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Lance
04-20-2008, 11:10 PM
Well, my tank is 5 months old today and I thought I'd celebrate with some pictures. I think it's coming along pretty good, after a few drawbacks: Had a bad Ich infestation in the 2nd month. Had to catch all the fish and QT them for 6 weeks. Lost 1 fish. That really sucked! Then I had a bit of a cyano problem, and ran carbon & Rowaphos in a canister filter, lowered my photoperiod and grew some macroalgae in the refugium. The tank is just getting over it now. Hopefully, clear sailing for awhile now.

The tank is a Venezia 90 gal bowfront (54x36x25) with matching stand. Internal overflow (bottom drilled) w/dual bulkheads to 54 gal sump/refugium (macroalgae & pod cultivation) Tunze skimmer.
Lighting: built-in T-5 Powerglo 18K & Geisemann Powerchrome Pure Actinic.
I took out the back T5's and built a canopy for a PFO 250W HQI mini-pendent running Ushio 250W HQI 10K. T-5's & Metal halide are on separate timers. R2 Extreme Moonlight LED

Anyhow, that's enough BLAH! BLAH! BLAH! Here's the pics:


Front Tank Shot (T-5 & actinic only)
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/lancelot57/P1010814.jpg

(T-5 & MH)
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/lancelot57/P1010793.jpg

(T-5 & actinic)
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/lancelot57/P1010817.jpg

(Right Side Shot)
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/lancelot57/P1010796.jpg

(Softies & Monti frag)
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/lancelot57/P1010803.jpg

(Acropora)
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/lancelot57/P1010807.jpg

(Hammer Coral) (Marie gave me this)
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/lancelot57/P1010810.jpg

(Softies)
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/lancelot57/P1010819.jpg

(Hydnophora is doing great Marie)
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/lancelot57/P1010821.jpg

(more softies)
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/lancelot57/P1010827.jpg

(shrooms)
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/lancelot57/P1010830.jpg
VFX
04-20-2008, 11:25 PM
Looking very nice Lance!

I love the, less is more, aqua-scaping.

Very much a nautical theme going on around the room... :)

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niloc16
04-20-2008, 11:36 PM
wicked job man. looks great
Myka
04-20-2008, 11:51 PM
Looks awesome! I also really like your aquscape. :)


...except for the Sailfin in a tank that size...
Lance
04-21-2008, 12:06 AM
Looking very nice Lance!

I love the, less is more, aqua-scaping.


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Thanks. Yeah, I think it is a little empty looking, but I'm adding more stuff all the time. I also like to give the fishies some swimming room. I'm planning a 150gal in-wall build this fall and the SF Tang will be moved into it.
Brent F
04-21-2008, 12:15 AM
Very nicely done. The quarter round is a very attractive tank.
Myka
04-21-2008, 12:26 AM
Thanks. Yeah, I think it is a little empty looking, but I'm adding more stuff all the time. I also like to give the fishies some swimming room. I'm planning a 150gal in-wall build this fall and the SF Tang will be moved into it.

Oh good! :) Sailfins are my favourite Tangs, and I would really love to have one, but I don't want a tank big enough to house one! :D
Lance
04-21-2008, 12:36 AM
Very nicely done. The quarter round is a very attractive tank.


Yes, they are nice, but they are a bit difficult too. They look best fairly tight up against the wall which doesn't give much room for running return lines etc. Also the shape of the stand doesn't lend well to a sump underneath. I had to locate the sump out on the sundeck and build an insulated box around it. I was lucky though as our sundeck has 2 levels with steps running up to the higher level. The sump box fits nicely up against the steps and doesn't look bad at all.
Brent F
04-21-2008, 12:45 AM
I once did a mirror back on a tank and really liked the look compared to the more common black background. I've wondered how that would work on a quarter round.
Lance
04-21-2008, 12:45 AM
wicked job man. looks great


Thanks Colin. But it has a long, long, long, way to go before it can be shown on the same page as yours; so never post pics of your tank beside mine, OK:wink: Besides, my whole tank could fit in a small corner of yours!
marie
04-21-2008, 01:31 AM
Looking very nice Lance!

I love the, less is more, aqua-scaping.

Very much a nautical theme going on around the room... :)

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Just for the record, his wife took credit for the aquascaping :razz: .

Looks great Lance, but you need to go down to the city and get more sps so we can start trading :mrgreen:
Lance
04-21-2008, 01:47 AM
Just for the record, his wife took credit for the aquascaping :razz: .

Yeah, but I drilled the rock :lol:


Looks great Lance, but you need to go down to the city and get more sps so we can start trading :mrgreen:

I may actually be going down soon, (J&L, O/A, Big Al's), or if not, putting in a livestock order.