Pictures - 800 gallon reef - 7+ years in operation
- Thread starter hcrk
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Firstly, I should like to thank all of those people that have posted comments on this thread and have actually kept it viable for in excess of 5 years.
Thought that I would take a few moments to reply to some of your questions:
To my way of thinking, removing the fish to a "hospital" tank carries very substantial risks resulting from the added stress on the entire fish population induced by the process of capture and removal.
I am certainly not suggesting that others follow my lead and simply ignore ich. All that I am saying is that this approach makes sense to me and has been successful in my Reef.
Thanks, once again, again for your many kind comments.... and please do not hesitate to post further questions. Although I may not be able to reply in a timely fashion, I will try to respond.
Thought that I would take a few moments to reply to some of your questions:
The producer told me that he would let me know and I will, of course, post the date
Although I have had outbreaks of Ich in the past, it has not turned out to be a huge problem. In fact, most fish seem to be entirely immune to ich and others seem to develop an immunity over time. The one fish that I have lost to ich in the past few years was a powder blue tang.
To my way of thinking, removing the fish to a "hospital" tank carries very substantial risks resulting from the added stress on the entire fish population induced by the process of capture and removal.
I am certainly not suggesting that others follow my lead and simply ignore ich. All that I am saying is that this approach makes sense to me and has been successful in my Reef.
I don't know about Reef Central, but, sadly, all of those large reef aquariums that inspired me when I first planned my reef, have now been dismantled. Things happen and people get discouraged or simply seen to lose interest. Building and maintaining a large Reef is an expensive and difficult undertaking and, accordingly, the "turnover rate" in this hobby seems to be very high.
I too wonder haw many of the people who first posted on this thread are still involved in the hobby. It would be an interesting exercise to find out how many of the people that posted in the first few months are still maintaining their original aquariums.
Assuming that you are referring to the actual startup period of the Reef so many years ago - a large number of the fish have survived including many of the Tangs. When it comes to corals, quite a few of the soft corals have not only survived - but have multiplied (it is to be noted that a large number have been moved for various reasons and some have actually "evolved" in their appearance because of changes in water flow and light intensity).
Thanks, once again, again for your many kind comments.... and please do not hesitate to post further questions. Although I may not be able to reply in a timely fashion, I will try to respond.
TheCoralNabber
New member
hcrk, I know that I've been following this thread for probably a good 4.5 years, not quite sure just how long though. I do know that I have been subscribed to this theard since then and have waited a long time for updated, and would occasionally check for updates even when I kind of got out of the hobby. I can't wait to see video of your tank...It has always been an insperation to me, and I'm sure many others. We all thank you for sharing this with use. To answer one of your questions above, I just have one tank still going from when I started following this thread. It is a nano reef, that started out in a 5 gallon acrylic but was updated into a 12 gallon glass tank as I got tired of not being able to clean off the coraline. Other then that everything remained the same except for the loss of my 4.5 year old clownfish. It was a sad day! My two other tanks were taken down and sold, and one had just returned from the ashes just this past week.
bullitr
broke but happy
i think soft corals are the best long term!
i think soft corals are the best long term!
although i have 70% lps and sps i still have mixed reef a will likely to keep soft corals because of this thread. Steve Weast to me had the greatest SPS predominated tank . i don't know what happen to steve weast tank after the crash. a innocent tap water that kills 10's of thousands worth of corals in one day.while soft corals will no die in one day or when the calcium reactor stop working or the nitrate go to 10. although David Saxby mixed reef still running and doing great i am here still gambling like most of us with SPS . hcrk should teach us a lesson.
i think soft corals are the best long term!
although i have 70% lps and sps i still have mixed reef a will likely to keep soft corals because of this thread. Steve Weast to me had the greatest SPS predominated tank . i don't know what happen to steve weast tank after the crash. a innocent tap water that kills 10's of thousands worth of corals in one day.while soft corals will no die in one day or when the calcium reactor stop working or the nitrate go to 10. although David Saxby mixed reef still running and doing great i am here still gambling like most of us with SPS . hcrk should teach us a lesson.
Western_reefer
Reef keeper
AMAZING!
Western_reefer
Reef keeper
AMAZING tank!! :eek2: :eek1:
Rickyrooz1
Acropora Nut
Beautiful tank
JStraz4991
New member
I was exicted to make a 40 gallon setup lol.
Island Hopper
New member
Found this thread today and needless to say I spent most of my day off reading from the beginning. What a great setup and looking forward to seeing it on the Discovery Channel. Hope I haven't missed it.
paulmartin
Member
Hi guys, I'm from the UK and I just joined the site today and have just read this whole thread, one word, awesome.
