My 25G Reef

[uwwmatt]

Hi guys,

I've been away from Reef Central for a couple years and thought I'd better stop back over and create a tank thread =)

So here it is

Specs:
Tank and Stand: Stock 25G Cadlight
Light: Nanobox LED
Circulation: MP10 and Stock return pump
Controller: Reef Keeper Lite
Started: Sept 1st, 2010

 

[tommer725]

woah

 

[davidadelp]

Wow thats a hell of a hammer coral colony. This is a great tank I love the growth you have!

 

[Chaotic Reefer4u]

Very nice, thanks for sharing ...

 

[kad1979]

Epic!

 

[uwwmatt]

Thanks guys, here are more pics

 

[uwwmatt]

 

[ubgone]

Wow...

Can you elaborate more on your system build.

Incredible tank and photos. What camera are you using?

 

[OnTheEdge]

0.0

 

[kelso1980]

Wow. Thanks for sharing that gem!

 

[uwwmatt]

Wow...

Can you elaborate more on your system build.

Incredible tank and photos. What camera are you using?

Sure, anything in particular you would like to know?

I use a canon rebel xti with a handful of lenses. Most of the close ups come from my tamron 180mm, the fts are using my canon fisheye.

 

[uwwmatt]

some initial build shots. I had a previous 25G tall tank that I transferred to this tank.
These are from back in September 2010

This was right after the transfer

Some random macro shots

January 2011

 

[Veganbrian]

Wonderful LPS! nice pictures also.

 

[uwwmatt]

Clown pics. He currently hosts my hammer coral, but he used to host my large frogspawn colony before it started going down hill.

I made this when I was initially setting up my wiring. It is more or less the same except for I have another PC4 and I don't run the skimmer and my light is changed.

My first fish still kicking it after 5 tank transfers.

 

[uwwmatt]

May 2011

Sep 2011

New Fish to replace my Cardinal that got too agressive

Things really got cramped here

October removed things for more space

November 2011 added LEDs

December 2011 I bought a new house and transferred the tank without issue.

 

[Boboli]

Beautiful tank and great photography skills you have!

 

[uwwmatt]

Jan 2012

At this point I left my tank alone for basically the next 9 months, and that is how it has arrived at what it looks like today (see image in first post). I had started a new job which required 100% travel and was only around on weekends for a quick water change (wife feed them during the week) but unfortunately I don't have any in between photos.

 

[jtwisconsin]

What a stunning and beautiful tank. Thanks for the inspiration.

 

[got2envy]

Beautiful!

 

[james1990]

Amazing tank. well balanced and natural.