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Old 10/24/2007, 11:21 PM
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My 100G SPS dominated reef

Just thought I would share some pics with you (while I experiment with my new digital camera)


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Old 10/24/2007, 11:54 PM
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Old 10/25/2007, 12:18 AM
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Old 10/25/2007, 12:19 AM
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Nice!
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Is on the road to recovery! Everything looks nice though ;)
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Old 10/25/2007, 12:20 AM
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Old 10/25/2007, 12:21 AM
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Old 10/25/2007, 12:23 AM
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Thanks ReefRockerLive !!!
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Old 10/25/2007, 12:30 AM
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Very nice coloration. How bout some specs, equipments, husbandry, etc?
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Old 10/25/2007, 12:49 AM
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Thanks.

100 G display with 30 G sump
Aqua C EV 120 skimmer
Geo 618 calcium reactor
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4x Koralia 3 powerheads running on alternating timers (produce gyres in alternating directions)
Pacific coast 1/4 hp chiller
Lighting : 1x 400W aquaconnect 14.5 K MH powered by Ice Cap Electronic Ballast
1x 250W Aquaconnect 14.5 K MH powered by PFO HQI ballast
1x 250W Reeflux 12 K MH powered by PFO HQI ballast
2x 54W T5 Actinic plus
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Old 10/25/2007, 01:09 AM
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Nice tank.

Is the Potter Angel safe with sps? I have been thinking to get one.
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Old 10/25/2007, 03:14 AM
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Hey man, beautiful tank.
I especially like the psychedelic goby, the gorgonians, clams, and selection of fish.

Your sps corals look great, and healthy.
Im just jumping into the sps, and only have small frags. The corals bases are finally growing over the sides of the plugs, hehe.

Beautiful !
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Old 10/25/2007, 06:34 AM
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Very nice tank!
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Old 10/25/2007, 02:13 PM
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Very nice! I like how you have varied SPS, and LPS. I also love the clam placements.
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Old 10/25/2007, 02:41 PM
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Is that Centropyge bicolor actually behaving itself in there? Very nice fish selection. Your tank has great colors in everything. Nice work!

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Old 10/25/2007, 05:01 PM
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the bicolor is sweet, not a common fish for an sps tank.
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Old 10/25/2007, 07:08 PM
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Thanks guys for your kind words.

Both the bicolor angel and the potter's angel are model citizens. They are peaceful, never bother any invertebrates or fish, and they voraciously eat flake food ! I also have a golden dwarf angel in there but he is a little camera shy. The interesting thing is that these little angels have defied everything I have read about them. They have been absolutely reef safe (so far) and despite being introduced one at a time many months apart, they behave as if they are not even aware that there are other angles in the same tank.
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Old 10/25/2007, 08:18 PM
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Everything looks very healthy and well fed, which is almost a rarity it seems nowadays
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Old 10/25/2007, 08:40 PM
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I'd be on guard with the clam, but I love Centropyge & I think they often get a bum rap around RC at times..
Beautiful. Try to get a pic of the Golden sometime!

Matthew
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Old 10/25/2007, 09:17 PM
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nice tank!
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Old 10/25/2007, 10:01 PM
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very nice
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Old 10/26/2007, 11:12 AM
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Great tank!

What digital camera do you have? Is it possible to reduce the film speed (iso number)?
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Old 10/26/2007, 04:10 PM
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I Have a canon A700, and yes you can control ISO. What would be the ideal ISO to take pictures of a tank?

thanks.
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Old 10/26/2007, 04:18 PM
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Lower ISO gets the cleanest picture, so ideally you would set it to the lowest value possible. In practice, you'll need a higher ISO to keep the shutter speed up to avoid motion blur. But, for every step up in ISO, you'll see a little more sensor noise in the image.
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Old 10/26/2007, 10:21 PM
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Old 10/26/2007, 10:23 PM
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thanx jeffbrig ! the above pictures were taken with iso of 80...
 


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