rigleautomotive's Tank Pics Thread

[rickyfins]

Dan, your an acro hog! LOL Nice tank, the new pictures look great! You really should be the next TOTM

Those VW bug size Acros are killer.

 

[tee1172]

Dan
great tank and pictures. I also have the d40 its a great camera once you figure out what the heck your doing. Some of my pictures are awesome and some suck.

 

[rigleautomotive]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13284876#post13284876 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rickyfins
Dan, your an acro hog! LOL Nice tank, the new pictures look great! You really should be the next TOTM

Those VW bug size Acros are killer.

Thanks Ricky

 

[rigleautomotive]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13285054#post13285054 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tee1172
Dan
great tank and pictures. I also have the d40 its a great camera once you figure out what the heck your doing. Some of my pictures are awesome and some suck.

Thanks Tee,its a slow learning curve on this camera.every once in a while i get lucky and get a good photo.

 

[rigleautomotive]

a couple of macro shots

 

[treef18795]

awesome corals.more pics please

 

[rigleautomotive]

 

[x2uranium]

what settings are those:eek2:

 

[rigleautomotive]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13306817#post13306817 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by x2uranium
what settings are those:eek2:

Jon,i got this website from a RC member and it has helped quite a bit.I am using P most of the time now and following the site for the other settings.I will be getting a macro lense eventually but i am making due for now.

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d4...guide/index.htm

 

[x2uranium]

that link doesnt work for me.

 

[x2uranium]

after snooping around the site I found the right page. Great info on this guys site.

 

[nu2reefva]

how is the growth with those 20k xms i love the color but im gonna be starting from frags and dont want to give up to much growth for color ill give up some though for a tank like yours

 

[Tony B (UK)]

Very nice set up

 

[poknsnok]

very nice..

 

[dvanacker]

Wow the pics are just getting better. The tank is exquisite!!

I can see how you would have a rough time keeping the tank BB you seem to have a lot of stuff on the bottom of the tank and against the tank back wall. Was this making it hard to keep things clean?? How are you finding the sand and how much/what type did you put in. I'm curious because I'm trying to make the BB/DSB decision on my upgrade (54"x36wX24h)

 

[rigleautomotive]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13378171#post13378171 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by nu2reefva
how is the growth with those 20k xms i love the color but im gonna be starting from frags and dont want to give up to much growth for color ill give up some though for a tank like yours

Thanks,I do believe the growth is about 25 percent less than the reeflux 12 k bulbs i ran prior which by the way i got good color from also.The best growth i got was from xm 10k .unfortunately i really did not have the popping colors i was looking for.As my tank became overgrown with corals my goal switched to trying to get better colors and not so much concern on the fast growth.

 

[rigleautomotive]

Thanks tony and pok.i appreciate the kind comments

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13379297#post13379297 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dvanacker
Wow the pics are just getting better. The tank is exquisite!!

I can see how you would have a rough time keeping the tank BB you seem to have a lot of stuff on the bottom of the tank and against the tank back wall. Was this making it hard to keep things clean?? How are you finding the sand and how much/what type did you put in. I'm curious because I'm trying to make the BB/DSB decision on my upgrade (54"x36wX24h)

thanks,i appreciate the kind words
I have tried florida live sand and the carib sea bagged stuff with the same results
I have been back and forth with the sand about 6 times in the last 10 years and i am leaning toward bare bottom for giving me the best results.The sand would always become a problem after a few years and start creating negative results.i would notice some color loss in some of the acroporas and sometimes algae start cropping up .after vacuming and removing sections with weekly water changes things would start looking good again leading me to remove it all eventually.My opinion is if your goal is to grow acroporas then bare bottom is the way to go.it allows you to keep the nutrients low as possible and create some strong flow without blowing sand around

 

[dvanacker]

Thanks.....I've been going back and forth on a SSB and BB for the 3 years I've been in the hobby and found SSB can be a problem after time but if you don't stay on top of keeping a BB system clean then it can be a problem too. My tank will be BB but it's going to be 4' x 3' and open with rocks supported on acrylic rods so I can keep things clean. Oh and RDSB with sugar fine sand as well to take care of nitrate.

 

[rigleautomotive]

that sounds like a good plan.best of both worlds

 

[rigleautomotive]

here are a couple pics i took today after the halides went off.the polyp extension was pretty good tonight for some reason.i bumped my mg up the last couple days from 1170 to 1350 which i think may have given me better PE