My 110 Gallon Peninsula Reef Tank

[kensai]

your tank is amazing! I like the aquascape!!

my tank is currently running on a DSB (5 inches in one of the sump's compartment) with macro algae. I am thinking of moving to the pellets because I think the size of the DSB is not sufficient to take the load of the tank as I add more SPS and fish. Few questions and hope you or anyone here can comment on:

1) how to remove the DSB or is it required to do so?
2) how to make the transition from DSB with algae to the pellets?
3) is pellet the right way forward?

Thanks!

 

[sweet ride]

your pics are incredible, as well as your tank... very nice!

Thanks for the kind words Pallobi!!!

Love your tank. Even when it's not at it's best, it's still amazing.
Your pics always rock.:thumbsup:

Thanks for the kind words REEF SMAC!!!

Nice tank/pics! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the kind words extoker!!!

your tank is amazing! I like the aquascape!!

my tank is currently running on a DSB (5 inches in one of the sump's compartment) with macro algae. I am thinking of moving to the pellets because I think the size of the DSB is not sufficient to take the load of the tank as I add more SPS and fish. Few questions and hope you or anyone here can comment on:

1) how to remove the DSB or is it required to do so?
2) how to make the transition from DSB with algae to the pellets?
3) is pellet the right way forward?

Thanks!

Thanks for the kind words kensai!!! as per your question pertaining to DSB. I do not have any experience with them so I hope someone else from RC will answer your question.

 

[sweet ride]

just a couple of random shots....

 

[Sps Dream]

Perfect.

 

[Crazy_Beaver]

very nice!!!!!

 

[sweet ride]

Perfect.

very nice!!!!!

thanks folks!

 

[ryanrid]

nice looks like its making a nice recovery

 

[sweet ride]

nice looks like its making a nice recovery

thanks ryanrid!!! yes it's on it's ways back to being a healthy system again....

 

[Acronic]

she'll be commin 'round the mountain when she comes

 

[sweet ride]

she'll be commin 'round the mountain when she comes

nice Acronic nice:rollface:

 

[jbanks]

Very nice Sweet Ride!!! Don't know how I missed this thread. So beautiful and clean!

 

[sweet ride]

Very nice Sweet Ride!!! Don't know how I missed this thread. So beautiful and clean!

Thanks for the kind words jbanks! it's so easy to fly under the radar in this forum as there are so many amazing thank in here.

 

[chessmanmark]

Love the aquascape. Beautiful!

 

[chingchai]

WOW!!! I got to say one of the best compliment I've gotten, being compared to a tank like that!!! thank you!!!!

Size doesn't matter.
Your tank is one of the best SPS tank I've seen. And all the pictures you shot are so incredible.
Thank you so much for sharing.

Just one question, why do you change the lighting from MH to T5?

 

[firewill65]

Nice tank/pics! What lens are you using? Are these taken with a tripod?

Thanks!

 

[sweet ride]

Size doesn't matter.
Your tank is one of the best SPS tank I've seen. And all the pictures you shot are so incredible.
Thank you so much for sharing.

Just one question, why do you change the lighting from MH to T5?

Thanks chingchai!! your to kind!!! am lost for words!!!

I've changed to T5 as I've seen a lot of successful tank with T5 lighting. More than anything it's the color in those corals that impressed me the most. Unfortunately even with a slow acclimation process from MH to T5 I still lost a handful of corals. The tank has seen better, but am determined to have the tank back to it's glory days!!!

On a side note your tank has always been amazing!!!

 

[sweet ride]

Nice tank/pics! What lens are you using? Are these taken with a tripod?

Thanks!

Thank you firewill65!

Most of the close-up shots were taken with a 100mm Canon macro lens. The rest of the pictures were taken with ether 18-200mm Canon lens or 28mm Sigma lens. As much as possible I try to use a tripod as well as timer. Hope this helps!

 

[chrishayes]

Yeah, im lost as to why you went to T5...your tank was one of the nicest around here with halides. Just goes to show, even the masters get bored!lol Tank looks fantastic, I wish you continued success.

Also youve convinced me not to go the pellet route now that ive run up against rising nutrients that arent being controlled by my fuge and waterchanges. Ill stick to vodka and bacteria if I go that route. Thanks for documenting such a great tank!

 

[sweet ride]

Yeah, im lost as to why you went to T5...your tank was one of the nicest around here with halides. Just goes to show, even the masters get bored!lol Tank looks fantastic, I wish you continued success.

Also youve convinced me not to go the pellet route now that ive run up against rising nutrients that arent being controlled by my fuge and waterchanges. Ill stick to vodka and bacteria if I go that route. Thanks for documenting such a great tank!

Thanks for the kind words chrishayes!!!

As per my other post, I've always wanted to change to T5 and with my MH fixture failing that was a very good segue for me to switch to T5. Don't get me wrong I was happy with the color and growth that I've archived with the MH, but I know that the color that I've achieved was only 75% of the true color potential of the corals that I have. The remaining corals are now staring to show there true potentials, colors that I did not see when I was only running MH.

The one good thing about using vodka is that you can control it vs pellets. You can certainly use the recommended amount or if you really want to take things slow then you can do this as well.



on a side note, I know it's not SPS but it's certainly a very good addition to the reefing community!!!!!

 

[sahin]

Thanks for the kind words chrishayes!!!

As per my other post, I've always wanted to change to T5 and with my MH fixture failing that was a very good segue for me to switch to T5. Don't get me wrong I was happy with the color and growth that I've archived with the MH, but I know that the color that I've achieved was only 75% of the true color potential of the corals that I have. The remaining corals are now staring to show there true potentials, colors that I did not see when I was only running MH.

The one good thing about using vodka is that you can control it vs pellets. You can certainly use the recommended amount or if you really want to take things slow then you can do this as well.



on a side note, I know it's not SPS but it's certainly a very good addition to the reefing community!!!!!

Congrats man, I got two of those frags :spin1: ...one of them is almost 4 and the other is almost 2...both are little brats and take up so much of my time! :lmao: