C'mon fellow reefers. Someone is kind enough to share their extraordinary tank, you need to show courtesy. Beautiful tank, beautiful pictures. Colonies that pretty and that big require a great deal of time and a great deal of diligence. 500 gallons is extraordinary as well. Few if any are able to handle that level of commitment, all the equipment, water changes, maintenance,cleaning, reactors, dosers, pumps, controllers, a gizzilion wire outlets, plumbing like nobodies business, a big room to place the tank, water changes that are humongous( think abiout 10% water changes weekly=50 gallons), the list goes on and on and includes an equal amount of financial commitment to make it all come together. So thank you for sharing. Thank you for your pictures. Thank you for gracing us with your experience and knowledge.
To those of you that criticize, do you have any idea of the heat that mh would put out for a 500 gallon tank and what that would require in chilling not only the tank but the room itself. ATI powermodules cost is astronomical as well, for those t5/led aficionados. And choosing what one thinks is the absolute best choice irregardless of cost is a personal choice. If I could afford a Chagall, Picasso, or Rivera , I would own them all, but in the meantime posters cover the walls, but art is art. I'm happy with posters on the walls and they look good, still wish I had a couple of masters work nonetheless. And I still visit galleries and museums because talent and inspiration are always worthy of the visit to sit in the presence of beauty
Kudos to you, great colonies, big and beautiful.
I am a metal halide/t5 guy but always checking out what is developing with alternative lighting. Thanks for the thread
