Not a typical doctor's waiting room... 450 gallon reef

[gkarshens]

 

[gkarshens]

 

[gkarshens]

More photos Here

 

[Dudester]

Great photos Gabriel, you're right about it being tough to photograph, it took a real professional to get it right. Thanks for posting them up so quickly. It was a great meeting and I think everyone had a good time. I guess we'll update this thread again in a year when we have another meeting.

 

[GSMguy]

looking great

 

[cbui2]

wow amazing growth you have :thumbsup:. what type of maintenance is being done on sand bed?

 

[jnarowe]

great pics Gabriel and it's nice to see some recent shots. The tank is really looking good.

 

[Bax]

Dude!

The office tank looks great, really nice colors!

 

[Dudester]

Thanks everyone. Bart, John will correct me if I'm wrong, but the sand is siphoned monthly with a large volume water change. There is a gigantic sea cucumber, 5 conchs, 5 serpent stars and about 100 nassarius snails that continually stir the sand and eat detritus (as well as make their own).

 

[melev]

Gabriel, those are great pictures indeed. Thanks for showing us what it looks like today. :thumbsup:

Mike, with that there, do you ever do any work or do you just sit in the waiting room pretending to be a mere patient as well?

 

[KingfishJohn]

Thanks for posting those pics Gabe as they are the closest I've seen of what the tank actually looks like!

Maintenance on the sand is one giant black cucumber, 2 sand colored ones, 2 tigertails, 5 conchs, a fancy brittle, 2 black brittles, 3 serpents, and like 100 nassarius and ceriths.

Pretty much every water change as Mike mentioned I siphon the sand to turn it over and help keep it white.

 

[Dudester]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12371187#post12371187 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev
Mike, with that there, do you ever do any work or do you just sit in the waiting room pretending to be a mere patient as well?

I actually only get to see the tank a few minutes each day, if that.

 

[Cajun Reefer]

Gabriel, thank you for those awesome photos. The next time we visit the sister-in-law, I'm going to have to see about popping in to see that in person! Mike, thanks for sharing that tank with us!

:rollface: Just Awesome! :rollface:

 

[ReefEnabler]

amazing!

 

[ReefingBuddha]

inspiring...

great photos.

 

[Dudester]

Thanks one and all! CajunReefer, send me a pm when you come and I'll give you a tour of the tank room too, if you like.

 

[FroMan]

any updates?

 

[Dudester]

Only that the tank is doing quite well overall. The MH bulbs were changed a while ago to a 20K look and I don't particularly favor it. We're going to switch to a 14K and see how that goes. The corals are growing very nicely and in fact have collided in several areas. Nothing has died or even suffered as a result so we're letting nature take its course. The only real bad news is that our female McCosker's wrasse jumped out to her death, but all the other fish are well. We even added a female rhomboid wrasse as well as a pair of true percula clownfish about a month ago and all are thriving. The clowns host in an elegance coral that also is doing remarkably well. Thanks for asking!

 

[jnarowe]

damn wrasses are always doing that!

 

[asnatlas]

any updates ??