My reef photos, not quite tank of the month

[tang named junkyard]

I'm hoping everything fills in more. Maybe someday I can make a candidate for tank of the month. Been doing reefs for over 20 years. This is a foam board background build.

Water changes are rare in this tank. Had a hair algae problem that lasted a long time, it's all gone now. Just was gone one day. I think some of the resin was creating silicates the algae could feed off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHsccsTqpRE&feature=youtu.be

 

[snorvich]

Nice tank! Keep up the good work!!!

 

[kmbyrnes]

Nice Nem!

 

[cincyjim]

Wow, that is one nice tank. Love that nem. How old is everything?

 

[Flatlandreefer]

Great looking tank, love the big anemone as the focal point.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Your tank is beautiful!

 

[Mr.Tan]

so nice looking. I love seeing the built foam backgrounds, they make the tank look so natural when corals are growing off of them.

 

[tang named junkyard]

I've had some of the rock in there for over 20 years. I've had some upgrades on tanks over the years. Here's some pics of the 3d bg. Here's the video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euTeBpM0nRQ

 

[tang named junkyard]

I had this tank going for a while. Went to San Diego and the AC went out in our house. 112. wiped out everything except yellow polyps that were reduced to a nub. THey are seen in my current tank in the middle. I use to show this pic because it had nothing but a half working skimmer on back. I think I'm pretty rogue when it comes to reefing. I rarely do water changes or dosing.

 

[GSMclowns]

Very nice tank.
How do you export nutrients in your tank?
How do you control nitrate and phosphate?
I run GFO and change water alot, BB and appropriate sized skimmer but I always have to struggle with the algae issue.

 

[lespaul339]

Tank looks great! It's nice to see an LPS and Softie dominant tank. I'm working on going the same route with mine.

 

[chilli_reef]

Sweet

 

[Buzz1329]

DT in post #1 is fantastic!

I'm curious based on the pic in post # 9, how you filter your current tank? Sump, skimmer, GAC/GFO reactors, ATS, yadda yadda.

Thanks,

Mike

 

[tang named junkyard]

Back in the day I had a remora hob skimmer. Obviously I couldn't use that with a bg board so i went with the sump. I'm a firm believer of getting as much live rock as you can in a tank. It can detox a lot of misc crap floating around. I did add a chiller living in bakersfield.

 

[tang named junkyard]

I don't mind a little algae. The algae has to burn the fuel off and starve out. Once it does that the algae balance pretty much takes car of itself.