Now that my nem tank is up and running, I'm shifting attention to this tank:

That tank look HAWT
now Git 'er Dun!

Thanks Nate. I'll have it up this week.

What are the dimensions?

Looks great!

-Dave

The dimensions of the tank are 36x24x18

Is there a front tank view of your tank?? i would like too view it thanks.

This is the front view. I will take more photos after I peal the paper off.

So I added rocks to the tank. Again, I'm going with very minimal aquascaping, and hope to maximize space for corals, while keeping a pretty open layout for flow and swimming room. I have my first corals coming in tomorrow, so I may have to add water tonight

I'm debating between 2 vortech on the same side, vs one on each end. Let me know what you think.

Looking great! I would put one on each side.

Did you build the tank?

-Dave

I absolutly love the simplicity of your tanks! Makes me want to start another with a whole different aproach.

Dave - I didn't build the tank, it was built locally. I keeping going back/forth with the placement.

John - Thanks . I'm trying something really simple and clean this time around. Kinda get that old, dead, tank out of my memory

ok, ok,

I folded like a cheap suite and added a bit of rock

Getting some corals today

I would put the vortechs on the same side but stager them so one up on the top left and the other on the bottom right that will get som good even flow and you can have it turned up on reef crest up top and lower on loogon mode on the bottom but thats just my idea looking foward to the tank filled with some corals good luck

that sounds about right fiddly. Corals just got here

Cant wait to see it!

Did you cure the rock?

-Dave

Dave, rock was not cured, and now it's messing with my skimmer. it'll be ok in a day or two.

Ok, skimmer is back up and running normally.

I added some corals from my frag tank yesterday, and I thought I'd add an update.

I will be testing different types of bulbs and fixtures on this tank, so I'm starting with a VERY white bulb, the Ushio 14K. White the growth and output on the bulb are excellent, I don't feel that I would ever use it on it's own. The colors are just not there. I will try some other bulbs and post photos for comparison.
I will take some macros of the corals under this light, and add them as well.

Very nice!

That is a sweet tank! I like it a lot!!! Keep us up with the updates

thanks guys. I will keep posting pictures.

oh cosmo.....



yer tanks are Amano awesome!

DANG!!!!!!! 2 nice tanks one after the other.

I couldn't stay away for to long. Just had to regroup from the loss.

came out nice so how did you do the mp40's staggered on the same side like i suggested cant tell in those pics .But that tank came out nice whats the next bulb your gonna try..? ill keep watching tank good luck

I'll get some more photos tomorrow. Hopefully with a new bulb (either a 20k Ushio or a 15K XM).

I have not added the second vortech, but I will probably do that tomorrow as well. .

argh, I missed my chance to change the bulb AGAIN. This time I just shut the lights off and I'm waiting for them to cool down

I woke up this morning with the intention of changing bulbs on my tank, and had gotten downstairs to late...lights were already on. I weighed waiting one more day against turning the lights off....and turning the lights off won.

30 minutes later, I was changing the bulb and wiping down the glass protector. I turned the lights on and awaited anxiously.

I love it! The ushio 14K bulb was just a bit yellow for me. This new XM bulb is really nice and crisp. The colors look great, and the bulb is nice and bright. I'm going to wait and see what it looks like in a few days, once it's burned in.

Here is a photo:

Really nice tank, super clean. The XM 15k bulb is pretty nice, I ran two for a year before switching to Phoenix 14ks. I don't know how great they are for growth though, I can't really remember.

How did you like the Phoenix 14K?

Which bulb did you not know about growth?

You running any supplemental?

I wanted to add a couple of macros:

a purple polyps nasuta


Red Planet (starting to show some green)

Here is another photo:

moar pics pleez...

sheesh, trying to work here

here's another one:

Awesome tank! Keep the pics coming!

tank is looking awesome!!

WOW, loving it. This really makes me want to start a second tank....

The wife is going to kill me....

thanks guys, I'll keep posting photos here. Trying to get some work done between all the tank play

Starting to take fish suggestions.

So far I have a:

Lineatus Fairy Wrasse
2 Helfrichi Firefish
3 female lyretail anthias
1 male lyretail anthia

throw some other stuff at me!

maybe a couple of naked clowns

How about snowflake clowns or picassos?

Did I mis the post. You never let your tank and dead rock cycle? Are you acclimatimg your corals to the new bulbs? Hope you did or you may have some issues with your sps you threw in there. Tanks look great btw.

sorry, I just added dry rock and fresh SW to the tank. it's plumbed in with a larger established system, so there won't be a cycle. Good looking out though

As for the clownfish, I don't like snowflake, but picassos are on the list for sure!

Ah ok. Just watch out for light shock From switching bulbs, would hate to see all those great sps pieces suffer.

well, all the lights are going to be new, and around the same spectrum, but maybe I'll add some eggcrate to defuse the light a bit.

AWESOME.
pix? pleash?

thanks. I'll take more pictures tomorrow.

Here are a couple more shots:

Nice pics! Are you using a DSLR with macro lense? I tried taking closeups but my digital won't focus properly

Yes, for these pictures I'm using a Fuji S2 Pro and a nikon 50mm 2.8 macro.

what are you using?