jdsabin1 Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 Showtime! This thread contains pictures of my tank taken August 30th (today). The contents of this tank was transferred from an Eclipse 12 tank that I had up for several months. This 20 has been up for a little over a month now I believe. If you are interested in seeing pictures of my tank inhabitants closer, here are some threads you can click on to check them out (I hope this works anyway). ------------- http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/showthread...&threadid=16246 http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/showthread...&threadid=16396 http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/showthread...&threadid=16720 http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/showthread...&threadid=16053 http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/showthread...&threadid=15733 http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/showthread...&threadid=16086 ---------- The pictures in this thread will be graphics intensive. I optimized them for size but some of them are still over 100k. If you have a slower connection, this thread may frustrate you. Sorry in advance! Here are specs and information about the tank. Please PM me if you have any questions. Perhaps someday my tank can be featured here on Nano-Reef.com. I do know that without this site in particular, I would not have been able to keep it going so thanks to everyone who was kind enough to answer my questions along the way. Also thanks to FlyGTI for giving me the inspiration for the 20 long tanks and for selling me your spare20 long for $15. I have lost 3 corals over the last 9 months (2 open brains and a large candy cane coral ... all in all not too bad. I also had an emerald crab die on me ... RIP). 20 long AGA (2) Metal Halide 175 Watt 20K XM pendants Aquaclear 150 HOB (with Rowaphos and carbon in media bags 24/7/365) attached to an Aquaclear surface skimmer (1) 200 GPH AquaSweep PH CPR 18" AquaFuge (stuffed full of several different types of macroalgae, pods, crabs and brittlestarfish, powered by a Rio 400) Jali 13 watt PC over the fuge that is lit 24 hours a day Lee's Small CC skimmer using a Rena Air 100 pump 100 watt EBO-Jager heater (in CPR AquaFuge) 35 lbs. Fiji/Florida LR 40 lbs. LS (estimate I assume including the LS in my fuge) 1 Royal Gramma 1 False perc 1 lawnmower blenny 1 Peppermint Shrimp Snails (several but no turbos) Several blue legged hermits (small guys) Ricordeas Mushrooms Zoanthids green star polyps Anthelia Clove (2 varieties) SPS: salmon Acropora millepora with yellow tips, yellow Acropora sp., green Acropora millepora, purple tipped Acropora nana, super green Acropora sp. monti digi, birdsnest, and some capri bubble coral frogspawn 4 mini-carpet anenomes 2 tulip anenomes blastomussa merleti blastomussa wellsi sun coral green fungia fox coral large zoo polyps xenia scolymia squamosa clam crocea clam maxima clam platygyra brain favites brain red/white feather duster candy cane coral Using IO salt with a 3 gallon water change weekly with gravity at 1.025 I have *always, and I mean always* used RO/DI water without fail Auto-topoff from Physh1 from Nano-reef.com I try to keep my tank as close to 80 degrees as I can. It does vary however between 78.5 to 81 degrees based on the weather and what we're doing with the central air or heat in the house. Dose with B-Ionic every other day to keep calcium at 420ish Golden Pearls - 2X weekly 9 hour photoperiod (noon to 9 daily) Feed: pellets to fish 2X day (with an occasional treat of zooplankton for them) frozen brine shrimp to sun coral, bubble coral, scolymia every other day Any other questions feel free to PM me . First up are pics of the tank as it looks on my desk and also some different angles I haven't done before. Link to comment
digitallinx Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 now that's a nice tank.........BRAVO!!! Link to comment
Gilman Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 Absolutely gorgeous jd. Gil Link to comment
jdsabin1 Posted August 31, 2003 Author Share Posted August 31, 2003 Thanks guys! Gil ... your Minibow has been a big inspiration as an FYI. Some of the stuff in my tank is a direct result of yours. My squamosa clam for example was *your* idea. Link to comment
Gilman Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 ps. Great zoo collection u have there. Beautiful pinks. That striped candy coral. Nice. Very nice clams as well. You da mang, mang. Got my vote for featured nano. Gil Link to comment
Dustin Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 JD, I loved your 12, and this has made you my reefkeeping idol so to speak. Anyways, the tank is absolutely gorgeous Link to comment
jdsabin1 Posted August 31, 2003 Author Share Posted August 31, 2003 Thanks guys! I have some more pictures taken above the tank looking in. Perhaps I'll post some more of those tomorrow. Link to comment
bertz_maru Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 very nice tank.... can i ask you why you went with 2 mh? was one not good enough? you inspired me to start a 20long but i only have 1-175watt mh wit 20k bulb.. i really like your set up... very nice.. very nice... Link to comment
jdsabin1 Posted August 31, 2003 Author Share Posted August 31, 2003 Originally posted by bertz_maru very nice tank.... can i ask you why you went with 2 mh? was one not good enough? Since the 20 long is such a 'long' tank, one pendant was going to give me too much light 'falloff' on either side and I wanted to make sure I had enough for clams and SPS along my entire tank. One would work just fine though with the right coral placement. Thanks! Link to comment
caja Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 Jd, as usual, very beautiful. Definatley featured tank material. Link to comment
capture Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 very nice jd. cant wait to start a new tank myself. keep us all in the loop. Link to comment
bertz_maru Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 how tall is that tank? Link to comment
jdsabin1 Posted August 31, 2003 Author Share Posted August 31, 2003 It's a stubby guy .... only 12" tall. The dimensions of a 20 long are 30 x 12 x 12. Lots of surface area and the tank appears bigger than it actually is. I fell in love with the tank style when I was over at FlyGTI's and saw his. Link to comment
Korbin Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 Wow, that tank is the poster child for what a nano reef should look like. Very nice. Link to comment
jdsabin1 Posted August 31, 2003 Author Share Posted August 31, 2003 Thanks korbin. I forgot to mention that I also dose DT's Phytoplankton 3X a week as well. Link to comment
wingsfan Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 jd that is the same tank i am getting ready to set up, I only hope that mine looks just half as good as yours, that is one beautiful looking cube. Link to comment
Dustin Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 its not a cube lol.... you sure thats the one ur getting? Link to comment
T?@7 Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 Originally posted by Gilman Got my vote for featured nano. Gil yes Link to comment
Harly-Kin Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 Beautiful. I want one too. Harly-wow-Kin Link to comment
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