Monolith
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gblaszczuk
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Amazing tank. And the stand looks awesome. Im guessing that your sump is in the other room via wall?
Alex Costa
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Thanks Dan.
I hope so as well...
No 305dolphins...The glass was build by Renato Wada. A good fabricator here.
But I build myself the stand. :hammer:
I couldn't agree more Pife.
As I told before, I'll never make a long and narrow tank again.
Thanks gblaszczuk.
You got it....
I'll post some pictures to show it off.
Alex Costa
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Two photos of the fish room.
Isn't the most clean or organized fish room ever....but it works...
And when it's too messy, I can just close the door and hide all the mess away from sight...:bounce1:
Isn't the most clean or organized fish room ever....but it works...
And when it's too messy, I can just close the door and hide all the mess away from sight...:bounce1:
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joshky
Acros & Wrasses
Two photos of the fish room.
Isn't the most clean or organized fish room ever....but it works...
And when it's too messy, I can just close the door and hide all the mess away from sight...:bounce1:
Don't sell yourself short, it looks great. Thanks for taking the time to share your system with us, it's very inspiring.
SnowManSnow
Member
And with led
cool
cool
Alex Costa
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Alex Costa
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And with led
Here in Brazil T5 bulbs are very expensive. Change 30 bulbs (the amount to cover well a tank like this) each 8~10 months isn't an option.
Plus, the electric bill is a problem too.
So LED becomes a good option in terms of cost.
Besides that, it's working well to me 'till now.
Alex Costa
Member
Your tank and photography skills are very impressive mate! The tank looks amazing and your photo's are hopefully doing it justice!
That CaRX is bloody massive! I love the fish room setup, looks pretty neat to me lol and it's good to see such an amazing tank run with LED's too
Thanks Dom.
The CARX is the best piece of plastic that my money has bought....:lolspin::lolspin::lolspin:
It works really really fine.
Alex Costa
Member
Thanks ryanrid.
Hope that you put your tank back on track soon.
Sorry to read about your losses but you'll be inspiring us again very soon.
Alex Costa
Member
Photos from last month.....with the water a little cloud due to some layout changes.
Since the beginning the front island bothered me....it was.....too high.
So I broke the 3 "foots" and bring it down 4~5".
The clown's house was moved to another place, giving it more visibility:
Here the rock with the tortuosa turquoise was moved against the back panel, were the frogs/hammers were before.
It opens a lot of space between the front and the back formations. Something that I intend since the start.
Since the beginning the front island bothered me....it was.....too high.
So I broke the 3 "foots" and bring it down 4~5".
The clown's house was moved to another place, giving it more visibility:
Here the rock with the tortuosa turquoise was moved against the back panel, were the frogs/hammers were before.
It opens a lot of space between the front and the back formations. Something that I intend since the start.
Alex Costa
Member
Thanks!
Alex Costa
Member
Most impressed with the layout of your rock work. Open and free, nice work
Thanks M007
I glued 3 high islands of sansibar rock to make the layout. And intended to use only them plus some low islands on the sandbed.
The problem is that I had some colonies on islands in the previous reef. And I used them......plus, my tortuosa turquoise is 20" wide, my tortuosa Blue Oregon is 15" wide.
All that results is a layout with less negative spaces that I intended.
I am slowly removing some corals and rocks.
The next step is to remove the monti capri and trim some colonies to get more free space.
Let's see.......
Wrangy
Acrotrooper
You'd want to hope so haha it's a serious piece of kit there!! The tank definitely looks like it's working though :lolspin:
Stunning! I love the rockwork and the way the corals have grown in and around it
Alex Costa
Member
Clams, clams, clams...
I had 15 croceas on my previous reef, plus 1 squamosa and 1 maxima.
Due to pinched mantle disease I lost all the croceas and the maxima.
This squamosa survived....I bought it in 2011, 4" long.
Now it is almost 20". One of my favorite piece on the reef, for sure.
This was bought last year. Not exactly the mantle pattern that I want, but a good contrast of color anyway.
And finally this. Found it last week, on a new LFS. Love the mantle pattern instantly.
I had 15 croceas on my previous reef, plus 1 squamosa and 1 maxima.
Due to pinched mantle disease I lost all the croceas and the maxima.
This squamosa survived....I bought it in 2011, 4" long.
Now it is almost 20". One of my favorite piece on the reef, for sure.
This was bought last year. Not exactly the mantle pattern that I want, but a good contrast of color anyway.
And finally this. Found it last week, on a new LFS. Love the mantle pattern instantly.
reefmutt
Active member
Beautiful!!
Are you still running the tank without dosing or n and p control?
the tank looks great!!
I really like the scape as well
Did you notice any major changes when you stopped trying to manipulate the tank?
How many fish, how much do you feed and how many gallons is the new tank?
Are you still running the tank without dosing or n and p control?
the tank looks great!!
I really like the scape as well
Did you notice any major changes when you stopped trying to manipulate the tank?
How many fish, how much do you feed and how many gallons is the new tank?
