Tunjee Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Here's a picture from the first day I received the pre cured live rock from gulf view. It was the begining of May. Link to comment
Tunjee Posted August 22, 2004 Author Share Posted August 22, 2004 Here's a shot from today. Link to comment
1fish2fish Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Nice. It's really going to come in nice as those sps grow and branch out. Link to comment
mhaynes01 Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 what kind of clowns are those? look like a percula mixed with a saddle back Link to comment
az95833 Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 those are great pic's. very nice work! Link to comment
1fish2fish Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 I would say they are tank raised percs or ocellaris. Misbarring is common in captive bred clowns. From my personal experience at raising them it seems to be largely related to water quality during the barring stages of developement. It can make for some pretty cool looking fish at times. Link to comment
coral reef Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 what kind of lighting are you using to keep that sps, and were did you get that fixture it looks awesome Link to comment
Chyendra Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 I Love the barebottem (is that starboard?), I"m almost tempted to rip out what little is left of my sand bed. Is it difficult to keep the bottem clean/ free of algae? Link to comment
Withers Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 yeah i'm curious as to how the bottom of the tank is white as well. is it an acrylic tank with a white acrylic bottom? that is by far the cleanest looking tank i've seen in a while. but i bet its been photoshopped a tad, not that it matters, still a wonderful looking tank. Jason Link to comment
Tunjee Posted August 23, 2004 Author Share Posted August 23, 2004 Thanks for the kind words all! mhaynes01: Supposedly they are True Percs according to the LFS. I was determined to buy some clowns that day and that's all they had. So I bought them. So far they've been the coolest clowns I've ever had. They will poke their heads out of the water to eat flake food from my hand and seem perfectly content with the corner of cutting board they chose as their host. coral reef: I built the light from a piece of aluminum. 175w 20k MH with a 55w 10k and 55w Actinic pc's. Also a moonlight LED. It's all on timers so the pc's come on first for a few hours then the MH then it shuts down in reverse cycle. Trying to simulate lighting intensities from sunup to sunset best I can. Chyendra: The bottom is actually a cutting board. Starboard is pretty much the same. Algae has never been a problem. RO/DI water since the start and a killer clean up crew to thank for that. The bottom has specs of pink coraline growing all over it. VicSkimmr: Thanks. No photoshop here. Picture was taken with an Olympus Stylus 400 4megapixel. Flash off. Oh the tank is all glass aquarium. It has a piece of black acrylic on the inside as a background. Link to comment
nanotrigger Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 where did you buy the tank? Link to comment
Tunjee Posted August 23, 2004 Author Share Posted August 23, 2004 Bought it at the LFS. It's a normal 20 high that I heavily modified. Link to comment
coral reef Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 how did you cut into the back of the tank to make that overflow? Link to comment
irishbing Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.p...ighlight=Tunjee Link to comment
Tunjee Posted August 23, 2004 Author Share Posted August 23, 2004 coral reef: I used a dremel tool and diamond coated bits. irishbing put up the link to the project. I wonder if he's seen the thread =) Link to comment
coral reef Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 can you tell me how you made that fixture (tools and material) Link to comment
irishbing Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 Originally posted by Tunjee I wonder if he's seen the thread =) I've seen it Great thread btw. Somehow when i read that, I feel like theres something sneaky going on =Þ VERY nice looking tank tunjee. It looks really clean. Link to comment
irishbing Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 What kind of light is that? NVM I read the RC thread and found it hehe. Link to comment
Tunjee Posted August 24, 2004 Author Share Posted August 24, 2004 coral reef: I bent some aluminum and riveted it together. I used a vice, mitre box, 3' screw clamp, jig saw, conduit bender, hack saw,drill and rivet gun. I would have just bought one but I couldnt find one with 175mh/2 55w pc's and a moonlight so I had to build it. Link to comment
revance Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 That white bottom is cool... another idea would be to spray paint the bottom of a tank white (or any other color I guess). I never wanted a bare bottom tank because of the glare you get, but painting it (or doing what you did) would almost eliminate that. Link to comment
CT nano reefer Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 thats a real nice tank...awsome! Link to comment
Tunjee Posted August 24, 2004 Author Share Posted August 24, 2004 revance: It's not gonna be white for much longer since it's already spotting up pretty good with pink coraline. You can get any color cutting board you want for the bottom too. You could even adhere a thin layer of sand to it with uerathane for a fo sand bed. CT nano reefer: Thanks for the compliment! Link to comment
Tunjee Posted August 24, 2004 Author Share Posted August 24, 2004 Here's a close up of the coraline starting to take over the cutting board. Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 I like the coraline formation on your live rock. Very modern art. Link to comment
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