sixtygallon212
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Ha, Ha, Thanks James.
My 80gal starfire reef
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BlAcK_PeRcUlA
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Awesome tank!
I noticed that some of your plating montiporas grow out and down at an angle instead of upwards. A few of mine also do this. What in your experience causes growth down? The most reasonable thing I could think of is that it has to do with flow around the coral?
I noticed that some of your plating montiporas grow out and down at an angle instead of upwards. A few of mine also do this. What in your experience causes growth down? The most reasonable thing I could think of is that it has to do with flow around the coral?
SolidDetail808
Unofficial #1 BJ Penn fan
Great growth, pics and corals! Gives me motivation.
purplereef
Active member
Wow very nice tank. I love the fact you didn't put a million frags in your tank.
PogoMonogo
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should be proud, very nice.
sixtygallon212
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The T5's are for suppliment, and I am running two 48" high outputs. One of the bulbs is a Actinic and the other is 460nm. They are run by a hamilton electronic ballast and waterproof endcaps. I also use two 36" regular output T12 that power Corallife actinic bulbs which really pop out the greens. I use a Iwaki 100mdx for flow which is sent through an oceanmotions 4way that helps stir sediment. I have four returns for the close loop (one in each corner to maximize flow dispersal). I love how the oceanmotions simulates tidal activity so closely, you can really see the shift in flow and how the fish respond.
eaglesrx
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wow, great tank!! what are the dimensions of this tank? Which reflectors are you using?
How many lyretail anthias are you keeping in their? any aggression with each other or other fish?
How long have you had this tank set up? Were all of your SPS grown under that lighting combination?
Kudos again on a great tank!!
How many lyretail anthias are you keeping in their? any aggression with each other or other fish?
How long have you had this tank set up? Were all of your SPS grown under that lighting combination?
Kudos again on a great tank!!
macreefster
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sweet tank! love the large colorful corals and density of the tank. great job if incorporating so many caps, love all that horizontal growth. what lighting are you using?
sixtygallon212
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(eaglesrx)
The tank is 48"x20"x20" which comes to about 85 gallons. The metal halide setup is run by icecap ballasts using double ended PFO reflectors.
Fish:
6x Lyrtail anthias
Chevron Tang
Fine Line Tang
Australian Possum Wrasse
Common Cleaner Wrasse
Purple Firefish
Yellow Watchman Goby
Bangaii Cardinal
True Percula Clownfish
Starry Blenny
The tangs fought for about two hours when introduced but luckly the chevron tang was bigger than the more aggressive fine line tang. All the other fish were introduced with no problems, I think it helps that I feed a lot of food so they don't feel they have to compete. The tank has been set up for almost two years and the lighting has been the same.
(macreefster)
Thanks for the compliments. The lighting specs are on the first page. I plan to take some pictures of the behind the scenes for you guys as soon as I can.
The tank is 48"x20"x20" which comes to about 85 gallons. The metal halide setup is run by icecap ballasts using double ended PFO reflectors.
Fish:
6x Lyrtail anthias
Chevron Tang
Fine Line Tang
Australian Possum Wrasse
Common Cleaner Wrasse
Purple Firefish
Yellow Watchman Goby
Bangaii Cardinal
True Percula Clownfish
Starry Blenny
The tangs fought for about two hours when introduced but luckly the chevron tang was bigger than the more aggressive fine line tang. All the other fish were introduced with no problems, I think it helps that I feed a lot of food so they don't feel they have to compete. The tank has been set up for almost two years and the lighting has been the same.
(macreefster)
Thanks for the compliments. The lighting specs are on the first page. I plan to take some pictures of the behind the scenes for you guys as soon as I can.
sixtygallon212
New member
Thanks. Is that you Kyle?
