Tank of the Month - January '07

[Skipper]

This month we are featuring Alberto Santilli's beautiful reef aquarium - A Reef From Rome:



More details can be found here or by clicking on the picture above.

Congratulations, Alberto!

Note: Alberto does not speak English, so some of his reefkeeping friends from Reef Italia will be responding to questions as their time permits.
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[manosdr]

Beautiful tank! great job, congratulations Alberto...

 

[tom obrecht]

An inspiration...Nice job!!

 

[DMK]

nice! good job...the italians know thier shi* it seems...

 

[arbee]

Bellissimo Alberto!!:thumbsup:

 

[Misled]

Magnificent!!!

 

[espenlg]

What a great tank! Thanks for sharing it with us. I have a question though: Would you care to explain what the "blue coral method" is?

 

[lion-clown]

That is an amazing tank. I have never seen someone with the tank on the balcony and i don't understand exatly what you do mwith it. where did you get info on an outside tank any web sites? But one of the best tanks i have seen.

 

[Skipper]

Remember folks... Alberto does not speak English. Hopefully, some of his friends will chime in here with what they know.

 

[pfish]

Beautiful tank:
Could you explain your oxygenation system to alleviate co2 in more detail ?

 

[invincible569]

Great Alberto! I will send some translators over!

espenlg, there is a huge thread under the SPS section that talks about the Blu Coral method which uses HGH (human steroids).

 

[slumpysix]

Your tank is a work of art! Congrats on the TOTM.....


Il vostro carro armato è un'opera d'arte! Congrats sul TOTM.....



Try this site to translate
http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/

 

[chingchai]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8907444#post8907444 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by espenlg
What a great tank! Thanks for sharing it with us. I have a question though: Would you care to explain what the "blue coral method" is?

That's what I would like to know as well.

 

[Skipper]

Here's the thread in the SPS forum where the Blu Coral method is discussed (as well as a few other things).

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=971190

 

[whalloper]

Awesome tank, obviously! What are anyone's thoughts of the parameters? Some dont seem what most think is OK...and it is cool to see a successful tank with such parameters. I know the whole thing about consistency, but Im just curious for the sake of debate.

 

[FishGuy5]

Alberto:

Gorgeous tank...thanks for sharing!

 

[Sir]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8907752#post8907752 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by invincible569
Great Alberto! I will send some translators over!

espenlg, there is a huge thread under the SPS section that talks about the Blu Coral method which uses HGH (human steroids).

I want to remember you that Alberto don't use HGH in his tank...

this is the classic blu coral method but withot HGH.
look the post on the sps section and than you understand....

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=971190

Ciao Fabio.

 

[DarkXerox]

Complimenti Alberto! Mi è piaciuto tradurre l'articolo. Ho visto le foto quando ho visitato Bisck (Leo) a Firenze. Ciao!

 

[invincible569]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8910251#post8910251 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sir
I want to remember you that Alberto don't use HGH in his tank...

this is the classic blu coral method but withot HGH.
look the post on the sps section and than you understand....

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=971190

Ciao Fabio.

Fabio, the tank was presented to me by Ocean Drive which does use HGH, "Alberto uses BC method with HGH".

 

[invincible569]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8908919#post8908919 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by whalloper
Awesome tank, obviously! What are anyone's thoughts of the parameters? Some dont seem what most think is OK...and it is cool to see a successful tank with such parameters. I know the whole thing about consistency, but Im just curious for the sake of debate.

This is a trend in Italy as increased parameters provide increased growth. Those aquariums that have insane growth like Alberto, have these excessive parameters. Stability is key, but so is genetically as some corals may not respond well to this environment.