Pictures of Bomber's barebottom SPS tank and related equipment

[CAreefer]

Mike, I thought you meant you had teen-agers. :wavehand:

CAReefer

 

[Bullredchaser]

Sweet tank Bomber!

 

[melev]

Because it's growing into this.

I have to say that I like that MUCH better than the original images. Just add a little sand now.

 

[fishinchick]

Did soemone say redhead? :wave: :lol:

It does look much better now than it did to start with. Although I agree with melev.... add some sand ;p

 

[BrianR]

Sand and some colors. Everything is brown. I am sure it is all healthy, but for gosh sakes, raid the crayola box some Bomber!

 

[melev]

A cup here, a cup there... it won't take long and it won't be too painful.













Btw, cyano is a color, right?

 

[gregt]

Yeah, algae green, and hydrogen-sulfide black are also colors. Blech.

 

[Bomber]

like you schleping 70 gallons of water,, what a pick up!

But I'm getting stronger!

 

[Bomber]

I have to say that I like that MUCH better than the original images. Just add a little sand now.

Did soemone say redhead? :wave: :lol:
It does look much better now than it did to start with. Although I agree with melev.... add some sand ;p

A cup here, a cup there... it won't take long and it won't be too painful.

Btw, cyano is a color, right?

What in this world am I ever going to do with you two?

:lol:

 

[Bomber]

Here's the other side guys.

 

[Bomber]

color?

 

[BrianR]

It still looks all brown to me. Actually I am curious as too why? Is that just what you like? Please don't misunderstand. I have been a long time follower of your tanks and I do think you know your stuff. I just wondered why this latest tank which has become such the rave is so plain looking. I would have thought of all people you could have the bright purples/greens/reds/etc that I see in reef tanks.

I did see that one spot of green, and if memory servers you do have a few more.....spots. I just expected a lot more color.

 

[MiddletonMark]

Ah, but this is a Caribbean reef tank, with Acropora not usually seen in most reef tanks [A. cerv.] ... which is always `golden' colored.

Nothing's going to make them green/blue/purple ... they don't come like that. I think there are a few Montipora in this tank [Pacific] so he is cheating ... but I bet there would be plenty of fools like me who would gladly trade any # of neon Acropora for a piece of one of these rare [in aquaria] brown ones.

But if you've spent much time underwater in the Carib area ... they're terribly beautiful as they're `home team colors', brown or not. Just my take, but like a number of things in this tank ... it makes me warm and fuzzy as it looks like the reefs I've been to.

But maybe I've only been to those schwag Carib reefs :lol:

 

[BrianR]

Ah..that explains it then. It still is a beautiful tank, no doubt about it. I still think he has all his snails super glued to the bottom of the tank though. Probably that is the reason you never really see many pictures of the room the tank is in, or at least the far wall. Before he figured out how to keep the snails in the tank, that current he has trucking through there spattered them all over the far wall.

Oh, and melev...I just found out where you live. Turns out on one of my trips down to Dallas to visit my good friend Andy, he knew all about you, being as you are all in the same reef club. Amazing how small a world it is sometimes. He tells me you just love people to bring all their sump parts to your house so you can build it for them. Says it is the one thing you absolutely LIVE FOR!!!

I can't tell you how excited I was to hear that.

 

[Bomber]

It still looks all brown to me. Actually I am curious as too why?

Brian, for the type of tank this is and the type of animals that are in it, it has a massive amount of color. I don't punch the colors in photoshop.

 

[Bomber]

I think there are a few Montipora in this tank [Pacific] so he is cheating ...

There are four. AND no one told me how fast those stupid things really grow. They are a major pain.

 

[BrianR]

There are four. AND no one told me how fast those stupid things really grow. They are a major pain.

I hope I too can one day complain about that.

 

[MiddletonMark]

There are four. AND no one told me how fast those stupid things really grow. They are a major pain.

You should see what those blue and purple corals are like

 

[melev]

Oh, and melev...I just found out where you live. Turns out on one of my trips down to Dallas to visit my good friend Andy, he knew all about you, being as you are all in the same reef club. Amazing how small a world it is sometimes. He tells me you just love people to bring all their sump parts to your house so you can build it for them. Says it is the one thing you absolutely LIVE FOR!!!

I can't tell you how excited I was to hear that.

Well, that might be overstating things a tad. I do try to be helpful. If you want to visit some time, just PM me.

Do you have any head-on shots, Bomber? If you took them head-on and slightly down hill (standing on a chair perhaps), I bet a lot more color could be seen. The bottom line is that we see much more color looking down vs looking from the side. The light reflects right back upwards off these corals and they virtually explode with vividness.

 

[Bomber]

Do you have any head-on shots, Bomber?

:eek2: :eek1: :eek2: :eek1: :eek2:

:lol:

NO

I thought you knew me well enough to know that no one would trust me hanging over the top of a tank with their camera!