louphoenix Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 not exactly a nano, but here we go... Equipment: 65 Gallon Hexagon glass tank and Wood Stand Deltec MCE600 HOB Skimmer 2 Koralia-2 circulation pumps 2 Koralia-3 circulation pumps Seio Controller (for Koralia-3's) Phosban Reactor running on a Rio 400 Modded Aquaclear 75 HOB refugium Azoo twin cooling fans Current Outer Orbit 24 inch HQI MH fixture with Power compacts. RADIUM 20K 150W Bulb !! 2 65W Dual Actinic (420/460 NM) PC bulbs LiveStock: Fish: 1 leopard wrasse 1 Ocellaris clownfish 1 Swissguard basslet 1 African PinkBar goby 3 Blue Green Chromis Inverts: 1 Sea Hare 1 Skunk cleaner shrimp 2 Mexican turbo snails 2 Fighting conchs Astrea snails Nassarius snails Cerith snails Stomatellae Sponges Polychaete tube worms Soft Corals: Blue encrusting xenia GSP Caribbean blue zoas Sunburst zoas Radioactive dragon eye zoas Emerald Blizzard palys Cinnamon palys Lanthanide Star palys Red Mushrooms Green striped mushrooms Fuzzy Green mushroom LPS Corals: Purple Haze monti ORA Duncans Dendrophylia Aussie red/teal acans SPS Corals: Golden D. Millepora Garf Bonsai Blue Millepora ORA Joe The Coral ORA Red Planet ORA Pearlberry ORA Hawkins Echinata Orange Monti cap Orange Digitata Desert Rose Millepora Macro Algae: Cheaeto Mermaids Fan 10/09 2/10 More pics to come! Link to comment
louphoenix Posted August 12, 2009 Author Share Posted August 12, 2009 fish pics! Leopard Wrasse Swissguard Basslet Pinkbar Goby Link to comment
louphoenix Posted August 12, 2009 Author Share Posted August 12, 2009 Chromis Allen's Damseflish - RIP Link to comment
louphoenix Posted August 12, 2009 Author Share Posted August 12, 2009 some tank shots: Link to comment
louphoenix Posted August 12, 2009 Author Share Posted August 12, 2009 and now corals: garf bonsai ORA Joe the Coral Cinnamon palys more pics to come later... Link to comment
Carlton'sTank Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 What an awesome tank! Now give us a FTS that is straight on, no funny angles. I can see how low you water gets during WCs, talk about some serious coraline growth. Link to comment
louphoenix Posted August 12, 2009 Author Share Posted August 12, 2009 Thanks! it's kind of hard not get funny angles when your tank has 6 sides, LOL! I'll post better 'eye-level' pictures tonight. Link to comment
louphoenix Posted August 13, 2009 Author Share Posted August 13, 2009 Ok, here are some level FTS.... with actinics only Link to comment
louphoenix Posted August 13, 2009 Author Share Posted August 13, 2009 Dendros Emerald blizzard palys ORA Red Planet Link to comment
JoeM Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Very cool tank setup! What makes the damselfish your favourite? Your Goby and Wrasse are beautiful! Link to comment
louphoenix Posted August 13, 2009 Author Share Posted August 13, 2009 Radoactive dragon Eyes zoa ORA Duncans ORA Hawkins Equinata with Garf Bonsai in the back Link to comment
JoeM Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Keep 'em coming! Enjoying the photos Link to comment
louphoenix Posted August 13, 2009 Author Share Posted August 13, 2009 Very cool tank setup! What makes the damselfish your favourite? Your Goby and Wrasse are beautiful! Thanks. He is so playful and peaceful, and the yellow and neon blue colors are very striking. Link to comment
Carlton'sTank Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 That tank is very nice! I have always liked the hex tanks, it is just not very often that you see someone execute them as well as you. Once that coral grows in a bit more it will be nuts. Link to comment
louphoenix Posted August 14, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 Thanks for the kind words. Yeah, i'm not rushing anything in it, which always bears better results in my experience. As you can see by the growth, I introduced the softies first, then LPS and when the tank was mature and consistent, SPS. So far so good! Link to comment
louphoenix Posted August 14, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 Blue Millepora: Fighting conch Mermaid's Fan growing amongst the GSP Link to comment
louphoenix Posted August 14, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 Orange Zoas polychaete tubes macro shot Link to comment
Kraylen Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Man your SPS look pretty bad, that Joe the Coral looks horrible. Link to comment
louphoenix Posted August 14, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 Now, I know sarcasm when I hear...err, read it...! you're looking pretty terrible yourself...lol. Link to comment
Kraylen Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 No, I'm not being sarcastic. Your JTC looks like this. Not really too much like this. Link to comment
louphoenix Posted August 14, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 I like my lights in the natural side... so I don't blast them with excessive actinics. Nice picture! Link to comment
Kraylen Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Just some API T5s. 2 actintics on a 6 bulb fixture... lower than most tanks actually. Link to comment
louphoenix Posted August 14, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 Nice coral keeping, not so nice coral keeper Link to comment
Carlton'sTank Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 I also went with softies and lps before sps. I actually just started adding sps recently. Link to comment
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