The water temp went well over 95 degrees. True bummer. The one fish that did survive, was Nemo. He was the fist fish I ever bought and has survived every system crash and change. He is now five years old. What a beast!
This is the system as of today. I replaced the nano tank that was plumbed into the main tank for a 20 gallon custom nano that is seperate from the main tank water. It too just finished going through an ugly phase, in which I refrained from tanking any pics. I had many stonies from Ed that did not make it. How foolish I was to think I could avoid the the inevitable algae cycle.
You can see the main tank is stocked to the brim. This is by far the best my softy tank has ever looked. I have a hard time getting anything new in there and need to trade off some corals that are overgrowing others.
hondadude2k5
Awesome Dude
Well I got some new pictures of my tank but I can't post them because I can't figure out how to get them small enough to post. My tank has taken a huge change. I am 10 pounds of live rock shy of being in a good position but i got some frags yesterday, thanks to Scott. My little reef is coming together wonderfully. If anyone has some good LR or some frogspawn to trade or sell, let me know. Thanks again Scott.
Satori
Cancer Sucks
Microsoft Phot Editor works fine, if you have Office. Just re-size and re-save.
Otherwise, Mihov's free re-sizer works very well:
http://www.imageresizer.com/
Otherwise, Mihov's free re-sizer works very well:
http://www.imageresizer.com/
hondadude2k5
Awesome Dude
Ok so here is the very first picture of my tank!
Now here are some newer not so great pictures. They don't look like that great but everyone had to start somewhere!
If you look close you can see some of the zoa colonies that I got and you can see some of the mushrooms. I forget what the red ribbon looking thing is though.
Now here are some newer not so great pictures. They don't look like that great but everyone had to start somewhere!
If you look close you can see some of the zoa colonies that I got and you can see some of the mushrooms. I forget what the red ribbon looking thing is though.
phenom5
Member
alright, alright...i'll play along.
here's an OLD picture of my tank, back when i was first getting it going...
not much to look at.
and here it is today. just need a few more frags, and some time for stuff to grow out. i'm finally winning the war against algea...i think, but the aiptasia are beating me down...hopefully the peppermints will get to work...
here's an OLD picture of my tank, back when i was first getting it going...
not much to look at.
and here it is today. just need a few more frags, and some time for stuff to grow out. i'm finally winning the war against algea...i think, but the aiptasia are beating me down...hopefully the peppermints will get to work...
hancockrich
New member
i didnt know i could put a good pic up to...lol....so here is old
one and one from today
one and one from today
fishaholic911
New member
I have some pic to add
