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Old 01/05/2005, 10:13 AM
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Tank of the Month - January 2005
This month we are revisiting a previous Tank of the Month from November of 2002. Let's check out Ryan Baker's (rbaker) beautiful reef aquarium again:



More details can be found here or by clicking on the picture above.

Congratulations, Ryan!
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Old 01/05/2005, 01:05 PM
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Very nice. I think the hands off approach always ends up looking the best.
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Old 01/05/2005, 02:00 PM
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very nice !!
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Old 01/05/2005, 02:01 PM
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Ryan who?



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Old 01/05/2005, 02:23 PM
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I said it before and I'll say it again, Ryan has the best tank ever!

Congrats once more!
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Old 01/05/2005, 02:33 PM
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Looks great! I wasn't around to see your first TOTM. Two TOTM honors for the same tank is pretty incredible!
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Old 01/05/2005, 03:01 PM
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Is it just me or did you remove any live rock? The tank looks very open and spacious. The colors you have are very unique... great tank!!
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Old 01/05/2005, 03:26 PM
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Congrats two-timer like the tank
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Old 01/05/2005, 05:02 PM
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Very Sweet Ryan! I think your tank is wonderfully awsome and an inspiration to us all.
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Old 01/05/2005, 06:00 PM
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Stunning tank.
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Old 01/05/2005, 06:44 PM
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congrats!
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Old 01/05/2005, 07:47 PM
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awesome job, ryan. i'm perplexed as to why you would get rid of your sps, though. they're gorgeous specimens!
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Old 01/05/2005, 08:48 PM
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awesome job! and you make it sound so easy to catch a fish.. how much of the tank came apart to get out the tang and coralbueaty?
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Old 01/05/2005, 09:13 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by finding nemo
Very beautiful tank for sure, but I am dismayed that there was not someone elses tank showcased this month. There are so many beautiful tanks owned by rc people that I would love to see .
I even submitted my rose tank months ago. It may not be worth the tank of the month, but I know that there are allot of beautiful tanks here.
I am wondering why this tank was picked to be tank of the month twice?
Please dont get me wrong. its beautiful. But others deserve the totm also.
I thought the other time he got TOTM was when he was running his 75g tank, but your right.... that same tank was picked just over 2 years ago.

Your a 2 timing man there Ryan, you lucky fish!
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Old 01/05/2005, 09:14 PM
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Amazing tank!
Great job Ryan
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Old 01/05/2005, 09:50 PM
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Beautiful tank as usual Ryan. I like the change in lighting much better.
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Old 01/05/2005, 10:25 PM
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The tank looks awesome Ryan,congrats!
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Old 01/06/2005, 12:23 AM
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great!
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Old 01/06/2005, 12:49 AM
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Beautiful tank and setup, Ryan!!! I am very impressed by how natural and flowing your reeftank appears.

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Old 01/06/2005, 01:47 AM
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WoW! Thats an Great looking tank man keep it up!

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Old 01/06/2005, 02:05 AM
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First page in epic thread.

How about some more detailed pics of the water change automation, and just the sump system in general?
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Old 01/06/2005, 07:05 AM
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Ryan,

Awesome tank. I like seeing a TOTM revisited.

Two questions:

1) In your TOTM article, you mention a digital Rainbird controller and say (see below) but did not see any pics or detail about how you implemented the controller. Can you post pictures and elaborate?

2) Why are you going back to LPS and softies? Not that there is anything wrong with that!!! - Seinfeld

Thanks,
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Old 01/06/2005, 07:08 AM
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Ryan ... great tank. Just wonderful.

I'd also like to compliment you on a very well done writeup, it's very detailed and complete. TOTM, but maybe write-up of the year
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Old 01/06/2005, 07:16 AM
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Hey Dennis. I'm afraid that's my bad on the water controller. I forgot to link to the picture. I'll get the page fixed.
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Old 01/06/2005, 08:11 AM
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Thanks for all of the kind words everybody!!


Quote:
Originally posted by willra
Is it just me or did you remove any live rock? The tank looks very open and spacious. The colors you have are very unique... great tank!!
No, there's the same amount of rock, I just moved a few pieces around a year or so ago.


Quote:
Originally posted by bigben
awesome job, ryan. i'm perplexed as to why you would get rid of your sps, though. they're gorgeous specimens!
I like SPS, but I LOVE the softies a little more. Additionally, the chemical warfare is getting harder and harder to control. I'll probably end up setting up a separate tank for SPS only in the future.



Quote:
Originally posted by redawg
awesome job! and you make it sound so easy to catch a fish.. how much of the tank came apart to get out the tang and coralbueaty?

I used an acrylic fish trap. It was actually kind of easy. I place a little bit of food in the trap and they swim right in.



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First page in epic thread.

How about some more detailed pics of the water change automation, and just the sump system in general?

Let me know exactly what you want to see and I'll try and post some pictures of it.

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