My 500 + gallon system. Last 13 years to now. Build, Aquascaping & more. Lots of pics

[slief]

Branching Hammer coral in the lower center of the photo. Picture taken 9/13/2013

Same Hammer coral taken 5/19/2014

Same Hammer tanken 12/13/2014. Notice that it now dwarfs the little leather coral behind it so much that you can't see the leather anymore.

Same Hammer 12/13/2014

 

[slief]

My bunch of finger or spaghetti corals. 9/13/2013

Picture taken 5/19/2014

Same corals 12/13/2014 but not taken at peak lighting so they aren't fully extended.

 

[slief]

If you look in the upper middle right you can see another branching hammer. This coral started out as a fragment no large than my pinky nail about 20 months ago. It fell into a crack on that rock at which point I thought I lost it. A couple months later it sprouted.

Photo taken 9/13/2013

Photo taken 3/19/2014.

Same branching hammer coral taken 12/13/2014 in the upper center of this picture.

 

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Taken 3/19/2014

Taken 12/13/2014

Also taken 12/13/2014

 

[EddieC]

Nice update Scott. Tank looks great!

 

[slief]

RBTA 9/13/2013

RBTA 3/19/2014

RBTA 12/6/2014

 

[biecacka]

Scott, as always great pictures. I hope my tank grows out like yours does, those are amazing growth pictures. Shows the results of great husbandry in the aquarium


Corey

 

[slief]

Borbonius is getting fat! He's a good eater.

 

[pmrossetti]

Incredible tank Scott.

 

[slief]

Some new full tank shots taken last night.

 

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And some more pictures from yesterday.

 

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[Keyvan S]

Scott, great pics and great Tank
Are u a bit frustrated that you can clean the Coralline algae on the surface of the acrylic as easy as you would on glass?
I'm planing to get my 400+ tank built, but I'm still deciding on glass or Acrylic
Any advice?

Cheers
KS

 

[slief]

I also did a bit or organizing of my Apex components for the display refugium. I use the VDM module for the pair of Tunze 6095's in the display and the Lunar sim for the moon lights on the display fuge.

I still need to clean the wires up a bit more but it's much better than having the modules and wires all over the bottom of that stand.

That particular tank uses a Maxspect Razor for the lighting. I mounted the two Lunar Sim LED's in to the vacant recess for the extra fans. It worked out pretty good. I angled the Lunar LED's inward slightly to maximize the coverage where I needed it.

This was taken last week at 92% full moon.

 

[dave.m]

You appear to be having entirely too much fun.

Dave.M

 

[slief]

You appear to be having entirely too much fun.

Dave.M

That or too much time spent staring at the tank!

Feeding time today.
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[saf1]

You actually have a eel in there, huh? Never noticed it before.

 

[dave.m]

I believe that's an engineer goby. The only reason you can see it is because there is no substrate, otherwise it would disappear under the rockwork and you'd be unsure if it even existed.

Dave.M

 

[saf1]

Oh, ok. It looks rather large so wasn't sure. Still neat never the less.