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11/25/2004, 01:28 PM
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wow...
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11/25/2004, 02:54 PM
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It's been a while since I've tried to post a picture on here but let me give this a shot.
This tank has a LONG way to go. It's only 4 months old and went through a few power outages with the recent hurricanes, one that lasted four days, but it's still doing surprisingly well. And after viewing the pictures on reefcentral and comparing them to mine, I've come to the conclusion that I need a new camera, so I'm afraid these pictures don't do it much justice but you get the idea. 
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11/25/2004, 05:13 PM
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i see you use the sio's how are they?
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11/25/2004, 05:21 PM
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I love them! I wasn't getting enough circulation to the sand bed and into the caves but they did the trick. I've been thinking of putting them on a wavemaker-type power strip but I'm not sure if it's necessary.
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11/25/2004, 05:59 PM
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11/25/2004, 06:26 PM
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Sweet. Gimme a year.
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11/26/2004, 12:20 AM
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I just stumbled across this thread and I must say that it warms my heart. My tank started out 13 years ago as a 33 gal long wt 4 48" NO bulbs bare bottom wt a wet dry filter and no protien skimmer. Sounds crazy but that is the way all reef tanks were set up back then. PS were mainly available only to European aquarists and were rare in the states, not to mention pricey!! 3 years later the Berlin Setup was all the rage and people started pulling out the bio balls from their wet/drys and started adding PS(Mainly DYI, just like our wet/drys) Souds pretty tame by todays standards, but raised quite a bit of a fuss back then. It was at this time that I upgraded my lighting to VHO. Back then we all used solid tar ballasts wich were HOT to the touch, and you had to switch your bulbs every 6 months. 5 years ago I bought an Icecap electronic ballast, and have,not had a lick of trouble from it ever - GREAT PRODUCT- 3 years ago I bought my first production made skimmer- a used Red Sea Berlin Turbo. Before this my fellow reef keepers and I made all of our own skimmers. If I were to change anything on my tank it would be to add 2 more VHO bulbs and get a better skimmer. I have had a Carribean encrusting gorgonian(Erthropodium?) in the system for 13 years, it was my first coral. I have had my Kenyan Green tree coral for about 6 years and it was a frag who came from a friend who has had it in her tank for 12 years. Some of the zoas are 8-9 years old and I have had an Open Brain for 5 years, just to name a few. Over the last year I have added some SPS corals- Montis, Pocillapora, Acros and recently some Hydnaphora- all are doing great. It has been interesting to see the trends that come and go in this hobby over the years, some things change and some stay relativley the same, but most ideas come back full circle. Berlin sytems wt BB tanks are a prime example of this. VHO bulbs work and work well. I have been tempted to switch to MH several times over the years, but it seems that you gotta buy so much more stuff- Addtl fans, chillers, new canopy, etc. My tank is and always has been a low tech set up that is easy to maintain and relativley affordable, I just don't see the need to change it. One thing over the years that has NOT changed , is that there is always someone saying"You can only keep a reef tank this way or that way" or it will fail. Utter nonsense. There are so many different methods to keep marine systems that none can ever be definativley declared to be the "Best Way" Would you believe that I had sea horses spawn in a 10 gal tank wt nothing more complicated than an under gravel filter wt air stones and a dolomite gravel bed- that was 24 years ago when I was 8 years old- the sea horses were collected by me from the Chesapeake Bay, and the pair spawned several times!! This hobby should not have to be about spending thousands of dollars to have a "successful" reef aquarium. My tank is a testament to this. Next time my Brother in law comes over wt his mega sweet digital camera we will try to post some pics, as the only pictures of my tank are prints and I don't have a scanner...
Well I suppose that this is enough ranting and raving for one night, hope I wasn't too long winded for yall... Joshua
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12/06/2004, 12:19 AM
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12/06/2004, 12:25 AM
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The ultimate mark of successs in this hobby is longevity, period. So many people come and go in this hobby when they realize it's more work than they realized it would be or make their setup over the top complicated and difficult to maintain. I love to hear about people being successful over the course of 'years' rather than months. My new Canon Digital SLR is finally on it's way so I will post some pictures in a few weeks. Anyway, thanks for your post Joshua. Good stuff  .
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12/06/2004, 10:05 AM
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katchupoy- honestly, I just finished building my new canopy
 I'm no speed demon. I'm going to switch some of my corals into a new 29G (which will be VHO) when I get the chance to set it up (most of the softies, some of the zoos) and make the 75 more SPS and some LPS and assorted with the halides and VHO actinics. It'll probably happen after the holidays. I'll keep everyone informed. Maybe this week I'll get an updated tank shot, that one's several months old now.
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12/29/2004, 01:10 AM
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WOW, some really impressive VHO setups!!!!!!!!
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12/29/2004, 02:25 AM
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wow i was about to give a chance on MH to my dispaly but i think im going with VHO
just one question will a frag tank be ok with VHO?. im talking about a SPS & LPS frag tank.
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12/29/2004, 02:31 AM
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  That is what most of GARF's frag tanks use
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01/20/2005, 04:03 AM
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here is an up dated one of mine more true to the real color.
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01/30/2005, 07:03 PM
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heres the most recent pic of mine, its in a transition phase, as im changing out some bulbs. i can post a new shot with true color tommorrow as im changing the last bulbs two today.
 its still got a lot of growing to do, for sure o yeah 440w 2-3/4w moons
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01/30/2005, 08:10 PM
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yes sir it is a standard 90. I built myself a custom canopy and it really wasn't that tough to fit the 6 bulbs in there. I'm really thinking of trying to squeeze one more in. The secret is not to use the second part of the icecap endcaps. I don't use the part that you physically mount to the canopy, I rig mine on there without it to save the 1/2" or so, that's how I fit more bulbs in there.
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