May 2008 nTOTM Entries Needed!!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12288674#post12288674 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Maeda
Equiptment
24x24x15" Custom
1 year old - roughly 25g + 15g sump

DIY foam background

175w Iwasaki
Lumenarc III Reflector
Icecap 175w Electronic Ballast

Aqua Controller Jr.

15g Sump
Deltec MC500 Skimmer
bulkreefsupply.com DIY Dosing Pumps
DIY ATO
Two Little Fishies Phosban Reactor

Panworld 50-PX-X Closed Loop
QuietONE 2200 Sumper Return


FTS (about a month ago)
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I need to get a better camera.
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I wasn't going to enter, but I will anyways, Here is my 40 breeder. It is set up peninsula style with external overflow.

Equipment:
Octopus DNW-110 skimmer
1x400w Reeflux 10k that burns for 6 hours per day
2x39w Geismann Actinic+ Ran for 8 hours a day
1x23w 5100k spiral florescent on reverse cycle over fuge
Precision Marine Media Reactor with Fauna Marin UltraPhos
Media bag with about a pound of Kent Carbon
Jager 200w heater
Wal Mart fan on same cycle with Halide keeps temp right at 80*
Panworld P100-X pump(790 gph) return with flow accelerator
2x Tunze 6025 Nano-Streams(modded)
1x Koralia 3

Corals; mostly SPS
A bunch of assorted Acros, ORA Tort, Rainbow Monti, Pokerstar Monti, Superman Monti, Orange cap, Pink Cap, Leng Sy cap, Assorted Birdsnests, Assorted Millis, Assorted Zoas/Palys, Frogspawn, Hydnophora, Fiji Yellow Leather, 2x Crocea clams, Blasto wellsi, Echinophora, Ricordia Fl, Ricordia Yuma.

Fish;
Small Niger Trigger, Yellow Coris Wrasse, Potter's Angel. In sump, 1 pair of Onyx Perculas 7 months old and a G. Smithii Mantis.

The stand and canopy were both hand built by me. The tank was cut and drilled by me also. I have had to tweak it quite a bit to get the flow like I want it, but I am pretty satisfied at this time. The tank has been up and running now for about 6 months. It is in a growth stage, I am pretty much just doing maintenance and letting it grow out. I have had a lot of help from the local reefers, and gotten plenty of good deals from our local stores. Thanks to everyone. If you would like to see more on how everything works, check out my red house build thread.


Left Side
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Right Side
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I really like that rockwork layout BlakDuc. That is gonna look great when you get the SPS packed in there and growing out.
 
The SPS is packed in pretty good, it just needs to grow in now. I have at least 50 pieces in there. I will try to get some good shots if I make the top 5. It is hard when you can only post 2 pics and I have 3 display sides of the tank. Those pics are at least a month old also. I wish I could take credit for the rockwork, but I didn't do it. It did turn out great though. Thanks for the compliments.
 
Wow there are some really nice tanks so far!
Anyway here is my 12g aquapod
3yrs old almost but very slow going with budget limitations
Viper 70w 14k HQI, upgraded pump to mj 900, chaeto growin in one of the back chambers, and run chemi pure every once in a while.

Livestock:
mated pair of false percs "chubs" and "spiderpig"
"pepe" skunk cleaner shrimp
Frogspawn
Crocea clam
yellow toadstool leather
Ricordia florida w/ 5 mouths
open brain
assorted mushrooms mostly Discosoma spp.
assorted zoanthids/ 7 diff morphs but not sure on all the "names"

FTS .....leather and ric not open all the way after i replaced the bulb
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Pic of leather and clam is somewhat visible behind all the pallys
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well thanks for lookin!
 
Great tanks everyone! Figured I'd compete one more time before I switch to my 65g; I can't exactly call that nano anymore. :)

25g SPS dominated (modded 30 breeder):

Reef Optix 3 driven by Blue Wave 3 ballast
150w Phoenix bulb
Almost 6 months old:

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I'll give it a shot again.
Clownfish
Flame Angel
YWM goby
Blue Tang...Still tring to get it out.

Corals and Inverts
Anthelia
Xennia
Assorted Acros
Monti cap
3 varieys of Zoo's
Hammer coral
Torch
Green Favia
Golden Maxima Clam
Orange Ricordia
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This shot is with all the lights off. It's kind of another full shot but it show's all the coraline algae growth.

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Hey is it k if I change my FTS? The day after this pic I changed my aquasacpe some and like it alot better now. If not no biggie.

well here it is if I can't use it i'll just delete it.
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I was wondering why all of a sudden a ton of entries and veiws to this thread, its featured in this month's reefkeeping magazine!
 
sjfishguy,

I don't know how you do it...to be a med student and have a reef tank... it's really something. Looks great

Jay
 
Haha, its one of the few hobbies I have left besides studying! I have accumulated most of my corals of the course of years, so now frags pretty much pay for the tank itself. Thanks for the thumbs up!
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12240624#post12240624 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sjfishguy
SPS dominated Oceanic 30 cube
150W 14k Phoenix
no sump or fuge
Coralife Super Skimmer 65

Corals:
Acropora lovelli (Mike Paletta Turquoise)
Acropora millipora (ORA blue)
Acropora millipora (Nathan's green)
Acropora sp
Acropora sp (Chip's)
Acropora sp (GARF bonsai)
Acropora tenius (blue tip)
Acropora tortusa (ORA Blue)
Acropora valida
Acropora youngei (green slimer)
Blastomussa merletti
Blastomussa wellsi
Caulastrea curvata
Duncanopsamia axifuga
Fungia repanda (green)
Fungia repanda (purple)
Fungia sp (orange)
Green Star Polyps
Hydnopora rigata (baby blue)
Montipora capricornis (green)
Montipora capricornis (orange)
Montipora danae (superman)
Montipora digitata (ORA blue polyp)
Montipora digitata (green)
Montipora digitata (orange)
Montipora monestariata
Montipora sp (pokerstar)
Muricea elongata (orange gorgonia)
Muriceopsis flavida (purple gorgonia)
Palythoa sp (x3 morphs)
Pocillopora damicoris
Seriatapora guttatus
Seriatapora hystrix
Trachyphillia geoffroi (green)
Trachyphillia geoffroi (red)
Turbineria peltata
Turbineria reniformis
Zoanthus sp (10 morphs)

Inverts:
Scarlet cleaner shrimp
Coral Banded shrimp
red serpent star
harlequin sepent star
orange coneshell hermit (hawaii)
typical snails and hermits for cleanup crew

Coral Beauty, Maroon Clown (that hosts in a one of my two maxima clams!), Royal Gramma, Sixline wrasse

Hope you guys like it! I don't post pictures all that often but some people told me I should enter.

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Nice tank! Two thumbs up:)
 
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