New Pics of my 75 Reef (big pix)

trippyl · 03/03/2006, 10:57 AM

Hey, it's been time to take some new snaps of the ole reef. this is my nearly 3 year old 75 gallon with a 29 gallong DSB. Yes, a beautiful DSB!

Full Tank Shot:

Macro Coral shots:

Peekabooooo!!!!

For the technically inclined, here is a shot of the tool chest....

See the whole thing at My WebSite

Comments? I'd like to hear from my peers!

Fuegofish777 · 03/03/2006, 11:25 AM

those clove polyps are awesome!

trippyl · 03/03/2006, 01:08 PM

Thanks. BTW, I meant to point out that the sump has an AquaC Remora Pro which has been converted into an in sump version (using a piece of braided tubing), and is being overpowered with a Mag 7. Also, you can see here an aqualifter driven top off. Most people here seem to use a gravity topoff, but this is much better with a larger resevior.

donfishy76 · 03/03/2006, 01:18 PM

those are great cloves! you ever frag them?

trippyl · 03/03/2006, 01:33 PM

which cloves are you speaking of? I generally don't frag for trade, but then again i've only in the last year or so really gotten a strong handle on this stuff. My next tank will have a growout tank in the fish room, so it's in the plan!

donfishy76 · 03/03/2006, 02:09 PM

The ones in the second pic on the bottom left; great awesome coralline growth btw, how do you get it to grow like that?

trippyl · 03/03/2006, 04:25 PM

Ah, the pipe organ, yeah she is quite beautiful. I have not fragged that one yet, but i am sure i will eventually...

All I do for the corraline is drip some kalk using the aqualifter. I do regular weekly water changes using about 20 gallons of RO/DI water, tropic marin reef salt, and I stir the DSB quite a bit. It wasn't until i was stirring the DSB and dripping kalk that the coralline really started to take off.

Thanks for all the kind comments!

03/03/2006, 10:57 AM	#1
trippyl Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Here Posts: 1,106	New Pics of my 75 Reef (big pix) Hey, it's been time to take some new snaps of the ole reef. this is my nearly 3 year old 75 gallon with a 29 gallong DSB. Yes, a beautiful DSB! Full Tank Shot: Macro Coral shots: Peekabooooo!!!! For the technically inclined, here is a shot of the tool chest.... See the whole thing at My WebSite Comments? I'd like to hear from my peers!

03/03/2006, 11:25 AM	#2
Fuegofish777 Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: S. California Posts: 1,191	those clove polyps are awesome!

03/03/2006, 01:08 PM	#3
trippyl Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Here Posts: 1,106	Thanks. BTW, I meant to point out that the sump has an AquaC Remora Pro which has been converted into an in sump version (using a piece of braided tubing), and is being overpowered with a Mag 7. Also, you can see here an aqualifter driven top off. Most people here seem to use a gravity topoff, but this is much better with a larger resevior.

03/03/2006, 01:18 PM	#4
donfishy76 Moved On Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 667	those are great cloves! you ever frag them?

03/03/2006, 01:33 PM	#5
trippyl Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Here Posts: 1,106	which cloves are you speaking of? I generally don't frag for trade, but then again i've only in the last year or so really gotten a strong handle on this stuff. My next tank will have a growout tank in the fish room, so it's in the plan!

03/03/2006, 02:09 PM	#6
donfishy76 Moved On Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 667	The ones in the second pic on the bottom left; great awesome coralline growth btw, how do you get it to grow like that?

03/03/2006, 04:25 PM	#7
trippyl Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Here Posts: 1,106	Ah, the pipe organ, yeah she is quite beautiful. I have not fragged that one yet, but i am sure i will eventually... All I do for the corraline is drip some kalk using the aqualifter. I do regular weekly water changes using about 20 gallons of RO/DI water, tropic marin reef salt, and I stir the DSB quite a bit. It wasn't until i was stirring the DSB and dripping kalk that the coralline really started to take off. Thanks for all the kind comments!