pics of my new fish/sps reef :)

[Tanu]

Thanks... The new tank has about the same dimensions as the old tank, but the equipment is laid out differently so it is safer, easier to maintain and also better looking

Key features:
- main tank (starfire front glass) about 170 G
- return from sump: Red Dragon 10.000
- skimmer: Bubble King 200 intern
- zeovit-reactor
- Ca: I had a Ca-reactor, now switching to pure balling method
- chiller: Resun 650, located in a different room
- light: 2 x 150 W hqi, 2 x 39 W T5, 2 x 54 W T5

Here a small view in the sump-area

<img src="http://www.zeewaterforum.info/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=79381" border="0" alt=""><br />

 

[Tanu]

Some new pictures:

Frontal:
<img src="http://www.zeewaterforum.info/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=124762" border="0" alt=""><br />

Side:
<img src="http://www.zeewaterforum.info/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=124763" border="0" alt=""><br />

Back from my desk:
<img src="http://www.zeewaterforum.info/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=124764" border="0" alt=""><br />

 

[Tanu]

And some close-ups of corals:


Pink Acro table, grew four times bigger in less than a year:
<img src="http://www.zeewaterforum.info/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=124765" border="0" alt=""><br />

Pink Stylo, much grown the last 3-4 years (it was already in my previous tank)
<img src="http://www.zeewaterforum.info/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=124767" border="0" alt=""><br />

And a nice Acropora:
<img src="http://www.zeewaterforum.info/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=124766" border="0" alt=""><br />

 

[Aquarist007]

what fantastic growth you are getting from your sps corals.
What's your secret?//

 

[Eel-byte]

Amazing tank!

 

[Tanu]

Capn and Eel-byte: thank you. On some corals the growth is incredible, though absolutely not on all corals. I've used the zeovit-method for about 1.5 years, now I quit this to try something else. I now dose a mixture of trace elements which is, according to the store where I bought them, custom made for my tank. I know some other Dutch and Belgian aquarists who also use this line with huge succes.

Apart from that: routine is really important. Water changes, lots of current, enough Ca and KH and clean water do the trick. But again: thank you. I see my tank everyday so it's hard to judge on it.

 

[Brandon M]

Wow, truly amazing! Well done!

 

[melev]

Darn, I can't see any of the pictures in this thread either. (On this page anyway)

 

[Tanu]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14279779#post14279779 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev
Darn, I can't see any of the pictures in this thread either. (On this page anyway)

Thanks for your interest, I didn't see this myself... They changed something on the forum I deeplinked to... So, here it is, uploaded in my gallery on RC

 

[Tanu]

I thought it was time to blow off the dust of this topic :spin2:

Quite some things have changed, both on the reefscape and on the population of fish. My regal angels decided that they didn't want to be kept together anymore after nearly 5 years, so I only have my 8 year old Red Sea regal left.

Further I added some new fish, including a mated pair of Liopropoma carmabi, a pair of juvenile blueline angels (Chaetodontoplus septentrionalis), a tiny multibar angel (Paracentropyge multifasciata) and some others. :bum:

I shot a small video which you can see here (Be sure to watch in HD )

 

[Potsy]

Gorgeous tank! Wonderful mix of different coral species. Why are Europeans so good at this?

 

[Lynnmw1208]

that video was really cool! your tank is so full of life! I hope mine looks like that! :lol:

 

[Tanu]

that video was really cool! your tank is so full of life! I hope mine looks like that! :lol:

Thank you! Rome wasn't built in one day either, take your time

On the video: making short films like these is really easy using my iPhone and Mac. I just don't film the ugly parts of the tank

Gorgeous tank! Wonderful mix of different coral species. Why are Europeans so good at this?

When I visited Joe Yaiullo (Atlantis Marineworld, New York) last year I wondered the same about the Americans, thank you for your compliments

 

[Project Reef]

Tanu is the manu!

Awesome bro...

 

[Tanu]

Tanu is the manu!

Awesome bro...

Thank you Ali!

 

[Tanu]

I just took a new picture.

New addition: a very small frag of Sympodium sp, so not very much

 

[Jamesurq]

Waaaayyyy to cluttered... You should probably trim everything back and send the frags to me...


..... very nice..

 

[Alysiak00]

how long has it been established. also can you render a list of what the tank consists of (equipment) and possibly inhabitants too if its not the size of a dictionary!

 

[RR37]

Wowza,

That tank is a dream...

 

[Lynnmw1208]

what kind of tang is the darker one with the spots? very cool looking!