March the Acroholic

Beautiful tank!!! :thumbsup:

What's the bulbs color combination?

:dance:
80 watt ati

6 x blue +
1 x coral +
1 x purple +

Incredible colors !!! Your zeovit dosing is for 500 gallons?

total system volume is around that much

How long do you run your skimmer? Is that to keep your nitrates up?

I run skimmer almost 24/7. Turn off 10am-12noon when I normally dose zeo


March, we need a few more fts..
Just sayin'..
Here you go :cool:
very hard to shoot with the T5
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Some other cool ones
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RR Triple Treats
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I am speachless! !!! FANTASTIC !!!!

Where are the fish ? Are afraid if your camera ? Lol.

Best !!!
Daniel
 
How fare awl is your fixture? And how is your light schedule set up? I run the same bulbs and love the look.

4'' off the water
blue + 7 hours
coral + purple + 2.5 hours in the middle of the cycle

Wow! That FTS is very nice. How many fish do you have in there?

17 right now : )

Nice! What's the green/purple coral with the crab in the centre?

no namer but its a sweet piece! doesn't grow though : (

I'm surprised with the coral vitalicer quantity....I'm dosing 2drops for 70 gallons......

sorry its a typo meants to say 10 drops not 10ml
 
Beautiful tank March! How did you arrive at your photoperiod and height from the water for your fixture?
 
Beautiful tank March! How did you arrive at your photoperiod and height from the water for your fixture?

Height I just played with the fixture until the t5s were not bothering my eyes because the tank is literally right next to my work desk

Duration was dictated by previous experience with T5 and acro. Seems to be working up until. Recently have thought about increasing the running time to see if promotes more growth.
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probably would have lowered them further but this is all I got left on the ATI hanging kit
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Sweet tank man, man you've filled it up fast since I last seen it 2 months ago lol
yea man haven't had a display in forever so I went kinda nuts :fish1:
Iv slowed down a bit now after realizing I was affected by acroholism

here was the tank only a few months ago
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and check out this CRAZY color change
this is why I love acro
you never know what its going to do
could get better color, worse color, could grow, could stay the same, could rtn overnight, could become the nicest piece in your tank.

Acros are exspensive, unpreditcatble challenging, rewarding, simply beautiful and utterly complicated, .
(kind of like women :p)
Nov 6 2015
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Dec 16 2015
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Feb 2016
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Very nice tank. Photos don't do it justice indeed.
: ) Ty
 
Amazing tank and acros!
Very colorful March
Beautiful tank in such short time!
thanks!!

Here was this weekends project
it was a valentines day gift to the tank ;)

Skimmer head cleaner and custom collection container
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float switch turns off skimmer when full and apex sends an email
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Had to modify the lid to get the head cleaner motor to fit
So far I dont notice any negative impact on skimming
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Had to reroute some plumbing to get the head cleaner to fit! not too much height in the sump
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Here is the collection back pack installed hanging off the sump
hold about 2.5 gallons which I have calculated will give me about 30 days before cleaning
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That is super sweet! That window in the collection tank will look in on a little slice of awful before too long:p
 
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