my 5 month old tank

[cathoai]

Hi guys, just want to share my first tank with you guys. Thank you all for sharing your corals.

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[cathoai]

here are some closed up pictures

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[MrMikeB]

Spectacular! Can you share with us a bit more about your setup? You have incredible results for only 5 months!

 

[kevin95695]

Wow. You went nuts on the sticks and tangs!

 

[matttaylor]

I'm going to have to change my signature now. You have more tangs than i do. Great job on a beautiful tank!

 

[Unarce]

Very impressive, cathoai!

It's like you've been doing this for years

 

[Auntbeez]

very nice.... What size is the tank?

 

[cathoai]

Thanks for your compliments. The display tank is 180gal with a 70gal sump. It is lid with a Tek2 T5 retro kit. I am manually dosing it with seachem reef builder and calcium. I am planning on getting a calcium reactor in the near future. water movement is created by three koralia 4 and two koralia 3.

 

[bladeruner143]

What kind of corals are those "sticks?"

 

[Buskey]

As a person that is having serious trouble getting my 50G tank running, how did you get the tank up and running that well in 5 months?

 

[cathoai]

I've done alot of reading especially from reef central before i started my tank. Without you guys, my tank wouldn't be as healthy as it is right now. Thanks again for all your help.


Howie

 

[jeweldamsel]

Very nice for a five month old tank. You are definitely more than a "newbie". Update your profile.

 

[pbetito]

Howie, your tank looks great. You should be really proud as it clearly shows that you are very dedicated and have put in a lot of work. It is common to see newcomers post great pics of their softie/lps tanks but in SPS... WOW!! Congratulations on an awe inspiring tank.

 

[jeweldamsel]

What is your return pump? Are you using a wavemaker or you just let all your koralia's run all the time?

 

[cathoai]

Oh I forgot about the closed loop. I have a closed loop that's connected to a squid for wave motion.


Howie,

 

[MayorOfWhoVille]

Very impressive. Everything looks great. Those monties are nice!

 

[dots]

5 months? Great job, it looks like you didn't screw around and went straight to the colored sticks.

Talk about jumping in the deep end, I respect that. These things really test your patience and pocketbook when not going well.

Welcome to obsession, (Or is it insanity? Sometimes it seems I enjoy pain and frustration?)

Looks great, keep up the good work!!

BTW, that is WAAAY to many Tangs in that tank!!! I will have to report you to the proper authorities.

 

[cathoai]

LOL..Thanks

The tangs are getting along pretty good.

 

[kevin95695]

PM me when you're interested in pruning your SPS 'trees'.

 

[cathoai]

Guys, some of the rocks toppled so I had to rearrange them. What you guys think? I also replaced the koralias with two vortechs.

full tank view:

Left side:

Right side: