hobogato Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 specs: 240 long from glasscages with overflows in the ends since it is a room divider 6.5' long sump/fuge i made with 4 compartments - LR rubble, skimmer compartment, fuge with deep sand bed and mangroves, and return pump area mag12 and mag18 for return pumps single beckett skimmer that i made supplied by a mag12 dual chamber calcium reactor and a kalk reactor that i built 3 SE 250 watt MH with luminarc copies that i made 2 DE 250 watt MH with upgraded reflectors in pendants 8 @ 65 watt PC true actinic 75 blue LED moonlights four seio 2600's on two controllers and a tunze powerhead on single controller. October of 2005 framed out stand after removing back half of the wall skinned with pecan and cherry wood tank sitting in place the day we brought it home unfinished canopy on dining room side woodwork on living room side painting, staining and sealing done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobogato Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 some of the various things i built for the tank sump/fuge skimmer running reactors running SE reflector DE reflector before after Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobogato Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 the seio setup filtration running (left to right) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobogato Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 also added a side table that houses a 50 gallon clam tank - plumbed into the sump thru the wall here is the display tank in november of 2005 here it is in november of 2006 1 year old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobogato Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 here it is around new year's day - after beginning treatment of all acros for AEFW. here is the redisigned aquascaping and here it is currently - two weeks after finishing AEFW treatment and placement of corals back in the tank - they are really starting to color back up full front left end center right end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobogato Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 here is the last change i made to the tank - i have upgraded just about everything possible in the last few months, so now it is time to watch it grow well, i have been holding on to my pc actinics for long enough, and finally decided to switch over to T5 for actinic suppliment instead. i was running eight 65 watt actinic retro kits on my tank, and decided to switch over to eight 24" and four 36" high output T5 bulbs. i went to workhorse 7 ballasts for this - three of em. the bulbs i chose are the URI super actinic that supposedly put out 40 watts on a 24" and 65 watts on a 36" if you have the ballast power to do it. so if that is true, i am now running 580 watts of T5 lights. here are a few pics. i used solartube material to make the reflectors. tank with PC actinics acrylic shells i built to house the T5s the two configurations i used 2 X 24" a 24" with a 36" one side installed (looks the same on the other side of the tank) they BARELY fit! cruddy full tank shot with the T5s - with the PC lights, my camera wouldnt go faster than 1/6 of a second exposure, where with the T5s, it was set at 1/30 of a second - translation, the T5s are WAY brighter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobogato Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 well, i bought texastodd's tank and put his corals and my corals together into my tank. here is what it looks like now. front back side shot camera hog (that is why his name is hog) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobogato Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 clam tank update Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hobogato Posted March 19, 2007 Author Share Posted March 19, 2007 couple of new clams and a semi full clam tank shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobogato Posted March 19, 2007 Author Share Posted March 19, 2007 here are a few pics i took today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ACampbell Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Amazing shots. What a awesome collection. Your clams rock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKarshens Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Looking Awesome as usual! If you ever have a frag of this one I would definitely want one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headless_donkey Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Ace those are simply stunning. Thanks for the demo on Saturday. I immediately went home and cut up a toadstool leather. It is doing well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobogato Posted April 28, 2007 Author Share Posted April 28, 2007 ok, so now that i have treated for redbugs and done the whole flatworm treatment, i decided to go after the other little pests left in my tank. i got a copperband butterfly a week ago, and he has made a dent in my aptasia issue, but i decided to help him out a bit took all the acros out of the tank yesterday and rearranged rocks - cutting off rock with aptasia, mejanos, and bryopsis. quit putting things back together around midnight, and finished the last 40 or so small corals this morning. dramatic change yesterday at 1pm clam tank stuffed full of acros today front Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headless_donkey Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Holy smokes that sound like real work. Congrats Ace. I hope you got rid of all the pests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobogato Posted July 23, 2007 Author Share Posted July 23, 2007 my tank has looked a little off for a couple of weeks, with less PE, color and even some recession at the bottom of some corals. i could not for the life of me figure out what was wrong - even ran the full battery of test - nothing unusual. well, in two days, everything has returned to normal, and even better on some corals. cant believe the PE on some of these.... blue bottlebrush (this is the acro that is the hair of my avatar) closer and some other hairy acros Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobogato Posted July 23, 2007 Author Share Posted July 23, 2007 some more random corals and some top down shots with the photobox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobogato Posted July 23, 2007 Author Share Posted July 23, 2007 some more top downs true undata starting to color well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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