The Reef Central Corner Club Thread

[gawf4fun]

TJM6116 - That lighting system is amazing! Congratulations on finding this thread as well as that awesome custom light set up. Nothing in that tank is starving for light I'm sure. Glad to have you in our corner of Reef Central!!!

[reefscape15]

Sdogg - I just LOVE your tank. It's definitely one of the most SPS dominated smaller tanks I've seen, not to mention by far the most SPS on the corner thread. The growth is just incredible! I'd love to take a little snip off of a few of your corals


TJM - Amazing setup! I love the stand and the cleanliness of how you have your sump and power wires layed out in the pic. The lighting idea is really interesting! I never would have thought of setting lights out like that before, and I second the notion that you'll never find anything starving for light in that tank. I really like the softies and LPS tanks when they are kept up nicely like yours is. Welcome to the thread and thank you for sharing your tank.

[mlivvy]

tjm6116- so this was your first posts in 2+ years you registered?

[dutchbros]

Thanks sdoggssf for the input. I think I might go to a radium20k when it is time to replace the phoenix. I like the overall appearance it gives the tank.
With all of those acros have you ever had to deal with redbugs?

[tjm6116]

L98-Z- Thanks, I appreciate it.
gawf4fun-also appreciate the cudos. As for the amount of light, well I have always had much larger systems with crazy amounts of light so
it seemed only reasonable to try and once again go a bit overboard.
reefscape15Thanks. Yes you could say that I am a bit of a nut case when it comes to designing and then laying out a system. I hate to have the birdsnest of cords etc. And I really like to have everthing color coded. I strive for a nice clean uncluttered and finished look under the tank. As far as the light layout, well I have set up corner bows for customers before and I have a couple of friends that also have larger corner tanks and they all seem to have trouble getting equal light coverage. So this arrangement came about through watching others as well as myself beat our heads against the wall.
Also the pictures of the livestock is from a little less than a year ago which does not show that the stonies have taken over almost 2/3 of the tank.
Mlivvy Actually I was registered here at RC almost ten years ago under a different name, but school wife and family came along and I could not revive my inactive name once I got back into viewing the boards. As for the 2.5 years for my first post, did I mention wife and kids....hehe? They are still not trained to the point where I can hangout here at RC as long as I want....I am trying though.
TJ

[pdabj]

Here is my 54g corner tank

[jbird69]

Oh my gosh!! Look at all those clownfish! Can we get a bigger picture!

[flfireman1]

Hi all,
Havent posted here in a long time but was hoping to get some info. I just purchased a new vortech mp20 and was wondering if anyone here is using it on their corner tanks? I have the 92 corner and figured the mp20 would work fine due to the 36" in length of the aquarium sides. Any thoughts ideas?
Thanks
Eric
P.S. pics of my display comming soon.

[gawf4fun]

Hey FLFIREMAN. I have a 180 pentagon corner and I run both a closed loop as well as an MP40 for water movement. My pentagon has 12 inch sides and then is 60" across the front panel. I've positioned my Vortech on one of the 12" side panels about 10" from the base of the tank which directs the flow in back of my rock towers and towards my overflow 48" away. It seems to work well, but in a typical reefer's perpetual desire to add and improve, I'm shopping for another MP40 to position on the opposite 12" panel, planning to place it higher on the tank to add to the turbulence overall.

Mark

[phish guy]

i got the mp10 in my 54 now. it sits almost center on the right wall of the tank, i have it on long pulse mode. i did get the rocking wave action in short pulse but the corals seem to do an unnatural dance because the pulse was so short.

[Michael]

hi-steve, really great to see you again buddy

[reefscape15]

Michael - I think it's time for you to post a recent FTS. I know you can check under your blog, and I'm just about to, but for everyone who checks this thread out, you should post just to have it on. I mean, after all, you are the starter!

BTW, I just traded a frag of a Pink/Purple/Teal Chalice and a handful of Cheato/Caulerpa mix for a 4" Green Nepthea and Blue Trumpet with about 10 heads!

[reefscape15]

Michael - I think it's time for you to post a recent FTS. I know you can check under your blog, and I'm just about to, but for everyone who checks this thread out, you should post just to have it on. I mean, after all, you are the starter!

BTW, I just traded a frag of a Pink/Purple/Teal Chalice and a handful of Cheato/Caulerpa mix for a 4" Green Nepthea and Blue Trumpet with about 10 heads!

[reefscape15]

oops! Double post!

[flfireman1]

Hi havent posted in quite awhile and figured I would upload some pics. Sorry, but Im not the best cameraman.
Enjoy,
Eric


Left side of aquarium:


Right side of aquarium:
If you look closely you can see my pair of maroon's clutch of eggs up against the wall.

[tjm6116]

flfireman1
Nice tank. I love the button polyps in the last pic. Did ya get them at one of the stores on Bird Road, or at Gables?
Tj

[flfireman1]

Those are cinnamon polyps, got them from a fellow reefer who tore down his tank.
Eric

[tjm6116]

Ooops, just realized I called them buttons. You know that you can find them under the Rickenbocker(sp?) right? I love to be there when people break down their tanks....if you help me get rid of this thing, I will give you a nice selection of corals.....LOVE TO HELP.

[dutchbros]

Eric, the candy bass is awesome! Was it tough to get?

[flfireman1]

Originally Posted by dutchbros

Eric, the candy bass is awesome! Was it tough to get?

I see them for sale here in Miami pretty regularly. Figure its because its a local fish.
Im surprised he snuck in there for one of the pictures. He likes to lurk in the shadows and comes out for feedings. Beautiful fish, had him now for about 2 years. Was afraid I might loose him when I added the mystery wrasse. The mystery wrasse started picking on him relentlessly after a few days in the tank.
Luckily everybody now gets along great.

[Michael]

ok jim i will get one up, its been a while for sure

[jbird69]

flfireman; your tank is simply amazing!!

[mlivvy]

I asked a question about my corner- http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1804487

maybe one of the corner owners here can help.

[reefscape15]

pdabj - Is there any more pictures you could post? Whats your tank setup consist of? Pretty amazing collection of softies and clowns!

flfireman - Your tank does look pretty amazing, but my comp connection is slow (DSL ), so I can only get the top 1/2 of all your pics. There's just too many of that size on the same page for me to see them. I'd love to see what the bottom of your tank looks like!!!!!

Michael - Thank you! I already know that your tank is awesome, but the passer by's might not. I'll try to get a few more updated pics of my tank up soon.

mlivvy - I haven't read your thread yet but am just about to. Just for future reference, you should post all your corner related questions here first, then go elsewhere if we can not help you. There are many tank owners here who have been around for quite some time, and with the challenges that we all face as corner keepers, there is a TON of quality knowledge here. Ok............going to post this then read your thread!

[flfireman1]

Originally Posted by reefscape15

flfireman - I'd love to see what the bottom of your tank looks like!!!!!!

Funny you should ask, here you go.




As you can see, I got tired of cramming everything into that tiny space and plumbed everything into the garage which sits behind the wall where the display is. Everything now sits in a closet which I converted into my "fish closet"

I was able to upgrade to a 40 gallon sump and a seperate 20 gallor fuge. Also not seen in the pic is an aquaripure denitrator.