more pictures

[mark fanara]

Here are five more pictures from my tank...I think some may be over exposed...I am not an expert with my digital camera...but I think everyone will get an idea of what my tank looks like. Thanks for looking!

 

[mark fanara]

I used photobucket this time so I didn't have to reduce the quality...I feel so relieved...I've been wanting to post pictures of my tank forever!

 

[NYBen]

Looks fantastic! Keep up the good work!

 

[RandyO]

Very nice.
Now that's my kinda tank. Nice mix of sps, and LPS with a select few softies.

Actually, that is just like my tank.

 

[drbronx]

Awesome!

 

[mark fanara]

Randy, I was quite impressed after seeing your tank...It was inspiring. You can prabably find corals in my tank that you sold me as frags.

 

[kase]

NICE...how old is your tank? and what kind of hardwere are you running..

 

[mark fanara]

My tank has been running for 5 years. It started with a 38 high, then a 75, now a 120gal all-glass dual overflow. I am using an outer orbit extreme light system (2x150watt 14k hqi's & 2x130watt 460nm actinic pc's) The hqi's are on for about 12 hours, the 130w pc's are on for 13 hours and the pc on the sump is on 8 hours. I have four aquaclear power heads and a magdrive 5 returning water from my sump. My sump is a 30 gallon long tank devided into three sections by plastic "egg crate"...the largest center part has chaeto growing in it on a reverse daylight system, powered by a 65 watt 50/50 pc bulb. There is a coralife needle wheel skimmer at one end of the sump and the magdrive at the other. I also use a 300 watt titanium tube heater with an external control and probe. No chillers required since I cool the whole room with an air conditioner when the temp. goes above 78deg. in the room. I use r/o dionized water, reef crystals salt, 2 part b-ionic supplement, and purple-up coraline algea supplement. I feed my fish once/day with a mixture of mysis, mega-marine algae, frozen cyclopeze, sinularia enhanced brine shrimp and prawn eggs. I keep my spef. gravity at 1.025, ca 400-450, alk 3.5, ph 8.1 - 8.3, phos and nitrate as low as possible and temp at 78 deg.

 

[mark fanara]

I'd like to move the "island" in the middle bottum, so its against the rest of the rock...then I'll have a bit more space for my clams and lps. Maybe I'll even be able to see an open area white sand...that would be a nice change.

 

[^CelticReefer^]

Mark,
The tank looks amazing man. Nice pics too. How's your brother Corey doing??

Brian

 

[ReeferMac]

Great looking corals Mark. Those pics aren't too bad, IMO? It's hard to capture pictures w/ such a blue light source. The CCD's in camera's are tuned to skin tones under daylight exposure, so are more sensitive to red and yellow wavelengths.

- Mac

 

[mark fanara]

Corey is good, he works in Buffalo...his son is doing good also, he's almost 3 years old and has already managed to dump a whole container of flake food into his aquarium. Fortunetely for my brother, my nephew climbed on something and dumped the food into his goldfish tank, not his reef tank.

 

[kase]

it look real good. i like the mixs of corals you have and the colors are great.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Very nice, Mark.

 

[stupac21]

Great pics!

 

[Namyar]

great pictures love the tank

 

[Tava176]

Nice tank!! Very nice!

i noticed your Monti cap in the right corner of pic #2 is growing up. I have a brown cap that is about 10 inches in diameter (about 6 inches when I got it 4 months ago) and it is just growing "rounder"..not up like yours. I will attach a pic. Please feel free to let me know if I am highjacking your thread (and curse me if you wish)... ...I really do not mean to highjack, but am looking for suggestions on how to get mine to grow upwards like yours.

Liek I said, I do not wish to highjack...your cap is just so nice and I want the same of mine. Thanks for the help.

 

[The_Boyz1]

Tava, the way your M. Cap grow depend on the way your water flow.

 

[mark fanara]

I agree w/ Irwin, I think it depends on water flow and possibly light...my cap was growing flat, then one day it decided to start growing upwards and should eventually spiral (folacious). Be patient I'm sure it will change its growth pattern.

 

[mark fanara]

I found some info online:

The Monti Cap (montipora capricornis) is one of the mainstays of SPS coral found in reef aquariums. The swirling plates of the coral are unmistakeable, a familiar and appealing growth pattern. Monti Caps are easily fragged for propagation, with broken pieces readily encrusting and starting new growth. Proper flow is necessary for coral to achieve multiple layers characteristic of this morphology. Fast growers, these corals are highly recommended as first corals for new SPS reef tank hobbyists.