Sharing pics of my 2 year old 120g

nvert · #1 08/15/2006, 10:06 PM

This tank is an upgrade from a 2.5 year old 40g reef I started spring 2002. Most corals began as frags in the 40g, grew too big, and then they had the audacity to demand an upgrade in their water condo! Well, what can a reefer say to that????

Running dual Ushio 250 14k hqi + T5 Blues at the moment, CS-8 skimmer, a fuge in the sump, a sqwd on a Panworld 100 PX-X return, and 2-1200 MJs for in tank circulation. Top off with Kalk only - no other additives. No carbon. About 180lbs plus of live rock.

Feed a pinch of flake, cyclopz and frozen cube daily, sometimes with Selcon. Water change is 5g/week or one big 40g/8 weeks whichever is more convienent.

Fish (which I love and I know it's a lot):
1 pair of bonded maroons
1 niger trigger about 5" (I know, I know!)
1 Bangaii cardinal (first fish placed in the 40g years ago)
1 FAT chalk bass
1 yellow clown gobby who is sooooooooo cute hanging out in the sps
1 yellow tail blue damsel (another first fish from the 40g)
1 orange spotted gobby
1 mandarin (eats frozen food)
1 14" snowflake eel (I know, I know!)
1 male lyretail anthias with 6 females

6 clams and various other common inverts and corals. The battle with the green star polyps will never cease.

Hope you enjoy the pics.

nvert · #2 08/15/2006, 10:10 PM

jawwad19 · #3 08/15/2006, 10:14 PM

Simply Beautiful

jawwad19 · #4 08/15/2006, 10:14 PM

Are you taking these pics with a flash

smmscott · #5 08/15/2006, 10:16 PM

stunning, very nice. You should be proud.

spitefull · #6 08/15/2006, 10:16 PM

WOW!!! very nice, damn you.lol I love triggers does it give you any grief?

picnic · #7 08/15/2006, 10:17 PM

Smoking tank.

King-Kong · #8 08/15/2006, 10:20 PM

Wow -- reading your tank specs and viewing your photos was nice. Shows what basic, consistant, and smart husbandry can achieve. Very very impressive.

nvert · #9 08/15/2006, 10:21 PM

I love this pic!!! The goby frequently charges his reflection on the glass. Fortunately he found a home dead center underneath the derasa.

nvert · #10 08/15/2006, 10:23 PM

I use a Canon S80 on manual settings. Sometimes with flash, sometimes not. The nice thing about this camera is that you can get good macro shots and while in the manual mode you can control the flash intensity while also controlling the f/stop and shutter speed.

outy · #11 08/15/2006, 10:31 PM

beautiful example of keep it simple

sweet

nice skills

nvert · #12 08/15/2006, 10:32 PM

The trigger is great! Fantastic color and personality. I wanted a blue fish and was torn between a PBT but you see the PBTs so often in reef tanks. The trigger hasn't picked on anybody except for me when I thought it would be fun to hand feed her. Boy was that a mistake!

Ritten · #13 08/15/2006, 10:33 PM

Love your tank!

mg426 · #14 08/15/2006, 10:35 PM

Holey cow, that is one awesome set up !!! Great job !!!!

nvert · #15 08/15/2006, 10:35 PM

Thanks for all the great feedback. The tank is a love!!!!

2fishy · #16 08/15/2006, 10:42 PM

Wow!!! That is an awesome tank!!

And thanks for the tip about the manual setting on your camera, I remember seeing that on mine, too, although mine is a Kodak. Somehow I know how hard I try to adjust the manual settings...mine still will not look like yours!

Dubbin1 · #17 08/15/2006, 10:45 PM

Very Very Nice!!!

RevHtree · #18 08/15/2006, 11:15 PM

Wow man awesome!

Does that rose anemone sting anything?

Milleme · #19 08/15/2006, 11:15 PM

Wicked!!!!

That maxima in front of the dersa is so tiny! how big is it?

Also I thought the niger triger wasnt reef safe, has it every nipped or caused problems?

HaKs310 · #20 08/15/2006, 11:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by nvert
....had the audacity to demand an upgrade in their water condo!

haha.
Beautiful tank.

MSAreef · #21 08/15/2006, 11:51 PM

That is one amazing tank. I'm green with envy.

nvert · #22 08/16/2006, 12:27 AM

The trigger so far has been fine. Not bothering or chasing anything...yet. Keeping my fingers crossed.

The RBTA is a three-split and yes it has nuked the backside of the validia colony (area's out of sight except from the extreme sides of the tank). Other than that they've remained in place for two years.

The derasa is about 9" and the baby maxima in front of it is 1". Like David and Goliath

One of the coolest coral combos I've experimented with is mixing frags of plating montis together. I have green, purple and orange all mixing and turning around one another.

Thanks again for checking out my pics!

Chaloupa · #23 08/16/2006, 01:48 AM

Absolutely STUNNING tank! Very cool mix of corals and fish. Love the Niger...had one, didn't like ANYONE in his tank so he found a new home.

jiggy · #24 08/16/2006, 02:18 AM

all those sps with only 2 mj1200s and return? sweet tank. totm!!

mg426 · #25 08/16/2006, 02:48 AM

TOTM