My tank over the last five years.

[akaimal]

2008-0717

2008-1231

2009-0325

2009-0718

2009-1024

2010-0810

2010-1022

2011-0227

2012-0123

2012-0712

 

[akaimal]

2013-0313

 

[trinity1012]

sick!!! great job:beer: what kind of lighting do you have? any info on the entire system?

 

[DNA]

I like those timeline full tank shots a lot, since they tell a story.
I see a lot of corals growing and a number vanishing like the turbinaria, a huge hammer and 8 clams.
Can you tell us how your corals did over these years.

 

[Bello]

Superb!

It seems that you went through different lighting setups, as your needs progressed.

Could you shed some light (pun intended) on that?

 

[biggles]

Thanks for sharing the progress shots, your reef has grown in wonderfully over the years. Looks beautiful :thumbsup:

 

[keithhays]

What did you do between 2009 and 2010? There seems to be a lot more growth during and after that period.

 

[dvanacker]

Just the fact that you went five years with out a crash should get you a pin.

 

[afernandez]

Congratulations! Awesome tank ..
It looks like the tank got mad and decided to explode with growth.

 

[akaimal]

Thanks all!

My tank is a 240 Gallon cube 4"*4"*2" cube.

trinity1012:
Current equipment:

Lighting:

Two dimmable DIY LED lights on 36 inch heat sink with
1) 12 XTE Royal Blue LED
2) 12 XPG Cool White Premium 7.5K
3) 8 XP-E blue
4) 2 XP-E red
5) 2 XP-E Green
6) 12 Violet UV LED's
7) 24 XRE Royal Blue
8) 12 XRE Cool White

Two Apollo LED dimmable fixture

Two 4" giesemann actinic plus


Circulation:

2 X MP60 WES
1 ReefFlo Dart pump for return


Other Equipment:

SKIMZ SK 222 Kone E-Series External Protein Skimmer
GEO 618 Calcium Reactor with additional DIY chamber
20 G refugium
60G sump
Dosing pump for dosing 6 ml of Vinegar per day.
APEX AquaController
Water topoff with LiterMeter


DNA: I started hiding the clam under SPS once my Purple tang started developing a taste for it. Sold all of the Frog Spawn and left some on the floor of the tank so that I can make space for other SPS. turbinaria got fragged and moved to the back as it was taking too much space

keithhays: In 2009 I installed the best MH bulb ever made: 400W Reeflux 12K.This combined with 2 Giessman Aquablue Plus and 2 Actinic Plus is responsible for the explosion of growth.

 

[redcable]

superb.... awesome!!

 

[MattG]

Looks really nice.

 

[ssscuz]

Love the growth in that 2009 period... Just spectacular..
Just shows that mh work so well.

Tank looks amazing, thanks for sharing

 

[trueblackpercula]

That's not normal to have that much growth in a closed system.....outstanding work and completely mind blowing .

 

[akaimal]

I got the best growth from the Reeflux 12k, But I should say my experience with LED was not disappointing either. The key is to tweak the brightness values for blue and white LEDs. Too much white, the corals starts getting burned. Pictures 2012-0712 & 2013-0313 shows the growth with LEDS.

 

[akaimal]

Here are two tank depth shots from this week.

 

[Aquatron]

Well done!!!!!!!!!!! FTS update") ........more....more

 

[tikireefer]

Awesome! Good Job! All that hard work pays off!

 

[Ragby]

amazing

 

[Megacorp]

Why and what is the purpose of dosing vinegar?