Tank pics

[David McKay]

I took a few pics of my tank today. It was established approximately 6
months ago and things seem to be going very well. The pics are available via
the link below.

http://www.mindmess.com/reeftank2/

Regards,

Dave.

[rtk]

David McKay wrote:

> I took a few pics of my tank today. It was established approximately 6
> months ago and things seem to be going very well. The pics are available via
> the link below.
>
> http://www.mindmess.com/reeftank2/

Nice pics! What size is your tank? It appears to be same as mine, 29
gallons. Mine is also 6 months old.
http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/e/x/exk7/Sal****erStuff/SW7.html

rtk

[David McKay]

"rtk" > wrote in message
...
>
> David McKay wrote:
>
> > I took a few pics of my tank today. It was established approximately 6
> > months ago and things seem to be going very well. The pics are available
via
> > the link below.
> >
> > http://www.mindmess.com/reeftank2/
>
> Nice pics! What size is your tank? It appears to be same as mine, 29
> gallons. Mine is also 6 months old.
> http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/e/x/exk7/Sal****erStuff/SW7.html

It's a 35 gallon, but I believe those extra 6 gallons are a result of
height. The tank is 18 1/2" tall. I've got 3 Maxi-Jet 1200s on it for
circulation, with another Maxi-Jet as the pump for the Remora skimmer
(thanks for tips Marc, it's all working great). The lighting is 4x55 power
compacts. I also built my own moon light with a very bright blue LED and use
it whenever I remember to turn it on. Everything else is on timers.

Your tank looks awesome! Very nicely populated. The ident chart is very
helpful too.

BTW, off topic, but as you keep fresh water too: the German Blue Rams in my
fresh water tank laid eggs this morning. :)

Regards,

David.

[Ken N]

Pics look great, what do you attribute all of your coralline to?

Ken N.


"David McKay" > wrote in message
le.rogers.com...
> I took a few pics of my tank today. It was established approximately 6
> months ago and things seem to be going very well. The pics are available
via
> the link below.
>
> http://www.mindmess.com/reeftank2/
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave.
>
>

[David McKay]

"Ken N" > wrote in message
news:A1hSb.137665$Rc4.1088174@attbi_s54...
> Pics look great, what do you attribute all of your coralline to?

Thanks! I attribute the coralline to luck, mostly. I started off the tank
with some okay live rock, and doubled up to about 60lbs worth a couple of
weeks later after finding a much better LFS. The second batch of live rock
was excellent quality, and well-encrusted with coralline. After adding some
livestock the tank had an algae bloom. There was lots of green hair algae
growing on the sand and the rock. The odd part is that nitrates at this time
were 0, as was inorganic phosphate. I pulled a couple of the worst rocks out
and scrubbed the algae off with a wire brush. I also added more blue leg
hermits to the tank. At that point the tank seemed to be overrun with live
rock critters. At night, watching with a flash light, the sand bed was
literally crawling with them - and they seemed to be eating the algae too.
Finally, the algae started to disappear and in a matter of days it was all
gone. The population of critters seemed to die back as well. At about that
time, the coralline started appearing on the glass. I keep a weekly check on
the calcium level in the tank and use Tropic Marin Bio-Calcium as a buffer
and supplement. I try to keep the calcium at about 450. I use mostly treated
tap water for top ups and water changes, only rarely using distilled water
from the grocery stillt. The tap water here seems to be very good with a
decent buffering capacity by itself.

The only trouble I have now is with the odd bloom of red cyano. It pops up
in small amounts on the sand bed and disappears again a few days later. I
haven't been able to correlate its appearance/disapperance to anything I'm
doing (or not doing) to the tank. In the pic of the maxima clam on my site,
you can see a patch of red cyano in the background.

Regards,

David.

[Marc Levenson]

Very nice David. What is the bright green coral with multiple heads?
reef002.jpg

Marc


David McKay wrote:

> I took a few pics of my tank today. It was established approximately 6
> months ago and things seem to be going very well. The pics are available via
> the link below.
>
> http://www.mindmess.com/reeftank2/
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave.

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[Marc Levenson]

Ruth, that page loads much faster now. And I really like how you ID'd each
creature in the secondary picture.

Marc :)


rtk wrote:

> Nice pics! What size is your tank? It appears to be same as mine, 29
> gallons. Mine is also 6 months old.
> http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/e/x/exk7/Sal****erStuff/SW7.html
>
> rtk

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[rtk]

Thank you, Marc. Actually, you could say that looking in a mirror
because all I did was follow your advice. :>] I shrank the thumbnails
and justified the text, then looked at a few of my other pages and made
some changes that were Marcedly better. Yes, that was a pun.

rtk


Marc Levenson wrote:
> Ruth, that page loads much faster now. And I really like how you ID'd each
> creature in the secondary picture.
>
> Marc :)
>
>
> rtk wrote:
>
>
>>Nice pics! What size is your tank? It appears to be same as mine, 29
>>gallons. Mine is also 6 months old.
>>http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/e/x/exk7/Sal****erStuff/SW7.html
>>
>>rtk
>
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>

[Marc Levenson]

lol

Marc


rtk wrote:

> Thank you, Marc. Actually, you could say that looking in a mirror
> because all I did was follow your advice. :>] I shrank the thumbnails
> and justified the text, then looked at a few of my other pages and made
> some changes that were Marcedly better. Yes, that was a pun.
>
> rtk
>

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[David McKay]

Hi Marc,

It's alveopora. The colour change between the LFS and home was a bit of a
disappointment. The coral was yellow at the LFS, but it shows up as green
under my own lighting. :(

Regards,

Dave.

"Marc Levenson" > wrote in message
...
> Very nice David. What is the bright green coral with multiple heads?
> reef002.jpg
>
> Marc
>
>
> David McKay wrote:
>
> > I took a few pics of my tank today. It was established approximately 6
> > months ago and things seem to be going very well. The pics are available
via
> > the link below.
> >
> > http://www.mindmess.com/reeftank2/
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Dave.
>
> --
> Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html
> Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com
> Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com
>
>

[Marc Levenson]

Well, it's just gorgeous! I knew it wasn't a goni.

Marc


David McKay wrote:

> Hi Marc,
>
> It's alveopora. The colour change between the LFS and home was a bit of a
> disappointment. The coral was yellow at the LFS, but it shows up as green
> under my own lighting. :(
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave.
>
> "Marc Levenson" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Very nice David. What is the bright green coral with multiple heads?
> > reef002.jpg
> >
> > Marc
> >
> >
> > David McKay wrote:
> >
> > > I took a few pics of my tank today. It was established approximately 6
> > > months ago and things seem to be going very well. The pics are available
> via
> > > the link below.
> > >
> > > http://www.mindmess.com/reeftank2/
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Dave.
> >
> > --
> > Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html
> > Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com
> > Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com
> >
> >

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