orlandobrian
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what kind of fish is that?
The Best SPS tank that I Saw !!!
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gasman059
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UNBELIEVABLE!
This posts are just out of control. Most of you dream of growing a couple of frags LOL. And you are saying this tank is crowded.
Its about time you guys stop picking on this threads and start seeing things for what they are.
This tank is just plain beautiful-period.
Alelopathy does not apply here LOL
This posts are just out of control. Most of you dream of growing a couple of frags LOL. And you are saying this tank is crowded.
Its about time you guys stop picking on this threads and start seeing things for what they are.
This tank is just plain beautiful-period.
Alelopathy does not apply here LOL
gasman059
The OG mad scientist
pink pocci-pink stylo.<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10331556#post10331556 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by chrowski
Not to highjack this thread, but...Someone please ID this coral for me....I'm horrible with identification but I must have this one.
I edited the picture just above the 3 light fixtures for this pic...
reeffreak1
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I've also seen areas of the ocean what aren't that populated as well. Varies with the location
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10331519#post10331519 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Denadai
If you look to nature, is the same thing......crowded
Look this coral reef : ( I can show a lot of natural coral reefs very crowded )
reeffreak1
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Who's picking on the thread? They are simply stating their opinion on the populatin of the tank. No one is bashing the corals or the colors of the corals, but simply stating that they think the tank is just simply too full.
I don't recall anyone saying anything about Allelopathy, but simply giving an opinion.
Canarygirl
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you need a lot of depth from front to back to accomplish aquascaping like that....at least 30". I agree with you though that this open look is very pleasing. I'd like to have it in my tank.
jmaneyapanda
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10331519#post10331519 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Denadai
If you look to nature, is the same thing......crowded
Look this coral reef : ( I can show a lot of natural coral reefs very crowded )
Yeah, but I see like two species of corals, not 40, and they are amazing size, not softball size.
burton14e7
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That coral reef is very crowded but at the same time the corals are huuuuge. They grew into that crowded state where the captive reef is crowded with corals 6 inches across. None the less my jaw dropped at the color. I love the tank, just not how I would do it. But its not my tank 
gasman059
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Buddy there's always an opinion around here that's what makes this forum what it is. Unfortunately the opinions are sometimes unwarrated.<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10332741#post10332741 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reeffreak1
Who's picking on the thread? They are simply stating their opinion on the populatin of the tank. No one is bashing the corals or the colors of the corals, but simply stating that they think the tank is just simply too full.
I don't recall anyone saying anything about Allelopathy, but simply giving an opinion.
Me i also love an open look in fact my 200 aqua is open but who would not want colonies that healthy and big.
I guess over time I've noticed that around here people get to picky and you ask them how long they been reefing and they state 10 years then post a pic of a frag tank with 3 caps and a tank full of cyano lol.
the bottom line is that this tank as well as many other around are just simply stunning and require lots of know how and expertise to keep up -especially one that's as crwoded as this one.
And yes is possibly one of the best tanks out there, me I reather look at S.weast(oregon) or the softie posted above.
In the end is all a matter of taste, but this tank IMHO is simply out of control.
Allelopathy remark iis just that .
reeffreak1
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I personally love the tank shown above. Much more open and pleasing to the eye IMO.
I agree that the skill it takes to maintain a tank like that would just be almost godlike. I admire him for the amount of skill and the time and dedication it took to get that tank the way it is.
I think we're actually agreeing here on the tank itself though...
I agree that the skill it takes to maintain a tank like that would just be almost godlike. I admire him for the amount of skill and the time and dedication it took to get that tank the way it is.
I think we're actually agreeing here on the tank itself though...
Canarygirl
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I wonder what it takes to manage the chemical warefare in a tank with so many corals nearly touching eachother? A huge amount of GAC changed weekly, or really large % of water changes, maybe both?
JackKerouac
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pink Stylophora pistillata my friend
JackKerouac
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pink Stylophora pistillata my friend
glassbox-design
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many sps tanks have corals growing into each other, i dont think there is much chemical warfare...i'm sure some in released into the water but not like softies.
if you want to see corals growing over eachother check out menard's tank...it's packed in there. but he recently reaquascaped to make some room and to eliminate the reef wall....
obviously this guy is a talented reefer, you cant argue otherwise, but his aqua scaping is what people are comenting about. i see no harm in that. sometimes, less really is more.
re: wild reef picture. zoom out about 20 ft to put the corals in respect to ours....you will see a completely different view.
if you want to see corals growing over eachother check out menard's tank...it's packed in there. but he recently reaquascaped to make some room and to eliminate the reef wall....
obviously this guy is a talented reefer, you cant argue otherwise, but his aqua scaping is what people are comenting about. i see no harm in that. sometimes, less really is more.
re: wild reef picture. zoom out about 20 ft to put the corals in respect to ours....you will see a completely different view.
orlandobrian
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Art is subjective. It is very personal and everyone has different taste. Our tanks are like paintings. We can admire the whole painting in its entirety. Or we can admire the individual brush strokes. We can enjoy the artists use of colors or simply a just a small part of the painting. Not everyone likes Van Gogh but he's still considered a master.
