Tank of the Month - January 2006

[mortenN]

Originally posted by BCool
What do you do for an overflow, I couldn't see one unless there is one on the far corner. I am doing a 30" cube and you are my idol.

I only have a 52mm PVC bend in the far upper corner.

[mortenN]

Originally posted by cieman
Beautiful tank! Hard to beleive its only a 90 gallon.

where did you get the tank from? (made)

and where did you get the stand made from?

if you wouldnt mind the dimensions (not in cm)

congratulatiions!

The tank is made in Czech Republic.
The stand is D.I.Y
Roughly 29.5 W x 23.5 x 29.5 H

[mortenN]

Originally posted by Bladez
It's the highly sought after Gem Tang....

mortenN how much did you have to dish out for that guy?
Very nice tank btw!

For the Gem, about $ 600.-

[mortenN]

Originally posted by chrissenator
Grattis med TOTM MortenN, det er vel egentlig ikke noen høyere utmerkelse for en hobby akvarist enn TOTM, dette er deg vel fortjent på alle måter, har sagt det før i annet forum "Du bare får det til du"
NIce and well deserved, superb TOTM.

Hei Chriss.
Tusen takk for grattisen.
Ja, du har sagt det før du , morsomt og sette Norge på kartet også. Håper det kommer flere etter hvert. Bergen neste .

[mortenN]

Originally posted by john rochon
let me first say that your tank is AWSOME.BUT,,, I'm a little suprised that no one has come out and mentioned that IMO you have WAY to many large tangs in that 90g. do you have upgrade plans? I'm not trying to start anything at all but I think it should be mentioned. I have the same amount of tangs in my 500g.

I really like the coloration, what are you running for actinics or did I miss that?

LOL, the tangpolice are not in this forum...LOL
Yes, I will upgrade my tank in a few months to a 240g. I have bought all my tangs very small, maybe 2" or so. They will grow out from my 90 g, but my experience with tangs are if they have high turnover and lot of food they can still live good in a 90 g up to they are 3-4".
If I don't had plans for upgrade my tank I will give them to any friends with bigger tanks.

I use three D&D actinics 24 watt T5.

[mortenN]

Originally posted by shaggss
How can you promote a tank that has a cleaner wrasse in it?
By making this the "Tank of the Month" I feel that you are supporting this kind of reckless collecting. These animals, as with so many more that are are kept in your tanks, belong in the OCEAN.

Hmmm, yes I have think about it, but you are looking at a "Reef Tank" so all kind of animals in my tank is from the OCEAN.
My cleaner wrasse have live in my tank for a year, eat well and have double the size in that time.

[mortenN]

Originally posted by reefsociety101
That is some serious skimming on a 90 Gallon. Those skimmers are rated for like 1K gallon tanks. Is this really necessary? The tank is one of the most beautiful SPS tanks btw. I just can't believe such a massive skimmer is required. Wow.

Also you stated that the tank was bare bottom but I see some substrate what kind of substrate is this? Is the tank still considered BB?

You have right, it's not necessary with this big skimmer, but I have bougt it for a new setup and have fun to try it in a 90 g.

I only have a very little substrate in the front and frontcorner for my leopard wrasse. It's something from CaribSea.

[mortenN]

Originally posted by danieljames
Outstanding display man. One question...how often do you have to frag your sps for health reasons? They appear so close together. Have you found that some "battle" less? Which ones? Very curious

I must frag very often if I don''t will have some "battle". I have not time to take it everyday, but I check up every week so I don't lose any kind of SPS.

Some kind of acro don't "battle" at all so i don't need to frag them.

Acro > Monti is a big problem.

[mortenN]

Originally posted by koden
hey morten,
I have a 82g tank coming up, almost the same dimensions as yours but not so tall: 30" x 25" x 25"

think I can keep a tang in there? I'll have about 2300gph flow, and it has 110g of total water including sump.

Hey koden.
Yes, I mean you can have a small tang in the tank. With small I mean about 2-3". Try with a Zebrasoma, they are not so active as Achanturus.
If you have good water quality and feed the tang often maybe you will have success with your tang.

[juststartingout]

Morten, your tank is very nice, great pictures also. Thanks for sharing, good luck with your 240.

P.S. please send me some lefse :-)

[jnarowe]

juststartingout PM me. I'll send you some lefse. My store sells all kinds, and I can send you Lutefisk TV Dinners too!

[brianemone]

congratulations on creating such a stunning tank.

i was taken back when i rad your description that the tank was only 750x750x600, you have truley inspired me.

even my wife thought it was really nice, (she mentioned we should have a deeper tank when we move to our new home)

thanks for helping me get her approval

[Spuds]

Yes! Very awesome tank! One of my favorites....

[piscivorous]

I love the angels......you mentioned in the Reef Central article that you have experimented with many angels, sometimes at the expense of your corals. What other angels have you tried? Ever tried a blue-girdled (majestic) angelfish? How do they do with softies and clams? You really haven't had any problems with your clams and your regal angels? They really are the most beautiful fish.

[supertech3]

Great tank, a definite favorite

[Erik]

Morten, very well deserved! A fantastic tank and sure one of the best on this side of the Atlantic.

I surely look forward to seeing your upgrade and all beautiful SPS corals!

PS. Korallrevet har en ny sändning inne - men det vet du väl redan DS.

[jeweldamsel]

Good job. I am most impressed that you can keep both angelfish can clams in the same tank without any trouble. Can you share how do you keep them together?

[gomle69]

Bærre lækkert

[nach_]

Congratulations, your tank is one of the most amazing I've seen in TOTM section.

Did you cook the rock? If you did, how much time did you spend during the process?

Your sustrate seems to be simply decorative, how often do you clean it?

[Theace50]

You have a beautiful tank you must be very proud of it

[mortenN]

Thanks again everybody.

[mortenN]

Originally posted by brianemone
congratulations on creating such a stunning tank.

i was taken back when i rad your description that the tank was only 750x750x600, you have truley inspired me.

even my wife thought it was really nice, (she mentioned we should have a deeper tank when we move to our new home)

thanks for helping me get her approval

That's nice, hope your wife will be happy.

[mortenN]

Originally posted by piscivorous
I love the angels......you mentioned in the Reef Central article that you have experimented with many angels, sometimes at the expense of your corals. What other angels have you tried? Ever tried a blue-girdled (majestic) angelfish? How do they do with softies and clams? You really haven't had any problems with your clams and your regal angels? They really are the most beautiful fish.

No, I really don't have any problems with my clams and my regal angels.
Another angels, please look in the forum "reef fish" and "SPS keepers", all angels are various so there is not a standard solution.

[mortenN]

Originally posted by Erik
Morten, very well deserved! A fantastic tank and sure one of the best on this side of the Atlantic.

I surely look forward to seeing your upgrade and all beautiful SPS corals!

PS. Korallrevet har en ny sändning inne - men det vet du väl redan DS.

Takk så mye Erik, du er vel litt drøy her...det finnes mye fint på denne siden av atlanteren også , kanskje også i Stockholm.

[mortenN]

Originally posted by jeweldamsel
Good job. I am most impressed that you can keep both angelfish can clams in the same tank without any trouble. Can you share how do you keep them together?

IMO, my experience is that the Regals don't have so interest of my clams, but feed the Regals often so they are healty and not hungery.