Mixed 500 gal. A.G.E. build. 12 unit LED Radion lights.

[david00061]

 

[david00061]

 

[edandsandy]

Ive put the lights over tank December 2011
I set the lights on 12k for pics

I understand!!! :bounce3:

 

[Made2Rock]

David,

I really like the way yout tank has come along and grown up.

Joe

 

[david00061]

David,

I really like the way yout tank has come along and grown up.

Joe

thank you

 

[david00061]

Ava May and Grandpa

 

[danfeig]

Ava May and Grandpa

Congratulations Grandpa!

I am very happy for you! She is going to come visit you and fall asleep in her rocker in front of your awesome tank! Now you need to go home and make for her, her first quilt!

 

[david00061]

Congratulations Grandpa!

I am very happy for you! She is going to come visit you and fall asleep in her rocker in front of your awesome tank! Now you need to go home and make for her, her first quilt!

Thanks got to admit it's the best pic on reef central.
Quilt is all ready started. Will finish it tomorrow

 

[ashish]

David,
looking through your thread the one think that bothered me was the 480lb's of sand. IMO now matter how well you maintain your sand you just cant keep it 100% clean. After seeing the re-build I can say i am very impressed what you have created in such a short time. Over doing the sand-bed is the number one reason why tanks crash and have algae blooms. You aquarium will stay crystal clear now especially with them vortechs working the bottom. I removed my 2 year old sand bed (1'' of nasty) and now I bought 30 lb of (heavier sand) for my 120 2 months ago and still have not put it in. I think substrate is important but keeping the bottom as clean as all 4 glass panels is something hard to resist. Congrats grandpa

 

[Made2Rock]

Congrats, I think the fish are going to become jealous of that pretty little girl and all the attention she'll be getting.

Joe

 

[Newbie Aquarist]

Ava May and Grandpa

Congratulations Dave. And yes that is the best picture on RC.

 

[AJT]

Congrats David. I have a 20 month old granddaughter & her favorite thing to do is drag the stepchair infront of the tank & watch the fish.

Hope you have already bought her Finding Nemo!

 

[david00061]

Congrats David. I have a 20 month old granddaughter & her favorite thing to do is drag the stepchair infront of the tank & watch the fish.

Hope you have already bought her Finding Nemo!

We have the movie. I placed my nem in the front right corner of tank. This way kids can easily find Nemo.
Dory had to go once she got over 4" inches she took a liking to zoas.

 

[david00061]

Congratulations Dave. And yes that is the best picture on RC.

Thanks

 

[david00061]

David,
looking through your thread the one think that bothered me was the 480lb's of sand. IMO now matter how well you maintain your sand you just cant keep it 100% clean. After seeing the re-build I can say i am very impressed what you have created in such a short time. Over doing the sand-bed is the number one reason why tanks crash and have algae blooms. You aquarium will stay crystal clear now especially with them vortechs working the bottom. I removed my 2 year old sand bed (1'' of nasty) and now I bought 30 lb of (heavier sand) for my 120 2 months ago and still have not put it in. I think substrate is important but keeping the bottom as clean as all 4 glass panels is something hard to resist. Congrats grandpa

thanks for showing that older pic shows me how tank has grown since september. I will never go back to sand.

 

[Made2Rock]

We have the movie. I placed my nem in the front right corner of tank. This way kids can easily find Nemo.
Dory had to go once she got over 4" inches she took a liking to zoas.

Come on David, this is your granddaughter we're talking about. Time to go get another Dory and don't forget the crew from the dentist office. I remember my grandkids coming over and that was the first thing they looked for was all the characters of Nemo.

Joe

 

[Dustin1300]

Congrats David! Counting the days until we have ours.

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[david00061]

Congrats David! Counting the days until we have ours.

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Thanks. This is our first. Is this going to be your first.?

 

[Newbie Aquarist]

Just curious, why not go back to sand again?

 

[david00061]

Just curious, why not go back to sand again?

I know sand looks nicer. I did try bare bottom on my 125, but I didn't put starboard down. I didn't keep it bare Long and sand went in.
It looks nice with starboard.
I like no sand cus I don't have the matanance. Six years from now my starboard won't be full a sand bed will be.
Most the guys who start a tank never have to worry about a old full sand bed because they tire of it and sell everything within two years.
Also if a coral fall into a sand bed it dies. If a coral falls onto starboard it grows.