INDEX to my tank:

1. Set up and beginning stages of my tank
2. JBJ auto top off - general guide with custom Mag Float Mount
3. Yellow watchman goby introduced
4. Turbo snail rotating deflector video
5. GSP and star fish introduced
6. Upgraded stock fans install
7. Orange Monti, purple firefish, November Update
8. Crab mowing the grass in my GSP pictures
9. December updates
10. Leather coral added
11. Stock skimmer cup holes drilled mod
12. Changing chemi-pure out of chamber of death
13. Tube mod to stock skimmer to try to get better foam fraction - FAILED
14. Birdsnest and acro additions
15. SPS growth from Sept 2007 - Feb 2008
16. Tunze 9002 added and magnetic mount mod !!!!
17. Back view of tank
18. Arrangement of rear chambers before adding media rack and after adding the Tunze 9002
19. Clam added
20. March updates with top down pictures
21. Office views with April 2008 update
22. Nightime views and Video of tank V1.1 first one
23. How to glue thread
24. Salt results for major brands
26. Media rack build thread after adding the Tunze 9002
27. Koralia power cord routing and discussion on extra powerstrip
28. May 2nd Update with Pictures and Timelapse Video
29. More May 2nd and Starfish/Camera discussion
30. New RSM tanks released, discussion on pros and cons
31. June Update with pictures
32. Basic list of what is needed to set up a RSM, Q&A from member
33. Hitchhiker crab found, Underwater pictures
34. How to mount the Hydro Rotating defelctor to the bulkhead
35. One year ANNIVERSARY update, month by month shots of my tank
36. MEGA photo update, October 2008
37. How I started, Timeline of my first tank, before I found N-R. Don't laugh
38. Changing of the Koralia pump
39. Giving my Pajama Cardinal CPR
40. New fish and coral addition
41. Mandarin Added, pictures
42. January photo update
43. VIDEO update. Video tour of my reef, includes underwater video
44. VIDEO, Mandarin eating frozen food
45. LET THERE BE LIGHT! New MH light added January 26, 2009
46. Night Pictures with new MH fixture. 12 LEDs Blue and White
47. RSM Index thread. PM me to be added to the list
48. Freshwater Pictures Updated
49. Fragged Frogspawn and Green Acro, Getting Read for the Move
50. March Photo Update
51. First pictures of the tank being moved
52. After the move. New aquascape and coral placement
53. Mega photo update post move April 2009
54. New Corals Purchased. Late April Photo Update
55. Late May Photo Update
56. Clown Fish out of Water Pics
57. June Photo Update, Lots of Mandarin Pictures
58. Vortech MP20 Installed
59. New Corals Added, MEGA Photo Update with Underwater Pictures
60. New Hard Plumed ATO Installed
61. July Pictures With new Camera. Canon T1i. Page Back for First Shots
62. August Update. Acrylic piece added to hide filtration area. Mandarin feeding pics
63. Vodka Dosing Started
64. Late August Pictures
65. Pictures - inTank vendor table at Discovery World Frag Swap. Pieces purchased.
66. Teaser pictures, large update to come. October 2009
67. Hand feeding pictures
68. VIDEO UPDATE!!! Two year anniversary/TOTM
69. Tank of the Month thread
70. Tank of the Month profile
71. October Pictures
72. Time line September 2007-October 2009
73. ReefKeeper Temp Probe Failure
74. February 2010 Pictures, post temperature failure
75. New Fish: 3 Chromis lots of new pictures

to my Reef!

Preface:
First of all I would like to thank all those at Nano-Reef.com for getting me this far. I started with a saltwater tank June of 2006. I purchased an Eclipse 12 thinking that since I have done freshwater for years that this wouldn't be too much harder. Oh was I wrong. I realized that a reef aquarium is the way to go. So lots of reading and a few thousand dollars later here I am. If it wasn't for Nano-Reef I would have never been able to achieve my goal of a great looking, functional, and healthy reef aquarium. Everyone here is very helpful and we are a great community.

My Reef:

After growing my 12 gallon and fighting with the equipment I decided to buy the Red Sea Max August 16, 2007. I am very pleased in my decision. But rather than type boring words, I think pictures are more fun and get my words across better; plus they are all spelled correctly! Please comment and enjoy!

Look what FedEx Freight dropped off


Unpacked:


Opening the stand


Now why the would you do this to me?! It took me over an hour to peal all of this plastic off


The old tank


Stand is done


Opening the RSM:


Setup Pics:






What a Mess




Live Rock came in:






More Goodies:


Bio Balls out, live rock rubble in:




Looks like I hit my photo limit so as soon as there is a reply there will be more!

You got my attention. Keep us informed of your progress.

Wireless Temp


Acclimation bucket:




Custom Auto Top off Bracket, old MagFloat





New Corals from Sealifeinc.com:




The rest of the photos are what it looks like today with corals and livestock all in:

Dude, that's awesome. When you said you were setting up a tank in the office I was figuring pico, smaller nano, but way to go all out! I like the ato bracket, good idea. Keep up the good journal. Happy reefing

Ricordea Island:

Nice! Thanks for your help.

-George

You're welcome!

Charts of My cycle:

Specific Gravity:

PH

Nitrite

Nitrate

dKH

Calcium

Ammonia


My expense report and livestock list: Most of these corals were bought before I owned the Red Sea. All fish were transfered as well.

So now I'm on to the thoughts of more fish. As of right now I have a pajama cardinal and a good clean up crew. Pair of clowns would be nice but do I dare go black? As they say once you.... bla bla. I like the orange ones but there are choices.

My blenny found a new resting spot. The inward flow "holds" him in place, he seems to love it


Dead - Not enough natural algae in the new tank

well well well, you sure are busy these days huh.

You got nice corals selections.

Thats seems to be the case. Between reading nano-reef when ever I get a change to spending late nights at the office working on the set up. I have sure clocked a few hours into this cube of water with disolved salt.

I went zoanuts and have a good selection from their site. Now the goal is to cool off and let things chill. Then work on finding nice pieces. I have a ricordia shipment coming in tomorrow morning, this will polish off my "Ricordea Island" for the time being.

Just picked up a few fish................ Pictures to come.........but i'm not going to say now what I have purchased. The bill totaled $116.00 net for 2 fish that are mature and from a trusted source. This is after talking the guy down. No one said this would be cheap!

Thanks to you all I can enjoy a piece of the ocean every day at work sitting across from my desk.

New Fish:

Acclimation Bucket using the drip method to get temp and salt the same:




Banggai Cardinal size 2"

DEAD- Pajama killed it



Maroon Clownfish Size 3"

Dead-Purchased with Brook

View from my Desk at work:

looks good in the office

Thanks, My customers enjoy it as well. Makes us look like a doctors office!

I am worried for you.
you...you .. you got a 3inch maroon.and it's a female already.

I'll have to stock up on the Midol.

What is this maintenance program?? You build it yourself?

The software is called ReefCon 2000. I track all my levels, expenses, livestock, waterchanges etc with it. I would reccomend it if you like ploting data.

http://www.infinitysoft.net/


It is a free download

Looks just like normal graphing programs available from microsoft.

Yeah, its a pretty simple program but this guy has reef related stuff programed in. He has fish and coral info along with pictures.

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Found the perfect water level to contol surface film buildup.... finally!

New Plants:

VERY nice....

I just started mine last sunday... completely new .. so i have to wait to bring fish in
my pics are posted at Topreefs

Thank you. Very nice pics, good luck with yours!

New Yumas that I got at PetCo! $15 for all 4..... they are crazy at that store.

Love this tank!

I love tha tsoftware are you using the pro version?

Nice looking tank. Mine's been running 3 months. Are you having good luck keeping the SPS under stock lighting?

I was a little concerned at first about the lighting but so far so good. I have them as close to the lighting as I can get them and they are doing great. I have new growth on both pieces so it looks like the stock lighting is sufficent to keep SPS.

I really like using it. It makes it so much easier to see water quality issues and you can track your expenses to the cent! If you keep up on it I believe that your tank can remain healthier. I dont' think I am using the Pro version, it looks like you have to pay for that. I am using whatever verison was free.

Any updates?

Beautiful setup and nice corals! I think it's gonna' bring in more good energy to your office and business! I'm very curious about your prior tank setup --Eclipse 12-- did you have to change the lighting on it and was the bio-wheel sufficient? What else were require to have it up running successfully? Your pics of setup is great for beginners like me. Thanks for the thread and keep up the good work w/ Red Sea Max! ...is there a way to a copy of the software? thanks.

Wow great job looking really nice I like the software you are using to trak your parameters, did you like the corals from sealifeinc.

Thank you. It really looks a lot more professional in my office than my Eclipse 12 did. I upgraded that tank to the MAX. I added a 96W 50/50 retro and a 32w actinic only in the hood. Took out the stock filtration and ran a fluval 105 canister filter. Added a remora nano skimmer. It was a good tank but messing with the equipment became a pain and i bit the bullet and got my office max!you can download the software herehttp://www.infinitysoft.net/ReefCon/Thank you. The software really helps me visualize problems before they kill anything. I was very impressed with the corals from sealifeinc.com I will buy from them agian soon before It gets too cold to ship to Illinois.Not at this time. After my clown caught brook, I'm sure I bought it with this disease, I am letting my tank detoix before buying any more fish. My corals and other fish seem to be fine. I have nice coraline growing eveywhere and all corals have nice new growth. I will post any pictures when update become available.

may i ask if your the guy who sent a comment back to limpitsreef...??

I don't think so..... what was the comment regarding????

dude..i think i was wrong about you anyway..just drop by into youtube and type this 'corals at low tide fiji'after doing that you will see a couple of comments below the video ..and the guy who sent that commment have the exact name stevieT well i thought you were the guy who posted that..anyway sorry again..before going ..i would just say its best for you to check limpitsreef on you tube..(he uses this name) he does lot's of videos..try out some videos on coral propagation..

aaaaaaaa on youtube.. Yep that was me. I try and get StevieT as a name everywhere. Since I was an early member of youtube i snatched it up quick! That was a cool video. He does a good job and travels to cool places. After over 760 posts here i get lost on names sometimes....

hey your rocks and back wall dont look like they have much coraline on them... you should really look into getting some Purple Up....



kidding


tank looks great... and great yumas too

hahah, very funny!!!!! I know a guy that sells some if your interested !!! Yumas came from PetCo !!!! go figure.

New goby

your tank position looks jut like mine!



love the red sea max. very clean looking. im followin this thread

Nice Caps!!!! I love the splash of light you get on your wall. You need some plants for accent too !

Cliffhanger: I know most say no starfish, but i figured I would try....

is that an albino hermit?

I don't know...... He is whiter than the other common hermit I have in the tank. I have had him for some time now, he came from my old tank. Is there such a thing?

When did you add the starfish? I'd watch him close, their known to crush corals.

i dont know, ive just never seen a white one. ive seen blue, red, orange, brown, black, green.....but never white. thats a unique guy you got there

I added him about three weeks ago now, whenever I bought from reefscavengers. But I just took those pictures. He spent two weeks in a cave and didn't move an inch. They say very reefsafe yet it may eat snails/crabs if i don't feed him properly..... It may not have been the best buy but i'm impulsive sometimes

Thanks, hes a cruiser too, i think he takes 50+ laps around every inch daily. I have blue red and brown crabs, i guess he's the white guy of the bunch... I try to keep it multi cultural, I don't need the ACLU on my a$$

lmfao. call him speed racer and paint a 5 on his shell haha

NICE!!! love the idea, i thought it would be cool to put "fancy" shells in the tank. Have one all pimped out with gold and a pimp hat....

I think I need to put some Atlas Copco logos on some shells, then I could expense the entire tank under "marketing/trade shows"

hahaha, best ideas on this forum i swear.

Thanks... haha

Uh Oh... put in another order in from sealifeinc....... we'll see the updates soon !!! It's becoming great coral shipping weather and all that will end soon cause it snows in illinoisssssss ( the S is not silent ).