So Cal Reefers FTS Thread...

Here is mine yesterday.

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Heres mine taken just a week after the upgrade. sorry Iphone picture I still dont know how to take picture.

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Here is a pic of my 85gal . any input would be great i would like to add a bit more just not sure what . my tank is about 9 month old
 

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That looks really clean. Is the rock work your overflow and your return?

It is, here's what it looked like before I covered it in concrete.

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I've been trying to find the time to get my build thread going but I don't want to start it and leave you guys hanging without any updates.
 
Display: 36x18x18 40 gallon
Sump: Custom acrylic display sump approx 30 gallons
Skimmer: Reef Octopus NWB 110 or 150?
Lighting: Tek 36" 4 bulb T5 (ATI Blue Plus, Blue SPecial, Fiji Purple, Blue Plus
Controller: Reef Keeper Lite
Return: Ehiem 1260
Flow: MP10
Moonlights: K2 Extreme Duo

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Dude, your tank is right on the money.... I love the color... Your lighting is not too much blue... the proportions of everything on your tank is perfect...If I can get my tank to look half as good as yours I will be happy...
 
Here is my new tank just breaking in.
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Here's my 180 in-wall tank. I only have a cheap point-shoot camera so this is as good as it gets.

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Center
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Right side
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Left side, recent football clam addition (Thanks Marc!)
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The specs:
Display: 72x24x24 180 gallon Leemar Eurobraced.
Sump: 100g acrylic tank converted to sump and large fuge.
Skimmer: Just installed SWC 230 Xtreme cone. I was using a SRO XP-3000 (both these skimmers rock!)
DIY reactor running WM ecobak pellets
2-part dosing pumps
Lighting: 6x SunBrite LED tubes, 2 36w BluePlus T5.
Controller: Reef Keeper Elite
Return: ATB 1500
Flow: Dart Closed Loop, 2x Tunze 6105 on a 7096 controller, 1x MP40
Inhabitants:
6 clams
1 6" Hippo
1 6" Foxface
1 5" Sailfin
1 Kole
Pair of ocellaris clowns
1 Lemon meringue wrasse
1 6-lined wrasse
1 Starry blenny
2 band-tail cardinals
1 large pajama cardinal
1 sunburst anthia
6 Lyretail anthias (1 male)
1 Royal gramma
1 extra large coral-banded shrimp
2 serpent stars
LOTS of colored sticks
Insane bio load!

Enjoyment: Priceless
 
Sorry I haven't been visiting RC that much lately...

Thanks XTM!
Dude your flicker links aren't working... I wanted to see your new scape so bad that I even tried checking your homepage, but the pics weren't showing up there either.
I would really like to see your current pix can you fix the links?

Sorry man, I cleaned up my flickr account and didn't realize that some of the images are linked. I'll post some new pics.

Here's the beginings of my 90g. Hope to be finished soon
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Scott.

Very nice beginning, Scott. I see a lot of potential in this design/aquascape.

How do you suspend them above the rock work?

I glued them

Xtm your tank is amazing. I think I saw it 2 years ago when I went over to buy some gear from you and I am always amazed everytime I see it. I really want to know how you make your corals grow so fast. You should come out to an SFVR meeting and show us some more pictures of you tank!:bounce1:

thanks Richard! I wish I can go to one of your meetings, but I just don't have the time.
 
Ok so here's the latest on my tank. There are 3 main rocks in this display but I glued them all as ONE piece. I'm really hooked on the open sand look.

 
Ok so here's the latest on my tank. There are 3 main rocks in this display but I glued them all as ONE piece. I'm really hooked on the open sand look.


Your tank is so perfect....please come do mine like yours too. =)
 
Great minimal aquascape. My only problem with those tanks, if I had one I'd quickly run out of room to put new coral, so I'd end up saving WAY too much money.

Can't have that. :D
 
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