Naka's 180 Starphire tank!!!

[invincible569]

Originally posted by Ron R.
I saw the twin sister to this tank over at Village Tropical here in Houston and the empty tank was beautiful by itself!!!!!!!

The pics of the actual tank with all the goodies is A-1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Isnt it? Its a nice setup to look at. You should purchase it.

[naka]

Marc, you crack me up. You not the only person that started to scrape the overflow box. Colors pop out at you w/ clean back ground.

James

[melev]

See next post.

[melev]

Did you see the picture I put in my thread yet?

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...96#post8947396

[dandy7200]

naka, I was under the impression the pipefish couldn't handle the flow of a setup like this. What has your experience been? What type of pipe is it? Nice tank BTW

[naka]

I got that pipefish back in September at MACNA from Joetb. I always see him picking at the walls for pods. I see him eat frozen food, but that's about it. Low maintenance and has adapted to my high flow tank. When my vortech pumps reduces flow to 50% by RK2, you can see him swim out in the open.

James

[makoJ]

wow your tank is looking GREAT!!

and this piece made my jaw drop and hit the floor

[naka]

You see all the flat pieces that can be easily broken? After it encrusts, the left corner has your name on it Brian.

James

[emilese]

My first time posting in this thread but, I've been following it closely since its start.

Naka, I love the pics of your tank! Nice job on everything!

How did you get your RK2 to reduce the flow of the Vortech? I thought only the controllers (when the come out) and the BB were the only equipment capable of doing that.

Miles

[naka]

Originally posted by emilese
My first time posting in this thread but, I've been following it closely since its start.

Naka, I love the pics of your tank! Nice job on everything!

How did you get your RK2 to reduce the flow of the Vortech? I thought only the controllers (when the come out) and the BB were the only equipment capable of doing that.

Miles

Hey Miles, thanks for the compliment. I just programmed the RK2 for wavemaker mode (on/off every 20 min). I don't think I'm burning the motor b/c I have it on battery backup. So, actually I'm running my vortech 100% -- 50% every 20 min. It's like increasing and decreasing the flow manually w/ the little nob.

James

[Prock1]

Awesome

[ReefWaters]

naka, aren't you worried about killing the run time and life of your BB for when you really need it (a power outage) by running it on the battery for 20 minutes, every 20 minutes?

[naka]

Originally posted by EcoTech Marine
Using the battery as a faux-wavemaker will not harm our drivers. to the best of my knowledge it also has minimal if any inpact on the battery itself. However, I'll let Andy chime in on the effect to the battery as that's more his specialty.

-Tim

That is what Tim (ecotech marine) said regarding bb wavemaker. I'll try this until the controller comes out. I don't think it's going to burn out the battery by then. Even if it does, you can send it back for a replacement for like $45.

James

[imsocool5609]

You could say that this tank arouses me in many different ways.

[naka]

Well Houston finally got cold for the first time this year 32 degrees. Most of school and business closed due to icy roads.
I know 32 deg. is not that bad, but Houston shuts down when you see ice on the streets. So, I stayed home yesterday to take some pics. Enjoy!

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[GSMguy]

teal digital is unreal great shots naka

[EnFuego]

i like that green birdsnest and the green anenome. This whole tank is absolutely stunning.

[lpkirby]

Hey James,

Nice Pictures, yeah we got down to 28 degrees and had 1/2 inch of ice. Thank goodness I haad a Generator.
Is that a Ponape Torch Birdsnest, nice. Do you have a small frag of that?

Thanks,
Leon

[melev]

Great shots, as usual.

[lpkirby]

Yea Marc, you must have taught him all the trick to taking great pics when you were here.

[melev]

Nah, he was doing great before I ever got there.