Current Tank Pics

Nitroq2 · #1 09/23/2007, 09:18 AM

How about a thread with Full Tank Shots. The shot below isn't the best pic and I will try to replace tonight when the sun is down with a better pic. I will start and hopefully everyone will join in.

Bkndsdl · #2 09/23/2007, 03:24 PM

Here's the 90, right after it was set up (upgraded from a 65):

eyebedam · #3 09/24/2007, 05:34 PM

Bkndsdl Your rock is awwful purple. I cant wait for mine to color up like that.

Bkndsdl · #4 09/24/2007, 07:00 PM

Thx. I was just looking at it the other day, and said to my wife that I thought I had too much purple.......be careful what you wish for!

kng · #5 09/24/2007, 07:06 PM

Nice!

mltmtascp · #6 09/24/2007, 07:16 PM

Here is our 120 gal tank. It is a work in progress

mltmtascp · #7 09/24/2007, 07:20 PM

Here is some xenia I got for H@rry.

Our few fish

Nitroq2 · #8 09/24/2007, 07:42 PM

mltmtascp,
What is the black under your rocks? I like the way it accents the rocks in the full tank shot

dave3112 · #9 09/24/2007, 08:21 PM

Here is mine. It's a little sparse right now though.

Tomoko Schum · #10 09/24/2007, 08:43 PM

I don't have a current pictures. This one is already almost a year old, but you can get the idea. The main difference is that corals are a lot bigger and very crowded.

Tomoko

jrthomas40 · #11 09/24/2007, 09:28 PM

i took one of my large rocks out cuz a few of my fish kept swimming into it then the next thing you know they are dead...so its been on the back patio for the last month

KniLLifer · #12 09/27/2007, 12:26 AM

Here is my 120 Perfecto tank, Its a work in progress - always.

FTS

Side Shot

Thanks,

mltmtascp · #13 09/27/2007, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Nitroq2
mltmtascp,
What is the black under your rocks? I like the way it accents the rocks in the full tank shot

Thanks, my hubby build a stand out of PVC and then sprayed it with the black foam tuff stuff (found at ACE). It holds the rock out of the sand. Coralline is starting to grow on it.

Monica

mltmtascp · #14 09/27/2007, 06:40 PM

He also put eggcrate on top of the stand. Tied it down with plastic computer wire ties. Then sprayed it with the foam.

Nitroq2 · #15 09/27/2007, 07:03 PM

Monica,
Great idea but now you have confused me (not that hard to do) but give me some more information on the egg crate and foam on the top? A pic would help.

Also some great looking tanks especially yours Tomoko, now you gotta give us the update I am sure its even more filled in now.

KniLLifer that looks great and I love the rock work, kinda reminds me of what Dobbs start with when he first built his 90 and it looked great. That will grow in very nice and the fish have lots of places to hide.

Dave I love that clam you got some better close ups of the mantle? Is it a derasa? kinda got the pattern but that blue just pops out at you.

Mike does your 90 have Reeflux 12k lighting or is that a purple actinic? Kinda looks like new reflux bulbs. Reason I ask is I am going back to reflux when these XMs are about 6-7 months. If its reflux they will turn more white after burn in and they will pop all greens and blues.

MaryBebo · #16 09/27/2007, 08:12 PM

VERY NICE EVERYONE!!!!

I need to get a new pic of mine too.

mltmtascp · #17 09/27/2007, 09:25 PM

A pic is a little difficult now... Basically I just built a fram out of 1/2" PVC pipe. Capped all the ends, looked like a ladder with as small as possible legs on one side. I used egg crate cut to fit and used wire ties to hold it to the PVC frame. Made basically a shelf.

Then I used the tuff-stuff (black) to fill all the holes (actually most) and then a second layer to give it some contours. It is beginning to get a lot of coraline on it so it will eventually blend in with the rock.

The only downside I found is that it floats... Takes two people to re-arrange rock. One to hold it down until enough rock is place to weigh it down. Keeps the rock out of the sand thou.

dave3112 · #18 09/28/2007, 06:44 AM

Thanks, Nitroq. i will try and get a better Pic of the mantle this weekend. It's a Squamosa. I picked it up in Oxford,AL at Valley tropicals about 4 months ago for $60. That store has some killer stuff and the price is good too.

Dave

Tomoko Schum · #19 09/28/2007, 07:45 AM

Thank you, Nitroq2, for the nice compliment.

I will be rearranging my rock work probably this weekend. I need to catch the two marauders who refuse to go into the trap.

Taking advantage of this dismantling, I will take H@rry's advise and take out some rocks to allow more space for my SPS's. I need to get rid of the orange Monti digi that is trying to take over the small world climbing up my acropora branches and killing them. I have to have a scratch and dent sale after the rearrangement.

The tank will look very different after this. I will bring down some acro from the top of the rocks to somewhere in the middle of the tank. I am afraid that this will brown them up a bit for awhile.

Tomoko

IndyReefMan · #20 09/28/2007, 08:18 AM

My 72 gal bowfront

Mariner · #21 09/28/2007, 06:28 PM

Here's one of my 75g I took this evening. It's a little fuzzy, and you can't really see the tank because all the corals are in the way

Mariner

kg4izw · #22 09/29/2007, 12:13 AM

OK, I'm not too experienced at posting pics but here goes...
This pic is about 3 months old

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jrthomas40 · #23 09/30/2007, 01:10 AM

busted the big rock i had out back...and reworked the rock

mltmtascp · #24 09/30/2007, 01:15 PM

Love all the tank Pics! They give me ideas.

kg4izw,

Keep us update on the seahorses. I love seahorses. I have a 37 gal I want to setup for Seahorse but not sure if I am brave enough. I have looked at John's seahorse tank at CRA in Athens and like his setup. Maybe one day I will setup a seahorse tank.

Thanks,
Monica

MaryBebo · #25 09/30/2007, 08:39 PM

My tank has went through a few problems. Some of you know that I changed to a 20K XM bulb. Well everything looked good for a while and then I noticed that my frogspawn wasn't coming out and the Candycane was not looking so good ( as in sunk way down in the skeleton) and several others were just blah. For months I didn't know what was going on. I could tell that the frogspawn wasn't dead, I could see it down inside the skeleton and it wasn't happy. Then the purple fuzzy stuff came back again. Then I got lazy and disheartened. I thought Mary, you have sunk ALOT!!! of money in this tank get to work and try to figure it out. So I started back tracking what I had done different. I thought the bulb was a good thing...but I guess not. Because after I changed it back to the 20K Hamilton MH things slowly started improving. The forgspawn and Candycane and some of the other corals look much better. Small but still alive. For the purple fuzzy stuff, I did another Red slime remover treatment. I also ordered the Two Part Solution from Two Part Solution and I am using it now. My test are right on target. I've NEVER had the coral growth that a lot of you do. So I am hoping that this changes. Sorry for the long post but this is where I am at today with my tank.

This is a hobby that you have to stay on your toes...or I do anyway..lol

Here are a few from today.