See my tank!

[Pete Starostecki]

I know I was the new guy at the meeting so I wanted to show you guys what kind of corals I'm in to. Sorry about the funny image sizes; Photobucket does something funny to them.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v688/evilmiata/fulltankshot.jpg

These star polyps move pretty quick, so I have my colony on the sandbed to limi expansion.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v688/evilmiata/starpolyps.jpg

I got this as a frag and its close to 6 inches now.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v688/evilmiata/sinularia.jpg

This guy is getting nuked about 12 inches from my MH.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v688/evilmiata/purpleacropora.jpg

These guys are high up on my rockwork and are starting to take off.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v688/evilmiata/pinkandredzoanthids.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v688/evilmiata/paly.jpg

I've had this frag for about 2 months and he's almost doubled in size.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v688/evilmiata/montipora.jpg

Not really sure what this is, but it came in on my live rock. He is still adjusting to my MH.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v688/evilmiata/hitchhiker.jpg

[Pete Starostecki]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v688/evilmiata/hammer.jpg

OMH, these hairy mushrooms have declared blitzkrieg on my tank.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v688/evilmiata/hairymushrooms.jpg

I picked these ricordea from SeaScape, where they were labeled mushrooms. 9 polyps for $49!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v688/evilmiata/greenlavenderricordea.jpg

My DIY 5' skimmer keeps everything clean. It still needs a little more tuning, but it can turn out some nasty stuff.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v688/evilmiata/skimmer.jpg

[drock59]

i hope nobody looks at this with dial up. maybe next time you coudl get some bigger pics. :)

Tank looks good, except for some red slime algea. keep up the good work!

[Pete Starostecki]

All the pics are under 250k. Besides who REALLY uses dialup anymore?

[myakkareef]

Pete tank looks nice...Unfortionetly I have to use dial and I am sure there are plenty others...No other option available for us ecxept Directway from Directv...And thats $$$$...Can't wait to see that setup in person someday since I never really could get all the photos to load cause of the size....

[sandman12]

Hard to look at but looks good. I would check ur phosphates. Is that an airstone skimmer?

[Pete Starostecki]

Ok, I figured out how to resize the pictures.

My phosphates are 0. I set off a cyano bloom after upgrading my PCs to MHs.

I built the skimmer out of 5 feet of 3" PVC. It uses counter-current flow and is powered by two 6" airstones. It pulls out some nasty stuff, but probably needs to be cleaned. The bottom cap unscrews to access the stones. I used Snailman's plans in the DIY forum.