A little information

[mherrb]

I thought it would be a good idea to post a little information about our tanks, etc. So I'll start.

I have a 120 gal. SPS acrylic tank. I use the Zeovit system, as well as a Euro-Reef 6/2 skimmer. I have 3x250w de MH pendants (2 14.5k, 1 10k spectrum). For circulation I use 2 Tunze streams set to alternate between 100-30% power, and a Dolphin pump with a 'Y' to two returns. I have a Reeftek calcium reactor and my zeovit filter as well as the skimmer in a 20 gal. sump. The tank is stocked with a Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown, Asfur Angel, Flame Angel, Royal Gramma, Mandarin, and a Flame Hawkfish. Various snails, crabs, and shrimp help keep things clean. I have @ 35 different colonies and frags of all sorts of SPS. I also have a bubble-tip anemone for the clown, a few zo's and ricordia polyps, as well as some green star polyps. A teardrop maxima clam rounds out my livestock. I have been keeping various tanks for over 13 years, and am 32 years old last week. Here is a pic of my tank that is about a month old (lights aren't on yet).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v605/mherrb/12011-12-04.jpg

I'm looking forward to hearing about your tanks !!!

[mrpink44]

Nice pic of the tank dude!

I purchased my 65 gal. acrlic tank from mherb along with a Remora Pro w/1400 skimmer. I have 70 lbs. of LR and 30 pounds aragaonite sand. Lighting is 250w 10k MH & 2-95VHO.

Current fish:
True Percula Clownfish
Orchid Dottyback
Flame Hawkfish
Citron Goby
Bangaii Cardinal

Corals:
2 different Montipora colonies and a Montipora digitata frag
2 different encrusting Montipora's
Green Star Polyp
Yellow Leather
Lavendar mushrooms
Purple & red mushrooms
Bubble coral
Plate coral
Some small zoo's that survived on the LR

Inverts:
Fire shrimp
rose bubble-tip anemone (which the clown starting hosting in for the first time last Saturday!!)
A bunch of different kinds of snails
Sandsifting starfish
Red legged hermit crabs

It's been up exactly 3 months today :-)

I'm really looking forward to meeting everyone and eventually seeing other tanks!!

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/67369DSC01672d.JPG

[Aquabucket]

Impressive tanks guys and looking great!

I will post some updated pics (6 month mark is coming soon)

Until then check out my gallery.

[tsadik]

Mherrb looks very nice

[mrpink44]

Aquabucket - I like the tank!!! I like seeing the pictures of the early stages and the progression. That frogspawn pic is awesome! Check your PM's....I hit you up.

So we got 3 peeps info so far....I hope everyone posts. I think it's a good way to see what everyone has and to share and showoff our tanks.

[z28cam]

As soon as my lights come on, on my tank i will take some new pictures :) but the most recent are in my gallery for now.

Or my stuff can be seen at the thread i have going Here (http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=465406)

[mrpink44]

Gallery looks nice z28cam!! How long has it been up and running??? (didn't know if you signature of 4 months was up to date?)

[z28cam]

Thanks mrpink....tank has been running 4 months as of December 4

[Aquabucket]

Thanks mrpink44! My growth rates have been almost too much and the bottom half of the tank is full. Everything was started from very small frags. I am going to start a 60G. this spring.

Dec. 19th with be the 6th month mark and I am looking forward to showing the growth pictures and the SPS frags that make up the top layer.

I am looking forward to seeing some of our members tanks in person.

[Aquabucket]

OK I posted my 6 month pics a little early. Here is the thread (http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=3913421#post3913421)

[z28cam]

Beautiful tank spike. Now I know where all the good corals go so fast from the store.... LOL

How are the T5's working for you? when i upgrade my lighting to MH im gonna supplement with T5's cause i read that they last a little longer and burn a little cooler compared to PC's and VHO's

I think its awsome your having great success going against the "grain" sort of speak....just goes to show you things dont have to be done the way everyone says so :)

[Aquabucket]

I really dig my T5s - because they are not a point light source my corals grow out like bushes and trees.

If you get T5s the blue plus bulbs are awesome IMO.

Although I do get alot of frags from the store half my stuff including some LR came from Goochs.

BTW,
Thanks for the nice comment! Someday you may see it in person.

[hiepvn54301]

can someone tell me how to paste some pictures or point me to a thread that tells how. Thanks

[Aquabucket]

Put the image tags at the begining and end of the URL (web location) of your pic.

[ img ]URL GOES HERE[ /img ]

(I put spaces between the brackets and "img" "/img" otherwise a red X would have appeared)

You can load images to your gallery but they must be under 50K.
RC provides the URL info on the page for you.

[DiverD rufus]

I can't seam to get my pics small enuff

[z28cam]

DiverD rufus If you cant figure out your pics you can email them to me and i can optimize them and send them back to you if you want.