Evolution of my tank(s) (another tank 2/1/14)
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Topic: Evolution of my tank(s) (another tank 2/1/14)
Posted By: bur01014
Subject: Evolution of my tank(s) (another tank 2/1/14)
Date Posted: November 12 2011 at 3:42pm
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Thought I'd post some pics of my journey out of boredom....camera sucks though...hopefully Santa will pull through this year. First tank- 55 gallon, typical petco tank with the fake deco, stocked with the typical freshwater community fish  6 months into the hobby, started my first planted tank, 10 gallon, which I used to raise a couple of young, but infamous ELECTRIC blue jack dempseys...   Re-did 55 gallon fw tank (added sand, rock for more natural look) and wanted to take on peacock cichlids... One of my favs.  Got Bored and started my first salt water tank....didn't know what I was doing though... 55 gallon HOB SW tank  Learned quite a bit on forums: Upgraded to 90 gallon and decided I would make some improvements with a sump and better equipment.  Tank turned 1 years old, had some great growth, kept learning.  I have now learned too much (hence another change coming) and also have limited time while working on my PhD, so I have decided to downgrade to a smaller tank and make some other changes that will simplify my life and make the tank less work.....pics to come! |
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Posted By: bur01014
Date Posted: November 12 2011 at 3:58pm
Just a few growth shots for the heck of it....        |
Posted By: nsfw dave
Date Posted: November 12 2011 at 4:21pm
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thats pretty awesome
------------- 480 in wall in progress |
Posted By: MadReefer
Date Posted: November 12 2011 at 4:33pm
| Nicely done. |
Posted By: jdinchak
Date Posted: November 12 2011 at 6:22pm
| Awesome - jealous of the growth! |
Posted By: m.ash
Date Posted: November 12 2011 at 6:31pm
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Out of curiosity, what lights are you using?
type, wattage, brand?
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Posted By: bur01014
Date Posted: November 13 2011 at 11:33am
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Thanks everyone. Lights are 6 54 watt T5s, all ATIs, purple plus, blue plus, true actinic |
Posted By: Lewy
Date Posted: November 13 2011 at 11:45am
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Very nice!! Looking forward to seeing it. ------------- 40 gal w/ 20 sump |
Posted By: m.ash
Date Posted: November 13 2011 at 12:11pm
| Very impressive growth! |
Posted By: ptronsp
Date Posted: November 13 2011 at 12:19pm
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Amazing growth! You did a great job! ------------- The only clowns I like are in my tank! |
Posted By: BillyC
Date Posted: November 13 2011 at 1:29pm
| I was very impressed when I saw your last tank in person! |
Posted By: rufessor
Date Posted: November 14 2011 at 9:20pm
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Looks nice. I like growing things from 1 inch pieces to big colonies. Just building a bigger tank now to make room!! ------------- 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: Deluxe247
Date Posted: November 14 2011 at 11:01pm
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Those acros are SICK! ------------- 90G Mixed Reef |
Posted By: bur01014
Date Posted: November 15 2011 at 12:25am
dug up a few more progression shots....     |
Posted By: P.Kapp
Date Posted: November 15 2011 at 9:36am
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Your growth is amazing!! Love that copperband too. Were you using a cal reactor? ------------- Preston Kapp 210 Gal Reef |
Posted By: bur01014
Date Posted: November 15 2011 at 2:47pm
| no cal reactor- just two part dosing setup and a waterchange when I had time |
Posted By: bur01014
Date Posted: December 29 2011 at 6:50pm
New Tank |
Posted By: Teknik777
Date Posted: December 29 2011 at 10:12pm
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Awesome looks great bro! ------------- 220 G SPS Display. |
Posted By: bur01014
Date Posted: December 31 2011 at 12:14am
About the tank and Under the Hood: Tank: 4 foot shallow(33 gallons) -SPS Dominant, Shallow Sand Bed, All Vida Rock Sump: Oceanic (~25 gallons) Light: ATI Sunpower 6X39 watt Flow: Mag 3 Return, 1 Mp40 Dosing: 2 Part Bulk Reef Supply (pumps & cal/alk), 10 gallon Auto top off reservoir Skimmer: ASM Gx1 Fuge Light: 5600k PAR30 screw in LED from Lowes (grows chaeto great!) -Loaded with Chaeto and some established Utah Rock Controller: Reefkeeper lite Reactor: Two Little Fishies phosban reactor, Carbon use only at this time. Last but not least....custom installed paper towel roller  ....paper towels are a reefers best friend.And thanks to the pull out mini doors, my 3 year old hasn't found my controller...yet!  The tank has been running about a month and I've really enjoyed it. It is quite efficient and requires little maintenance on my part (compared to my old tank). This should allow me to worry less since my time is short (Full-Time Job & PhD student). I'll try to take some more pictures soon and update periodically with some growth shots! |
Posted By: Deluxe247
Date Posted: January 01 2012 at 4:55pm
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I like the paper towels rack. Blue shop towels and Sprayaway ammonia-free glass cleaner are a fantastic glass cleaning solution. ------------- 90G Mixed Reef |
Posted By: bur01014
Date Posted: January 04 2012 at 11:55pm
Few More Pics   I got rid of several colonies from my old tank, but that made room in the new tank for several new frags.....this is a strawberry shortcake I picked up not too long ago that is starting to color up.  |
Posted By: ksmart
Date Posted: January 05 2012 at 12:11pm
wow!!  ------------- |
Posted By: rufessor
Date Posted: January 05 2012 at 2:12pm
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VERY NICE. You have a super nice set up. I am hoping that I end up with something a bit like it. My first tank was 29 gallons with about 29 lbs of ROCK! hehehe... it was fun and things grew but my new tank which is 57 gallons has only the rock from the first effort. I cannot wait for things to really grow out, my hope is to get where you are... a beautiful tank dominated by living things not tons of rock! VERY VERY NICE. Congrats! ------------- 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: bur01014
Date Posted: January 05 2012 at 2:52pm
| thanks for the nice comments guys....I am very happy with this setup, however, I can't wait for it to get overgrown...especially for all my new frags in front to grow into mini colonies. |
Posted By: bur01014
Date Posted: January 16 2012 at 10:33pm
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Just an update with a couple more pics, and some new frags I picked up that have acclimated well. My light acclimation period is finally over! Started out at 20+ inches and lowered 2 inches per week, now it is at final height, 4 inches above the tank. I have been able to watch my corals react to the increase in light and coloration is improving. These two pics of my strawberry are about two weeks apart....coloration improving and some encrusting going on over the last two weeks, due to the slow increase in light intensity.   The more light that I pound at my pink birdsnest, the more pink it becomes!  Here are a few new additions!    Quick full tank shot- Kinda blurry though.....hopefully I'll get some good growth over the next few months and improvement in coloration....  |
Posted By: bur01014
Date Posted: October 07 2012 at 8:41pm
My Evolution Continues....Eric @ Aquarium Creations just finished up my new rimless, the tank is awesome and would definitely recommend him to anyone needing a tank... will be updating this thread with pics soon of the new setup in the coming days...in the mean time, here is some strawberry shortcake desert... |
Posted By: BobC63
Date Posted: October 07 2012 at 8:51pm
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Very nice tanks AWESOME growth! How long between those photos with 2" Green Birdsnest frag and the grown out colony? How long between the first Monti Cap frag and the big colony? ------------- - My Current Tank: 65g Starfire (sitting empty for 2+ years) - * Marine & Reef tanks since 1977 * |
Posted By: Dionysus
Date Posted: October 08 2012 at 10:05am
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Awesome tank!
------------- AquaMedic 250 Watt XM 20k 2 420s Vhos 29 DT SPS Dominant 20 G Long Frag http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=56607&title=dionysus-tank-build" rel="nofollow - My Tank Progress =) |
Posted By: bur01014
Date Posted: October 09 2012 at 12:12am
Roughly 10-12 months for the both of them....they are very fast growers in general, but I had some pretty good success with them! |
BobC63 wrote:Posted By: joelduval1
Date Posted: October 09 2012 at 4:48am
| I think that plate coral is the most amazing I've ever seen. Major kudos to you. I wish/want my tank to look like that 90! |
Posted By: bur01014
Date Posted: February 01 2014 at 5:08pm
New Tank...decided to go skimmerless on this one...and threw out the sand... |
Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: February 01 2014 at 5:13pm
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Very pretty! -------------  |
Posted By: bstuver
Date Posted: February 01 2014 at 5:17pm
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Very nice! ------------- 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: bur01014
Date Posted: February 05 2014 at 6:54pm
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thanks guys! took a few more pics.    Since when do damsels hide?    |
Posted By: SNOWRIDER
Date Posted: February 05 2014 at 7:38pm
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That's a sweet tank, why did you go without the sand if I might ask. Also where did you get those fans? that's exactly what I need. ------------- 75g Just starting out, Stand and canopy From Richins carpentry. |
Posted By: bur01014
Date Posted: February 05 2014 at 11:04pm
Fans are awesome....they only kick on when my tank hits 79.....nice amount of air flow and not too loud. You can find them here: http://aquatek-california.com/cooling-fan-series/#4-fan" rel="nofollow - http://aquatek-california.com/cooling-fan-series/#4-fan There are a few reasons I ditched the sand... 1. I can really control how clean the tank is 2. I wanted to be able to have a lot of flow throughout the tank, thus no sand storms 3. I wanted to go skimmerless and felt removing the sand bed would allow me to do this successfully, as a barebottom tank is very easy to siphon out detrius. |
Posted By: Nick801
Date Posted: February 05 2014 at 11:13pm
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Thats awesome =) Nice work! ------------- http://www.reefinsanity.com" rel="nofollow - www.ReefInsanity.com http://www.facebook.com/ReefInsanity" rel="nofollow - www.Facebook.com/ReefInsanity 801-680-4676 |
Posted By: timmy
Date Posted: February 06 2014 at 3:45pm
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absolutely amazing love the growth shots! ------------- Tim |
Posted By: bur01014
Date Posted: January 04 2023 at 10:03pm
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Hi All, not sure this forum gets much traffic anymore, but thought I’d post and let folks know I am starting a new build…the evolution continues, haha. I’ve been out of the hobby a few years for a move and house remodel, but life has finally settled some. I am documenting this latest build on YouTube. Check it out, just one video at this point, but more to come as I go. Trying to remember how to do this stuff or learn what has changed, lol. Hope you all are doing well! Link to first upload: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FlTvjVeZq3c" rel="nofollow - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FlTvjVeZq3c |
Posted By: Hogie
Date Posted: January 05 2023 at 10:32am
| Welcome back! |
Posted By: Krazie4Acans
Date Posted: January 05 2023 at 10:54am
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Good to see you back Zack! Can't wait to see some great photos as you get things rolling again! ------------- My ocean. 90g (yup, won it!), 40g, 28g, & 10g Systems PADI Advanced Open Water http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=63568&title=krazies-nano-paradise" rel="nofollow - Tank Thread: |
Posted By: bur01014
Date Posted: January 19 2023 at 4:47pm
Thank you!! It’s great to be back.
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Posted By: bur01014
Date Posted: January 19 2023 at 5:03pm
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Some new videos have dropped, check them out! A documentation of my reefing journey of sorts, including successes and struggles. Phase 1 Equipment and Total Cost Breakdown so far for this new build My choice of lighting and a "how to" on hanging the fixture to the ceiling |
Posted By: sabeypets
Date Posted: January 19 2023 at 5:56pm
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Looking great! That's the best way I have found to hang lighting. ------------- Shaun American Fork "Would you leave a dead cat in your kitchen till tommorow?" Builderofdreams |
Posted By: SantaMonica
Date Posted: January 26 2023 at 9:21pm
| Growth progress of monte caps is really nice. |