Lairds Tanks (growth pics)
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Topic: Lairds Tanks (growth pics)
Posted By: Laird
Subject: Lairds Tanks (growth pics)
Date Posted: October 07 2011 at 7:36pm
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Wanted to put up some picks of my tank to be able to follow progress a little bit. A little background info 90 gallon display DIY Light 72 dimmable LEDs. 48 Royal Blue XREs, and 24 XPG XREs have 80 degree optics, the XPG don't have any optics 2 54T5s, Front bulb is ATI purple plus, back is ATI blue +. T5s run 5 hours a day. One MP40Wes, will be adding another shortly, and one 1400 Evolution. mag 12 return pump Apex Controller Elite Aquatics cone skimmer, and sump. 9 watt UV Sterilizer ran 24/7 Shop light for Refug Dose Vitamin C every other day Dose fuel, and Mag once a week Dose BRS Two part mix. System currently is taking 50ml of each alk and cal a day I don't do a lot of water changes, about 20% every other month. Fish Powder Blue Tang Borbonius anthias snowflake clown Flasher Wrasse Purple Wrasse Purple Firefish flamehawk mandrin goby chromis Yellow Tang Fish in the frag tank are 4 mochas in a bi color nem lawnmower blenny Chromis Coral List SPS Pink Lemonade Raspberry limeade strawberry fields Figi Echinata upscales microlados ORA pealberry Forest Fire Digi Cry Baby Jake Mili Nicks Bubble Gum Mili Cali Tort Purple Efflo Teal Tort Yellow Tort yellow deepwater Green Slimer Fire and Ice Red Robin Stag ORA Pearlberry Blue Hokei shortcake Milli Pink stag Tri Color Garf Bonzi Greenday Milli Setosa chili pepper monti sunset monti Red monti Rainbow Monti Superman Monti meteroshower Green birdnest LPS Pandora Favia Babies Breath Favia FruitLoops Favia PPE Chalice (favia) mia's pot of gold Prizim Favia Purple Favia Orange Plate Stripped Plate Bleeding apple Scoly Purple Duncans Green Duncans Orange Crush echinata Purple Echinata Frog spawn Hammer bicolor warcoral +10 different acans, some of my favorite corals, but they don't have names. Chalices Widow maker Oregon Mummy Eye Tyree Red Watermelon Tyree Pink Watermelon 4 color Watermleon Miami Hurrican Mengs Pinkalisious Hellfire Bubble Gum Monster Fruit Loop Christmas Tree Enigma Lava Chalice Orange Sherbert WWC Toxic spill My fair Lady 24K Goldeneye Cotten Candy Green goblin Tubs Alien Eye ORANGE SPLASH RIDDLER'S REVENGE RED RIM-BROAD RIM GOLD RIM DRAGON FURY + 15 or more not named chalices Softies Green/yellow rics Orange rics Blue and Gold Yumas Zoas and Palys Purple Hornets Red Hornets CARs Utter Chaos Space Monster Captain America Reverse Space Monster Marry Jane Magicians Toxic Spill La Lakers Hawaiian Rainbow AofG Magnas Bam Bams Eagle Eyes Two face Millionaires Blue Fire and Ice Eye Of Ryae Keds Reds Dragons eyes Solar Flair Radioactive Dragons eyes Green Bay Packers Watermelons Fire and Ice Cats Eyes + lots of no namers I don't like how messy it looks but I can't turn down good deals on coral. I just need A LOT bigger tank.          Frag tank  I'll get more detail pics of coral and frag tank later. ------------- Indefinite hiatus from sw aquariums. Once I have my glorious return I'll set back up the following. 50 Gallon rimless cube. 180 Gallons mixed reef paradise |
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Posted By: m.ash
Date Posted: October 07 2011 at 7:47pm
| Is that a Blotched Anthias I spot? Awesome! |
Posted By: ptronsp
Date Posted: October 07 2011 at 7:58pm
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Looks great Laird! You can always store things in my tank :) ! Pam ------------- The only clowns I like are in my tank! |
Posted By: Laird
Date Posted: October 07 2011 at 8:22pm
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updated with a fish and coral list. ------------- Indefinite hiatus from sw aquariums. Once I have my glorious return I'll set back up the following. 50 Gallon rimless cube. 180 Gallons mixed reef paradise |
Posted By: Laird
Date Posted: October 07 2011 at 8:23pm
Yep, my favorite fish. ------------- Indefinite hiatus from sw aquariums. Once I have my glorious return I'll set back up the following. 50 Gallon rimless cube. 180 Gallons mixed reef paradise |
m.ash wrote:Posted By: Laird
Date Posted: October 07 2011 at 8:39pm
Heres the DIY light and a bad top down.   ------------- Indefinite hiatus from sw aquariums. Once I have my glorious return I'll set back up the following. 50 Gallon rimless cube. 180 Gallons mixed reef paradise |
Posted By: Snowsrfr
Date Posted: October 07 2011 at 8:52pm
| His tanks are even more amazing in person. Plus the anthias is the rarest, and coolest fish I've ever come across. |
Posted By: m.ash
Date Posted: October 07 2011 at 9:19pm
| Yeah, they are. I've yet to see one in person. Just on the divers den of liveaquaria. Someday, maybe someday one will please the eyes of those looking into my tanks. |
Posted By: Trevor40
Date Posted: January 25 2012 at 9:18pm
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We need some growth pics now, Laird! I'm sure you have a lot of corals that have doubled in size since Oct. ------------- Call or Text (801)834-3119 |
Posted By: Laird
Date Posted: January 31 2012 at 1:22pm
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You ask and you shall receive. Some grow pics, taken less than 4 months apart. A handful of things were moved around a bit. Like the frogspawn, and a couple SPS frags. Oct 2011 Jan 2012  Oct 2011 Jan 2012  Oct 2011 Jan 2012  Oct 2011 Jan 2012  ------------- Indefinite hiatus from sw aquariums. Once I have my glorious return I'll set back up the following. 50 Gallon rimless cube. 180 Gallons mixed reef paradise |
Posted By: Laird
Date Posted: January 31 2012 at 1:31pm
Now just a few new pics.            ------------- Indefinite hiatus from sw aquariums. Once I have my glorious return I'll set back up the following. 50 Gallon rimless cube. 180 Gallons mixed reef paradise |
Posted By: fishnfresh
Date Posted: January 31 2012 at 1:44pm
| looks good, nice growth. You ever have acans for sale? |
Posted By: bstuver
Date Posted: January 31 2012 at 1:53pm
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Nice growth!!! Love all the acans! ------------- Jackie Stuver "wait these aren't the happy Hawaiians oompa doompa godly heaven on your face zoas? I dont want them then. lol!" Ksmart |
Posted By: BillyC
Date Posted: January 31 2012 at 2:31pm
| Dude!!! I'm so jealous of your PPE favia/chalice |
Posted By: Laird
Date Posted: January 31 2012 at 5:47pm
Thanks Here are some more that werent pictured and they are actually my favorites. The two bigger ones on the left hand side both have this super bright yellow and gold centers that are just amazing but I can't get a pic of it.  ------------- Indefinite hiatus from sw aquariums. Once I have my glorious return I'll set back up the following. 50 Gallon rimless cube. 180 Gallons mixed reef paradise |
Posted By: Laird
Date Posted: January 31 2012 at 5:50pm
Ya I posted that pic just for you, haha. Not going to post pictures of it yet, needs to grow just a bit more but my favorite piece in the tank is my Orenji chalice. ------------- Indefinite hiatus from sw aquariums. Once I have my glorious return I'll set back up the following. 50 Gallon rimless cube. 180 Gallons mixed reef paradise |
Posted By: Trevor40
Date Posted: January 31 2012 at 8:21pm
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Your growth is amazing! Its exciting to see stumps turn into trees. Good work. We need to have someone in the club go around with a super expensive camera and capture the hard to see colors we have in our tanks. ------------- Call or Text (801)834-3119 |
Posted By: Laird
Date Posted: January 31 2012 at 8:45pm
Thanks dude. Ya I totally agree with you about the good pictures. I've started a couple threads about just that but have never found anyone to volunteer. ------------- Indefinite hiatus from sw aquariums. Once I have my glorious return I'll set back up the following. 50 Gallon rimless cube. 180 Gallons mixed reef paradise |
Posted By: ptronsp
Date Posted: January 31 2012 at 9:34pm
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I am in love with your tank still :)..and the acans are AMAZING and my favorite anyway and you have beautiful ones. Pam ------------- The only clowns I like are in my tank! |
Posted By: Josh95
Date Posted: January 31 2012 at 10:29pm
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That is so sweet man! I want to see pics of these CAR zoos though.... And that PPE chalice is so nice, just a sweet tank in general. And good to know that chalices do well under LED. Now wheres this orenji chalice!?!?!?!
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Posted By: boogie
Date Posted: February 01 2012 at 7:39am
| Looks awesome laird I still have to stop by ur house one of this days. |
Posted By: jmtreml
Date Posted: February 01 2012 at 7:46am
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Laird... your tank looks amazing. I cant wait to buy more coral from you. I think you have my wife hooked on SW now..lol ------------- 34 Gallon Red Sea Max 29 gallon Bio cube |
Posted By: Laird
Date Posted: April 25 2012 at 9:40am
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Bumping this up to see if anyone who took pictures of my tank during the reeftour could post some. My pictures are awful and a lot of people were taking pictures with good cameras and it would be nice to have some good photos. ------------- Indefinite hiatus from sw aquariums. Once I have my glorious return I'll set back up the following. 50 Gallon rimless cube. 180 Gallons mixed reef paradise |
Posted By: BillyC
Date Posted: April 25 2012 at 11:26am
| I have a pretty decent camera man. When I finally make it to your place I'll take some solid shots for you. |
Posted By: Laird
Date Posted: April 26 2012 at 1:59pm
Big thanks to Billy for coming over yesterday and taking some great pictures for me. It was last minute so I didnt get a chance to clean the glass. doh!         ------------- Indefinite hiatus from sw aquariums. Once I have my glorious return I'll set back up the following. 50 Gallon rimless cube. 180 Gallons mixed reef paradise |
Posted By: Laird
Date Posted: April 26 2012 at 2:04pm
       ------------- Indefinite hiatus from sw aquariums. Once I have my glorious return I'll set back up the following. 50 Gallon rimless cube. 180 Gallons mixed reef paradise |
Posted By: Laird
Date Posted: April 26 2012 at 2:14pm
And heres whats left in the frag tank   ------------- Indefinite hiatus from sw aquariums. Once I have my glorious return I'll set back up the following. 50 Gallon rimless cube. 180 Gallons mixed reef paradise |
Posted By: eldiente
Date Posted: April 26 2012 at 4:30pm
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Laird, what was the name of the green stylophora? that I got from you. I picked it up last Sat just before you ran to SLC. Also all of the corals I got from you are doing great. The pink tort looks awesome. I'll pm you about the calcium reactor. I believe you called it a green stylophora, it is circled below in red, thanks  ------------- Brian Twin Falls, Idaho 210 Gallon Glass reef |
Posted By: Josh95
Date Posted: April 26 2012 at 4:44pm
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Whats the red and blue chalice? first pic bottom right. ------------- Josh M. Phone: 406.471.1334 |
Posted By: Laird
Date Posted: April 26 2012 at 5:11pm
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Thats great to hear eldiente. The coral is a lime green pocillopora and those pics make it look like crap. Josh, its one of MandMs originals, I forget its name. ------------- Indefinite hiatus from sw aquariums. Once I have my glorious return I'll set back up the following. 50 Gallon rimless cube. 180 Gallons mixed reef paradise |
Posted By: P.Kapp
Date Posted: April 26 2012 at 5:50pm
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love the acan garden. looking good laird! ------------- Preston Kapp 210 Gal Reef |
Posted By: builderofdreams
Date Posted: April 26 2012 at 10:16pm
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Looks Great. How long has the tank been running? ------------- It's Not a Hobby It's an Obsession 150&210 Gallons of Madness and. Sanity! 801-850-4915 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=65135&title=builderofdreams-feedback-post |
Posted By: Laird
Date Posted: April 27 2012 at 1:47pm
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3 years ago. I traded a 210 for this tank a long time ago, it might of been with you. It was somebody in spanish fork Its been a reef for 2 years. ------------- Indefinite hiatus from sw aquariums. Once I have my glorious return I'll set back up the following. 50 Gallon rimless cube. 180 Gallons mixed reef paradise |
Posted By: Laird
Date Posted: April 28 2012 at 4:47am
Thanks man. The acan garden is one of my favorites too. I can't wait to get my bigger tank because I have some really fun ideas i'd like to try out with the acan garden when I have some more room. ------------- Indefinite hiatus from sw aquariums. Once I have my glorious return I'll set back up the following. 50 Gallon rimless cube. 180 Gallons mixed reef paradise |
Posted By: Nick801
Date Posted: April 29 2012 at 9:21pm
| Dang man, your tank looks great =) |
Posted By: sunflashx
Date Posted: May 09 2012 at 2:12pm
About what power level do you run your LEDs at? ------------- http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=46633" rel="nofollow - 90G Display, 75G Basement Sump, "DIY" Avast Skimmer, DIY LED Array |
Posted By: rufessor
Date Posted: May 09 2012 at 2:50pm
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also curious what relative current your running your running both strings on for the color. I have a fairly similar build thats been going now for 3 + months on a tank... Corals are doing well but I think I was pushing intensity a bit as color was a bit bleached on some so I dropped it about 20%... yours all look great. Loving your tank. I have been really enjoying mine and thought it was cool... but we'll... YOU WIN! AMAZING! Love the diversity. ------------- Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler -A.E. 57 Gallon RImless build in progress check the thread before if becomes boring and just full of nice pictures of colorful coral! |
Posted By: sunflashx
Date Posted: May 10 2012 at 9:43pm
I'm thinking the same thing pretty much. I tried to turn up the juice on mine and the few corals and anemone I had didn't seem happy. Just looking for a ball park range that gives that kind of growth. ------------- http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=46633" rel="nofollow - 90G Display, 75G Basement Sump, "DIY" Avast Skimmer, DIY LED Array |
Posted By: Laird
Date Posted: June 13 2012 at 12:47pm
I don't remember what I have the drivers tuned to, its been to long since my build. Heres by Apex schedule for just my LEDs. Don't forget that I run two t5 bulbs too. I have more profiles then I need but I like to keep a lot so that I can play around with it from time to time. And the lights are what I attribute that great growth to. Correct flow and rock solid parameters are more important then lights imo. White LEDs Set OFF If Time 08:00 to 10:00 Then WhiteUp If Time 10:00 to 17:00 Then WhiteP If Time 17:00 to 20:00 Then WhiteDow Blue LEDs Set OFF If Time 07:00 to 09:00 Then BlueUp1 If Time 09:00 to 18:00 Then BlueUp If Time 18:00 to 19:00 Then BlueDown If Time 19:00 to 24:00 Then BlueLow WhiteUp Ramp =120 Start Intensity = 25 End intensity= 85 Whitep Ramp = 15 Start Intensity = 85 End intensity= 98 WhiteDow Ramp = 130 Start Intensity = 85 End intensity= 20 BlueUp1 Ramp = 120 Start Intensity = 15 End intensity= 80 Blueup Ramp = 30 Start Intensity = 80 End intensity= 99 BlueDown Ramp = 44 Start Intensity = 99 End intensity= 70 Bluellow Ramp =90 Start Intensity = 69 End intensity= 10 ------------- Indefinite hiatus from sw aquariums. Once I have my glorious return I'll set back up the following. 50 Gallon rimless cube. 180 Gallons mixed reef paradise |
Posted By: Laird
Date Posted: June 13 2012 at 12:52pm
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I'm back from my month long trip and the tank is doing great thanks to some help from a few awesome reefers. Growth has been crazy in the month I was gone. I had to take out some colonies right before I left to make room, and now that I'm back I need to take out even more because there just isnt any more room. I'll try and get some pics in the next couple days. ------------- Indefinite hiatus from sw aquariums. Once I have my glorious return I'll set back up the following. 50 Gallon rimless cube. 180 Gallons mixed reef paradise |
Posted By: Trevor40
Date Posted: June 13 2012 at 2:15pm
Welcome home, Laird! I hope you had a great time! Good to hear your tanks are still strong without you watching them everyday.  ------------- Call or Text (801)834-3119 |
Posted By: Laird
Date Posted: June 14 2012 at 8:19am
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Thanks Trevor. Heres a few update shots. Tank is still dirty but doing pretty awesome for not having anything done to it other then dosing and a skimmer emptied every week and no water changes for 6 weeks.     ------------- Indefinite hiatus from sw aquariums. Once I have my glorious return I'll set back up the following. 50 Gallon rimless cube. 180 Gallons mixed reef paradise |
Posted By: Trevor40
Date Posted: June 14 2012 at 6:49pm
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Looks full and healthy. I love how you have a variety of growth and color. You have any close up picks of your Ice Fire Echinata? ------------- Call or Text (801)834-3119 |
Posted By: Laird
Date Posted: July 28 2012 at 5:06pm
Been fragging a lot but going to start hacking into some of these bigger pieces so wanted to take a couple pics first. Few of my favorite subjects .  Yellow Tort    Crybaby jake    ------------- Indefinite hiatus from sw aquariums. Once I have my glorious return I'll set back up the following. 50 Gallon rimless cube. 180 Gallons mixed reef paradise |