HALLZOO Posted November 4, 2013 Author Share Posted November 4, 2013 Here's some updated shots from today. Nothing changed really other than switching my skimmer over to a Avast CS-1 about a month ago: 6 Quote Link to comment
lnglostsurfer Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Holy frogspawn!!...and all other corals! This tank looks great, I love the dimensions and also how you keep your stocking limited. Looks much cleaner than when people have bigger tanks like this and have a million different small frags vs a few large colonies. 1 Quote Link to comment
filippo Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Beautiful tank!!! Love the colors! Putting a lid on your tank might not look so nice, but it'll save your Midas Blenny's life. 2 Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Sweet baby jesus! How are you getting your water level to be so close to the top? 2 Quote Link to comment
HALLZOO Posted November 4, 2013 Author Share Posted November 4, 2013 Sweet baby jesus! How are you getting your water level to be so close to the top? I flipped the wacky gate thing upside-down. It covers much more of the overflow teeth that way! Holy frogspawn!!...and all other corals! This tank looks great, I love the dimensions and also how you keep your stocking limited. Looks much cleaner than when people have bigger tanks like this and have a million different small frags vs a few large colonies. Thanks. Most of these guys I grew out of a 7.5 gal cube I had 3 years ago. Beautiful tank!!! Love the colors! Putting a lid on your tank might not look so nice, but it'll save your Midas Blenny's life. Thanks! That's good advice regarding the lid. 1 Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 I flipped the wacky gate thing upside-down. It covers much more of the overflow teeth that way! Interesting - I'll have to give that a shot! Only problem I forsee is that it will still drain to the same level when the pumps are off, and my sump will need to be able to run without a lot of water in the return. Quote Link to comment
sunburn Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 WOW! Beautiful! I'm sure it's even better in person with all the movement it probably has. I love the soft colors of the corals and you did a great job with your coral placement. 2 Quote Link to comment
Tochtli Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 This tank is sweet! Nice to see a change from sps dominated done right. 1 Quote Link to comment
HALLZOO Posted November 5, 2013 Author Share Posted November 5, 2013 WOW! Beautiful! I'm sure it's even better in person with all the movement it probably has. I love the soft colors of the corals and you did a great job with your coral placement. Thank you so much! I was inspired by the reef tank I always wanted when I was 16 (about 22 years ago)- I used to drool over the 1990's-era reef tanks lit by 5500K halides and containing only softies like xenia, anthelia, leather corals, and mushrooms. Now that I'm 38 I can actually afford it! This tank is a old/new method hybrid. I use a modified Berlin method with T5's. My T5 bulb combox is a little unconventional - I run 2 6000K Giesmann middays, 2 ATI true actinic, 1 ATI Fiji purple, and 1 ATI coral plus. No ATI blue + bulbs over this tank! Gives it a great 10k look with a yellow spectrum boost that makes the greens and reds really stand out. This mix has the added benefit of photographing great as well (no windex look). 2 Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 It's one of the most beautiful lights I've ever seen. Bravo! 1 Quote Link to comment
1.0reef Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 You're my hero! 1 Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 I was admiring your pictures, again, a few minutes ago, and my wife sees your tank and said 'whoa... why can't our tank be like that?' 4 Quote Link to comment
HALLZOO Posted November 5, 2013 Author Share Posted November 5, 2013 I was admiring your pictures, again, a few minutes ago, and my wife sees your tank and said 'whoa... why can't our tank be like that?' Wow, thanks! I really enjoy the way the tank looks right now. Truth is I really hate cutting corals so my colonies tend to get huge. Gonna hafta do it pretty soon though! 3 Quote Link to comment
1.0reef Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Send cuttings to me 1 Quote Link to comment
Chris! Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Looks awesome! Keep doin what your doing for sure because its working!!! 2 Quote Link to comment
RustyRocket Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 must...see...this...tank...in...video!!!!! PLEASE RECORD IT!!! The flow must be so beast!!! 1 Quote Link to comment
HALLZOO Posted November 5, 2013 Author Share Posted November 5, 2013 must...see...this...tank...in...video!!!!! PLEASE RECORD IT!!! The flow must be so beast!!! The flow is actually a little less than you think. The left Tunze 6055 is set to 75% while the right one is at 40%. They're setup in an 8 second alternating pattern. Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 This is my favorite tank... :wub: :wub: :wub: In love. If you ever sell frags, I'm in! This needs to be the next TOTM. 5 Quote Link to comment
4x5 Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Wow, that's great. I need a frogspawn ball of awesome like that. 2 Quote Link to comment
HALLZOO Posted November 6, 2013 Author Share Posted November 6, 2013 This is my favorite tank... :wub: :wub: :wub: In love. If you ever sell frags, I'm in! This needs to be the next TOTM. Thanks! TOTM would be crazy, never really see myself at that level. Wow, that's great. I need a frogspawn ball of awesome like that. Thanks, he started out as two (almost dead) heads at my LFS. Three years and 20 gallons of two-part later he's a beast! Quote Link to comment
elmatth1 Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 This is my favorite tank... :wub: :wub: :wub: In love. If you ever sell frags, I'm in! This needs to be the next TOTM. +1 This is exactly what I am shooting for with my next tank! Any pictures of the rock aquascape before the corals were added? 1 Quote Link to comment
HALLZOO Posted November 6, 2013 Author Share Posted November 6, 2013 +1 This is exactly what I am shooting for with my next tank! Any pictures of the rock aquascape before the corals were added? This is about all I have. The rocks (with corals attached) were pulled out of my 40 breeder and placed into this tank when I set it up in May 2013. The 40 breeder was running for about a year before that, and the corals were in a 27 gal cube for about a year and half before that (sorry for the history spiel) You can sort of get an idea of my minimal live rock setup from these photos. I haven't changed much other than moving a few corals around here and there. I was shooting for more of a "flat" look with pillars of life and some visible sand. My inspirations were old-school reef tanks (hence mostly softies), Julian Sprung's home reef (check it out on YouTube), and the soft coral reef tank named "Japanese Style Soft Coral Reefscape", also on YouTube. Thanks for the kind comments! Quote Link to comment
RollaJase Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Beautiful looking tank, very nice. 1 Quote Link to comment
Lawnman Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Sweet baby jesus! How are you getting your water level to be so close to the top? Raise the standpipe in the overflow. I have done it on all 3 of my deep blue tanks. Quote Link to comment
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