May 2007 TOTM Revisited

[250G]

Well, not a whole bunch has changed since 2007. I am pretty happy with the tank these days, perhaps the reason I took out the camera. Since 2007 I sold about 50 SPS some colonies, bought a complete 200G+ mixed reef system from a friend who was moving and then sold it all (corals, rock and equipment).

Equipment wise I added a Oceans Motions 4way and a dart to the system, replacing the one Ampmaster 3000. Water quality wise, well I do one 30G water every 2-3 months......maybe. I do however dose a lot of magnessium and find I need to supplement calcium as my MTC ProCal is finding it tough to keep up..........well it keep up but then I dose extra calcium I can almost watch the SPS grow.

I turned a small frag tank in to a dedicated refugium and exotic species tank and added a more suitable, shallow frag tank.

Here is how things looked as of Thursday and Friday, equipment, set-up and of course the SPS. Cheers.

The fish Room.

The new Frag Tank

New dedicated refugium and exotics tank:

New OM 4-way and Dart which works quite well!

FTS?

Left End

Right Side

Right End

 

[250G]

Ah yes, the SPS:

 

[250G]

Worth a closer look!

 

[tfp]

incredible as usual dave!

 

[250G]

Thanks Tim - and I'm not even done yet

 

[250G]

 

[flamron]

Very Nice!

 

[elijaher]

beautiful as usual

 

[1fishkeeper]

One day my tank might grow up as big as yours...

 

[Lazylivin]

Your tank is amazing. How do you keep such great colors? I know it is not any one thing but what advice can you give a fellow reefer. It has to be more then just keeping stable Calcium, PH, Alkalinity and Magnesium and low phosphates and good lighting.

 

[sonnus]

holy smoke, nice

 

[macreefster]

wow.... those corals and tank are sick. that water treatment plant behind the tank is too! awesome set up, thanks for sharing.

 

[pusanpa]

Awesome tank!
I used to live in Toronto for 10 years.
I really miss the city.

 

[250G]

Honest, really that simply. I run a 2-stage calcium reactor, beckett skimmer and 400W halides. I have recently added quite a few more fish, well quite a few more than I have back in 2007. Phosphates - I'l be honest I have never tested for them, don't own a test kit.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14711720#post14711720 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Lazylivin
Your tank is amazing. How do you keep such great colors? I know it is not any one thing but what advice can you give a fellow reefer. It has to be more then just keeping stable Calcium, PH, Alkalinity and Magnesium and low phosphates and good lighting.

Thanks. Yes, I recently added the base of my original RO unit as my prefilters (from 1998, the 50GPD unit that cost me $850!). I run a 5 micron then a 1 micron prefilter, 2 granular carbon, a carbon block, RO membrane and then 2 DI chambers. Here it is below.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14711746#post14711746 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by macreefster
wow.... those corals and tank are sick. that water treatment plant behind the tank is too! awesome set up, thanks for sharing.

Ah yes - from Australia

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14711745#post14711745 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sonnus

holy smoke, nice

 

[mpoletti]

Very nice Dave. I see the grape jelly and a couple other new pieces I really like

 

[soccerbag]

Unreal! I wish other TOTM's would post similar threads. I can only imagine how much work goes into it in the first place. But to have similar results 2 years later is a testament to your expertise. Very jealous. And that pink acro that sonnus highlighted needs an id please. It needs to be on my "must get" list...

 

[Dejavu]

Looking good as usual!

What are you using for flow besides the CL?

 

[Capt_Cully]

just when I start feeling good about myself............

that's just rediculous!

 

[elijaher]

Do you test for potassium ,have this question may have already been ask. You colors is perfect.

 

[SPStoner]

Dave, absolutely stunning! I was very impressed when I saw it 3 years ago, and it has really grown in nicely. I wish I had some better adjectives to use to more accurately describe it.

I really wish I still came to Canada for work on a regular basis. Heck I'd pay you admission just to come over and drool for a little while


Great job, my friend!