My Venezuelan Tank.

[CarlosS]

Hi Guys:

I am always watching your beautiful tanks and reefs and I am amazed for the gorgeous systems that you have. At this time I decided to post mine. I hope you can enjoy it. This tank is 1 year old and is a dream made true.

I really want to apologize for my English. I will try to be the best taking in consideration my poor English knowledge.

.- This is a 220g total system tank, with bare bottom (no sand).
.- Two MH 400w, 12.000ºK Reeflux, on Lumenarc reflectors
.- Two super actinics, 140w URI
.- Reeflo 200 skimmer, standard
.- Reeflo Hamerhead 5800 GPH with OceanMotions, for circulation
.- Reeflo Dart as main pump
.- Neptune Jr aquacontroler, and
.- Geo Calcium Reactor model 624

General pictures:

Front view

Right view

Some acropora at left:

Pink Bird nest

Acropora Formosa, Orange Digitata & Gramma Loreto

Green Acropora with orange tips

Orange Montipora Cap

Some Acropora and Angel Regal

Looking forward to your comments,

 

[CarlosS]

Another pictures

Acropora Lokani

Green star polips

Pink Acropora Millepora

Acropora Tortuosa

Acropora Loripes

Grey Tridacna Crocea

Red Monti Cap with pink polips

Some green monti cap. Including the Baby blue polips and purple ring.

 

[CarlosS]

More Pictures

Pink monti digitata

Diploria

Another view

Right View

Left view

Acropora desalwii

 

[gotfin]

very nice looking tank, tell us about your set up

 

[CrazyCohiba]

awesome looking tank. Can't wait till mines looks like that one dy.
Kudos.

 

[Jay Fortay]

Great work

 

[El_pescao]

Esta chevere tu acuario chamo!!!
Very nice aquarium
Que tan duro es tener un acuario en Venezuela?
How hard is to have an aquarium in Venezuela?

 

[CarlosS]

Thank you guys.......

I forget to tell you that this tank is 60" x 26" x 24".

I will try to take some pictures about my system tonight.

 

[CarlosS]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15127216#post15127216 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by El_pescao
Esta chevere tu acuario chamo!!!
Very nice aquarium
Que tan duro es tener un acuario en Venezuela?
How hard is to have an aquarium in Venezuela?

Hi my dear spoken partner!!!!!

Thanks for your words, I have done everything I could. It is really hard to set an aquarium here in Venezuela. We have to import all kind of equipments (pumps, lighting, chillers, skimmers, etc), because the stores and distributors don't have good stuff.

Where are you writing from?

 

[El_pescao]

Writing From NYC.
You must be working with oil... jaja it's got to be very expensive to import all that equipment.
What about coral and fish? where do you get them from?
Aqui (NYC) hay mucha gente que tiene reef tanks y hablan español.

 

[CarlosS]

That's very nice!!!!

About fish and corals, we have the Caribbean Sea, as you know, there are beautiful species, but nothing like Indo Pacific, Red Sea, etc.

Of course we have to import acro's and a lot of fish, very expensive too.

Some of us are working with Acropora Farms that let the new hobbist to get into this world with less money.

 

[stunreefer]

Beautifull reef Carlos! This IS a dream reef :thumbsup:

Your english is great, have no worries... it's much better than many people who speak english as a first language that post on this site! :lol:

 

[CarlosS]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15127628#post15127628 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by stunreefer
Beautifull reef Carlos! This IS a dream reef :thumbsup:

Your english is great, have no worries... it's much better than many people who speak english as a first language that post on this site! :lol:

jajajajajajaja,

Thanks for your kindy words......

 

[Ed Reef]

Beautiful tank Carlos.... love the tables you have in there. How long been the tank running??

 

[ReefWreak]

Very beautiful tank my Venezuelan compadre! The polyp extension on your desalwii is insane! Muchas gracias for sharing your pictures. I'm embarrassed that I've grown up in Miami most of my life, and don't feel comfortable enough with spanish to tell you your tank looks nice in spanish

The most frequent spanish I use around these parts is aye carajo!

Thanks again for sharing, beautiful tank, and I look forward to seeing more pictures and your tank specifications!

 

[Oldude]

Looks great, well done. Sweet corals and in particular I love that lokani.

 

[garrettm85]

Carlos,

I am amazed at how many beautiful corals that you have in that tank! It is jam packed with some of the most beautiful corals in the world. I think it is quite an accomplishment to set up a tank in a country where there are not stores that stock almost everything imaginable. To have to import most of your corals is quite a task and one that we commend you for!

Keep us updated with photos of your system.

Is there a good amount of interest in our hobby in your country? Do you have a good set of local friends that share the hobby with you?

Thanks,
Garrett

 

[CarlosS]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15129816#post15129816 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ed Reef
Beautiful tank Carlos.... love the tables you have in there. How long been the tank running??

Thank you my friend. The tables have grown very, very fast. This tank is one year old, installed in May, 2008

Check this picture. It was taken just after get in the SPS. June 2008

Very beautiful tank my Venezuelan compadre! The polyp extension on your desalwii is insane! Muchas gracias for sharing your pictures. I'm embarrassed that I've grown up in Miami most of my life, and don't feel comfortable enough with spanish to tell you your tank looks nice in spanish

Thank you ReefWreak, it is very nice to hear some people that speak spanish here. But let speaking in English for everybody knows what we are saying.

Yes The Desalwii is amazing. It is very big too. Check this picture. It was the desalwii at the beginning:

Thanks for your words. They are very important to me, coming from people that I have always admired, Reefcentral.

Looks great, well done. Sweet corals and in particular I love that lokani.

Thanks Oldude. That lokani was a friend gift. It was so small, that I was thinking that my friend was giving me an stone :lol:...... Look this picture, It was taken in August, 2008

I am amazed at how many beautiful corals that you have in that tank! It is jam packed with some of the most beautiful corals in the world. I think it is quite an accomplishment to set up a tank in a country where there are not stores that stock almost everything imaginable. To have to import most of your corals is quite a task and one that we commend you for!

WOW, thank you!!!!!! I never thought people from Reefcentral could say something like that about my tank :rollface:

Yes it is very dificul to set up a tank with these proportions in a country that ALL is very expensive (talking about the hobby) and you have to import everything, we have not local manufacturing.

For these reasons as I say starting this post, some of us are making coral farms in our houses to let the new hobbist get into this world with less money.

Thank you everybody, it is very gratifying to hear your posts about my thank.

 

[ganjero]

Nice tank, I hope Chavez doesn't confiscate all your corals

 

[CarlosS]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15133628#post15133628 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ganjero
Nice tank, I hope Chavez doesn't confiscate all your corals

Also I hope he doesn't. :lol: