My 6 month old tank

[octopussy]

My new tank (72 Gallon Bow front) is about 6 months old now and I thought I'd post few pictures to show what its looking like. I got it to replace my corner tank which I had for about 5 years.

 

[octopussy]

Sorry there a bit small but at least there working now.

 

[JohnnyBassMan]

Like to see

 

[octopussy]

A few more:

 

[Gwynhidwy]

Beautiful! Nicely done photos too.

 

[octopussy]

Thanks. I want to get some pictures of my Leopard and my Possum Wrasse up but they are impossible to photograph.

 

[octopussy]

Three more:

 

[MileHighFish]

Lookin Good!! Are you using T5's?

 

[octopussy]

Lighting is currently just 2 36w T5 aquablue's. For softies and mushrooms I knew that would be fine. I took a risk with the frogspawn and trumpet coral but they both seem to be very healthy after 5 months. I think having a lot of flow probably helps.

 

[octopussy]

If anyone could ID the thing in the last picture that would be great. It looks to me like it could be some type of anemone but im not sure.

 

[Capt_Cully]

Really nice, very clean look. Nice specimens. BIG STYLE!

Where are you in the UK?

Are you running a sump? What's doing underneath the tank for filtration? pumps? etc?

 

[spleify]

Nice lookin tank!!

 

[octopussy]

Thanks. Im in London.
I have got a sump in this tank (best thing I ever did) and I keep macro algae and some rubble in it. The only equipment I have is a heater and return pump in the sump and two Koralia 3's in the tank. I change a couple of buckets of water a week and that along with the macro seems to keep my water chemistry great. Its quite a basic setup but some times the simple things are the best.
I've wasted so much money in the past on equipment I didnt really need so I thought i'd approach this tank from a different angle.

 

[Capt_Cully]

No skimmer??? Very nice, a great example of a skimmerless system, maintained with waterchanges. Really great work. A proper job!

 

[fox2589]

looks very nice!!and props for being skimmerless with that bioload!how often do u feed the tank?

 

[Jflip2002]

Real nice colors, not a bad place at all to be in 6 months time. Nice job.

 

[octopussy]

Thanks for the compliments.
I feed the tank once or twice a day with frozen food. I ran my last tank skimmerless successfully for five years but phosphates caused a big hair algae bloom so I took it apart and started this one. Im hoping the sump with macro algae will help me to avoid that problem this time round .
To be honest I am tempted to get a skimmer for this system but it has got to be totally silent as noise in my lounge really annoys me. I dont want to buy a expensive one and find out it sounds like a tractor.

 

[Reeftanks6]

Very nice looking tank!