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Old 07/22/2007, 11:07 PM
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Wow nice, looks tall too! And those tunze powerheads look so tiny in that tank
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Old 07/22/2007, 11:47 PM
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So nice icliao, well worth all your effort. As far as your aquascaping, looks like a window to a reef, not an aquarium.
Great tank, great work!
Thanks man.
I worked till 4.00 am last Saturday night climbing up and down of the aquarium. Since my wife slept, I had to climb down to see the placement of rock and coral with every adjustment. Very very tough to do a tall tank/wide tank. I had to be half naked everytime working on the tank to prevent wetting my T-shirt.

I have 25 frags coming in tonight by air, looks like going to be yet another long night.

I had to do a great job that will one day far surpassing my previous tank (which is a great tank to me), to ease the feeling of lost.
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Old 07/23/2007, 01:12 AM
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VERY nice looking tank... especially in such a short amount of time. It must be really hard working on it considering it is 100cm
tall, great job!
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Old 07/23/2007, 01:22 AM
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VERY nice looking tank... especially in such a short amount of time. It must be really hard working on it considering it is 100cm
tall, great job!
I hire helper from the LFS to install the basic rock frame according to pre drawn layout. And it took me a few days to fine tune and place the corals. I am just glad it is almost done.
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Old 07/23/2007, 01:57 AM
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OMG, thats amazing!!!!

Great job, it really does look natural!
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Old 07/23/2007, 01:58 AM
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Amazing looking tank! Thanks for sharing!
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Old 07/23/2007, 07:50 AM
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Originally posted by icliao
Ironically it is the opposite to what you think.
Almost no LFS is selling SPS since there are extremely few hobbyst can keep SPS alive.
On top of that the LFS think SPS is bad deal since they brown out so fast and few will buy brown out colonies.
There is also hardly any fine equipment or addictives available.
Our small group had to import everything via Singapore.
We still have to travel great distance from the big cities to reach clean reef and most of the area wild havesting is banned, especially to visitors.

We had to mail order from Bali exporters to get those tiny frags. Big monti or fragile staghorns are just impossible to ship without damage.
news to me thx for the info.
Again great tank.!
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Old 07/23/2007, 08:12 AM
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icliao congratulations on the new tank it looks awesome

Please post some more photos when you get the chance, I'd love to see some closer shots.
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Old 07/23/2007, 08:25 AM
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Simply beautiful!!!!!!!!

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Old 07/23/2007, 08:26 AM
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My sps shipment has just arrived by air cargo from Bali.
They look good but a bit pale and are tiny.
Many of my old corals has browned out due to the stress during tank set up and the algae has not gone away.
I will post some close up in a month or 2 when condition improves.
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Old 07/23/2007, 08:36 AM
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Very nice tank I would never leave it lol.
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Old 07/23/2007, 10:50 AM
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Awesome tank!

I'd love to have some of those "tiny" frags. lol
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Old 07/23/2007, 12:14 PM
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That tank is awesome and huge! No need to go to the ocean to dive, you could just charge people a nominal fee to dive in your tank! A great way to recoup your funds
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Old 07/23/2007, 06:47 PM
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amazing tank!

can you get corals from the people that supply us. (the exporters?) i know its much cheeper to get it from the coral farm than have it shipped. cuz the shipping makes it so expensive for us when we buy.

awesome tank btw---TOTM
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Old 07/23/2007, 10:28 PM
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Love your tank! Looking forward to seeing it grow!
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Old 07/23/2007, 11:38 PM
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This is the way this looks after planted 25 small frags.
They are so tiny and is hardly visible.



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Old 07/24/2007, 04:47 AM
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Wow, that is fabulous! I would be fairy wrasse crazy with that tank. Keep up the good work!
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Old 07/24/2007, 08:28 PM
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Originally posted by icliao
Ironically it is the opposite to what you think.
Almost no LFS is selling SPS since there are extremely few hobbyst can keep SPS alive.
On top of that the LFS think SPS is bad deal since they brown out so fast and few will buy brown out colonies.
There is also hardly any fine equipment or addictives available.
Our small group had to import everything via Singapore.
We still have to travel great distance from the big cities to reach clean reef and most of the area wild havesting is banned, especially to visitors.

We had to mail order from Bali exporters to get those tiny frags. Big monti or fragile staghorns are just impossible to ship without damage.
that is correct icliao...
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Old 07/24/2007, 08:31 PM
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Tank spec:
Size: 305cm X 128cm X 100cm
Lighting: 400W X8 (4x 10000K and 4X 14000K)
Skimmer: ASM G6 + H&S A200 1260X2
Main pump: Sequence Hammerhead
Cooling: 1 HP chiller with fan
(since sump is out door now and I live in 800mtr above sea, work well)
Wave maker: Tunze x4 + Seio 6200 X4
Calcium reactor: 15Kg X2
Sulfur reactor
Fluidized RowaPhos reactor
Kalwasser reactor
is your skimmer enough to handle the tank???
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Old 07/24/2007, 09:26 PM
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Wow! That is truly the stuff I can only dream about. I have no where near the skill! Congrats on a beautiful tank!
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Old 07/24/2007, 11:23 PM
icliao icliao is offline
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is your skimmer enough to handle the tank???
I am using or going to be using ASM G6 + H&S A200-1260X2.
They combine for 3 Sedra 9000 and 2 Ehem 1260 total 5 needle wheels and rated for total 1700 GL.

I definitely hope that is enough.
However, it is not going to be possible to have extremely low NO3 and PO4 without a Sulfur reactor and Phosphate reactor.

I am using both to bring down the nutrient due to heavy feeding to the 60+ fish I have.
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Old 07/24/2007, 11:26 PM
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Wow, that is fabulous! I would be fairy wrasse crazy with that tank. Keep up the good work!
I have no wrasse at all so far. In fact I am avoiding them.
I do not have the skill to keep their color beautiful, despite feeding enriched brineshrimp, blood worm, flake and pallet.
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Old 07/24/2007, 11:37 PM
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That is one LARGE tank, great to see you come back stronger. Thanks for posting and please keep sharing your reef with us.
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Old 07/25/2007, 12:02 AM
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That is one LARGE tank, great to see you come back stronger. Thanks for posting and please keep sharing your reef with us.
Thank for the encouragement.
It was a big devastation for me when my 5 year old 500GL crashed.
Now I am happy and satisfied, only have to wait for the colonies to grow.
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Old 07/25/2007, 12:17 AM
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Simply amazing. Please keep us posted in future
 
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