Seamus Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Here's a a nice series of pictures showing the evolution of my Via Aqua 18 reef. Growth from 2/04 to the present. This has really been a fun project and I'm still amazed at how much there is to learn in this hobby. Thanks to everyone here at nano-reef.com for tons of information and entertainment. Link to comment
Brumania! Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Awesome tank Seamus. Can you give some more detail on hardware & livestock? The growth of your GSP and other polyps is amazing if you just set it up 2/04 - or maybe they were spread that much when you put them in? Either way, I love the way everything comes together. Link to comment
Seamus Posted January 1, 2005 Author Share Posted January 1, 2005 Here's some more detail on the tank and inhabitants: 18g Via Aqua, 150W HQI MH pendant, Millenium HOB filter. I used to run a Sea Clone skimmer but gave up on that. Skimmerless for now. Circulation via 3 powerheads (mostly hidden behind the rock work). 50 W Titanium heater. Current Inhabitants: Fish: Oscellaris Clown, Six Line Wrasse Corals: Green/Blue Acropora sp. ; Various Ricordea Florida, Xenia, Branching Hammer, Green Star Polyps, Montipora Capricornis, Brown Paythoa Polyps, Orange Zooanthids, Brown with Green Skirts Zooanthids, Green Metallic Fuzzy Mushrooms, A few random mushrooms. Inverts/Others: RBTA, T. Maxima Clam, Purple Gorgonian, Brittle Starfish, Snails, blue hermits and red hermits. Maintainence includes weekly 10-15% percent water changes, daily additions of Ca/Alk buffers, Carbon Filtration, occasional use of Phosphate absorber, rare additions of iodine. The hardest thing so far has been regulating Ca/Alk without having an auto-top off. That's about it - check out more pics in my gallery including a larger image of the growth sequence pic here. Link to comment
Seamus Posted January 4, 2005 Author Share Posted January 4, 2005 A few new pictures. Link to comment
Seamus Posted January 4, 2005 Author Share Posted January 4, 2005 This would be easier if i could figure out how to post more than one picture in a post without first placing them in the gallery... Link to comment
Shorty5198 Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 Sweet tank. i like the rics and the clam. keep it up Link to comment
Seamus Posted January 5, 2005 Author Share Posted January 5, 2005 New picture of some orange zoo's Link to comment
Seamus Posted January 8, 2005 Author Share Posted January 8, 2005 A couple of Top Down views Link to comment
Seamus Posted January 8, 2005 Author Share Posted January 8, 2005 Lookin down at the right side of the reef Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 The picture of your awesome RBTA and the "shelf" of ricordea next to it is awesome. Link to comment
Seamus Posted January 12, 2005 Author Share Posted January 12, 2005 Thanks for compliments ! The ricordea near the RBTA are taking a beating. In that pic the RBTA is pretty compact but when it really wants to stretch out - get out of the way... The rics are receding and are definately too close. I need to move the rock with the xenia and rics but its large and there really is not much room to rearrange. Thinking of moving the ricordea/xenia rock to the 75 gal tank On a better note - the RBTA has not moved at all in several months. Link to comment
Maxvan1 Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 the Green Metallic Fuzzy Mushrooms ARE AWSOME!! Link to comment
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