Nano Tank of the month - November

[ezcompany]

Okinawan, you should pm Carlos and have him take down Demartini's tank for this month and place yours as the sticky.

[Emg2]

As soon as I saw that tank I knew it was going to win !! Congrats Oki !!

[Okinawan]

Emg2,

You had more confidence than me! Thanks for your compliment!

Okinawan

[InLimbo87]

Beautiful tank! I love all those colors

[keegoaz]

wow what an amazing tank im getting an rsm soon hopefully i can make it look as good as yours haha

[pbukow]

20K 150watt halide, two 18watt actinics, and two blue moonlight LED fixtures. Thats not too blue for you? It does give your corals some really nice pop though.

[Okinawan]

InLimbo87 and keegoaz,

Thanks!

pbukow,

Actually, I had replaced the 20k with a 14K Phoenix bulb. The Phoenix is much brighter and gives a crisp white with a hint of blue. I recently replaced it again with the 20K to get more color but have since gone back to the Phoenix. I think this bulb gives the best balance.

[racksteris]

nice tank

[pbukow]

Very nice, Any more pics you got floating around that you would like to post, skimmate, new additions, any more equipment. I love seeing how tanks are filtered almost as much as the display part.

[LaurentSeattle]

Well deserved win! An inspiration to all RSM owners...

Good luck in the nTotY contest!


Someday, someday... my RSM will look as nice as yours But that's for 2009... maybe...

[Toshas79]

nice tank

[Okinawan]

pbukow,

I get some more pics up soon.

Laurent,

Thanks! I have seen your setup and it's comming along quite nicely.

Toshas79,

Thanks!

[Tajjo]

where did you get your calcium reactor? Pm me

[wofiguer]

Congratulations, the tank is great. I like it a lot. The pics are awesome...

[Okinawan]

Thanks Wofiguer!

[jdpierce21]

Wow.. very nice tank and setup. I love it!

[Okinawan]

Thanks alot Jdpierce21!

[danoreef]

awesome tank! you tank some great pictures what kind of camera do you use?

I am going to have to look into the lighting set up that you use, I have the 24" sunpod 150 hqi if I can fit the actinic's I might give it a shot.

Congrats

[gregrocks79]

Wow amazing tank! Such beautiful colors! Great job

[Okinawan]

danoreef,

Thanks! I'm new to reefkeeping but have been into photography for a bit longer. I use a Nikon D200. Believe or not, since I don't have a true macro lens I use a 300mm telephoto for close up shots and has worked great. The quality of the lens is really top notch and it does allot of the work.

gregrocks79,

Thanks for the compliment! Much appreciated.

[thedidavid]

Originally posted by Okinawan
pbukow,

I ordered the light upgrade through nano customs. It took me a while to put it all together..some soldering was required. If I had to do it over again, I would have let nano customs put it together. It was quite a chore getting everything hooked up right. Here's a pic of the hood open..It only opens so far so I did the best I could to get a pic. The ballast sits on a shelf below the aquarium in the stand. The cover was taken off for this shot.

In the middle is the 150w HQI bulb (20k) and to the left and right are the 18w actinics and next to those are the lunar lights.

The HQI light makes lots of difference, too bad the price bringing this mod to Singapore is unbelievable. I am still running with stock light....really tempted with HQI mod after seeing your tank.

[Okinawan]

thedidavid,

I love my RSM with the HQI upgrade but would not go this route if I had to do it over again. I wanted to keep some SPS and according to conventional thinking you need MH lighting. I have seen some tanks with T5's only with nothing but SPS so it can be done. Like you mention, the cost is a big issue...you can practically get another tank with an HQI setup these days for what it costs to upgrade.

[randellphils]

fantastic tank.. makes me want to go nano

[Okinawan]

randellphils,

Thanks! I think you need a nano for the bedroom?!