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my reef from a little over year ago until now
now that i have set up larger tank, i took a trip down memory lane and went through old photos of when i set up a 46 gallon bowfront over a year ago. it was fun to see the progression. i enjoyed seeing the growth in some of the coral i have had since the beginning... anyway i thought i would share the photos...
just some live rock...i learned real fast why you don't hide a power head in the rock work! i got some coral and a few fish i figured out how to use white correction on my camera! my first SPS....oh purple firefish i will miss you. what an idiot! i put the open brain on the rock work! look at all the crap i have crowded in the sand! parameters should be in my sig, thanks for looking
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FINALLY! some breathing room, the 90!!!!!
10-15-07 11-12-07 I keep adding more rock! close to 200lbs now 12/13/07 bubble coral, large pink acro (given to me by a friend) from out a bit
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some close ups
Caulastrea sp (candy cane) Echinophyllia sp (chalice) Nemanzophyllia (fox coral) Acanthastrea (acan)
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Looks nice. I like the step by step as it all grew.
What lighting are you running? |
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8 t-5 54 watts apiece
4 atinics 2 10k 2 12k i might replace some of the atinics with 2 midday bulbs. but wont be for a while
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I have one question, why shouldn't you hide the power head under in some LR? Tunze offers this fake rock thing you can put your PH into to hide it, is that not smart to get cause I was looking at getting it.
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the fake rock would be no problem....but i had to move all that rock just to clean it...and rock work never goes back the same....also it will disturb coral you might want to mount there in the future
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I can't wait til I can post pictures like you just did, congrats too!
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Looks nice! I'll have to show this to my wife so she can see the light at the end of the tunnel. (just got a 125 a few days ago - pieces and parts are starting to roll in - hoping to have it wet by New Years)
Your pics are proof that patience pays off!
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That a 46 gallon you started out with how did u filter it. It looks like you have an overflow in the left side. Im trying to figure out how to build a sump for mine. Could you post some pics of the equipment you used. I liked the rockwork on the 46 with the little cave in the middle. The jawfish looks like a character. Anyhoot cool tanks!
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Man that is a nice job !!!
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Wow, that was nice to see it progress. I have a 46 gal bow now that I am starting. I think I just sell it and get a 90 gal. now!LOL
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i used a 20 long with baffles that i installed for a sump. it fit under the stand with a few modifications to the stand. used a mag 5 for a return . had a corallife super skimmer, an aquamedic uv sterilizer, and a cheap shop light with a 6000k bulb to grow chaeto.
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hows the jawfish doing? what do you feed it?
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she eats anything that the other fish eat. she will come right to the turkey baster and snatch food out of it.
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very nice
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looking good, question are you running 8 T5 retrofit? or In a complete fixture?
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What kind of mods to the stand i was thinking about doing 2 10 gallons and cuting holes in the sides and piping them together, but i like the idea of just one tank under there.
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Very nice tank. Its crazy how those coral move themselves around during the course of a year. Ha Ha Ha
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what kind of camera are you using
your pics and tank look great |
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here is a quick drawing
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the cannon cameras have a fully manual setting which helps me....gonna get an slr someday
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nice!!!!!
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also i had the 46 drilled in the back near the top. like many of the local fish stores do. big mistake. i don't really understand the physics of it. but a one inch hole near the bottom with an overflow will get much closer to the 600gph a 1 inch bulkhead is suppose to accommodate. i imagine it has to do with water pressure at different depths
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