Pics of a TBS reef after 2.5 years

[dwculp]

I posted these pics in my own thread (click my red house) but thought I wpuld post some here. This is my TBS reef, kept in my clasroom for the last 2.5 years. I think it is almost as easy as my freshwater tanks!!

On with the pictures!!

 

[dwculp]

 

[dwculp]

 

[liverock]

Amazing!

Amazing!

I can not believe it has been that long......and you have done an AMAZING job keeping all those corals alive....whatever you do, you need to spread that info around!

Richard TBS
www.tbsaltwater.com :rollface: :rollface: :rollface:

 

[figuerres]

Sweet!

I've had some for a while but I have had to many moves and some time with forida's storms --

I think this year my skills and time in-training will pay off
-- I hope :rollface:

 

[SaltyDr]

DWCULP-

Nice looking tank! Besides the TBS rock, what have you added? Did you pull all of the caulerpa out?

 

[dwculp]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9000997#post9000997 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SaltyDr
DWCULP-

Nice looking tank! Besides the TBS rock, what have you added? Did you pull all of the caulerpa out?

1. I didnt get any caulerpa on my rock that I remember.

2. I have added the following:

Crocea clam
Hammer coral
Kenya Tree Coral (weed!!)
Green Brain (nearly too big for the tank now)
A few mushrooms
Orange zoanthids
Hydnophora SPS

 

[dwculp]

Re: Amazing!

Re: Amazing!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8998516#post8998516 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by liverock
I can not believe it has been that long......and you have done an AMAZING job keeping all those corals alive....whatever you do, you need to spread that info around!

Richard TBS
www.tbsaltwater.com :rollface: :rollface: :rollface:

Thanks!

Here is my secret, spread the word.

1. I followed your instructions.
2. Common sense.
3. Patience.
4. Keep the sand bed ALIVE!! Nothing that hits the bottom of my tank decomposes, it gets eaten by the billions of organisms in the sand. My PO4 and Nitrate have read 0 for a LONG time.
5. I used to feed the tube corals by hand but not anymore and not for a long time. They get plenty from the cyclops I feed to the tank. Having an ultra live sand bed helps, I can feed lots, ensuring the corals get their fair share and the sand critters clean up.
6. Common sense.
7. Patience.

 

[wickedfood]

hi. do you have m.h. lights? i gave my condi to the lfs because i didn't think my lighting was strong enough for him. i see your's is looking very nice.

 

[dwculp]

No, I have 300W of PC lighting. So far it has been enough for everything I have tried to keep. You have to realize that my 40 gallon tank is only 17 inches high though and I have almost 7.5W per gallon.