First of all, all I can say is wooowww! Very nice.

Just read the whole thread but I don't know if I missed it, how thick is your glass?

Thanks. It is 1/2" glass. Trying to keep that thing as clean as possible!

DUDE!!! thats all i got my brain stopped working in light of the awesome

Some photos. Mostly livestock. Did some additions. More details on http://www.konolua.com/RSS/Volcano_Tank/Volcano_Tank.html


Orange fungia. This was the first day, and it had only been in the tank 30 minutes.



Crab on the water line. Take a peek at that algae growth already!



Got a new general star. Looks like a dude laying in the pool.



Urchin.



Lonely looking Xenia.








Got a pair of tank raised black clowns.





Here is the dusky jawfish I added a bit back. The fungia is now in it's current spot.


Enjoy!

Awesome stuff kyle. Just fantastic

Amazing work man !

Brought home the last of our previous reef tank inhabitants. It is a Desjardini Sailfin Tang. I was reluctant to put him in the Volcano tank due to his size, but he could no longer be in his temporary home. The water column gives him double his height, so he should remain healthy and active, though I fear his growth will be stunted. The square footage is plenty for him, so all should be well.

Regardless, we are happy to have him home. Within minutes he was eating and doing fine. IOddly enough, the Purple Tang who is one of the meanest of the species as far as I am concerned, tried to do his thing and was quickly shut down. The sailfin didn't even flare, he just did not seem to acknowledge the purple tang.

I also snapped a shot of the fungia that is becoming more and more open. It seems to be acclimating well.

All the bubbles you see is because the sump level is low enough to have a little waterfall of it's own and it is creating turbulence below that the return pump is transferring to the display. I will take some better shots when I have the water chagne and tank cleaning done in the next day or so.

Thanks (as always) for taking a look!

such an amazing tank! and i like your tang combo ( i have the same =) )

absolutely the coolest most unique and beautiful tank I have ever seen, wish i had more hands cause two thumbs up just doesn't seem like enough

Beautiful tangs!! the tank is amazing

Yeah, tangs are awesome, huh?!

That my friend is a beautiful fishy!!!!!

Congrats!
http://www.reefbuilders.com/2009/11/06/aqu...rry/#more-11676

Thanks! The Volcano Tank is getting some pretty cool attention, that is for sure! All 'cause of you all on this AWESOME forum!

Thanks!!

I updated some pictures and stuff on http://www.konolua.com/RSS/Volcano_Tank/Volcano_Tank.html

Check it out.

nice!

Update?!?!?!?

I just realized that part of the reason I like this tank so much is the lower kelvin lighting. Most tanks are super blue, which looks great for accenting corals, but a nice white light appears so much more natural- especially in a lagoon style tank such as this one.

Yeah, that's hot! I want one

This tank is so amazing. XD

This tank is freakin awesome if i ever build i bigger reef its going to be like this, on a side note i think you should sue deep sea aquatics for copying your amazing tank, or atleast trying to lol

nice sailfin!

Getting hard to update on NR.com.....but here is a video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj2dTLgXddU...player_embedded

Thanks! I did update my site though, www.konolua.com/Volcano.html




Elaborate? What did they do?

this tank is great! very inspiring...

they built a tank where the return comes up through a volcano like piece of plastic and trickles down back to the water, it looks almost as if they copied your idea but your volcano is live rock with basins and theres is a piece of plastic, anyway great tank again!

Those tanks have been around for a few years though so I wouldn't say they copied your design. I've seen some in person and they aren't bad but I'd rather save the money and build my own.

I love your desjardini sailfin . I have a regular pacific sailfin. How big is yours and how is he faring in a tank thats only 75g? Do you think you will upgrade to a bigger tank in the future for his 15" of fish?

He's not a big dude, may be 6" when fins are spread. I have a couple of ideas for a larger tank (and yes, all revolve around out of water structures. Put it this way, the Volcano Tank idea was a "cheap" effort and if we remodel the house, then the tank idea will be remodeled as well....)

He will go with someone else if he out grows this tank prior to me building a larger one.

So, lots going on. Decided on a beautiful carpet anemone...despite my original intents. This whole tank is hit on normalacy so I thought I would carry that thought process through. So, will do my best to monitor my new potential reef-killer and make it feel at home.

Tried up on the volcano ledge itself, and though it seemed to settle, it decided to wander. I had anticipated that and moved my star polyp colony and some rocks away from the right sand bed and put the clam there. My thinking was if the anemone moved, then I would put it in the sand bed and move the clam back up.

Well, that ended up being the case and the anemone has seemed to make a home in the sand bed. It will always have the propensity to move, but given the water flow and placement, it should hang here for a while.

Here is to hoping!


Here is where it started out.


Here is the tank in the morning with sunlight.


This is a picture from this morning after the anemone has been in the sand bed and same spot for a couple of days. Let's hope he stays!


The anemone has already eaten one of the crabs. Let's hope they stay away from it! The other one ran on top of it and the anemone enclosed around it. I tried to assist but the anemone was sticking too much for me that I figured I would stress the daylights out of it if I got the crab loose. Life happens, and though we try to contain the habitat as best as possible, sometimes we succeed. Anyway, here is a shot of a crab looking on to the anemone this morning.

Let me know your thoughts!






Someone on a different post mentioned "why would you have just rock out of water? I don't see a purpose in that."

Well, here is one reason....







They ran around the tip for 5 minutes. A spat, and fun to watch.

So amazing.

YOUR TANK IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I just can't believe how AWESOME ur tank is!

Do u have any gobies or blennies?

Sorry about ur crab.

I favorited and bookmarked ur volcano website i LOVE ur tank so much!

Thanks! I have tried a couple of blennies and gobies, but alas, they jump....as gobies/blennies do. As for the crab, I feel bad that it died as a result of being in the tank, though I do have 7 more....so biologically, the tank shall go on, as life does!!!

Just had another run in. This time, I was able to save the crab. This may be a constant problem! Oh boy!

So, I saw the anemone wrapped up, and wondered why. Saw the crab, took some quick photos as it started to move (which is why the pictures appear blurry). I was going to get some better shots but decided to help it since it was nearing the edge. Unfortunately, since the anemone was in attack mode, it was hyper sticky. Three times as sticky as I have ever seen or felt anemone. It closed up on my fingers immediately. I was able to help the crab out, though I do believe it got a good pinch on the anemone first.

Me on the other hand, took around 2 minutes just to get myself free. I tried to wait it out, but it was too sticky. Surprisingly, only a couple suction cups broke off of it, so I think I didn’t do any damage. I can’t imagine the crab did either, but since the anemone is still new, I hope that the stress level is not at dangerous levels.

Even now, as I look, it has opened back up, so hopefully it will be okay.

These crabs have left everything alone, and I have two other anemones that they walk near and around but never bother. However, they walk up to this carpet anemone and it sticks immediately and must pull them in quickly! I always figured the crabs would eat my corals.....never planned on this!

Oh man. Sweet nem. I hope it does okay

Hopefully the crabs will soon learn not to go near it

Yeah, if enough of them almost get eaten, they'll stay away.

love it...................... where did u order this tank from??? and what is stocked in it right now?

Ya I hope no more crabs will be attcked! Blennies and Gobies do jump a lot and with ur open tank... You know what will happen. If u want to get some blennies and gobies I know many that do not jump that often.

ive read all 12 pages on this thread and have watched all your youtube videos. im interested in the build steps to this tank???? hope its not a seceret lol..... do you have any shots of the building of the actual volcano with the plumbing? and how you have the rock around the overflow? thanks once again great idea and great tank

this tank is rad....

i would try to make a tank like this but i know it would never be as cool as this one.
so ill just stick to my other plans.

i feel wholly incompetent looking at this tank. that is the most amazing fish tank i have ever seen, ever. should i one day gain the finances, experience, and technical prowess necessary to do this...

aw what the hell, i'll just look at yours. AWESOME.

Hey there everyone! Sorry for the delay in some updates, but here is a minor update until I do some video and photographing tonight.

We have enlarged our clown population and shrunk our chromis population. We added a pair of Sebae Clownfish (male and female). We had already added the carpet anemone and they went right into it. It has been about 2 weeks now. Wonderful dynamic to add in any tank.

Everything else is progressing well. Water parameters are spot on. Stoneys are right around the corner now!

Everything looks good! Great Pics!

How is Big Fish?

Finally starting to fatten up. Which is a good thing of course. My hand is in the tank so often that they are all very used to me. Him especially. I will do anything (food, pull something out, etc) and he gets In the way. He lets me touch him which Is odd.

Man, I love this tank dynamic!

Sweet nem i can not wait to see the updated fts.

I should be getting my 125 Gallon tank saturaday morning! Can't Wait!

The number one fish too get is tha Desardjini Saiflin Tang. What do u feed yours? Just Nori Sheets?

sweet carpet! ive got a neon green one and it eats crabs and snail all the time. u would think they'd know better. its also ate a few gobies.

I like it.

Amazing idea, Im so jealous of this tank!

wow, that is beautiful!

Actually, the Sailfins are a bit more carnivorous than the Zebrasomas and mine is even more or a meat eater than normal. He will go after algae sheets (all kinds), but it seems more of interest. He devours the krill that I feed the anemone and crabs. In fact, he is the one that makes the crabs go out of the water to save their food! I do the spirulina flakes a lot as well and he eats those.

But, his staple foods are prime reef and krill.

Didn't expect that, huh? The purple tang is all about the algae sheets.