Taqpol's 220 gallon custom Miracles tank!

[psteeleb]

awesome - its great to see an updated tank shot, things are realy looking nice

 

[Michael B]

Great looking tank and really enjoy the open swimming area (great pic's of the clown & anemone - would love to see more)

 

[Taqpol]

Thanks guys, things are finally starting to take a turn for the better. All the corals on one side of my tank look great, the corals on the other side are still definitely lagging behind.

 

[Taqpol]

Some of the nice corals:

Tort:

No-name (Bonsai-like):

Tri-color, with the hawkfish on his favorite perch:

 

[psteeleb]

wow - that is one cool looking fish

it looks like he has his war paint on

 

[ayobreezie]

That fish looks crazy.. haha. Nice shot.

 

[Taqpol]

wow - that is one cool looking fish

it looks like he has his war paint on

Its an Arc-eye hawkfish. I saw them hiding in the corals while snorkeling in Bora Bora and fell in love with them. This guy seems to have a lot of personality, he's totally fearless.

That fish looks crazy.. haha. Nice shot.

Thanks!

 

[Taqpol]

Recent fish pictures:

Female maldives lyretail anthias:

Christmas Wrasse, he sure has grown a lot since I added him over a year ago:

Solar fairy wrasse, this guy is fat:

My lone remaining Chalk Bass. He is as grumpy in person as he looks in this picture:

Face on shot of the bigger of my two ORA spotted Mandarins:

 

[drummereef]

Great pics! That hawkfish is awesome. I'd name him Andy Warhol if it was mine.

 

[kudora]

looking great had to read a years worth of post to catch up but everything looks great glad to see everything has been going well.

 

[pookstreet]

I do like the wide open look you have. Sometimes I wished I hadn't stacked so many rocks in mine but I like a lot of fish and wanted to provide as much hiding spots for them as possible.

I also like your photography a lot. What equipment do you shoot with?

 

[psteeleb]

Beautiful!!!

 

[Taqpol]

looking great had to read a years worth of post to catch up but everything looks great glad to see everything has been going well.

Hey! Long time no see. I hope everything is starting to turn around for you after that horrible flooding.

I do like the wide open look you have. Sometimes I wished I hadn't stacked so many rocks in mine but I like a lot of fish and wanted to provide as much hiding spots for them as possible.

I also like your photography a lot. What equipment do you shoot with?

Thank you! It was important to me to have a very open and minimal tank, but I have also been considering adding a few more rocks strategically for extra hiding spaces. That being said, I think my tank is about as stocked as I could ever want it fish wise and every one has their own little place and no regression occurs besides a tang butt shake every once in awhile.

I have a Canon Rebel T1i. The lens that shot all of the above images was a Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 telephoto, but my favorite lens for aquarium photography is my Canon 100mm f2.8.

Beautiful!!!

Thanks! I have a ways to go before I catch up to your tank, though!

 

[psteeleb]

Thanks! I have a ways to go before I catch up to your tank, though!

I don't know, your looking pretty darn good with the health of the tank and quality of the photography. Keep it up, everything looks great.

 

[rpjaws74]

nice build!!

 

[Padrino]

Just trying to catch up with this thread, Nice photos Alex, I really like the face shot of the mandarin. Beautifully done!

Rob

 

[Taqpol]

Thank you!

 

[Dejavu]

Tanks looking great Alex!

 

[prop-frags]

Great pics as usual Alex, and it sure brings a smile to see how well things are going in your system!
We've always been fond of the ornate wrasse - yours is looking so healthy. NICE!

 

[acbaro]

Any updates of this fabulous tank? Love the led setup by the way, and the whole canopy and stand is excellent craftsmanship! I hope to achieve something along these lines once my wife and I seperat from the military and purchase our first home! Then the craziness will begin!