Pictures of Bomber's barebottom SPS tank and related equipment - Page 11

danieljames · 08/22/2004, 10:37 PM

The actual tank and equipment are great. Why is it such an amazing display though? Are you referring to what it can/grow to be? I don't get it.

NuclearReefs · 10/06/2004, 09:13 AM

i see cuddlefish.. and he has been color morphing .

Bomber · 10/06/2004, 09:16 AM

Because it's growing into this.

NuclearReefs · 10/06/2004, 09:32 AM

that cuddlefish is going in your tank bomby? I see a few snacks for him...... hmmmm

joetbs · 10/06/2004, 10:25 AM

Bomber, have you kept a Longnose B'fly? I just got a tiny one for my sps prop tank. He should leave everything alone from what i've read.

joe

MiddletonMark · 10/06/2004, 10:45 AM

If this is a `real reef' ... then where are all the darn sponges?

I look for those before sand ... and generally are non-existent in aquaria.

Thus the lack of sandy areas as well ... sorta like the lack of large predators, parrotfish, cephalopods, and tons of other parts of a reef. IMO starboard is just aesthetically acceptable to some, not to others ... but would only be a small part of a `real reef' [IMO] that would be left out of our tanks. Sorta like how some like dark colored sand ... just that function plays a large role here.

Personally, our tanks are so much less complex, `complete', or representative that I find this focus on substrate to be somewhat silly as there's so many other constituents of the reef that we cannot support or do not include in our tanks - and are easily overlooked.

Just my opinion, but spending last week diving a couple times a day made me realize how our tanks are artifical, tiny replications and trying to make it a complete, representative system of all the parts to just one reef is just not feasible. Just my take, though.

Aesthetic-wise - it's doubtful we'd all like the same thing anyway - so not suprising we find different things pleasing to the eye. You like sand, I like starboard [or don't care] ... he likes redheads, I could care less. I'm glad we disagree, as it makes much better variety of eye-candy in tank photos

gregt · 10/06/2004, 10:53 AM

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Just my opinion, but spending last week diving a couple times a day made me realize how our tanks are artifical, tiny replications and trying to make it a complete, representative system of all the parts to just one reef is just not feasible. Just my take, though.

Fine, don't take my word for it.

Just kidding. You're so right.

Shoestring Reefer · 10/06/2004, 10:54 AM

I've got a few sponges; and I like red heads, too.

edit: I mean, I've got some hitch-hiker sponges.

Bomber · 10/06/2004, 12:30 PM

You'll just pick up anything won't you Mike?

NuclearReefs · 10/06/2004, 12:43 PM

like you schleping 70 gallons of water,, what a pick up!

CAreefer · 10/06/2004, 12:47 PM

Mike, I thought you meant you had teen-agers.

CAReefer

Bullredchaser · 10/06/2004, 01:07 PM

Sweet tank Bomber!

melev · 10/06/2004, 01:07 PM

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Originally posted by Bomber
Because it's growing into this.

I have to say that I like that MUCH better than the original images. Just add a little sand now.

fishinchick · 10/06/2004, 01:16 PM

Did soemone say redhead?

It does look much better now than it did to start with. Although I agree with melev.... add some sand ;p

BrianR · 10/06/2004, 01:23 PM

Sand and some colors. Everything is brown. I am sure it is all healthy, but for gosh sakes, raid the crayola box some Bomber! :P

melev · 10/06/2004, 01:26 PM

A cup here, a cup there... it won't take long and it won't be too painful.

Btw, cyano is a color, right?

gregt · 10/06/2004, 01:28 PM

Yeah, algae green, and hydrogen-sulfide black are also colors. Blech.

Bomber · 10/06/2004, 02:28 PM

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Originally posted by NuclearReefs
like you schleping 70 gallons of water,, what a pick up!

But I'm getting stronger!

Bomber · 10/06/2004, 02:31 PM

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Originally posted by melev
I have to say that I like that MUCH better than the original images. Just add a little sand now.

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Originally posted by fishinchick
Did soemone say redhead?
It does look much better now than it did to start with. Although I agree with melev.... add some sand ;p

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Originally posted by melev
A cup here, a cup there... it won't take long and it won't be too painful.

Btw, cyano is a color, right?

What in this world am I ever going to do with you two?

Bomber · 10/06/2004, 02:33 PM

Here's the other side guys.

Bomber · 10/06/2004, 02:35 PM

color?

BrianR · 10/06/2004, 02:44 PM

It still looks all brown to me. Actually I am curious as too why? Is that just what you like? Please don't misunderstand. I have been a long time follower of your tanks and I do think you know your stuff. I just wondered why this latest tank which has become such the rave is so plain looking. I would have thought of all people you could have the bright purples/greens/reds/etc that I see in reef tanks.

I did see that one spot of green, and if memory servers you do have a few more.....spots. I just expected a lot more color.

MiddletonMark · 10/06/2004, 02:59 PM

Ah, but this is a Caribbean reef tank, with Acropora not usually seen in most reef tanks [A. cerv.] ... which is always `golden' colored.

Nothing's going to make them green/blue/purple ... they don't come like that. I think there are a few Montipora in this tank [Pacific] so he is cheating ... but I bet there would be plenty of fools like me who would gladly trade any # of neon Acropora for a piece of one of these rare [in aquaria] brown ones.

But if you've spent much time underwater in the Carib area ... they're terribly beautiful as they're `home team colors', brown or not. Just my take, but like a number of things in this tank ... it makes me warm and fuzzy as it looks like the reefs I've been to.

But maybe I've only been to those schwag Carib reefs

BrianR · 10/06/2004, 03:02 PM

Ah..that explains it then. It still is a beautiful tank, no doubt about it. I still think he has all his snails super glued to the bottom of the tank though. Probably that is the reason you never really see many pictures of the room the tank is in, or at least the far wall. Before he figured out how to keep the snails in the tank, that current he has trucking through there spattered them all over the far wall.

Oh, and melev...I just found out where you live. Turns out on one of my trips down to Dallas to visit my good friend Andy, he knew all about you, being as you are all in the same reef club. Amazing how small a world it is sometimes. He tells me you just love people to bring all their sump parts to your house so you can build it for them. Says it is the one thing you absolutely LIVE FOR!!!

I can't tell you how excited I was to hear that.

Bomber · 10/06/2004, 03:03 PM

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Originally posted by BrianR
It still looks all brown to me. Actually I am curious as too why?

Brian, for the type of tank this is and the type of animals that are in it, it has a massive amount of color. I don't punch the colors in photoshop.

08/22/2004, 10:37 PM	#251
danieljames Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Franklin, TN Posts: 2,453	The actual tank and equipment are great. Why is it such an amazing display though? Are you referring to what it can/grow to be? I don't get it. __________________ "Humble pie....mmm mmm good"

10/06/2004, 09:13 AM	#252
NuclearReefs Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Fort Lauderdale Florida Posts: 2,606	i see cuddlefish.. and he has been color morphing . __________________ Kalkwasser in Coffee Current Tank Info: 125 RR SPS, LED's & T-5 O3's

10/06/2004, 09:32 AM	#254
NuclearReefs Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Fort Lauderdale Florida Posts: 2,606	that cuddlefish is going in your tank bomby? I see a few snacks for him...... hmmmm __________________ Kalkwasser in Coffee Current Tank Info: 125 RR SPS, LED's & T-5 O3's

10/06/2004, 10:25 AM	#255
joetbs Zanza Zanza Zanzibar Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New York Posts: 2,003	Bomber, have you kept a Longnose B'fly? I just got a tiny one for my sps prop tank. He should leave everything alone from what i've read. joe __________________ check out my nano tank thread http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1751604 Current Tank Info: 22g Shin Mao Nano

10/06/2004, 10:45 AM	#256
MiddletonMark Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 14,441	If this is a `real reef' ... then where are all the darn sponges? I look for those before sand ... and generally are non-existent in aquaria. Thus the lack of sandy areas as well ... sorta like the lack of large predators, parrotfish, cephalopods, and tons of other parts of a reef. IMO starboard is just aesthetically acceptable to some, not to others ... but would only be a small part of a `real reef' [IMO] that would be left out of our tanks. Sorta like how some like dark colored sand ... just that function plays a large role here. Personally, our tanks are so much less complex, `complete', or representative that I find this focus on substrate to be somewhat silly as there's so many other constituents of the reef that we cannot support or do not include in our tanks - and are easily overlooked. Just my opinion, but spending last week diving a couple times a day made me realize how our tanks are artifical, tiny replications and trying to make it a complete, representative system of all the parts to just one reef is just not feasible. Just my take, though. Aesthetic-wise - it's doubtful we'd all like the same thing anyway - so not suprising we find different things pleasing to the eye. You like sand, I like starboard [or don't care] ... he likes redheads, I could care less. I'm glad we disagree, as it makes much better variety of eye-candy in tank photos __________________ read a lot, think for yourself Current Tank Info: 58g stony reef [250w10k, 250w 20k MH, 2x vho act, Octopus150, 6060 + 6000] ; 60g mixed tub

10/06/2004, 09:16 AM	#253
Bomber 10 & Over Club Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Florida Keys Posts: 10,550	Because it's growing into this.

10/06/2004, 10:54 AM	#258
Shoestring Reefer Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Westerly, RI Posts: 4,989	I've got a few sponges; and I like red heads, too. edit: I mean, I've got some hitch-hiker sponges. __________________ Mike Reefcentral Folding@Home team 37251 - Click my little red house to learn more and help medical science! Current Tank Info: 2, 20-gal low tech tanks

10/06/2004, 12:30 PM	#259
Bomber 10 & Over Club Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Florida Keys Posts: 10,550	You'll just pick up anything won't you Mike?

10/06/2004, 12:43 PM	#260
NuclearReefs Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Fort Lauderdale Florida Posts: 2,606	like you schleping 70 gallons of water,, what a pick up! __________________ Kalkwasser in Coffee Current Tank Info: 125 RR SPS, LED's & T-5 O3's

10/06/2004, 12:47 PM	#261
CAreefer Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Paso Robles CA Posts: 963	Mike, I thought you meant you had teen-agers. CAReefer __________________ June 2005 TOTM Current Tank Info: 265 Gallon A.G.E. Starphire SPS in the build stage. 3 400 watt Helios 20k on PFO HQI/Ice Cap ballasts. Bubble King 300 skimmer.

10/06/2004, 01:07 PM	#262
Bullredchaser Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dr Phillips Posts: 1,229	Sweet tank Bomber!

10/06/2004, 01:16 PM	#264
fishinchick Mrs. Aquaman ;) Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Saint Cloud, Florida Posts: 1,494	Did soemone say redhead? It does look much better now than it did to start with. Although I agree with melev.... add some sand ;p __________________ Often the best answers are the ones using the least complicated explanations and smaller words. Adrienne Longo-White Current Tank Info: 55 gallon mixed soft/LPS

10/06/2004, 01:23 PM	#265
BrianR Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Van Buren, Arkansas Posts: 46	Sand and some colors. Everything is brown. I am sure it is all healthy, but for gosh sakes, raid the crayola box some Bomber! :P

10/06/2004, 01:26 PM	#266
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	A cup here, a cup there... it won't take long and it won't be too painful. Btw, cyano is a color, right?

10/06/2004, 01:28 PM	#267
gregt Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 17,986	Yeah, algae green, and hydrogen-sulfide black are also colors. Blech. __________________ -Greg If you want to know - ask. But I won't promise you'll like the answer. Current Tank Info: 400 gallon room divider system

10/06/2004, 02:33 PM	#270
Bomber 10 & Over Club Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Florida Keys Posts: 10,550	Here's the other side guys.

10/06/2004, 02:35 PM	#271
Bomber 10 & Over Club Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Florida Keys Posts: 10,550	color?

10/06/2004, 02:44 PM	#272
BrianR Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Van Buren, Arkansas Posts: 46	It still looks all brown to me. Actually I am curious as too why? Is that just what you like? Please don't misunderstand. I have been a long time follower of your tanks and I do think you know your stuff. I just wondered why this latest tank which has become such the rave is so plain looking. I would have thought of all people you could have the bright purples/greens/reds/etc that I see in reef tanks. I did see that one spot of green, and if memory servers you do have a few more.....spots. I just expected a lot more color.

10/06/2004, 02:59 PM	#273
MiddletonMark Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 14,441	Ah, but this is a Caribbean reef tank, with Acropora not usually seen in most reef tanks [A. cerv.] ... which is always `golden' colored. Nothing's going to make them green/blue/purple ... they don't come like that. I think there are a few Montipora in this tank [Pacific] so he is cheating ... but I bet there would be plenty of fools like me who would gladly trade any # of neon Acropora for a piece of one of these rare [in aquaria] brown ones. But if you've spent much time underwater in the Carib area ... they're terribly beautiful as they're `home team colors', brown or not. Just my take, but like a number of things in this tank ... it makes me warm and fuzzy as it looks like the reefs I've been to. But maybe I've only been to those schwag Carib reefs __________________ read a lot, think for yourself Current Tank Info: 58g stony reef [250w10k, 250w 20k MH, 2x vho act, Octopus150, 6060 + 6000] ; 60g mixed tub

10/06/2004, 03:02 PM	#274
BrianR Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Van Buren, Arkansas Posts: 46	Ah..that explains it then. It still is a beautiful tank, no doubt about it. I still think he has all his snails super glued to the bottom of the tank though. Probably that is the reason you never really see many pictures of the room the tank is in, or at least the far wall. Before he figured out how to keep the snails in the tank, that current he has trucking through there spattered them all over the far wall. Oh, and melev...I just found out where you live. Turns out on one of my trips down to Dallas to visit my good friend Andy, he knew all about you, being as you are all in the same reef club. Amazing how small a world it is sometimes. He tells me you just love people to bring all their sump parts to your house so you can build it for them. Says it is the one thing you absolutely LIVE FOR!!! I can't tell you how excited I was to hear that.