ReeferKris Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Some from tonight. Enjoy or don't. Feel free to comment. What do you like, what dont you like? Is this tank visually appealing to you? Be honest as I am getting bored with the hobby and need to know if I should get out before it drives me crazy. I recently sold some fish and will be getting a pair of nice flasher wrasse soon. Lighting is 440w VHO utilizing 2 actinic, 1 actinic white and 1 6500k (for rapid growth). If you click this thread, please leave comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeferKris Posted November 27, 2007 Author Share Posted November 27, 2007 PS- there are two Sherman Rose Bubble anemones in there too but they weren't out due to the recent tank rearrange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entropy Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Looks good to me. Maybe a bit on the blue side, but I cannot tell if it is the picture or the actual color. What kind of substrate are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeferKris Posted November 27, 2007 Author Share Posted November 27, 2007 Looks good to me. Maybe a bit on the blue side, but I cannot tell if it is the picture or the actual color. What kind of substrate are you using? I think its my camera settings. I suck at photography. Any advice? I use a Nikon D40 so I am limited and the lens is blah....I use SeaChems Gray Coast sand. I like it alot but admittedly I do need about 2 more bags. If anyone uses this sand do yourself a favor.....RINSE,RINSE,RINSE,RINSE.....and then rinse some more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entropy Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 My advice is to not take advice from me. I have never seen the sand before. I am using crushed lime stone in mine and I agree, rinse rinse rinse (and then use a filter sock). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedude Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Kris, I think the composition of your reef is really great and see a ton of potential for fine tuning the corals in the 'scape as they grow. The one negative that I can see is that I truly don't like your bulb combo as VHO "white" bulbs of any type always give out a pink glow (this goes for white, actinic white, 6500, all of them). I would stay with 2 actinic bulbs but move to T5 for the rest of the tank's lighting. An ATI Blue Plus would lend a nice blue look to the eye and color up corals while the ATI Aquablue Special would be a white bulb with the faintest hint of blue. One of my friends had the same setup as you and retrofitted 4 T5's to balance the look and couldn't be happier with the result. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKarshens Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 I thought it seemed a bit pink too. One suggestion that I feel would make it more visually stimulating would be to break up the rock work. Get away from the rock wall look. Aquascaping is one of my favorite parts of this hobby. Be creative! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donman Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 I think the tank looks quite nice. I espeically like the bubble coral and torch coral. Great pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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