April 2012 Tank of the Month! - Page 5

maroun.c · 04/21/2012, 12:05 AM

Thanks for your kind words Pete.
Its amazing that you are checking out the build of each poster on your thread before replying to them!!!

REEF SMAC · 04/21/2012, 01:13 PM

Beautiful tank.

The fact that you managed to fit all that equipment into the stand is really impressive. You obviously spent some time planning that out. I like the multiple reactors all plumbed into a common header.

Reef on!

ajcanale · 04/21/2012, 04:05 PM

thats a stunning tank

chevyman1856 · 04/21/2012, 05:58 PM

Awesome tank Congrats

sneaks03 · 04/22/2012, 07:36 PM

Beautiful tank!

rorynate · 04/22/2012, 09:06 PM

SWEEEEET

SteelerMike · 04/22/2012, 10:24 PM

awesome tank. Very inspirng to us beginners!

NYC/NJREEFS · 04/22/2012, 11:31 PM

Awesome tank of the month!! Congrats. Any info on your regiment and equipment?

dp122098 · 04/23/2012, 03:37 AM

Beautiful system you have there. I have only one question, How do you prevent you Hymenocera elegans (Harlequin Shrimp pair) from eating you starfish population?

aquaspace · 04/23/2012, 08:30 AM

Congrats on the TOTM. Your system is awesome.

psteeleb · 04/23/2012, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Chelle's Ocean

Beatiful work there

Great job

thanks Chelle

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Originally Posted by amfynn

Love your work, awesome set up. Well done!

A big thank you Adee, all the way out in Johannesburg. Your fish and Acropora collections are second to none

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Originally Posted by joaosilva

Congrats! what a nice tank.

thanks – welcome to RC, and wow your in the Azores?

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Originally Posted by DrGB

I aspire to get to that level of sophistication. Very impressive and well deserved recognition.

thanks and another welcome to RC in Tucson

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Originally Posted by reiness77

Incredible tank!

thank you, all the way to Jakarta. Are you close to any reefs there?

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Originally Posted by Sorry

amazing
so much time went into that tank im sure

thank you very much

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Originally Posted by SephGrave

Congratz you deserve it! Very good work!

thanks and welcome to RC

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Originally Posted by Sport507

That tank is nothing less than a work of art. I could only hope to get there some day.

thanks Sport – love the documentation your keeping on the baby clowns

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Originally Posted by Fishingpcola

Pete, congrats! I enjoyed your 300g and watching build the 110. You are always willing to answer an email and offer your advice.

thanks – and a thanks for the encouraging posts. It’s been a while since I visited your build (sorry), probably some of the best rock work I’ve ever seen.

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Originally Posted by bud217

Beautiful tank!

thanks bud

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Originally Posted by Rogger Castells

I love the diversity of corals, I know how hard it is to balance keeping hard corals and filter feeders in the same system, greater job on the lights too! Congratulations!

thank you very much. – I just visited your build log, what a beautiful tank with stunning corals and awesome fish collection. I would never had found it over in a local forum area, but I’m glad I did.

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Originally Posted by vektron

Great looking tank, congrats...

thanks – and belated welcome to RC

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Originally Posted by Daa Reef

Congrats awsome tank

thanks – and another belated welcome to RC

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Originally Posted by rigleautomotive

haha good one Pete.I am still feeling the pain man.It was a milky mess for a day and a half and the last couple days cleaning the skimmer and changing the bags.Oddly enough the corals look happier this time then the past.I guess the bio filter or some other factor is in better shape and the nutrient rush was handled better.

thanks Dan, but all joking aside your tank is one of the most inspiring I’ve seen. I feel like I need to make a trip to PA to check it out and maybe talk you out of some frags.

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Originally Posted by desert's ocean

indeed an amazing reef tank

thanks

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Originally Posted by packman90

Nice

thanks packman – and excellent job on that LED build

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Originally Posted by afamousjohnson

Looks AWSOME! Love seeing successful mixed reef systems.

thanks – and great job on the rock work, I’m anxious to see your build come along – keep up the great work

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Originally Posted by blakers82

Lovely aquarium. I have a skinny aquarium too and I know it can be a challenge to aqua scape with so many corals. You have some very nice corals.

I have a few particular questions about your maintenance. How often do you find yourself changing your medias and how much are you running at one time (activated carbon, GFO, etc...)

Your write up contained these comments..."Typical to most calcium reactors the pH is controlled via Co2 solenoid. The unit is also only run during the lights on cycles to create less pH swing and has two alarm settings that let me know if the flow through the reactor slows (by prolonged solenoid closed durations), or if the CO2 bottle may be empty (by prolonged solenoid open durations)."

Would you mind posting your APEX code in this thread? I don't mean to clutter up your thread, but I know there would be some helpful information for those running Neptune controllers.

Reef on!

Thanks – I previously answered the question on the Co2 Apex controls but missed the maintenance on the medias. I’m not real set on this but here’s what I try to do
Carbon – change monthly, I fill the TLF reactor about 1/3 to ½. That is until I started running ozone and now I have a larger media reactor that is filled about 75%

GFO – I change once every 4-6 months and usually add about 4” to the TLF reactor

Thanks everyone for the kind words

Bedlamer · 04/24/2012, 04:41 AM

Thats a beautiful pennisula tank. Congrats on your achievement. I'm glad you had the gumption to make a come back from your 300 gallon crash.

markaren · 04/25/2012, 06:37 AM

Wonderful piece of tranquility there. I have nothing yet (lurking), what you have is exactly what makes my dream tank become reality in the tomorrows. Thumbs up!!

tryingsalt · 04/25/2012, 11:05 AM

Wow..what great looking tank..very nice videos on your corals too!!!

T Man · 04/25/2012, 03:19 PM

Cheers!! Outstanding color and depth. T

HenryCHWong · 04/25/2012, 11:41 PM

Beautiful !

tsutaoka · 04/26/2012, 04:52 PM

very awesome!

AaronTheBeloved · 04/26/2012, 06:57 PM

sweet!

seanskin · 04/27/2012, 01:57 AM

gorgeous!

Ricardo Coelho · 04/27/2012, 07:35 AM

:Congratulations! Well done.

mannie fresh · 04/27/2012, 03:47 PM

Absolutely stunning... congrats

hihikeke · 04/28/2012, 12:10 AM

congrats to this great tank!

Always love the 3 side views of tank!

rodney_1218 · 04/28/2012, 03:10 PM

Congrats....

grennan · 04/28/2012, 06:02 PM

Very Nice Tank!

saltydogg21 · 04/28/2012, 06:07 PM

awsome

04/21/2012, 12:05 AM	#101
maroun.c Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Lebanon Posts: 6,111	Thanks for your kind words Pete. Its amazing that you are checking out the build of each poster on your thread before replying to them!!! __________________ 390 G mixed reef build Current Tank Info: 390G mixed reef

04/22/2012, 09:06 PM	#106
rorynate Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Tremont,Il. Posts: 3	Right On SWEEEEET

04/22/2012, 11:31 PM	#108
NYC/NJREEFS Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: The Big Apple Posts: 212	Totm Awesome tank of the month!! Congrats. Any info on your regiment and equipment?

04/23/2012, 03:37 AM	#109
dp122098 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 218	Hymenocera elegans (Harlequin Shrimp pair) Beautiful system you have there. I have only one question, How do you prevent you Hymenocera elegans (Harlequin Shrimp pair) from eating you starfish population? __________________ Damn Shame for a Pimp to get pimped by this tank!!! Current Tank Info: 180 Gallon Tank, 75 Gallon Sump, SeasideAquatics ES2 Skimmer, 8xT5 Sun System Tek Fixture, Dolphin Reflo Return, 2xMP40w

04/25/2012, 11:05 AM	#114
tryingsalt Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Cville West ,IL. USA Posts: 200	Wow..what great looking tank..very nice videos on your corals too!!! __________________ Cary Cville West,IL. USA ____________________________________ 75gal Reef Current Tank Info: 75g reef ,30g FOWLR

04/21/2012, 01:13 PM	#102
REEF SMAC Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Salinas CA Posts: 875	Beautiful tank. The fact that you managed to fit all that equipment into the stand is really impressive. You obviously spent some time planning that out. I like the multiple reactors all plumbed into a common header. Reef on!

04/21/2012, 04:05 PM	#103
ajcanale Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Memphis 10 Posts: 1,098	thats a stunning tank

04/21/2012, 05:58 PM	#104
chevyman1856 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Ma Posts: 60	Awesome tank Congrats

04/22/2012, 07:36 PM	#105
sneaks03 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Valdosta, Ga. Posts: 1	Beautiful tank!

04/22/2012, 10:24 PM	#107
SteelerMike Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 558	awesome tank. Very inspirng to us beginners!

04/23/2012, 08:30 AM	#110
aquaspace Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: India Posts: 4	Congrats on the TOTM. Your system is awesome.

04/24/2012, 04:41 AM	#112
Bedlamer Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Central Newfoundland Posts: 9	Thats a beautiful pennisula tank. Congrats on your achievement. I'm glad you had the gumption to make a come back from your 300 gallon crash.

04/25/2012, 06:37 AM	#113
markaren Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Clermont ,Florida Posts: 634	Wonderful piece of tranquility there. I have nothing yet (lurking), what you have is exactly what makes my dream tank become reality in the tomorrows. Thumbs up!!

04/25/2012, 03:19 PM	#115
T Man ~PPPPPPP~ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Emerald City Posts: 1,045	Cheers!! Outstanding color and depth. T __________________ He that can have patience can have what he will. ~ Benjamin Franklin Current Tank Info: click the "TzFuture" folder in my profile

04/25/2012, 11:41 PM	#116
HenryCHWong Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 1	Beautiful !

04/26/2012, 04:52 PM	#117
tsutaoka Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: bay area Posts: 259	very awesome! __________________ tsutaoka Current Tank Info: nc12; i had a custom Aquarium Obsessed tank which sprung a leak...

04/26/2012, 06:57 PM	#118
AaronTheBeloved Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Brighton, MI Posts: 1	sweet! __________________ Eternity is a long long time, do you know where you will spend it? JESUS SAVES Current Tank Info: 14g Biocube

04/27/2012, 01:57 AM	#119
seanskin Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Holiday, FL Posts: 25	gorgeous!

04/27/2012, 07:35 AM	#120
Ricardo Coelho Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 27	:Congratulations! Well done.

04/27/2012, 03:47 PM	#121
mannie fresh Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: charlotte nc Posts: 16	Absolutely stunning... congrats

04/28/2012, 12:10 AM	#122
hihikeke Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: New York, NY Posts: 116	congrats to this great tank! Always love the 3 side views of tank!

04/28/2012, 03:10 PM	#123
rodney_1218 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 7	Congrats....

04/28/2012, 06:02 PM	#124
grennan Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Morrisville, NC Posts: 67	Very Nice Tank!

04/28/2012, 06:07 PM	#125
saltydogg21 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 110	awsome __________________ 125 gallon with built in overflows that consist of about 140 lbs of live sand & 100+ lbs of live rock, Bubble Magus NAC7, Eheim 1262 for sump, 2 200 watt heaters. Wetdry use as sump removed Bioballs.