New 90 Gallon Reef Pics *load warning*

[Diana]

Hey fellow canreefers,

Just thought I would share a recent photoshoot I did of my 90 gallon reef tank. The tank is the combination of two of my older smaller reef tanks, and has been set up in its current state for approximately 2 months. Here are some quick specs, and then, some pics!

Hardware:
-90 gallon
-4 x 65watts Coralife PC
-1 x 55watts T5
-Aquaclear 70
-Deltec MC300 skimmer (yeah you can see its ugly outflow)
-Tunze Nanostream (smallest one)
-Seio 620
-Heater

Livestock:
-Yellow Tang
-Hippo/Regal Tang
-Bellus Angelfish
-2 Bengaii Cardinals
-2 Ocellaris Clownfish
-1 Brazillian Gramma
-1 Lyretail Anthias
-1 Spotted Mandarian Goby
-1 Neon Goby
-2 Green Clown Gobies

Inverts:
-2 Sexy Shrimp
-Coral Banded Shrimp
-Snails, Hermits
-Sand Sifting Starfish


And now, some pictures! Please excuse the quality, I lessend it to ease your download time! Also, I did play around with the color settings on the camera so some pictures turned out a little reddish, but it does help illustrate the real-life colors of some of the corals (especially the red mushrooms). Enjoy!

Full tank shot:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/90_bigfull.jpg

Side shot:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/90_side3.jpg

Right side:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/90_rightside.jpg

Left side:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/90_lefttop.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/90_leftside.jpg

Actinic shot:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/90_actinic2.jpg

Some fish!

Yellow Tang:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/90_yellowtang.jpg

Hippo Tang:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/90_hippo.jpg

Mandarin Goby:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/90_mandarin.jpg

Clown Goby perching:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/90_gobymonti.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/90_gobycandy.jpg

Neon goby:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/90_goby.jpg

Bengaii Cardinalfish:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/90_bengaii.jpg

Bellus/Ornate Angelfish:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/90_bellus2.jpg


more below....

[Diana]

Lyretail Anthias:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/90_anthias2.jpg

Some corals!

Red Zoos:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/90_redzoos.jpg

Mushies:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/90_mushies.jpg

Cup coral:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/90_cupcoral.jpg

Inverts!

Clam:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/90_clam.jpg

Bubbletip Anenome:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/90_bubbletip.jpg

Hope you liked the pics, there are some more posted here if your interested:
http://www.riftnreef.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=486#486

:)
-Diana + Raf

[niloc16]

really nice setup. like the aquascaping too. livestock looks really healthy. good job

[Chaloupa]

Beautiful tank Diana...when I first saw that you were taking down the smaller one with all the red shrooms I thought "what a shame" but this is absolutely stunning and all the color of the red shrooms everywhere is beautiful!

[krisalexander]

Great looking set-up Diana and Raf, I was wondering if you knew the type of cup coral that is..I have the same one but I have never known the name of it.
Thanks,

Kris

[Diana]

we think it may be Turbinaria Reniformis?

thanks for the nice comments :)

[Sushiman]

Very nice growth & top end aquascaping! What are you using to suppliment with & what are you feeding, etc?

[robzilla]

looking good!! i like your setup

[Ruth]

Very nice - love your aquascape and everything looks very healthy and vigorous.

[Delphinus]

The aquascaping is amazing...

Question, how long have you had the BTA?

[wayner]

The aquascaping is amazing... , I'll second that, very nice job!

[X-Treme]

Geeeez......that tank to me looks pretty much PUUUURRRRRRFECT!!!!! Nice job.

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Umm...ditto to all of the above comments!

You find the 4x65W PC and 55W T5 to be enough, eh? How deep is your tank? The reason I ask is because I'm considering supplementing my current PCs with a single-strip HO T5 bulb.

[Joe Reefer]

Beauty!!!:biggrin:

[Beverly]

Tank of the Month aquascaping :cool: Inspiring!

[Diana]

Wow thanks guys! I'm really loving this tank.... and I know there is so much space for growth with all the corals so it will only keep lookin better! :)

Sushiman, supplements come with small waterchanges, the addition of Kent Essential Elements (only once in a while), and reef calcium when needed. I feed the Tangs every other day Nori and/or seaweed selects, and the rest of the tank gets a mixture of enriched brine shrimp and PE mysis with Zoe or Selcon as an addative. I feed them every other day. I'm not target feeding any of the corals or the anenome, and the tube anenome seems to catch enough to eat out of the current.

Tony, long story about that BTA. I got him about a year and a half ago now, and put him in my 20 gallon reef tank. This is what he first looked like (yep that saddleback within a couple days was hosting in it):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/dinostar00/clownanenome.jpg

Then, I really dont know what happened, but it hid itself under the rock like anenomes sometimes do. It bleached. It lost all its tenticles. You will notice it in the tank photo towars the left side of the tank, yes the white circle thing....

http://www.riftnreef.com/20galreef.html

I kept feeding it and trying to pull it off the rock but with no luck. After a couple months, I thought for sure it was a goner. Then one day it decided to come out.... it just looked like a little white plate coral. I just left it, and within a month it had moved so I could pull it off the rock. I put it in my 33 gallon and there it stayed for over a year, growing and getting better and better.

And now, thats what it looks like! I've never seen those bubble tips so nice!
:) *whew*. I will never get another anenome. If this one wants to live- then I'm a happy camper.

Der_Iron_Chef, the lighting on the tank is working out great. Its not too bright for mushrooms to be at the top of the tank- yet I am getting great growth on my Monitporas, even the digitata.

:)
Thanks again guys
-Diana

[ron101]

Great tank and great photography!

[Delphinus]

What an amazing journey for the anemone. Yeah those bubble tips are amazing little spheres. :cool: