Tank of the Month - September '06

thanks Kip- I ran those bulbs on the same
ballast, them suckers put off some energy!! I
liked them better then the xm10k look but now
I have gone to reeflux 10k on pfo hqi-pretty happy
with them for now-lol-thanks again-I need a good way to dose kalk in my 700-
 
Congrats Kip! I am glad to see your wonderfull tank pop-up as TOTM, I knew it was only a matter of time.

I was wondering if you syphon your sand at all, or maintain it in any way? I didn't see it mentioned, but figured it would be better to ask than assume you don't.

Great work, tank, pics, and writeup!
Whiskey
 
Well deserved, Kip.
I instantly fell in love with your SPS, love the diversity, growth and color.
It looks like I am not the only one :-).
Thanks for showing!
Ralf
 
thanks again to all

whiskey.... nope, dont siphon my sand at all. never have, never will

ralf... wasnt sure i wanted to be the next TOTM after yours. it was a tough act to follow :)
 
Definitely a great TOTM, beautiful tank and I love how you're letting the corals go their course and grow together as they would in nature.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8095446#post8095446 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GregM779
Definitely a great TOTM, beautiful tank and I love how you're letting the corals go their course and grow together as they would in nature.
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thanks,

not for long .... i am slowly removing colonies... i intend to reduce the coral load a good bit and open up the reef 'scape a bit.

"never satisfied" :)
 
Beautiful tank. Kind of eery- nearly all of your choices from tank stand, tank location, lighting, corals, fish room- nearly identical to mine. My tank is 1.5 years old but hopefully it will look as nice as yours. Awesome job.
 
Well deserved Kip. It is nice to know that I am just a 1/2 hour away from this months TOTM. Thanks again for all of the frags and congrats.

:D
 
thanks

....and i am only 1/2 hour away from july '04s TOTM :) (well, maybe 45 mins).... and then only about 2hrs away from one of Paletta's Ultimate Marine Aquariums!!!



GO NC REEFERS!!!! :)
 
Sorry to hear that the XM's didn't work out. Did you ever think of switching out the VHO's for T5's to see if you get the color you were looking for? I made the switch which I believes makes the XM's look great, but it cost me with some bleaching of corals and losses. Some I must admit were frags that I received from you.

Hey by the way how far down in the tank do you keep your Vietnamensis and the blue digi hasn't went blue yet on the polyps, but I still like all the same. It is growing quite quickly.

Thanks again and a bid Kudos to your tank.
:D
 
i like vho's for the flourescent look they have... t5's that everybody likes are blue... and the true act '03 T5's dont get rave reviews... i am just old skool i guess and like my vhos

i gotta believe that there were possibly other factors in your bleaching event besides the lights... the radiums that they were under for a year give around 1000ppfd at the water surface. Not sure that t5's can offer that much intensity or more to cause light shock.

the viet was half way down... the blue digi was up top, but in a corner... the blue digi went chocolate brown under the 250wXM10ks and now purple tipped under the 400wEVC10ks
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8097257#post8097257 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MAthU
for me its the best TOTM so far!!! great job i learnd so much from reading it!!!
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wow, thanks.... dunno about "the best"... but thanks a bunch
 
Thanks. There may have been other factors but for me the only change that I made to my system was adding the UVL Super Actinic T5's overdriven on an IceCap 660 ballast with IceCap's SLR's installed. Shortly after that I had corals bleaching out like crazy. Oddly though not everything experienced bleaching. The Vietnamensis is beginning to lighten up and the digi is chocolate brown but with purple tips.

Raising my lights up to 12 inches seems to have helped and some corals are starting to color back up. I might not be putting out quite the intensity that your radiums were giving off but I can tell you for certain the UVL's T5's are more blue than their VHO Super Actinics and look a whole lot better. I wouldn't have believed until I saw it for my self. However they are wicked hot to touch but not as hot as MH's.

Thanks again and love the tank. I will have to get down your way and actually see it in person. I don't want to take anything away from your shining moment in glory. I am happy to discuss on the side if you feel up to it. I have PM.

:D
 
kip..tank looks great man! looks like you have expanded nicely compared to what you had when i met ya a few years back! im in the process of setting up my new 170 cube, ill be contacting you if you want to get rid of soem of those frags.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8098900#post8098900 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sabodish
kip..tank looks great man! looks like you have expanded nicely compared to what you had when i met ya a few years back! im in the process of setting up my new 170 cube, ill be contacting you if you want to get rid of soem of those frags.
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yeah.. its been a while... i cant remember what all i got from ya, but i know the purple cap came from you that is wrapped around the green digi

GrnDigPurCap.jpeg



and i remember getting a golden toadstool from ya (that i have fragged down to the base twice now).... it is in a different tank....

75gFTS.jpg



and you were the first person i got xenia from that lived....

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how is your tank these days... looks like you have changed to a cube setup
 
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