My 65 Reef - Photo Intensive

FelipeBastos

In Memoriam
I have been in the hobby almost a year, and this is what i have managed to "build". I have 3 Firefish, 2 ocellaris clownfish, 1 candy hogfish wrasse, one scarlet fairy wrasse, one Fridmani Pseudochromis, one YWG, and one spotted mandarin.

I also have tons of cool inverts: serpent star, blue and red hermits, and even a haloween hermit ( my favourite of the hermits). I had some florida conchs, but I think only one has survived my hermits. There are tons of snails in the tank - stomatella, cerith, and others. they reproduce so I always see more and more.

It's my first time posting pics of the tank.

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I have 3 of those beautiful Firefish. They always hang out together.

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I love those zoas. They are a whiteish blue, one of my favorites. Got the frag from Jay, a fellow RC'er.

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Ah, my Orange Delight Zoas.

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Close-up of the oranges before I moved them.

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That's a shot of the center of the tank.

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That's my female clownfish headed to the monti Cap. She is 3 in. long.

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Another one of my favorites. Blue Star.

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Taking photos of reef tanks is an art I am yet to master. I can never get what I want.
 
Lighting is done to imitate sunrise sunset conditions.

It starts with actinic ( 192w), then that stays on all day.
The the 1st MH kicks in 10k Ushio bulb, 175W.

Then the 2nd MH kicks in, 14k Hamilton bulk, also 175w.
Total mid day lighting in watts is 542 watts.

Then the first MH shuts off. Then the 2nd MH shuts off. The actinics then shut off, and just the moon lights are on for 2 hours ro so, then total darkness.

Repeat the next day.
 
Although most of these are simlar, I decided to post all of them. Photos always describe tanks better than words.

The left side is much darker as only the other MH is on. Sunset kinda situation.

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