Please Vote for April's Nano TOTM!!!
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Zestay
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have to say . jrhupps tank is very very much more established than the other tanks. look at his coral growth not just coral frags.. his tank is covered in coral!.. wish my tank looked like his!
also love how close his corals grow together with out any chemical warefare. very careful planning and arranging.. good work.. twelve thumbs up!
also love how close his corals grow together with out any chemical warefare. very careful planning and arranging.. good work.. twelve thumbs up!
sgtcalypso
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great tanks everyone. overall my favorite is nanokipers'.
nice collection of acans.
nice collection of acans.
davidryder
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StunnaShadez
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jrhupp, that refuge is amazing
louist
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Woa, this competition sure is going well! Great entries this month 
jrhupp, I love your tank. If I am setting up a softies tank, I would want it to look like yours, eventually. I really like your display refugium. I am going to the same look in my big tank, but have failed miserably so far.
Congrats on making to the final round everyone. Great tanks all around!
jrhupp, I love your tank. If I am setting up a softies tank, I would want it to look like yours, eventually. I really like your display refugium. I am going to the same look in my big tank, but have failed miserably so far.
Congrats on making to the final round everyone. Great tanks all around!
Wow, Louis thanks for the complements. That means a lot coming from someone who has been able to put together a Reef Central TOTM.
It is really amazing how much the fuge changes from day to day. Most of the algae in it are calcareous species, which grow fast and are rather short lived. It seems like as soon as one hits maturity, it begins to senesce but not before sending up two or three more to replace it. The Halimeda alone have probably added a quarter inch of material to the sand bed. I think mine has been so successful for several reasons; a moderately heavy bioload, heavy illumination (110 watts of CF over a 15 gallon tank), huge inputs of kalkwasser to maintain the calcium/alkalinity levels for the algae, and I let senescing plant material decompose in the fuge. That last one is probably not something many would feel comfortable doing, but it has turned the sandbed from sand into a “soil†very similar to what is found in the shallow water algae beds around here.
With the exception of a Botryocladia species and Caluerpa serrulata, all the algae were either grown from fragments I collected or were volunteers from the display. I all it’s about 15 species of algae and one vascular plant (Halodule wrightii).
Jay
It is really amazing how much the fuge changes from day to day. Most of the algae in it are calcareous species, which grow fast and are rather short lived. It seems like as soon as one hits maturity, it begins to senesce but not before sending up two or three more to replace it. The Halimeda alone have probably added a quarter inch of material to the sand bed. I think mine has been so successful for several reasons; a moderately heavy bioload, heavy illumination (110 watts of CF over a 15 gallon tank), huge inputs of kalkwasser to maintain the calcium/alkalinity levels for the algae, and I let senescing plant material decompose in the fuge. That last one is probably not something many would feel comfortable doing, but it has turned the sandbed from sand into a “soil†very similar to what is found in the shallow water algae beds around here.
With the exception of a Botryocladia species and Caluerpa serrulata, all the algae were either grown from fragments I collected or were volunteers from the display. I all it’s about 15 species of algae and one vascular plant (Halodule wrightii).
Jay
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Its amazing! ~ probably the nicest fuge I have ever seen. The display tank is pretty sweet too :thumbsup:
Aquabucket
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Since I can post one more pic here is a shot with my tank being projected on the wall. Now I have the biggest 40 gallon around!
Anyways congrats to nanokiper it looks like his tank is going to be the winner and rightly so. Its a beautiful tank! Mine has about a half a year to go before it will be were I want it to be.
Thanks again for the nomination. It was privilege to be featured along with some beautiful tanks!
Anyways congrats to nanokiper it looks like his tank is going to be the winner and rightly so. Its a beautiful tank! Mine has about a half a year to go before it will be were I want it to be.
Thanks again for the nomination. It was privilege to be featured along with some beautiful tanks!
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